RSN: The 'Hairy Rhino' Is Now Extinct in Malaysia, Israeli Military Apparently Blocked the Bombing of Iran, One Year After Israeli Bombardment, People of Gaza Still Sit Among the Ruins

It's Live on the HomePage Now: 
Reader Supported News

---

Robert Reich | The Upsurge in Uncertain Work 

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don't know how much they'll be earning next week or even tomorrow." 
READ MORE

Charles Pierce | NYT's Ross Douthat Sees Donald Trump as an Opportunity 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "His Eminence Ross Cardinal Douthat, primate of the Archdiocese of Dorkylvania, has become intrigued with the current Republican frontrunner." 
READ MORE

Israeli Military Apparently Blocked the Bombing of Iran 
Agence France-Presse 
Excerpt: "Israel's former defence minister Ehud Barak has said in an interview that three Iran attack plans backed by both himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were blocked by the military." 
READ MORE

Pentagon Manual Defines Some Reporters as Spies 
Don North, Consortium News 
North writes: "The Pentagon's new 'Law of War' manual puts some journalists in the category of 'unprivileged belligerents,' meaning they can be tried by military tribunals as spies, a further sign of U.S. government hostility toward reporting that undercuts Washington's goals." 
READ MORE

One Year After Israeli Bombardment, People of Gaza Still Sit Among the Ruins 
Jodi Rudoren and Majd Al Waheidi, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "The men of Shejaiya still come daily to sit vigil in the desolate ruins of their neighborhood, drinking tea and playing chess." 
READ MORE

Family of Jerame Reid to Request Federal Investigation Into Shooting 
Sara Tracey, Press of Atlantic City 
Tracey writes: "Reid died in a police-involved shooting in December. His family lost a son, a father, a brother, a nephew." 
READ MORE

The 'Hairy Rhino' Is Now Extinct in Malaysia 
Taylor Hill, TakePart.com 
Hill writes: "The rarest and smallest species of rhinoceros, the Sumatran rhino, has been declared extinct in Malaysia. The announcement comes from a group of scientists who looked at the distribution of the world's most endangered large animal and found none in a country that was once part of its primary habitat." 
READ MORE

---

CounterCurrents: US-Backed Assault Creating Humanitarian Disaster In Yemen, Video Message From Gaza: We Are Still Under The Rubble, US Agribusiness, GMOs And The Plundering Of The Planet

Dear Friend,

If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents

In Solidarity
Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org


Two Encounters And A Democracy
By Samar

http://www.countercurrents.org/samar080415.htm

The world’s largest democracy witnessed its police force killing 25 of its citizens in two encounters in Andhra Pradesh. “Encounters”, for the uninitiated, are a euphemism for killing unarmed civilians in staged gun battles. The police version of both the alleged encounters is such that it could be laughed-off had they not been about the deaths of civilians


Condemn Cold-Blooded Murder Of Five Under-Trial Prisoners By Telengana Police
By People's Union For Democratic Rights

http://www.countercurrents.org/pudr080415.htm

PUDR strongly condemns the murder of the 5 under-trial prisoners and demands immediate arrest and suspension of all police personnel who were present in the van. PUDR demands that the Telengana police chief take responsibility for these murders and explain how they have passed them off as ‘retaliatory’ killings. PUDR also wishes to point out to the Home Minister that when custodians of law turn into licensed killers, then they pose a far greater challenge to the country than those who can be banned under draconian legislations and easily killed inside police vans


US-Backed Assault Creating Humanitarian Disaster In Yemen
By Niles Williamson

http://www.countercurrents.org/williamson080415.htm

The United Nations warned on Monday that ongoing fighting in Yemen combined with the Saudi-led campaign of airstrikes backed by Washington is taking an “intolerable toll” on children in the deeply impoverished Middle Eastern country. UNICEF has confirmed that at least 74 children have been killed and another 44 maimed since Saudi-led airstrikes began nearly two weeks ago. The real death toll for children is likely much higher and is expected to rise as airstrikes continue to hit civilian targets in urban areas throughout the country


Video Message From Gaza: We Are Still Under The Rubble
By Ali Abunimah

http://www.countercurrents.org/abunimah080415.htm

Last week, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, tweeted this shocking fact: More than 7 months after the ceasefire announcement in #Gaza, not a single totally destroyed home has been rebuilt. This is a point powerfully made in this video posted by the Popular Committee Against the Siege


US Agribusiness, GMOs And The Plundering Of The Planet
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter080415.htm

Small farmers operate 16% of agricultural land in Ukraine, but provide 55% of agricultural output, including: 97% of potatoes, 97% of honey, 88% of vegetables, 83% of fruits and berries and 80% of milk. It is clear that Ukraine’s small farms are delivering impressive outputs. However, The US-backed toppling of that country’s government seems likely to change this with the installed puppet regime handing over agriculture to US agribusiness. Current ‘aid’ packages are contingent on the plundering of the economy under the guise of ‘austerity’ reforms and will have a devastating impact on Ukrainians’ standard of living and increase poverty in the country


Ukrainian Gov't. Condemns Russia's Celebration of Victory Against Nazis
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse080415.htm

The Ukrainian Government said on April 7th that any country sending representatives to Russia's celebration of the 70th anniversary of their victory against Adolf Hitler, will be blacklisted by Ukraine. That celebration will take place on May 9th


Prospero's Business
By John Knope

http://www.countercurrents.org/knope080415.htm

This article points out an alternative scenario that is hidden within a few lines in The Tempest. This “secret meaning” has never been written about by any scholar that I could find, nor has it been presented in any of the several filmed versions of the play that are available. No familiarity with The Tempest or Shakespeare is required to understand this hidden feature. Following the short explanation of this secret element is a brief attempt at understanding how this obvious feature (and hopefully you will agree it is obvious) has not been previously noticed by any reviewer of the play


Poets’ Talk: “Why Is This World So Sad?” And, “The Armor of God”
By Gary Corseri and Charles Orloski

http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri080415.htm

Following is the third installment of a “Poets’ Talk” series between Charles Orloski and myself. E-friends for the past 3 years, both of us “baby-boomers,” Orloski and I have very different backgrounds, but share a love of literature, abiding interests in history, politics and the Zeitgeist, and a belief that informed activism and the Arts (with much luck and perhaps some Providential assistance!) may yet create a more humane, a more sensible, world than 2015’s war-ravaged planet of obscene disparities of wealth and power. The conversation below is actually a pastiche of “e-talks,” or exchanges, over several weeks, winnowed and woven together to develop themes, a narrative flow, and coherence.—Gary Corseri


Intergenerational Theft – For Every $1 For Coal Today Future Generations Will Pay $1-$14 To Sequester CO2
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya080415.htm

Remorseless greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution is leaving a polluted and devastated planet for future generations. Further, present intergenerational inequity means that for every $1 received by climate criminal corporations for thermal coal, future generations will inescapably have to pay $1 to $14 (depending on location and technology) to sequester the CO2 from coal combustion. Young people must revolt, oppose this mounting Carbon Debt, and insist “Keep it in the ground”


“National Register Of Citizens” Updation And Recent Political Development In Assam
By Abdul Kalam Azad

http://www.countercurrents.org/azad080415.htm

On 21st July, 2010 one of my close family relative Mydul Mullah (25) was one among the thousands of marginalized Muslims of Barpeta district who were demonstrating in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office at district headquarter demanding an error-free fresh NRC (National Register of Citizens). Eventually, police brutally cracked down on the picketers and fired upon them for the ‘crime’ of exercising their democratic right to peacefully protest. After the police firing Mydul Mullah along with his three comrades Khandakar Matleb (20), Siraj Ali (27) and Majam Ali (55) succumbed to the bullet injuries. The Tarun Gogoi led Assam government was forced to suspend the faulty NRC pilot project due to unprecedented public outrage


Freedom Fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal Remembered, But Indifferently
By Abdul Rashid Agwan

http://www.countercurrents.org/agwan080415.htm

The staunch freedom fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal's 136th death anniversary was recalled yesterday. Her great sacrifices for the First War of Independence are almost forgotten in India and, save some token events in Lucknow where she ruled and Nepal where she died, she could hardly be remembered. Begum of Awadh and the first wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, who was one of the heroes of freedom struggle of 1857 died on 7 April 1879 during her refuge in Nepal. She was remembered on her death anniversary falling yesterday but almost neglectfully


Of Writing Generic Names Of Drugs And Beyond
By Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat

http://www.countercurrents.org/bhat080415.htm

After a prolonged wait and pause Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical department has finally brought into force ‘Drug Policy’ approved by Cabinet way back in 2012. The policy bans writing of brand names of drugs by medical practitioners and directs them (physicians) to write only generic names of drugs. As expected the order issued by the department has not gone well to physician community of valley. They (physicians) even threatened of an agitation against the move


Girls Have Feelings Too
By Khalid Bashir

http://www.countercurrents.org/bashir080415.htm

Centuries have come, and centuries have gone, but the plight of women is not likely to change. Time has helplessly watched women suffering in the form of discrimination, oppression, exploitation, degradation, aggression, humiliation . Male violence against women is worldwide phenomenon

RSN: 'Extreme Conservation' Saves Mountain Gorillas From Extinction, Scott Walker has Dedicated Himself to Destroying The Wisconsin Idea,

It's Live on the HomePage Now:
Reader Supported News

NEEDING YOUR HELP AND DAMN PROUD OF IT: This organization can be converted overnight into far more powerful voice and higher achieving project. “Significant” participation by our readership is what is and has been laking for far too long. I have to get you on board. We don’t need people to give more, we need more people to give. Time has come. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News

Sure, I'll make a donation!

---

Ken Klippenstein | Gaza in Ruins After Receiving Only 5% of Pledged Reconstruction Funds

Ken Klippenstein, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), discusses the causes and consequences of the fact that only about 5% of pledged donations have reached Gaza."
READ MORE

Charles Pierce | Scott Walker has Dedicated Himself to Destroying The Wisconsin Idea
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I know you will find this hard to believe about Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, and current Republican flavor-of-the-month, but you might just want to take anything he says on the campaign trail with a salt lick the size of Gibraltar."
READ MORE

After 43 Students Vanish, Residents Turn on Coca Cola Bottler
The Associated Press
Excerpt: "Coca-Cola's largest bottler in Mexico has temporarily suspended operations in the capital of the embattled state of Guerrero following attacks on its workers and its trucks."
READ MORE

Mississippi Appeals Blocked Abortion Law to US Supreme Court
Emily Wagster Pettus, The Sun Herald
Pettus writes: "Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce an abortion law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower court."
READ MORE

Vauhini Vara | A Student-Debt Revolt Begins
Vauhini Vara, The New Yorker
Vara writes: "The current and former Corinthian students participating in the strike, who call themselves the Corinthian Fifteen (Heiney is among their most outspoken members), are publicly refusing to pay both their federal and private debt."
READ MORE

Rent Walkouts Point to Strains in US Farm Economy
Jo Winterbottom and P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters
Excerpt: "Across the U.S. Midwest, the plunge in grain prices to near four-year lows is pitting landowners determined to sustain rental incomes against farmer tenants worried about making rent payments because their revenues are squeezed."
READ MORE

'Extreme Conservation' Saves Mountain Gorillas From Extinction
Marcelle Hopkins, Al Jazeera America
Hopkins writes: "Many scientists expected mountain gorillas to be extinct by the end of the 20th century. But thanks to anti-poaching patrols, habitat conservation and economic development of surrounding communities - all funded by tourism revenue - mountain gorillas have survived, although they are still critically endangered."
READ MORE