CounterCurrents: Banning Of The Notes Or Death Call, Ahwazi Student Beaten Unconscious By Iranian Regime Forces For Selling Flowers, Capitalism or Life

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People in India continue to suffer after the sudden withdrawal of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes, the most popular (consisting of about 80% ) denominations in circulation. Long ques outside banks and ATMs continue. There are no takers for the newly issued Rs 2000 notes. The finance minister says it will take three weeks for ATMs to start functioning normally. Many deaths are reported of people standing in queues. 

Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava gives an overview of the situation in his article "Banning Of The Notes Or Death Call". He takes our attention to a less noticed incident in Uttar Pradesh where 8 bank employees died in an accident. 

Just after the Trump victory, stock price for 'Energy Transfer Equity' the builders of Dakota Access pipeline shot up 15 %, which the Standing Rock indigenous protesters are resisting. A bad omen of things to come. 

Chuck Collins writes "the 2016 election and the rise of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can be explained by growing inequality and the nature of populist movements. Understanding this creates potential for serious radical change."

Capitalism is sounding death knells for humanity and all other species, writes Lionel Anet. The mayhem in India and the Trump victory should alert us to the dangers of Capitalism and act as a wake up call for all of us to take urgent action, NOW. 

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Banning Of The Notes Or Death Call
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/banning-of-the-notes-or-death-call/

In Uttar Pradesh, in suburb Kanpur eight SBI officials died in a road accident when they were returning from their rural branch to the city of Kanpur. Their van met accident in the lightless and tattered roads with the container and all eight died. None looked these deaths as the outcome of the alterations in the social life due to panic generated. The government announcement forced these people to be in branches in nights and the sudden decision of the government caused panic even among the employees and the fate was death.





What the Trump Victory Means For Standing Rock
by Jenni Monet 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/what-the-trump-victory-means-for-standing-rock/

Less than 12 hours after Donald Trump walked onto a New York City stage as the newly elected president, the stock price for Energy Transfer Equity shot up 15 percent. Among that company’s holdings is Energy Transfer Partners, operator of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. Protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation continue to fight completion of the $3.8 billion project. But the jump in share price indicates an immediate pro-energy confidence in Trump.





Trump And The Two Sides Of Populism
by Chuck Collins 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/trump-and-the-two-sides-of-populism/

The 2016 election and the rise of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can be explained by growing inequality and the nature of populist movements. Understanding this creates potential for serious radical change.





Uprooted From Syria, Stranded In Gaza
by Isra Saleh el-Namey 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/uprooted-from-syria-stranded-in-gaza/

Story of a Syrian family stranded in Gaza





Capitalism or Life
by Lionel Anet 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/capitalism-or-life/

The global socioeconomic system of capitalism, is forcing us to work harder to surpass previous consumption and population numbers until we have devoured everything that maintains life, ending up with a polluted, lifeless, and a scorched planet. Civilisation’s present and ultimate mode, capitalism is the system that can only lead us to our annihilation.






Janet Reno: Bill Clinton’s Attorney General
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/janet-reno-bill-clintons-attorney-general/

She was the first woman to hold the job of US Attorney General, and on getting that position, held it for the duration of the Clinton administration, the longest tenure than any in the previous 150 years. Unfortunately for her, Janet Reno will be remembered for much that was wrong with that same administration.





Ahwazi Student Beaten Unconscious By Iranian Regime Forces For Selling Flowers
by Rahim Hamid 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/ahwazi-student-beaten-unconscious-by-iranian-regime-forces-for-selling-flowers/

A young Ahwazi Arab student was critically injured on Friday when he was brutally assaulted by Iranian regime municipal officers while selling flowers in order to help feed his family.





Modi Is Cheered, As The Mahatma Is Reduced To A Pathetic Figure In Gandhinagar
by Vidyadhar Date 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/modi-is-cheered-as-the-mahatma-is-reduced-to-a-pathetic-figure-in-gandhinagar/

The four-day conference was held in Mahatma Mandir which means a temple to Mahatma Gandhi. Here lies the mockery. This is a gigantic complex of a convention centre, an exhibition hall and a memorial to the Mahatma built like a big conical heap of salt to symbolize the salt satyagraha of Dandi in Gujarat.






Hostel Curfew At Punjabi University
Press Release By Democratic Students Organization

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/13/hostel-curfew-at-punjabi-university/

Punjabi University, Patiala is considered one of the premier institutions of higher education in Punjab but when it comes to developing or fostering a just, equal, and gender-friendly environment, its patriarchal character comes to the fore. This report tends to deal with the struggle led by Democratic Students Organization against hostel curfews and other associated problems faced by women students of the campus.