CounterCurrents: Dennis Ross: Propagandist, Trump And 9/11, Ban Ki-Moon’s Legacy In Palestine: Failure In Words And Deeds

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The neo-liberal free market theology is driving humanity and the whole species on this earth to extinction. It's time for us re-imagine a new world based on our deeply ingrained nature of cooperation, sharing, caring and love. Can it be the foundation of a new economy? Michel Bauwens &    Franco Iacomella argues in the affirmative. They put forward a vision of “peer to peer” and commons-oriented vision for a new type of civilization and economic system. No, it's not just imagination. It's already happening around the world. Countercurrents.org continues to report about it too. Yes, we can make change, and we are doing it. But the important question is how we gather into a critical mass that can make global societal change? 

34,000 people are forced to flee their homes each day due to conflict and persecution, many of them continuing to die in an attempt to reach safety?  United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants convened  last week failed to deliver any concrete guarantees to solve the refugee crisis. It's up to us civil society to push forward for justice based resolution of the crisis. Our responsibilities are increasing. 

Ramzy Baroud take stock of Ban Ki Moon's legacy as UN secretary general in Palestine. Baroud writes "in his last visit to Palestine in June, Ban Ki-Moon told distraught Gazans that the “UN will always be with you.” As tens of thousands there still stand on the rubble of their own homes, denied freedom to move or rebuild, Ban Ki-Moon’s statement is as forgettable as the man’s legacy at the United Nations."

Jack A Smith takes a comprehensive view of US-Russia relations and asks the question "Must They Be Enemies?" He warns that greater hostilities could eventually lead to a most regrettable conclusion.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy was one of the tallest social reformers of India. In this conversation between S V  Rajadurai, V Geetha &  Vidya Bhushan Rawat they discuss Periyar’s ideology, self respect movement and opportunism of political parties.

The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy mortar and gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch region of Jammu and Kashmir today evening. Meanwhile Kashmir remains shut for the 82nd consecutive day. 

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Peer-To-Peer Economy And New Civilization Centered Around The Sustenance Of The Commons
Co-Written by Michel Bauwens &    Franco Iacomella

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/peer-to-peer-economy-and-new-civilization-centered-around-the-sustenance-of-the-commons/

The “peer to peer” and commons-oriented vision for a new type of civilization and economic system starts from an analysis of what is fundamentally wrong with the current economic system. Rather than put forward a utopian ideal, the P2P vision is based on generalizing the already emerging forms of peer production, peer governance, and peer property





Standing In Solidarity For A Humanity Without Borders
by Adam Parsons 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/standing-in-solidarity-for-a-humanity-without-borders/

34,000 people are forced to flee their homes each day due to conflict and persecution, many of them continuing to die in an attempt to reach safety? The shocking trends show no sign of abating, largely driven by violent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa that Western powers have had a substantial role in causing or exacerbating. United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants convened    last week failed to deliver any concrete guarantees to solve the refugee crisis. Addressing the root causes of an economic order that constantly produces the drivers of mass human displacement—entrenched poverty, endless wars and worsening climate change—will demand a level of global economic sharing that is unlike anything we have seen since the foundation of the United Nations, before we can realistically envisage a better world without borders, xenophobia or racis





Ban Ki-Moon’s Legacy In Palestine: Failure In Words And Deeds
by Dr Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/ban-ki-moons-legacy-in-palestine-failure-in-words-and-deeds/

In his last visit to Palestine in June, Ban Ki-Moon told distraught Gazans that the “UN will always be with you.” As tens of thousands there still stand on the rubble of their own homes, denied freedom to move or rebuild, Ban Ki-Moon’s statement is as forgettable as the man’s legacy at the United Nations. 





Must They Be Enemies? Russia, Putin And The United States
by Jack A Smith 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/must-they-be-enemies-russia-putin-and-the-united-states/

There should be a closer relationship and far more cooperation between Washington and Moscow instead of ever greater hostilities that could eventually lead to a most regrettable conclusion 





The Debates Of Loathing: Trump And Clinton At Hofstra
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/the-debates-of-loathing-trump-and-clinton-at-hofstra/

It really doesn’t matter that these two creatures loathed and feared in varying degrees should even be conducting a debate.  What, after all, is there to dispute?  Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump inhabit worlds of the disparately dislikeable, and reaped the bounty of the US with varying degrees of ruthlessness.





Periyar And His Ideas
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/periyar-and-his-ideas/

Conversation : S V  Rajadurai, V Geetha &  Vidya Bhushan Rawat on Periyar’s ideology, self respect movement and opportunism of political parties




Dennis Ross: Propagandist
by Jeffrey Rudolph 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/dennis-ross-propagandist/

Dennis Ross was the director of policy planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, was a leading Middle East peace envoy under President Bill Clinton, served as a special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and served two years as a special assistant to President Barack Obama. As Ross has been deeply involved in shaping US policy toward the Middle East for over 25 years, and may again play an important role in a future administration, his geopolitical views are worth examining.






Trump And 9/11
by Linh Dinh 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/trump-and-911/

On 9/11/2001, Donald Trump did a live phone interview with New York’s WWOR. Digging this up 15 years later, Politico and Mother Jones pointed out how Trump bragged about the new status of his 71-story Trump Tower, “40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest—and then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.” It was a small dig at Trump’s huge vanity. A much more interesting bit from the interview was passed over, however. TruthMakesPeace finally broadcast it on 9/16/16. 






A Meeting
A Poem by Gary Corseri 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/28/a-meeting/

When Jesus and the Buddha met
in a meadow of larkspurs, on a balmy day,
the bees of the valley went mad with love,
the sky and the sun were a glaze.
“Let us sit on the grass,” said Buddha.
And they rested their traveling bones.
One in cambric, the other in saffron,
and the air was the color of amber.