CounterCurrents: The Palestine Exception To Free Speech In The U. S., In Latin America, The Empire Strikes Back

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Today is the tenth anniversary of the day WikiLeaks came into existence. How it changed free speech! How it changed free speech! How it motivated more truth tellers to come forward ! Let there be more WikiLeaks, more transparency in governance. 

Our resources are depleting fast. The global capitalist system has enclosed, commodified and put a money value into each one of them. These resources belong to not just to us, but also to the future generations. Will there be anything left after the marauding capitalist greed ate into each one them? Sustainability can be achieved after commoning global resources by applying the commons principle after  wisely moderating the demands on common resources.  It needs wisdom. Are we humans wise enough?

It was a quiet day on the India-Pakistan front. Soumya Dutta questions India's threat to withdraw from the Indus Water Treaty. He asks, "can we imagine a South Asia after this – even if it is possible at great human cost on both sides of the political border ? The drumbeats of a crooked war are on the rise / Millions will be deprived water, as ultimate price/ Blood-thirsty war hounds know no morals / Lives, kinships, shared identities – all for sacrifice."

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WikiLeaks, 10 Years Of Pushing The Boundaries Of Free Speech
by Nozomi Hayase 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/wikileaks-10-years-of-pushing-the-boundaries-of-free-speech/

We are now entering WikiLeaks 10 year anniversary. The organization registered their domain on October 4, 2006 and blazed into the public limelight in the spring of 2010 with the publication of Collateral Murder. 





Transforming Global Resources Into Commons
by Gerhard Scherhorn 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/transforming-global-resources-into-commons/

Sustainability is commoning global resources by applying the commons principle of wisely moderating demands on common resources. It is time to ask what perspectives will open up when we proceed this way.






Science And Society
by John Scales Avery 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/science-and-society/

I would like to announce that an updated and very much enlarged edition of my book “Science and Society” will very soon be published by World Scientific (in November, 2016). The book can be purchased at a 20% discount at the following address by quoting the code number WSSPPS20.





Two Peoples Bound By Water : An Open Letter To Our Fellow Indians On Indus Water Treaty
by Soumya Dutta 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/two-peoples-bound-by-water-an-open-letter-to-our-fellow-indians-on-indus-water-treaty/

Can we imagine a South Asia after this – even if it is possible at great human cost on both sides of the political border ? The drumbeats of a crooked war are on the rise / Millions will be deprived water, as ultimate price/ Blood-thirsty war hounds know no morals / Lives, kinships, shared identities – all for sacrifice.





Enough Of CIA’s “Enough Project” In Africa
by Thomas C Mountain 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/enough-of-cias-enough-project-in-africa/

Enough of the CIA’s “Enough Project” in Africa. With Hollywood superstar George Clooney as it’s talking head, EP, as it is known, was founded by senior US Intel “spook” Gayle Smith, former Senior Director of the National Security Council under President Obama and now head of the USAID/CIA





In Latin America, The Empire Strikes Back
by Chris Hedges

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/in-latin-america-the-empire-strikes-back/

Corporate leviathans and the imperialist agencies that work on their behalf are once again reshaping Latin America into havens for corporate exploitation. It is the eternal story of the struggle by the weak against the strong, the poor against the rich, the powerless against the powerful, and those who would be free against the forces of imperialism.






The Palestine Exception To Free Speech In The U. S.
by Dr Ludwig Watzal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/the-palestine-exception-to-free-speech-in-the-u-s/

The Palestine human rights movement and its advocates in the U. S. are under a growing pressure because of their criticism of Israel’s oppressive and deadly policy against the People of Palestine. The BDS campaign was the last straw that led to a coalition, which uses all available means to suppress freedom of speech.  






Hillary’s Boast On Iran Sanctions Reveal Her Criminal Mentality
by George Capaccio 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/hillarys-boast-on-iran-sanctions-reveal-her-criminal-mentality/

Come Election Day, when I enter the curtained booth at my polling location, I will be thinking of those victims — from Palestine, Iran, and Iraq to Honduras, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine — and mark my ballot accordingly.





Kamaraj:The Selfless Leader
by Tata Sivaih 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/04/kamarajthe-selfless-leader/

Kamaraj was a rarity in Indian politics, and undoubtedly the tallest leader in Tamil Nadu. A school dropout and freedom fighter who went on to become the Congress president despite knowing no Hindi and no English. His genuine concern for the poor was matched only by his scrupulous honesty and integrity.