CounterCurrents: Where are we headed? Do we have a future?, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Activist, McDonald’s, McDonnell Douglas, 3M And Me

 Dear Friend,

Paris climate change agreement enters into force today. Meanwhile,  United Nations Environmental Program has come out with a report that says that even if the Paris Agreement comes into effect we are on track to hit  a global temperature rise of 3.4ºC above pre-industrial levels, far above the 2º limit and 1.5º goal agreed to under last year’s Paris climate accord. According to Dr James Hansen, the grandfather of Global Warming science, when  our planet was 2 °C warmer, in the early Pliocene about 3 million years ago, sea level was about 25 m [82 feet] higher than today.  During the Eemian interglacial period of about 130,000 years ago when sea levels were 15 to 20 feet higher, when temperatures had been thought to be about 1°C warmer than today. Remember we are already 1.25 °C warmer than the pre-industrial level! Where are we headed? Do we have a future? 

Richard Oxman have an advice for activists. Don't wait for the messiah! He writes" to create watersheds in history — like the one we all need now — we’re dependent upon quiet singular souls fighting the good fight quite alone."

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Despite Paris Climate Pledge, Planet On Track To Surpass 3°C Temperature Rise
by Nika Knight 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/despite-paris-climate-pledge-planet-on-track-to-surpass-3c-temperature-rise/

Global warming is on track to top 3° Celsius, the United Nations warned this week, because today’s climate pledges are “not nearly enough” to prevent dangerous levels of warming. That’s according the latest annual “Emissions GapReport”  from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), which concluded that pledges to cut emissions will result in a global temperature rise of 3.4ºC above pre-industrial levels, far above the 2º limit and 1.5º goal agreed to under last year’s Paris climate accord.





The Loneliness Of  The Long Distance Activist
by Richard Oxman 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-activist/

To create watersheds in history — like the one we all need now — we’re dependent upon quiet singular souls fighting the good fight quite alone. Dependent upon such rare figures forging a path out of the limelight to stir up the passions and creative juices of us all, bringing us to the boiling point whereby we can make our contribution.




McDonald’s, McDonnell Douglas, 3M And Me
by Rachel Olivia O'Connor 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/mcdonalds-mcdonnell-douglas-3m-and-me/

Activist energy has to be centered more on downplaying individual importance, except in the sense that each individual citizen — not the corporations or other usual suspects — needs to change their habits. The ones that make them (to some degree) support our hegemonic military.





Will The American Political Nightmare End With The Election?
by Dr Arshad M Khan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/will-the-american-political-nightmare-end-with-the-election/

Well, we have come to expect the unexpected. Obama’s ‘change’ became ‘more of the same’ and the Nobel Peace Laureate has bequeathed seven wars, a refugee crisis in Europe, hundreds of thousands dead, and confrontation with Russia, the other major nuclear power. Amidst all the spewed hatred, Trump’s views on Putin and Russia might well diffuse this dangerous tension.





I Voted
by Gary Corseri 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/i-voted/

To see the planet whole;
To know our place upon it;
To nurture and restore it;
To abide in moderation,
With compassionate humility;
That the arts might consecrate us—
I voted.





Aurora: Western “Culture” Is Wrecking Entire Continents
by Andre Vltchek 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/aurora-western-culture-is-wrecking-entire-continents/

I wrote my short novel, “Aurora”, after studying the activities of various Western ‘cultural institutions’, in virtually all the continents of the Planet. I encountered their heads; I interacted with the ‘beneficiaries’ of various funding schemes, and I managed to get ‘behind the scenes’.





Suicide Of Two Dalits To Save Democratic-Secular India
by Shamsul Islam 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/suicide-of-two-dalits-to-save-democratic-secular-india/

THESE TWO SUICIDES OF INDIANS COMING FROM TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA AND FROM TWO DIFFERENT MILIEUS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON; BOTH HAPPENED TO BE DALITS.





Arnab Goswami: Cross Breed Of Economic And Political Rightwing In India
by N Srinivasa Rao

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/arnab-goswami-cross-breed-of-economic-and-political-rightwing-in-india/

It would not be surprising to say that Arnab Goswami was the trend setter in Indian media industry. He represented a media version with seeds of fascist political culture that was to emerge in India. He was a cross breed of economic and political right. The political culture was to be extremely suppressive of political dissent, rule out any intellectual debates based on reason and logic, be completely subservient to the official version of political events, base judgements on theestablishment version and create a confirmatory rather than a vigilant citizenry.




Consolidation Of Social Consciousness Among OBC And A Third Mandal Movement
by Tata Sivaih 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/11/04/consolidation-of-social-consciousness-among-obc-and-a-third-mandal-movement/

On behalf of Mahatma Jothirao Phule & Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Educational Circle we request all Bahujan organisations (political and non-political, national and regional), activists and intellectuals to pressurise the Central Government as well as State Governments for the above demands and be ready for a third Mandal movement.