CounterCurrents: Food Movement, Time To Get Into Action Mode!, USAID or US CIA?

Dear Friend,

Does #BlackLivesMatter? The disturbing developments from Charlotte, North Carolina seems it doesnt! Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a police man and for the last two days Charlotte is burning. Another black man is shot and critically injured. The Mayor has put the city under Emergency. Black activists have reacted by threatening an economic boycott if Black Lives are not respected. How many black lives need to be lost before the racist law enforcement agencies wake up to understand that Black Lives too need dignity and respect?

In the meantime, Kashmir remains shut for 76th consecutive day. Over 80 persons dead. Why isn't there a hashtag #KashmirLivesMatter? Or like the case of blacks Kashmir lives too don't matter? 

The Nuclear South Asian region is sitting on a tinter box, after the Uri military camp attack allegedly by Pakistan trained militants. Suparna Banerjee begs restraint from media in both India and Pakistan and warns against fanning jingoistic sentiments. Politicians and too are flexing muscles. This is time for utmost restraint, otherwise, things could go out of hand. 

China and Russia conducted joint naval exercises in the South China Sea last week. Dr Arshad M Khan argues that this could be the end of the single super power world. Well, that could be the case, and it may also put restraint on American and NATO imperialism, but it is not going to make the world a better place. 

Sarah van Gelder travels to Standing Rock encampment and finds a community standing together putting all rivalries apart for a common purpose. She writes "Life at the water protectors’ encampment is much like life was for millions of years of human evolution—close to the earth, near a river, clustered in family and community camps. There’s a rightness to these connections and to the feeling that people here will help you when you need it. Here, with a purpose that threads through generations, work, celebration, and activism are a seamless whole. Young people ride through the camp on horseback among tents and teepees. Are they providing security, learning traditional animal caretaking, or just having fun together? Elders tell stories of Wounded Knee, say prayers, and sing. Are they educating the next generation, building coherence, or guiding the actions? These things are not separate. They are all of a piece, all about rebuilding indigenous ways of life and standing aga
inst
further destruction."

There is a movement growing in strength as a rallying point against all the crises humanity is facing. It's the Food Movement. Food Philosophy is gaining currency. This is a movement that can challenge the whole system considering these two simple facts 1. 40 % of all food produced in USA is wasted and it is one third for the whole world! 2. If we can conserve and distribute this wasted food no one will go to bed hungry in the world! Human beings produce enough food waste to feed 3 billion people! Don't you think that it's time to get into action mode?

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Charlotte Under Emergency After Police Shot Dead Another Black Man
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/charlotte-under-emergency-after-police-shot-dead-another-black-man/

In  Charlotte, North Carolina emergency has been imposed due to the violence spreading in the city after the strong reaction of the local people when a black man Keith Lamont Scott was killed by the local police



Kashmir’s Political Vultures!
by Mohammad Ashraf 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/kashmirs-political-vultures/

The so called“leaders” of Kashmir have always behaved like vultures waiting one upon the other to feed on the dead bodies of the innocent Kashmiris!




The Role Of Media In The Uri Attack – A Latent Variable
by Suparna Banerjee 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/the-role-of-media-in-the-uri-attack-a-latent-variable/

The two nuclear powered South Asian countries who had historical roots and a common beginning are at logger heads which is a scary piece of news in itself not only for the two countries alone but the world, in general. Now is not the time for the media to join the bandwagon and supply knee-jerk reactions to flare up opinion on such vital matters. I know not what should be done but only know that this trend is exceedingly disturbing!





How Black Athletes Could Create A Watershed in Activist History
by Lauren Gavilan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/how-black-athletes-could-create-a-watershed-in-activist-history/

Any inroads which black activists carve out respecting identity issues won’t amount to nearly enough if — simultaneously — certain environmental matters aren’t faced up to post haste. By us all, colors all across the spectrum





Bartering On Refugees: The Costa Rica Solution
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/bartering-on-refugees-the-costa-rica-solution/

“We will also participate in a US-led program to re-settle Central American refugees currently in a resettlement centre in Costa Rica.” Malcolm Turnbull, Australian PM, Sep 21, 2016





Goodbye To The World Of The Single Superpower
by Dr Arshad M Khan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/goodbye-to-the-world-of-the-single-superpower/

China and Russia conducted joint naval exercises in the South China Sea last week. Five Russian and ten Chinese ships participated in eight days of drills covering joint air defense, anti-submarine operations, landing, island-seizing, search and rescue operations, and weapons use




At Standing Rock, A Sense Of Purpose: “This Is How We Should Be Living”
by Sarah van Gelder 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/at-standing-rock-a-sense-of-purpose-this-is-how-we-should-be-living/

Life at the water protectors’ encampment is much like life was for millions of years of human evolution—close to the earth, near a river, clustered in family and community camps. There’s a rightness to these connections and to the feeling that people here will help you when you need it. Here, with a purpose that threads through generations, work, celebration, and activism are a seamless whole. Young people ride through the camp on horseback among tents and teepees. Are they providing security, learning traditional animal caretaking, or just having fun together? Elders tell stories of Wounded Knee, say prayers, and sing. Are they educating the next generation, building coherence, or guiding the actions? These things are not separate. They are all of a piece, all about rebuilding indigenous ways of life and standing against further destruction.




Why The Food Movement Is Unstoppable
by Jonathan Latham 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/why-the-food-movement-is-unstoppable/

The growth of the food movement is the people’s response to the failing ideas of the enlightenment. It represents a tectonic realignment of the forces underlying our society and a clash of ideas more profound than anything seen since the collapse of feudalism and the emergence of the industrial revolution. The outcome of this clash will determine not only the future of our society, but also whether our descendents get to live on a planet recognisable to us today. The portents are excellent. The food movement is prevailing because it takes advantage of the synergies and potentials inherent in biological systems, whereas the ideas of the enlightenment ignore, deny, and suppress these potentialities. It will indeed be a beautiful struggle to turn these portents into reality.




Photo Essay: Beyond Afghan And Human Ethnicities
by Our Journey To Smile 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/photo-essay-beyond-afghan-and-human-ethnicities/

Afghans of all ethnicities come together for peace and harmony. A Photo Essay




An “Incomplete American Presidency”  
by David Anderson 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/an-incomplete-american-presidency/


Some around the world were saying that the situation had deteriorated to the point where the US was turning into a “rogue state.” Pronouncements by populist Donald Trump casting American inner cities as “war zones” seemed to reconfirm this. Many in America were leaning toward that same conclusion




USAID or US CIA?
by Thomas C Mountain 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/usaid-or-us-cia/

Earlier this year Ms. Smith sent 25 senior CIA investigators to Ethiopia to see first hand what was going on with the nationwide uprising under cover of “investigating the drought”. Their report, yet to be made public, must have been pretty dire for not to long later, Freedom House, that excreable voice of the CIA, published a report insinuating that replacements for the present Ethiopian regime could be in the works





Delhi Workers In The Grip Of Fever And The Deplorable Condition Of Healthcare System

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/delhi-workers-in-the-grip-of-fever-and-the-deplorable-condition-of-healthcare-system/

Since the past one month, entire Delhi is in the grip of fever. Diseases like Dengue used to break out every monsoon, but this year, Chikungunya and Malaria have been added to the list. While no section of the city is left untouched, the worst affected are the poor and the working classes. At this time, we will hardly find any person in the slums of Delhi who isn’t affected by fever, joint pain. But this aspect caught the attention of the media only when a large number of workers started missing work because of illness and this disrupted construction work and production in the factories.




Disturbing Developments In Assam

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/22/disturbing-developments-in-assam/

After the BJP came to power in Assam in May 2016, the state government has unleashed a reign of terror to execute its fascistic agendas. Within 2 months into power, the government opened fire and killed a 25 year old man Mintu Deuri, during a protest organized in Raha against the transfer of the site for a proposed AIIMS in the state on 15th July 2016. Now on 19 September 2016, just 34 days after the Raha incident, the police has again opened fire and killed two people – Anjuma Khatun and Fakhruddin, at a demonstration led by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) at Banderdubi revenue village near the Kaziranga National Park