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International Tribunal Rejects Chinese Claim On South China Sea, What Next?
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/international-tribunal-rejects-chinese-claim-on-south-china-sea-what-next/

The unanimous award of Hague International Tribunal on the South China Sea arbitration is historical, overpowering and decisive in the sense that Chinese claim on the disputed sea area has been rejected by the International Tribunal while giving decision on the petition filed by The Republic of the Philippines against The People Republic of China. As was expected the Chinese reaction was full of negativities, rejecting the decision and calling it as null and void.

How Globalization Divides Us: Perspectives On Brexit From A Dual Citizen
by Kristen Steele 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/how-globalization-divides-us-perspectives-on-brexit-from-a-dual-citizen/

What we need for true localization—that is stable, thriving local and national economies, linked to each other interdependently rather than dependently—is international cooperation. So, we’re going to need a new forum. The world is now interconnected in a way it never has been before via communications and transportation. If we can make those parts more accessible and less carbon intensive, then they’re good. It’s the economic linkages that are toxic. And those require a different tack. Reactionary voting, intolerance and isolationism won’t fix them.

This Europe Isn’t MY Europe
by Peter Van Els 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/this-europe-isnt-my-europe/

Among the things we need to do are: fight tax evasion by companies and wealthy individuals; invest in universal, free public services such as health and education; distribute the tax burden more fairly; introduce minimum wages and move toward a living wage for all workers; provide adequate safety nets for the poorest, including a minimum income guarantee.

Militarization And Police Violence
by Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/militarization-and-police-violence/

Hardly a day goes by without news of a police killing.    And each time we hear from scholars and observers that the police is too militarized.    No doubt!

Shootings In Dallas: Violence, Police Authority And Black Lives Matter
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/shootings-in-dallas-violence-police-authority-and-black-lives-matter/

While the police have been dishing it out extensively for years to the black community, often with murderous effect, retaliation was bound to come.  A movement scolded for being narky and lacking respect became a sounding board for some who felt that violence was merely logical, the last refuge for the desperate.  This is hardly an excuse, but it constitutes some explanation.  The motor of revenge tends to be a hungry, and not always rational one.

Without Due Process: From Mass Incarceration To Assassination
by Maya Evans

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/without-due-process-from-mass-incarceration-to-assassination/

VCNV organised a 150 mile peace walk between 28th May to 10th June, from downtown Chicago to Thomson Prison, a new supermax federal facility due to open next summer with 1,900 solitary confinement cells.

Undoing The Ideology Of Growth
by Matthias Schmelzer 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/undoing-the-ideology-of-growth/

In order to dismantle the hegemony of growth, degrowth has to develop a profound and critical understanding of the real societal contradictions, hierarchies and power dynamics shaping capitalism and transform them in new ways.

Lessons Along The Path To 100 Percent Clean Energy
by Richard Heinberg 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/lessons-along-the-path-to-100-percent-clean-energy/

In early May of this year, Portugal ran on renewable electricity alone for four consecutive days. And later that same month, on May 15, Germany filled almost all its electricity needs with solar, wind, and hydro power.

Understand The Outpouring Of Grief And Rage In Kashmir
Press Release By Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/understand-the-outpouring-of-grief-and-rage-in-kashmir/

India and its politicians must introspect as to why there has been such a mass outpouring of grief and support for Burhan Wani, a militant who was killed in an ‘encounter’. Already news reports confirm that over 30 unarmed protestors have been killed by the police and scores more have been injured. The death toll itself indicates and reports confirm that the lethal force used by the security forces were absolutely disproportionate

Political Responses And Interventions To Dhaka café Terror attack: A critical perspective
by William Nicholas Gomes 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/political-responses-and-interventions-to-dhaka-cafe-terror-attack-a-critical-perspective/

The article will critically examine and explore the recent Dhaka café terror attack. It will specifically examine the role of the law enforcement agencies in handling the crisis and will question the effectiveness and appropriateness of law enforcers’ interventions. In addressing this issue, the key focus will remain whether the human rights of victims and perpetrators were respected


Zero Days: Vulnerability Of Humanity
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa  

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/12/zero-days-vulnerability-of-humanity/

Subsequent to the chilling account written by a known investigative journalist, Kim Zetter, towards the end of 2014, the new documentary film has been just released to the public domain and started screening as of July 08.