CounterCurrents: Mainstream Media Are Betraying Humanity, Narmada: 45,000 Families Facing Risk Of Submergence, Satyagraha From Today

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Narmada Bachao Andolan Gathers Momentum As Government Apathy Continues
by Rishit Neogi 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/narmada-bachao-andolan-gathers-momentum-as-government-apathy-continues/

31 years ago people living along the vicinity of River Narmada rose up against a government decision to convert the pristine river into a series of dams and reservoirs which would submerge their lands. In these 31 years much is gained and a lot lost but nothing is forgotten. Narmada Bachao Andolan till this date remains the largest people’s mobilization around environment that this country has ever seen.



Narmada: 45,000 Families Facing Risk Of Submergence, Satyagraha From Today
by National Alliance of People’s Movements

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/narmada-45000-families-facing-risk-of-submergence-satyagraha-from-today/

Narmada Jal, Jangal, Jameen Haq Satyagrah starts on the morning of 30th July, 2016 on the banks of Narmada alongside the Mahatma and Kasturba Gandhi Memorial in Badwani district of MP with thousands of displaced people coming together in a peaceful protest against gross injustice meted out to them in the name of rehabilitation for construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat.




Up To 28 Civilians Reportedly Killed In US-Led Strike in Syria
by Andrea Germanos 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/up-to-28-civilians-reportedly-killed-in-us-led-strike-in-syria/

The U.S.-led coalition has been accused of killing as many as 28 civilians, including a woman and seven children, near the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Thursday—the same area where U.S.-led airstrikes last week may have killed scores of civilians.




Mainstream Media Are Betraying Humanity
by John Scales Avery 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/mainstream-media-are-betraying-humanity/

Our mainstream media have failed us. They are betraying humanity in a time of great crisis. Our educational systems are also failing us, too timid and tradition-bound to warn of the terrible new dangers that the world is facing.




State Power And Commoning: Transcending A Problematic Relationship
by David Bollier 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/state-power-and-commoning-transcending-a-problematic-relationship/

Clearly state power and its complicated relations with commons will only grow more important in the future as the advocates of neoliberal policies seek to prevail over resistance and as commoning itself becomes more widespread and stronger. Progress on this topic will necessarily take time and further deliberation among commoners. In the near time, it will be quite instructive to learn how different nations attempt to carve out legally sanctioned commons within their borders, whether it is a “Plan C” in Greece, concrete policies to promote buen vivir in Latin America, court rulings protecting natural resource commons in India, or expansions everywhere of the commons as a parallel, post-capitalist economy.




Australia’s Horrendous Abuse Of Aboriginal Children The Tip Of Massive Australian Child Abuse
by Dr Gideon Polya 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/australias-horrendous-abuse-of-aboriginal-children-the-tip-of-massive-australian-child-abuse/

The Australian ABC TV Four Corners program has revealed shocking CCTV images of mostly Aboriginal children being horrendously abused, assaulted and tortured  by prison guards in a juvenile detention centre in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). Australia has been shocked.  The Coalition Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set up a Royal Commission to investigate the matter but this  (a) involves the complicit NT Government, (b) does not address horrendous nation-wide abuse of  detained Aboriginal  children, and (c) will ignore other massive child abuse within Australia and overseas in which child-abusing Australian Governments are complicit.




Like Trump, Hitler Also Liked His “Small People”
by Andre Vltchek 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/like-trump-hitler-also-liked-his-small-people/

Both the choices given to the voters by the US regime are appalling. But the true choice should not be between Ms. Clinton and Mr. Trump, but between this profoundly sickening and defunct system, and something totally different and new! The bottom line is: to vote for either of these two candidates would be unpatriotic, but above all, it would be thoroughly immoral!




“Don’t Cry For Us Syria … The Truth Is We Shall Never Leave You!”
by Franklin Lamb 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/dont-cry-for-us-syria-the-truth-is-we-shall-never-leave-you/

“Don’t cry for us Syria” has recently become a motto/logo of sorts for many physically and psychologically brutalized youth around this ancient land. They are the youngsters who represent a new generation of Syrians, many of whom were born in this century. It is into their patriotic hands that the Syria’s Torch has been passed.




Reconciliation Is The Only Way Forward For Syria
by Judith Bello 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/reconciliation-is-the-only-way-forward-for-syria/

Here is a brief update on the activities of the US Peace Council delegation in Syria. I could spend many words and hours debunking every lie you have been told about Syria and Syrians in the last 5 years, a Sisyphean task in today’s environment. Instead I will share some of my perceptions of recent events based on my experiences in Damascus this week.




Motives Behind The Rebranding Of Al-Nusra Front
by Nauman Sadiq 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/motives-behind-the-rebranding-of-al-nusra-front/

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, in August 2011, to April 2013, Islamic State and al-Nusra Front were a single organization that chose the banner of “Jabhat al Nusra.” Although, the current al-Nusra Front is led by Abu Mohammad al Jolani but he was appointed as the Emir of al-Nusra Front by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, in January 2012. The current Al-Nusra Front is only a splinter group of Islamic State which split away from its parent organization in April 2013 over a dispute between the leaders of two organizations.




DNC: A Display Of Militarism, Bloodshed, Violence And Warfare
by Professor Francis A Boyle 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/dnc-a-display-of-militarism-bloodshed-violence-and-warfare/

I was on the Floor of the Chicago Amphitheater for all 4 nights of the DNC Convention in 1968. Most of us were against the Vietnam War. In any event, the DNC did not subject us to the Massive Display of Militarism, Bloodshed, Violence and Warfare that we just saw. How low the Dems have sunk into the pit of militarism, bloodshed, violence and warfare. No light at the end of the tunnel. A pox upon their house!




Turkey’s Commitment To Democracy: Myth And Reality
by Shanzae Asif 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/turkeys-commitment-to-democracy-myth-and-reality/

When real politik truly played out, the Turks sold out democracy, freedom and human dignity. Why? That’s a question Turkish civil society must ask itself as it embraces its glory in the light of a supposed reinvigorated ‘commitment to democracy.’




Mann ki baat: A speech by Modi
by T Navin 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/mann-ki-baat-a-speech-by-modi/

This is a parody version of the policies by the current Modi regime



Holy Cow, Unholy Carcass And Dalits
by PUDR 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/holy-cow-unholy-carcass-and-dalits/

PUDR condemns the incident of flogging, stripping and parading of seven men belonging to the chamar caste by vigilante gaurakshaks on 11 July 2016 in Mota Samadhiyala village, Una taluka, Gir Somnath District Gujarat, which has brought the Brahmanical character of Hindutva cow politics and the caste character of the state to centre stage. It has been widely reported that the assault took place just outside the police station, using the lathis of the on-duty policemen.




Backward or Forward
by Zohra Batul 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/30/backward-or-forward/

Backward or forward
Life is still
But minds are terrorized
Hearts moan
And home is a war zone