Recently, the Massachusetts Senator, Elizabeth Warren made a comment about listening to those with whom you might not agree and reading what you might not agree with.
Not able to locate the Great Senator's quote, it's important to remember that we have become a nation brainwashed by MSM, Hate Media and the prattle of Big Corporations, censoring our news and information.
Only by reading that with which we disagree can we focus our opinions with FACTS and maybe actually THINKING for ourselves.
Rather than turning on each other, making those 'OTHERS' the enemy, maybe it's just not so.
Please continue to read things with which you don't agree.
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America’s Secret War In 134 Countries
By Nick Turse
http://www.countercurrents.org/turse180114.htmThey
operate in the green glow of night vision in Southwest Asia and stalk through
the jungles of South America. They snatch men from their homes in the Maghreb
and shoot it out with heavily armed militants in the Horn of Africa. They feel
the salty spray while skimming over the tops of waves from the turquoise
Caribbean to the deep blue Pacific. They conduct missions in the oppressive heat
of Middle Eastern deserts and the deep freeze of Scandinavia. All over the
planet, the Obama administration is waging a secret war whose full extent has
never been fully revealed -- until now
The Siege Of Yarmouk
By
Franklin Lamb
http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb180114.htmAt the
Palestine Embassy in Beirut recently, a young lady showed this observer a video
of a gentleman in Yarmouk camp in Damascus. The video showed the man killing and
eating a cat. Food ran out in Yarmouk weeks ago, and nearly 18,000 refugees are
facing death from starvation and other conflict-related causes. This siege has
been ongoing since July 2013, and it has become viciously
lethal
Marvelous Victories: Enduring Lessons From Howard Zinn
By
Mickey Z.
http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz180114.htm“Small
acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” - Howard
Zinn
Deception And Double-Standards At Mandela Funeral
By Nizar
Visram
http://www.countercurrents.org/visram180114.htmWhat is
hardly mentioned is that while Mandela and his comrades succeeded in toppling
the political apartheid, they have hardly managed to dismantle the South African
apartheid economy that has left millions of people in grinding poverty. Thus the
most uncomplimentary part of Mandela’s legacy is the economic apartheid that
still exists in South Africa today. As Prof Issa Shivji aptly put it, Mandela’s
‘long walk' walked into the neo-liberal tunnel, the light at the end of which we
still have to see
Iran Is Not Yet Off The Hook
By Dr. Ludwig
Watzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal180114.htmNeoconservative
extremists, Zionist lobbyists from the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) and their willing executioners on Capitol Hill driven by the right-wing
Israeli government are trying everything to sabotage the agreement between Iran
and the five UN Security Council members plus their German annex. This unholy
alliance tries to drag the Obama administration into another Middle Eastern
war
The case Of Muhammad Haidar Zammar(PDF)
By Elias
Davidsson
http://www.countercurrents.org/davidsson180114.pdfHow
German leaders conspired with the U.S. and Syria in covering-up a secret
operation
Far From The Israeli Personal Insults To The US state
Secretary Kerry!
By Dr Salim Nazzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazzal180114.htmThis
week the relationship between the state of Israel has witnessed some strain,
over what the US has described as the (offensive) and (inappropriate) words of
the Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon, about the state of secretary John
Kerry peace proposals. Yaalon was quoted to have described Kerry diplomatic
efforts as being (misplaced obsession and Messianic fervor!)
Cultural
Organizations or Trojan Horses?
By George Abraham
http://www.countercurrents.org/abraham180114.htmIn
ordinary times, a U.S. House resolution ( 417) that calls for ‘reaffirming the
need to protect the rights and freedom of the religious minorities while
praising India’s rich religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and
equality’, may not have ruffled any feathers let alone garnered some media
attention. However, in a surprising twist, emotions were flying high over the
move by the US lawmakers with some of the national and local Indian
organizations that are quite active on the Capitol Hill in lobbying for various
causes back in India
World Class Facilities For The Rich, Death And
Injury For The Poor
By Vidyadhar Date
http://www.countercurrents.org/date180114.htmPrime
Minister Manmohan Singh is known for speaking little. But he was gushing in his
praise for the new terminal of the Mumbai international airport on January 10
and repeatedly used the word world class while inaugurating it. No problem. Let
the rich have world class facilities. But then why is there such callous neglect
of facilities for ordinary, working people ? On the very day the Prime Minister
launched this fancy project, a journalist Ullas Abraham, formerly of Mid-Day,
fell from an overcrowded suburban train in Kurla in this very city and was
killed
Bangladesh Election Without Mandate
By NJ
Thakuria
http://www.countercurrents.org/thakuria180114.htmWith
a predictable election outcome Sheikh Hasina has taken the oath as the
Bangladesh Prime Minister for the second consecutive time. But the polls which
was boycotted by the major opposition allies and marred with violence killing
over 200 people across the country could receive only lukewarm appreciations
from the international community
The “Ershad Syndrome” And Problems
Of Governance And Democracy In Bangladesh
By Taj Hashmi
http://www.countercurrents.org/hashmi180114.htmAs
analysts and experts are unanimous in imputing the prevalent chaos, corruption
and anarchic violence in Libya, Egypt and Iraq to their former (corrupt)
dictators – Qaddafi, Mubarak and Saddam Hussein – one wonders as to why Ershad
should remain unscathed and untouched for committing similar crime to
Bangladesh. He not only retarded the growth of democracy and civil society in
Bangladesh, but he also singlehandedly destroyed the social fabric, respect for
law and order, and whatever was left of ethical values and piety among the
average people in less than nine years of autocracy. We may call Ershad’s legacy
of crime, corruption, hypocrisy and mendacity as the “Ershad
Syndrome”
A Fight To Breathe Easy
By Anitha S
http://www.countercurrents.org/anitha180114.htmI know
that the Gadgil Committee Report calls for a review of all development plans
that will cause irreparable damage to the life- support system of Western Ghats.
Because if this life line is destroyed all human activities connected to food
production, healthy life and livelihood will disappear. These are things that we
cannot buy with money – only pristine NATURE can provide all that. So ours is a
struggle for life and all the priceless sustaining elements in
nature
Religion, Peace And Violence
By Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani180114.htmFrom
Hinduism one can see Mahatma Gandhi on one side and Nathuram Godse on the other.
In Islam one can see Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on one side
and Osama bin Laden and the Muslim nationalists on the other. Same way one can
see Pope Francis on one side and Anders Berling Brevik (Norwegian terrorist who
killed 86 youth) on the other. It is the same religion in whose name such
opposite stands are taken. We need to wake up to free ourselves from the
ossified, intolerant views of religions and stand for humanistic teaching and
tolerant traditions of religions
A Birthday Tree
By Anitha
S
http://www.countercurrents.org/anitha180114A.htmAbout
a boy who plants trees on his birthday
Dent In Democracy
By Anand
Prakash
http://www.countercurrents.org/prakash180114.htmDemocracy
can be seen as a system in which every individual has an equal say in the
government of society , unfortunately it is hardly the case in tribal areas
.Individuals surrender their rights to state because they believe that state
will provide justice and protect their rights against the private interests and
if state fails to do so ,than it will lead to a large scale social unrest . This
is precisely what is happening in these tribal areas
“The Fifth Sun”
A Novel By Gaither Stewart
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc180114.htmSet in
Italy and Mexico, The Fifth Sun, is a story of love and disenchantment, of
belief and unbelief, adventure and romance. Above all, it is the story of the
search of each of us for our real and better selves. The characters in The Fifth
Sun are haunted by the Divine. All have a divine discontent which forces them to
go beyond the role life seems to have assigned to them. And there is perhaps the
key: the attempt to escape one's destiny and create a new one. Published by
Punto Press in New York in December 2013, the print version is distributed by
Ingrams and available on Amazon and major book sellers throughout the
world
