CounterCurrents: The Age of Demagogues!, Traitors In Britain’s Leadership

Dear Friend,

India's demonetisation is a man made calamity, especially for rural India where most of India, that too the poorest of the world, live. Demonetisation has wrecked rural India. Even today I saw a report of farmers throwing tomoatoes on the road. In yesterday's news letter there was a report of a farmer destroying the crops. This is a slow moving tsunami. Walt Gelles in his article  'Modi’s Man-Made Calamity:  How Many Will Die?' says "at this point, every sane and responsible person in India should be asking:  How many tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, or millions of people in India are going to die from hunger, starvation, malnutrition and disease as a result of Modi’s demonetisation?"

Populism is the order of the day. It began with the rise of Narendra Modi in India, moved to Europe with Brexit and now Trump in USA. Peter Van Els writes, "the rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe is a threat to the fundamental rights of our democracy. Donald Trump’s election as US president after a campaign of hatred, lies, half-truths and intolerance, and the growing influence of political parties in Europe who reject universal rights, bring marketing rights, the environment and democracy in danger. Legal standards denigration and contempt for factual truths."

If you want to know what will happen to USA or Europe in the near future, look at India! You will know what a demagogue can do to a country. 

Daag Ujjala throws in  the most sensible and creative caution for our times, "these transpositions are tectonic and irrevocable.  Therefore acting to stop them before they become complete is the order of the day. But our tactics have to be different; no business as usual. Exposing leaders as “liars” appears to be useless.  So we have to fight back where it hurts. People have to stop conducting business with companies that support the power structure. People have to call and write political leaders daily.  People have to withdraw monetary and political support from anyone naïve to “wait and see.”  We have to fight with our personal energies, our financial strength and our political will."


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Modi’s Man-Made Calamity:  How Many Will Die?
by Walt Gelles  

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/modis-man-made-calamity-how-many-will-die/

At this point, every sane and responsible person in India should be asking:  How many tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, or millions of people in India are going to die from hunger, starvation, malnutrition and disease as a result of Modi’s demonetisation?






Populism And The Rise Of The Demagogues
by Peter Van Els 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/populism-and-the-rise-of-the-demagogues/

The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe is a threat to the fundamental rights of our democracy. Donald Trump’s election as US president after a campaign of hatred, lies, half-truths and intolerance, and the growing influence of political parties in Europe who reject universal rights, bring marketing rights, the environment and democracy in danger. Legal standards denigration and contempt for factual truths.






The Transpositions In Trump-Land Are Irrevocable If We Let Them Complete Themselves
by Daag Ujjala 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/the-transpositions-in-trump-land-are-irrevocable-if-we-let-them-complete-themselves/

These transpositions are tectonic and irrevocable.  Therefore acting to stop them before they become complete is the order of the day. But our tactics have to be different; no business as usual. Exposing leaders as “liars” appears to be useless.  So we have to fight back where it hurts. People have to stop conducting business with companies that support the power structure. People have to call and write political leaders daily.  People have to withdraw monetary and political support from anyone naïve to “wait and see.”  We have to fight with our personal energies, our financial strength and our political will.



We Must Not Demonize And Threaten Russia
by John Scales Avery 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/we-must-not-demonize-and-threaten-russia/

Civil society must make its will felt. A thermonuclear war today would be not only genocidal but also omnicidal. It would kill people of all ages, babies, children, young people, mothers, fathers and grandparents, without any regard whatever for guilt or innocence. Such a war would be the ultimate ecological catastrophe, destroying not only human civilization but also much of the biosphere. Each of us has a duty to work with courage and dedication to prevent it.





The Paris Conference Must Send A Strong Message From The World To Israel!
by Dr Salim Nazzal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/the-paris-conference-must-send-a-strong-message-from-the-world-to-israel/

Many believed in the Middle East that the Paris conference held today, Jan. 15, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the participation of 70 countries and international organisations could be a final attempt by the international community to resolve the conflict in Palestine based on two-state solution.





Today’s Terminal Social Malady
by Lionel Anet 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/todays-terminal-social-malady/

The ignorance of the educated to interact with the nature in a fair sustainable way is the cause of our and life’s demise. It’s those few who have had a college education who maintain that state illusoriness that retains the unfair system. However, we are at the end of that road and the only way for anyone to survive is to help each other to live within natures limits, it’s the only way to peace and cooperation, they are essential for our and maybe life’s survival.






An Uncertain Future Follows Obama’s Farewell
by Dr Arshad M Khan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/an-uncertain-future-follows-obamas-farewell/

The old joke remains truer than ever: In America anyone can be president … and anyone usually is.





Traitors In Britain’s Leadership
by Eric Zuesse 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/traitors-in-britains-leadership/

Following are highlights from the shocking and uncontested (though confusingly written) original Al Jazeera investigative news report published on January 8th, which had mentioned this treachery only in passing (but without calling it that). These excerpts will make clear the severity of what has actually been happening here — and of what is continuing to happen.




Prime Minister – Your Replacement By Displacement On Khadi Calendar Does Not Make Sense
by A concerned Citizen 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/prime-minister-your-replacement-by-displacement-on-khadi-calendar-does-not-make-sense/

Your RSS never seemed to have a position on Khadi and Village industry at the time of independence. However, they now seem to displace Gandhi and replace it with your own image. His philosophy of economic self-reliance never seems to be guiding your economic policies. Rather it seems to be more oriented towards encouraging bigger players.