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International Energy Agency  in 2011 had  issued a stark warning to world leaders that unless there’s concrete action to address climate change by 2017, the world will pass the point of no return on the journey to ‘dangerous’ climate change. . .. Every month now counts: if the world is to stay below 2C of warming, which scientists regard as the limit of safety. Nothing has changed since then! Nicholas C Arguimbau makes an impassioned plea in his article "The Next US President Can Save The Earth From Catastrophic Global Warming, But May Have Only 2017 To Do It"

Well, everything is not lost. There is an African proverb,  "if many little people in many little places do many little deeds they can change the face of the Earth". This is actually happening all around the world. But, we've to gather momentum and become a critical mass. That's the huge challenge before us. Better start doing it now, otherwise, it may be too late!

That's exactly the Standing Rock protesters are doing now. Irwin Jerome calls it a  "David & Goliath, Good Vs Evil Story". He writes "it’s yet one more spin on the same story that has been told for years between ‘The People’, who seek to do good for the planet, and ‘The Powerful’ who desire to pursue the same pathways of evil that continues to destroy the lives of the people and earth alike."

Papa Sow & Elina Marmer tell the story of the “salt collectors” of the Pink Lake, in Senegal, where the community manages the salt harvest. "The salt diggers are serious about environmental responsibility in their work, and the Management Committee representing them imposes strict measures to prevent overuse of the lake." Hey, there's a different narrative to the predatory neo-liberal marketization of our natural ecosystems!

Anandi Sharan introduces a  new paper  written by respected ecologist Dr S. Faizi and Dr M. Ravichandran ‘A Framework for Reforming India’s Forest Biodiversity Management Regime’ published in the UN journal Natural Resources Forum in its August 2016 issue which provides a rare insight into India’s forest management and outlines a trajectory for reforming the forest management departing from the colonial approach and taking on board the historically neglected concerns of the forest dependent communities.

Colin Todhunter raises cocern against the threat of Agro businesses  controlling our food security. He warns that there should be full public control over all GMO/synthetic biology production and research. He says, if we are serious about reining in the power of profiteering corporations over food  they should be placed under democratic ownership and control.

Kashmir remains shut for the 80th consecutive day. 88 civilians have died in forces' action on protesters during this period. Kashmir's respected human rights defender  Parvez Khurram is booked under public security act and remains lodged in Jammu jail. Abdul Majid Zargar says that human rights defenders of the world are protected by a United Nations General Assembly resolution No. 53/144 to which India is a signatory. Khurram Parvez's detention is in total breach of the  declaration.

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The Next US President Can Save The Earth From Catastrophic Global Warming, But May Have Only 2017 To Do It
by Nicholas C Arguimbau 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/the-next-us-president-can-save-the-earth-from-catastrophic-global-warming-but-may-have-only-2017-to-do-it/

International Energy Agency warned in 2011 had    issued a stark warning to world leaders that unless there’s concrete action to address climate change by 2017, the world will pass the point of no return on the journey to ‘dangerous’ climate change. . .. Every month now counts: if the world is to stay below 2C of warming, which scientists regard as the limit of safety. Nothing has changed since then!





The Dakota Access Pipleline: A David & Goliath, Good Vs Evil Story
by Irwin Jerome 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/the-dakota-access-pipleline-a-david-goliath-good-vs-evil-story/

As the eve of the 2016 US presidential election draws nearer, and the world inches that much closer to the edge of their seats, wondering who the winner will be to lay claim to the world’s most powerful seat for committing acts of good or evil, there is yet another David & Goliath story unfolding. It’s yet one more spin on the same story that has been told for years between ‘The People’, who seek to do good for the planet, and ‘The Powerful’ who desire to pursue the same pathways of evil that continues to destroy the lives of the people and earth alike.






Salt And Trade At The Pink Lake: Community Subsistence In Senegal
Co-Written by Papa Sow & Elina Marmer

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/salt-and-trade-at-the-pink-lake-community-subsistence-in-senegal/

In this essay,    Papa Sow & Elina Marmer look at the case of the “salt collectors” of the PinkLake, also called Lake Retba or Lac Rose, in the rural area of Dakar, Senegal, and the develop­ment of communities’ sustenance. The salt diggers are serious about environmental responsibility in their work, and the Management Committee representing them imposes strict measures to prevent overuse of the lake.






Highlights Of A New Seminal Paper On Indian Forest Management Reform
by Anandi Sharan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/highlights-of-a-new-seminal-paper-on-indian-forest-management-reform/

The new paper ‘A Framework for Reforming India’s Forest Biodiversity Management Regime’ by Dr S. Faizi and Dr M. Ravichandran published in the UN journal Natural Resources Forum in its August 2016 issue provides a rare insight into India’s forest management and outlines a trajectory for reforming the forest management departing from the colonial approach and taking on board the historically neglected concerns of the forest dependent communities





A System Of Food Production For Human Need, Not Corporate Greed
by Colin Todhunter 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/a-system-of-food-production-for-human-need-not-corporate-greed/

There should be full public control over all GMO/synthetic biology production and research. And if we are serious about reining in the power of profiteering corporations over food – our most basic and essential infrastructure – they should be placed under democratic ownership and control.





Obama Vetoes 9/11-Saudi Legislation Setting Up Potential Override
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/obama-vetoes-911-saudi-legislation-setting-up-potential-override/

US President Barack H. Obama has vetoed on Friday a bill which was passed by both houses of the US Congress allowing the victims to sue a foreign states; which could include Saudi Arabia





Punishing The Punished: Chelsea Manning’s Fate
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/punishing-the-punished-chelsea-mannings-fate/

The three member disciplinary board at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas claimed that the punishment for Manning, which involves a fourteen day sentence with seven suspended days, was occasioned by an attempt to take her own life in July.  A good deal of this gloomy effort was spurred on by official refusals to permit access to treatment for gender dysphoria.  Manning has not merely been an aberration to US state security in her actions, but a transgender puzzle within the military establishment.





The Deep State’s Candidate?
by Linh Dinh 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/the-deep-states-candidate/

This week, Trump dropped by Geno’s in my neighborhood. Though the Donald only got lunch for himself, words soon spread that he had bought a cheesesteak for everyone present. Years ago, I saw a tiny flag strung between two trees, “Obama and Oprah save the World.” Like fools, we expect salvation from the deep state’s cynical puppets





The 2016 US Presidential Election Will Not Take Place
by Kieran Kelly 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/the-2016-us-presidential-election-will-not-take-place/

The 2016 election will be a non-event. The way the votes are counted will shape the destiny of the world, but the voting itself will be an empty ritual. That is not a reason not to vote, it is actually a reason to reject the idea that your vote was wasted. The votes are not wasted, but even if they are counted they are stolen. Stolen by fictional candidates like Trump and Clinton and stolen by the death of politics. Vote your conscience and then live according to it. Let everyone know that your vote was stolen by a system that is fraudulent. Make sure that everyone remembers that it is a lie every time they tell you that you might not like what the President does but you have to accept it because that is the way democracy works






21st-Century Detroit-Style Power  And Struggle: The Detroit Literacy Case
by Frank X Murphy 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/21st-century-detroit-style-power-and-struggle-the-detroit-literacy-case/

The strangely twisted presidential election campaign of 2016 coincides, in Detroit, with the gradually spreading realization that this utterly broken system will continue to fail at delivering broadly shared, equitable “recovery”.  The historic emergency-managed bankruptcy in 2013-14, courtesy of the giant Jones Day law firm – who charged taxpayers $70 million for the privilege of looting our city – is officially over.    But its profound after-effects on policy, quality of life and the limits of imagination linger on.






Sinister Design Behind Parvez Khurram’s Arrest
by Abdul Majid Zargar 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/sinister-design-behind-parvez-khurrams-arrest/

It may be noted that human rights defenders of the world are protected by a United Nations General Assembly resolution No. 53/144 which adopted a declaration in 1998 on  the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . India has imprisoned Khurram Parvez in total breach of the  declaration. 





Satya Sodhak Trinity Of Mahatma Jothirao Phule
by Tata Sivaih 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/satya-sodhak-trinity-of-mahatma-jothirao-phule/

We pay our tributes to Mahatma Jothirao Phule, the founder of Satya Sodhak Samaj, on this 143rd year of its foundation, namely September 24, 1873





Questioning The Patriarchal Attitudes: A Review Of The Film "Pink" 
by Jayashubha 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/26/questioning-the-patriarchal-attitudes-a-review-of-the-film-pink/

The questions raised by the film acquire importance in contemporary times. It points that the problem lies with the societal attitudes towards female autonomy and female behavior, which is anti-women and patriarchal. It is not the restrictions on female autonomy and behavior that is required but a change in the patriarchal mindsets of men and anti-women societal attitudes.