CounterCurrents: Making A Killing In Yemen , US Wars Are For Empire, Not For Profit, Heading Toward The Abyss With Hillary And Trump, Hillary Clinton Must Be Indicted

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Day 52. Curfew lifted in the Kashmir valley. Clashes erupt in many parts of the valley. Two Kashmiris  Imran Khan and  Nissar Ul Ashraf  dissects the Kashmir imbroglio from the current cotext as well as from a historic perspective.  Nissar Ul Ashraf tells how Kashmiris were sold by the British to the Dogras and then the Dogras betrayed Kashmiris. Imran Khan a professional psychologist asks the question why the police and the armed forces act like mercenaries and not serve the people whom they are supposed to serve and protect. 

While the world is focused on Turkey, Syria and US Elections farce, a slaughter is going on in Yemen under the auspices of Saudi Arabia with the support of USA, Britain and other imperialist forces. Just like Aylan Kurdi children are starving and dying, but no meida reports. This issue is being raise by Dr Chandra Muzaffar in his article "Children, The Media And Political Agendas". Staying in Yemen Kieran Kelly argues that what's going on there and elsewhere in WANA is not just the militiary-industrial complex gone loose. He asks us to name the problem. It is American Imperialism, pure and naked. 

World capitalism is hungry for minerals and rare earth metals and most of it is lying in indigenous territories protected by the communities. Open theft is going on by creating modern day enclosures , point out Lili Fuhr in our series on The Commons. 

And a lot of stories from around the world. 

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Making A Killing In Yemen
by Eresh Omar Jamal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/making-a-killing-in-yemen/

While the slaughter of Yemenis continues, the world remains silent in response to their screams. Why is that? Has the world lost its senses, especially to feel the sufferings of the tormented? 





US Wars Are For Empire, Not For Profit
by Kieran Kelly 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/us-wars-are-for-empire-not-for-profit/

The US empire is hollowing itself out. As it fails internally it will be ever more driven to impose control globally. As the 2016 Presidential campaign enters its crucial stage, we are entering the most dangerous period of history since the Cold War. We cannot afford to cling to delusions. We need to oppose US wars; evict US military bases; end mass surveillance and intelligence co-operation; reject neoliberalism and pro-corporate trade deals; and we need to reject the propaganda and discourse of US exceptionalism and apologism. When I say “we”, I mean every single person on the planet (including people in the US itself). The empire has to be beaten back on all fronts, because otherwise there are two horrific options: either it collapses, or worse still it doesn’t




Disguised Mercenaries Of Kashmir
by Imran Khan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/disguised-mercenaries-of-kashmir/

Government and It’s machinery is the creation of society, turning against the same is criminal. Police is paid out of the taxes of common people. In a way, society is the employer of Police personals. Their duty towards common masses is no favour from their side. Their job is not to take dictations from politicians only. They are not above people, rather they are for people. From society they come and towards society they have to return. Stop being like disguised mercenaries. Please.




Kashmir Needs Freedom: Historical Perspective
by Nissar Ul Ashraf 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/kashmir-needs-freedom-historical-perspective/

I as a Kashmiri appeal to the people of India and around the world to play their part and help in resolving the humanitarian crisis in Kashmir. Even UN resolution agreed upon by India and Pakistan, has promised us the right to self determination but nobody cares. Now I fear that day will come and dead will come out of their graves and cry. But it is my hope, before that day people will hold the trial of all those criminals who are responsible for bringing atrocities on Kashmiris and help us to get that freedom that we do not want but we desperately need





A New German Raw Materials Strategy: A Modern “Enclosure Of The Commons”?
by Lili Fuhr 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/a-new-german-raw-materials-strategy-a-modern-enclosure-of-the-commons/


The raw materials strategies of the German federal government and the EU aim first and foremost to access those resources that others are – literally – sitting on. This sidelines the interests of the local populations.




Children, The Media And Political Agendas
by Dr Chandra Muzaffar 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/children-the-media-and-political-agendas/

When the major media outlets dramatize a particular event especially in relation to children and ignore or downplay other episodes, they are advancing the political agenda of some powerful actor. We should not be deceived. We would do well to remember the words of John Pilger, one of the most honest journalists of our time, “It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas and myths that surround it.”




Banning Burkinis: The Politics Of Beachwear
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/banning-burkinis-the-politics-of-beachwear/

So the tendency continues; woman wears an outfit either provocative in its skimpiness or provocative in its conservativeness. Authorities beset by ideology intervene.    The idea of control is never far away.    Nor is the morally obsessed tape measurer and politically charged censor.  Beaches as bastions of freedom?  Forget it.





Pathology Incorporated; The Facade Of American Democracy
by Nozomi Hayase 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/pathology-incorporated-the-facade-of-american-democracy/

With the rigged Democratic presidential nomination behind us, the US election reality show continues. The mass media is creating sensations around what has become a national embarrassment with this contest of the lesser of the two crazies. On the one hand we have Donald Trump, depicted as a quintessential narcissist and on the other, Hillary Clinton who is often portrayed as a sociopath. Hype is created by putting these labels on the candidates, pitting one personality disorder against the other.




Hillary Clinton Must Be Indicted
by Dr Ludwig Watzal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/hillary-clinton-must-be-indicted/

The Democratic candidate for the US Presidency, Hillary Clinton, is scandal-ridden. The life of the Clintons is a mere scandal starting way back with “Whitewater”.[1] To call her “crooked Hillary” seems an understatement, viewing only her four years as Secretary of State. Her judgment and her trustworthiness are nil. Never before has there been in the recent history of the United States a greater conflict of interest of private personal gains (Clinton Foundation) and state power (Secretary of State Clinton).




Heading Toward The Abyss With Hillary And Trump
by Dan Lieberman 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/heading-toward-the-abyss-with-hillary-and-trump/

The Democrats have ruined their Party by remaining loyal to a controlling element.The Republicans have ruined their Party by giving it to an outsider. Both political Parties are supporting candidates who will create huge constituency losses. Both parties have committed political suicide and leading the nation toward a chaotic situation. No matter who wins, the American public loses.




Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, Champion Of Kandhamal Victims, Remembered

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/08/29/archbishop-raphael-cheenath-champion-of-kandhamal-victims-remembered/

Archbishop Raphael Cheenath who played pivotal role in bringing justice to the Kandhamal pogrom victims was remembered in a function in Delhi. Archbishop Emeritus Raphael Cheenath of Kandhamal passed away in Mumbai on 14th August 2016 after a brave struggle against cancer. He was 81.