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Saturday, March 4, 2017
CounterCurrents: The Peace Grandmother Of Copenhagen
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The Peace Grandmother Of Copenhagen
by Binu Mathew
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/the-peace-grandmother-of-copenhagen/
Several springs, summers, autumns and winters have come and gone in these 5614 days. This grandmother stood in the icy cold of many a winter Copenhagen winter. I leave this peace grandmother with the lines of Shelley on my mind,
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
The Reality Show Comes To Congress: Trump’s Joint Address
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/the-reality-show-comes-to-congress-trumps-joint-address/
Let us tear through these Trumpland evocations, the business pitches of this show and publicity act that was the first address by the President to a joint sitting of the US Congress. There were the common themes; there were the contradictory messages; and there was plain, traditional nonsense. In the undergrowth were olive branches being offered (“The time for trivial fights is behind us”), platitudes, and a few incontestable points.
Descendants Of Slaves, Forerunners Of Justice: American Muslims Must Stop Apologizing
by Dr Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/descendants-of-slaves-forerunners-of-justice-american-muslims-must-stop-apologizing/
For this generation of American Muslims, this is their moment – to discover and fulfill their mission, to define and assert who they are as the descendants of slaves, immigrants and refugees – the three main building blocs of America.
Australia’s One Nation Train
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/australias-one-nation-train/
But the emergence in recent months of the Trump presidency has stirred a virus of sorts, moving through the political body at some speed. Homes are becoming unaffordable. Australia’s banks, a long protected profit-making racket, continue charging monstrous fees for using the money of citizens. (Their wealth is your benefit.) Industries are closing or, in the weight loss metaphor, down-sizing. Governments and the main opposition party are getting edgy. Much of this has been fanned by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party, an entity conservatives were so keen on destroying during the 1990s they established a special fund to do so, run by the deposed former Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott. He was to have the monopoly on reactionary politics.
The Scrimmage Between ‘Good Pride’ And ‘Bad Pride’
by Fazal M. Kamal
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/the-scrimmage-between-good-pride-and-bad-pride/
“The times they are a-changin’”—sang Nobel laureate Bob Dylan eons ago, and they sure are. Evidently these are demanding times, too, for sane and reasonable people in every single space on Earth. Consequently it’s appropriate to close with these, most essential, words now: “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.”― John C. Maxwell, author.
Guantánamo’s Last 100 Days : The Story That Never Was
by Karen J Greenberg
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/guantanamos-last-100-days-the-story-that-never-was/
In the spring of 2016, I asked a student of mine to do me a favor and figure out which day would be the 100th before Barack Obama’s presidency ended. October 12th, he reported back, and then asked me the obvious question: Why in the world did I want to know? The answer was simple. Years before I had written a book about Guantánamo’s first 100 days and I was looking forward to writing an essay highlighting that detention camp’s last 100 days. I had been waiting for this moment almost eight years, since on the first day of his presidency Obama signed an executive order to close that already infamous offshore prison within a year.
India Needs A Law To Ensure ‘Right To Housing’ Says UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
by National Alliance of People’s Movements
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/india-needs-a-law-to-ensure-right-to-housing-says-un-special-rapporteur-on-adequate-housing/
The Report prepared by Special Rapporteur on adequate housing United Nations which is to be presented today in UN Human Rights Council, highlights the extreme scarcity in availability of proper housing to 58.6 million households. A deeper study of the report brings out that among this large community, schedule castes and schedule tribes, homeless people, Muslims and manual scavengers are the worst hit. Access to housing is abysmally below the national average for this segment.
Voicing Silence: A Report Of A Fake Encounter Of A Disabled Adivasi Youth
Fact-Finding Report
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/voicing-silence-a-report-of-a-fake-encounter-of-a-disabled-adivasi-youth/
Given the level of intimidation the police and its associated vigilante groups have brought to bear upon members of this fact finding team including lawyers, academics and journalists, we wonder how the residents of these villagers in Bastar can hope for anything better, let alone justice from the same police with respect to cases such as this encounter. We ask that the residents of this village especially the petitioners and translators who travelled to the High Court be given some form of protection from police and vigilante harassment and demand that adequate investigation is conducted by an independent body on the harassment of the advocates and the villagers who have assisted the petitioners, Pottam Kumma and Pottam Jamli, parents of Pottam Somaru, in filing a case in the Chhattisgarh High Court.
The Blind Race Towards Self-Destruction
by Nivedita Dwivedi
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/the-blind-race-towards-self-destruction/
Today there is Gurmehar Kaur, tomorrow there will be someone else who will become an easy target for the entire nation to show their debating skills, the matchless arguments that they can garner. The media will have a field day and will use all tools at their disposal to finish at the top of the TRP race. In a course of a few days or months, things will fizzle out and one Gurmehar Kaur will be replaced by some other, for the entire cycle to be repeated again. In all this entertainment drama, there will be no thought spared for the individual for whom this entire experience will be a life-changing one, who, probably, will struggle to emerge from the impact of it, who, probably, will be a changed individual thenceforth.
Communalising Population Growth: Understanding Demographic Data
by Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/communalising-population-growth-understanding-demographic-data/
The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This became apparent once again when Minister of state of Home, Kiren Rijuju tweeted that that Hindu population is decreasing in the country as Hindus don’t convert and that minorities in India are flourishing unlike in the neighbouring countries.
‘Chalo Delhi’; The Fight Against The Attacks On Education, Democracy And Social Justice
by Yadul Krishna
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/chalo-delhi-the-fight-against-the-attacks-on-education-democracy-and-social-justice/
Thousands of students from different parts of the country will join the march on 3rd March from Mandi House to Parliament Street fighting against the attacks on education, democracy and social justice and to ensure a pro-student, pro-people new education policy. The time to reclaim our democratic spaces to discuss, debate and dissent has come. Let the voice of Independence, Democracy and Socialism be heard all over the country…
Kashmir Pandit Return “Resolution” !
by Mohammad Ashraf
http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/03/02/kashmir-pandit-return-resolution/
The J & K Assembly some time back passed a resolution for the return of migrant Pandits. Will mere passing of a resolution be enough to facilitate their return?
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
RSN: Paul Krugman | With All Due Disrespect, Trump's Administration Will Regulate Trump's Businesses, Raising Prospect of Conflicts
The rest of the world is MOCKING Dead Beat Don!
Think about it!
The best Dead Beat Don can do is insult others who have sacrificed for the country?
Trump describing his penis?
Are the toilets gold?
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Paul Krugman | With All Due Disrespect
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Let's be thankful that John Lewis had the courage to speak out. It was the patriotic, heroic thing to do. And America needs that kind of heroism, now more than ever."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Let's be thankful that John Lewis had the courage to speak out. It was the patriotic, heroic thing to do. And America needs that kind of heroism, now more than ever."
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Trump's Administration Will Regulate Trump's Businesses, Raising Prospect of Conflicts
Rosalind S. Helderman, Drew Harwell and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "When Trump takes office on Friday, he will assume control of a federal bureaucracy with enormous power to bolster nearly every corner of his real estate, licensing and merchandising empire - and enhance his personal fortune."
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Rosalind S. Helderman, Drew Harwell and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "When Trump takes office on Friday, he will assume control of a federal bureaucracy with enormous power to bolster nearly every corner of his real estate, licensing and merchandising empire - and enhance his personal fortune."
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Left Behind a Subversive Legacy
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy will again be debated as the U.S. honors the Civil Rights leader on Jan. 16, 2017. King had become progressively more radical in the 1960s, which would be what finally led to his assassination."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy will again be debated as the U.S. honors the Civil Rights leader on Jan. 16, 2017. King had become progressively more radical in the 1960s, which would be what finally led to his assassination."
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Trump Promises 'Insurance for Everybody,' Won't Give Any Specifics
Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "Specifically, what will Trumpcare look like? It's unclear."
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Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "Specifically, what will Trumpcare look like? It's unclear."
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How the Systemic Segregation of Schools Is Maintained by 'Individual Choices'
NPR News
Excerpt: "Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated."
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NPR News
Excerpt: "Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated."
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US Transfers 10 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Oman has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in advance of President Barack Obama leaving office, the country's foreign ministry announced."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Oman has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in advance of President Barack Obama leaving office, the country's foreign ministry announced."
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New Studies Show Rex Tillerson Is Wrong About Climate Risks
Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian UK
Nuccitelli writes: "While Tillerson does accept the reality of climate change and that it poses some risks, he denies that those risks are serious."
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Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian UK
Nuccitelli writes: "While Tillerson does accept the reality of climate change and that it poses some risks, he denies that those risks are serious."
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
RSN: Former Guantanamo Guard: If Trump Fills GITMO Back Up, It Will Create Blowback Against the US
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FOCUS: Paul Gottinger | Former Guantanamo Guard: If Trump Fills GITMO Back Up, It Will Create Blowback Against the US
Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
Gottinger writes: "To make sense of what a Trump presidency means for the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Reader Supported News spoke with former US Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman, who worked as a guard at Guantanamo."
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Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
Gottinger writes: "To make sense of what a Trump presidency means for the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Reader Supported News spoke with former US Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman, who worked as a guard at Guantanamo."
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Saturday, September 10, 2016
RSN: US Cluster Bombs Kill Children for Decades in Laos, and Now Yemen
The Incompetent Christine Todd Whitman remains the Typical Ignorant Republican who held an office for which she was grossly unqualified!
Never let science or FACTS inform your decision.
Even the search dogs used in the rubble to locate body parts, exposed to the smoldering piles of hazardous chemicals, died prematurely.
Apologies for health risks to which people were unnecessarily exposed don't work at this late date.
Pity she couldn't be sued!
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William Boardman | US Cluster Bombs Kill Children for Decades in Laos, and Now Yemen
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The preposterous ironies of President Obama's unapologetic visit to Laos on September 6 have not yet generated the attention they deserve, but they provide an excellent measure of the self-righteousness of the monstrous continuity of American violence inflicted on the world from Viet Nam in the 1950s to Yemen more than sixty years later."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The preposterous ironies of President Obama's unapologetic visit to Laos on September 6 have not yet generated the attention they deserve, but they provide an excellent measure of the self-righteousness of the monstrous continuity of American violence inflicted on the world from Viet Nam in the 1950s to Yemen more than sixty years later."
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Moments After Judge Denies Dakota Access Pipeline Injunction, Federal Agencies Intervene
Valerie Taliman, Indian Country
Taliman writes: "Shortly after federal Judge James Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request for an injunction against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint statement that, in effect, temporarily halts all construction bordering Lake Oahe on the Missouri."
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Valerie Taliman, Indian Country
Taliman writes: "Shortly after federal Judge James Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request for an injunction against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint statement that, in effect, temporarily halts all construction bordering Lake Oahe on the Missouri."
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Joint Statement From the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of the Army
Excerpt: "We appreciate the District Court's opinion on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. However, important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain."
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U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of the Army
Excerpt: "We appreciate the District Court's opinion on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. However, important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain."
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Begins Hunger Strike
Denver Nicks, TIME
Nicks writes: "Chelsea Manning, the U.S. army private convicted in 2013 for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, has announced she has started a hunger strike to protest what she calls 'constant and overzealous administrative scrutiny by prison and military officials.'"
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Denver Nicks, TIME
Nicks writes: "Chelsea Manning, the U.S. army private convicted in 2013 for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, has announced she has started a hunger strike to protest what she calls 'constant and overzealous administrative scrutiny by prison and military officials.'"
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Who's Left at Guantanamo? Fates of Dozens of Prisoners Are Undecided
Cora Currier and Margot Williams, The Intercept
Excerpt: "The Last Guantanamo detainee to make the case for his release before a panel of senior administration officials is also the youngest man left at the island prison."
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Cora Currier and Margot Williams, The Intercept
Excerpt: "The Last Guantanamo detainee to make the case for his release before a panel of senior administration officials is also the youngest man left at the island prison."
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Honduras Arrests Sixth Suspect in Berta Caceres Murder Case
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Honduran authorities arrested Thursday another suspect accused of involvement in the murder of high-profile environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Caceres."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Honduran authorities arrested Thursday another suspect accused of involvement in the murder of high-profile environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Caceres."
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Former EPA Head Admits She Was Wrong to Tell New Yorkers Post-9/11 Air Was Safe
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "Christine Todd Whitman, who as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under George W Bush at the time of the 9/11 attacks told the public the air around Ground Zero in New York was safe to breathe, has admitted for the first time she was wrong."
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Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "Christine Todd Whitman, who as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under George W Bush at the time of the 9/11 attacks told the public the air around Ground Zero in New York was safe to breathe, has admitted for the first time she was wrong."
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
RSN: Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Northern Yemen, George Lakoff | Understanding Trump
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George Lakoff | Understanding Trump
George Lakoff, George Lakoff's Website
Lakoff writes: "Donald J. Trump has managed to become the Republican nominee for president. But how?"
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George Lakoff, George Lakoff's Website
Lakoff writes: "Donald J. Trump has managed to become the Republican nominee for president. But how?"
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Documents Confirm CIA Censorship of Guantanamo Trials
Mattathias Schwartz, The Intercept
Schwartz writes: "Three declassified documents clearly identify CIA as the OCA for torture-related information at the Guantánamo military commission proceedings."
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Mattathias Schwartz, The Intercept
Schwartz writes: "Three declassified documents clearly identify CIA as the OCA for torture-related information at the Guantánamo military commission proceedings."
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Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Northern Yemen
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Doctors Without Borders says an airstrike has hit a hospital it was operating in northern Yemen, killing and wounding an unknown number of people."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "Doctors Without Borders says an airstrike has hit a hospital it was operating in northern Yemen, killing and wounding an unknown number of people."
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Joseph Goebbels' 105-Year-Old Secretary: 'No One Believes Me Now, but I Knew Nothing'
Kate Connolly, Guardian UK
Connolly writes: "Brunhilde Pomsel worked at the heart of the Nazis' propaganda machine. As a film about her life is released, she discusses her lack of remorse and the private side of her monstrous boss."
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Kate Connolly, Guardian UK
Connolly writes: "Brunhilde Pomsel worked at the heart of the Nazis' propaganda machine. As a film about her life is released, she discusses her lack of remorse and the private side of her monstrous boss."
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Police Use Armored Vehicle to Disperse Protesters in Milwaukee
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Tensions rose Sunday night as police used an armored vehicle to disperse protesters in Milwaukee."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Tensions rose Sunday night as police used an armored vehicle to disperse protesters in Milwaukee."
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Helping College-Bound Native Americans Beat the Odds
Claudio Sanchez, NPR News
Sanchez writes: "Native American students make up only 1.1 percent of the nation's high school population. And in college, the number is even smaller. Many get little or no college counseling at all."
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Claudio Sanchez, NPR News
Sanchez writes: "Native American students make up only 1.1 percent of the nation's high school population. And in college, the number is even smaller. Many get little or no college counseling at all."
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An Indiana City Is Poised to Become the Next Flint
Alex Zielinski, ThinkProgress
Zielinski writes: "Some environmental law experts say the national attention on Flint may have finally ignited action in East Chicago, Indiana, where residents learned the scope of the issues with their soil just two weeks ago."
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Alex Zielinski, ThinkProgress
Zielinski writes: "Some environmental law experts say the national attention on Flint may have finally ignited action in East Chicago, Indiana, where residents learned the scope of the issues with their soil just two weeks ago."
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
CounterCurrents: Kuwait Experiences The Highest Temperature With World Under Heat Waves, Trump And Manzanar
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Kuwait Experiences The Highest Temperature With World Under Heat Waves
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/kuwait-experiences-the-highest-temperature-with-world-under-heat-waves/
The World Meteorological Organization(WMO), a specialized UN agency has decided to constitute a committee to know whether Kuwait’s Mitrabah had experienced the hottest day with the temperature 54.0°C; the temperature is the highest for the eastern hemisphere. T
Tears Of Guantanamo: Dear Slahi — On Your Release
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/tears-of-guantanamo-dear-slahi-on-your-release/
Wonderful, the news were flashes while stating that you are cleared for the release! But the questions arise over and over. 14 years or otherwise 5110 days of your life was behind the bars with no charge in the Guantanamo prison, one of the most deplorable and ruinous places in present days.
The Scourge Of Youth Detention: The Northern Territory, Torture, And Australia’s Detention Disease
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/the-scourge-of-youth-detention-the-northern-territory-torture-and-australias-detention-disease/
It was an image that would not have been out of place in the sickly procession of pictures that came out of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay during the ill-fated and misnamed war on terror. Here was a young man, seated, strapped in and euphemistically “restrained,” verging on catatonic; on his head, a suffocating bag.
Farewell To Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey From Izmir To Greece
by Dr Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/farewell-to-yarmouk-a-palestinian-refugees-journey-from-izmir-to-greece/
Based on interviews with Palestinian refugees from Syria
My Daughter Sends Joy To Gaza
by Rami Almeghari
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/my-daughter-sends-joy-to-gaza/
My wife, who still struggles but is able to hold up with medication and painkillers, became flush with joy and looked more like her old self than she has in a long time. She rushed into the kitchen and instructed our son to run out to buy some ingredients so that she could bake a cake for the occasion.
Homeland Terror
by Linh Dinh
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/homeland-terror/
You are to conclude that Muslims can’t even stand each other, you see, so they’ll kill just about anybody. A key aim of the War on Terror is to spread terror everywhere, so that the state, that master of terror, can be everywhere.
Chilcot Report And The Iraq War
by M Mohibul Haque
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/chilcot-report-and-the-iraq-war/
The Chilcot report should also be a reminder to all those who are engaged in senseless violence in the Middle East and other parts of the world that the truth prevails over the bundles of lies spoken cleverly even by the most influential people and there is always enough space for getting justice with peaceful means. And that the people of the United States, the U.K. and of other countries have nothing to do with the decisions made by their leaders who lied to them, and therefore, these people should not be made the target of attack for the crime they have not committed at all.
The Psychology Of Ideology And Religion
by Robert J Burrowes
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/the-psychology-of-ideology-and-religion/
Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion.
Why “Bad Cops” Are Not The Real Issue
by Rebecca Centeno
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/why-bad-cops-are-not-the-real-issue/
I’m hoping these comments will bring some analysis to 5 seemingly innocuous but misguided words: “Not all cops are bad” and “good cops versus bad cops”. If you’re in the company of someone who says this or posts this on social media, and if you have seen and heard this as much as I have lately, then perhaps it’s time to deconstruct these phrases and start calling them out.
Trump And Manzanar
by Marc Norton
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/trump-and-manzanar/
On the first day of the Republican National Convention, while Republican delegates were arguing about voting rules, and the anti-Trump delegates were being put in their place, I was touring the Manzanar War Relocation Center in the California desert. An historic marker at the entrance to Manzanar reads, “May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism and economic exploitation never emerge again.”
The Present Dire State Of Bangladesh
by Habibul Islam
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/the-present-dire-state-of-bangladesh/
Without any sliver of doubt it can be unequivocally declared that almost the entire fault for the enhanced mayhem—with its concomitant loss of precious lives—in Bangladesh should justifiably be laid at the door of the Awami League administration, regardless of whatever fiction government honchos might regurgitate.
Irom Sharmila To End Fast
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/26/irom-sharmila-to-end-fast/
Irom Sharmila, the iron lady of Manipur, who was on hunger strike for the past 16 years has decided to end her fast and contest election. The 44-year-old told a district court in Manipur today that she will end her fast on August 9. She also told the court that she wants to marry. Sharmila is expected to contest the next Manipur election as an independent candidate.
A Welcome Move By Irom Sharmila:SSSC
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/a-welcome-move-by-irom-sharmilasssc/
Press Release by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign
Political Battles Need Bigger Social Coalition
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/political-battles-need-bigger-social-coalition/
When the people can not join a protest in the heart of Delhi in the name of atrocities on Dalits and focus on honking on your caste identities then we must understand that the real battle in India is castes which are over 5000 and each caste has its own perception. What ever political identity we give in our discourse, at the end of the day, caste is a double edged sword
Kashmiri People Demand A Political Solution To A Political Problem!
by Lok Raj Sangathan
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/kashmiri-people-demand-a-political-solution-to-a-political-problem/
Lok Raj Sangathan is of the opinion that the problems facing the people of Kashmir cannot be dismissed as “law and order” problems which can be “solved” only by Army rule. The problems facing Kashmir and her people are political problems. They demand a political solution. State terrorism and army rule in Kashmir must be immediately ended, AFSPA repealed and the army withdrawn to its barracks. Only then can a political solution be possible in Kashmir.
Integrated TB-HIV Responses Are A Must To Meet Sustainable Development Goals
by Shobha Shukla
http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/27/integrated-tb-hiv-responses-are-a-must-to-meet-sustainable-development-goals/
At the 2015 United Nations General Assembly, governments committed to achieve SDGs by 2030, one of which is to end AIDS and TB by 2030. If people living with HIV continue to die of TB, we will not only fail to achieve SDGs but also lose gains made in the fights against HIV and TB
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