CounterCurrents: Our Ku Klux Klan In Blue, June Was Warmest On Record For U.S State of the Climate Repo, 30 Ways Cities Can Prepare For Global Warming, The Upcoming NATO Summit Meeting, On July 8-9

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Five Dallas Police Officers Killed In Sniper Firing At A #BlackLivesMatter Protest

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/four-dallas-police-officers-killed-in-sniper-firing-at-a-blacklivesmatter-protest/

Five Dallas police officers were killed and six others were wounded by snipers on Thursday night during a demonstration protesting shootings by officers in Minnesota and Louisiana this week.

#BlackLivesMatter: Philando Castile Shot Dead In Minnesota

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/blacklivesmatter-philando-castile-shot-dead-in-minnesota/

Philando Castile, another African-American, a 32-year-old school cafeteria manager, was killed during a traffic stop near St. Paul, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota where his distraught girlfriend broadcast his final moments in real time on Facebook.

Our Ku Klux Klan In Blue
by Professor Francis A Boyle 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/our-ku-klux-klan-in-blue/

Way to go America!
Our police shoot to kill Blacks
Just like “unlawful combatants”
In our Global War on Terrorism

Three Killed In Terrorist Attack In Bangladesh

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/three-killed-in-terrorist-attack-in-bangladesh/

In a terrorist attack near a mass Eid prayer gathering in Kishoreganj in Bangladesh two policeman and a woman were killed and 13 people were wounded. One attacker had been shot dead. Three terrorists were arrested, one of them injured.

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low For June Amid Escalating Warnings
by Nadia Prupis 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/arctic-sea-ice-hits-record-low-for-june-amid-escalating-warnings/

Arctic sea ice plummeted to a record low in June, shrinking 56,900 square kilometers (22,000 square miles) per day last month, according to new figures from the National Snow & Ice Data Center.

June Was Warmest On Record For U.S
State of the Climate Report 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/june-was-warmest-on-record-for-u-s/

The June temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 71.8°F, or 3.3°F above the 20th century average, surpassing the previous record of 71.6°F set in 1933. The year-to-date (January-June) temperaturewas 50.8°F, 3.2°F above the 20th century average, making it the third warmest on record.


Hollowness Of Invasion: John Chilcot Report On UK Role In US Led Invasion
by T Navin 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/hollowness-of-invasion-john-chilcot-report-on-uk-role-in-us-led-invasion/

The recent report produced by John Chilcot to look into UK role in US led invasion exposes the hollowness of such actions by allied forces

30 Ways Cities Can Prepare For Global Warming
by Wayne Roberts 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/30-ways-cities-can-prepare-for-global-warming/

There’s a good reason (actually, 30 good reasons covered here, plus at least 90 others to be discussed in later issues) why no-one has been able to come up with a better term for what’s called “urban agriculture.”

Vanishing Act: Why Insects Are Declining And Why It Matters
by Christian Schwägerl 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/vanishing-act-why-insects-are-declining-and-why-it-matters/

Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems

MDR-TB Treatment Regimen: Short Indeed Is Effective
by Shobha Shukla 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/mdr-tb-treatment-regimen-short-indeed-is-effective/

WHO recently announced new recommendations to speed up diagnosis and improve treatment outcomes for multi drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) through the use of a novel rapid diagnostic test called MTBDRsl, and a shorter, cheaper 9-12 month treatment regimen. The new treatment regimen can be completed in 9-12 months— less than half the time required by the current 24-month treatment standard used worldwide.

The Upcoming NATO Summit Meeting, On July 8-9
by Eric Zuesse 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/the-upcoming-nato-summit-meeting-on-july-8-9/

All NATO leaders will meet together at a crucial July 8th-9th Summit meeting in Warsaw, to agree regarding what to do to Russia, about which U.S. General Philip Breedlove, then the Supreme Commander of NATO, said earlier this year “Russia has chosen to be an adversary and poses a long-term existential threat to the United States and to our European allies and partners.” The main purpose of this meeting will be to achieve unity on the Russian problem. It will be difficult to do. The 28 member nations are not, and have not been, unified on the matter. The U.S. is seeking a more aggressive stand.

Sheela Marandi: Another Victim Of Injudicious System
by Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/sheela-marandi-another-victim-of-injudicious-system/

Months of single-minded work since the formation of Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee last year, could yield some encouraging results, especially on February 20 and May 30 when veteran leader of the revolutionary women’s movement in the country and founder of Nari Mukti Sangh, Comrade Sheela Marandi walked out of jail in after a long spell of persecution, and was last week saved the torture of being put behind bars once again