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Government Indifference Compounds Ebola Disaster
By Kate Randall
http://www.countercurrents.org/randall191014.htmUnited
Nations officials said Thursday that the UN trust fund for Ebola has only
$100,000 on hand, a fraction of the nearly $1 billion the world body says is
needed to contain the spread of the deadly virus. While the UN fund has received
pledges of about $20 million from various governments, it has received only
$100,000 in actual cash deposits, and that from only one country,
Colombia
Will Serbia Turn To The East? The Real Significance of
Putin’s Visit
By Joaquin Flores
http://www.countercurrents.org/flores191014.htmAll of
this indicates a very real and growing shift, not only for Serbia, but for all
of Europe. As the conflict between the CSTO and NATO intensifies, Russia is
shoring up its traditional allies and reaffirming its support for the ‘Pink
Tide’ Latin American allies in MERCOSUR. Russia does not oppose Serbia’s
potential to join the EU, seeing it as another asset within the EU, which can
help to maintain its position in bilateral relations. With all of this in mind,
we know at least this: the pouring rain did not deter a single Serb from
attending Thursday’s massive events, which caused traffic jams throughout
Belgrade that, for the first time in a long time, were ones to be happy
about
Libya: From Africa's Richest State Under Gaddafi, To Failed
State After NATO Intervention
By Garikai Chengu
http://www.countercurrents.org/chengu191014.htmThe
fall of Gaddafi’s administration has created all of the country’s worst-case
scenarios: Western embassies have all left, the South of the country has become
a haven for terrorists, and the Northern coast a center of migrant trafficking.
Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia have all closed their borders with Libya. This all
occurs amidst a backdrop of widespread rape, assassinations and torture that
complete the picture of a state that is failed to the bone
Stop The
Killing
By Kathy Kelly
http://www.countercurrents.org/kelly191014.htm"I want
to make a special appeal to soldiers, national guardsmen, and policemen: each of
you is one of us. The peasants you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When
you hear a man telling you to kill, remember God's words, 'thou shalt not kill.'
No soldier is obliged to obey a law contrary to the law of God. In the name of
God, in the name of our tormented people, I beseech you, I implore you; in the
name of God I command you to stop the repression."
Venomous European
Journeys! Send Me Back To Cuba
By Andre Vltchek
http://www.countercurrents.org/vltchek191014.htmAs I
was approaching Stuttgart Airport, a huge military Hercules was taking off.
Stuttgart is not only the home of the Porsche and Mercedes factories, but also
of The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM). It is deadly; it is
murderous. But of course, in Stuttgart, nobody really knows or cares what it
really is!
Inequality And Imperialism
By Farooque Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chwodhury191014.htmImperialism
emerges as one of the main actors behind inequality and its rise. Mainstream's
discussions on inequality don't take into account the issues of imperialism and
the world order that the imperialist powers run. It's mainstream's altum
silentium , profound silence
Middle East: The Regional Chessboard
By G. Asgar Mitha
http://www.countercurrents.org/mitha191014.htmIt
remains to be seen in the future whether the NATO-Arab (excluding Syria and
Lebanon) alliance will be successful in their efforts to reshape and dominate
the Middle East. If it is successful in bringing about the regime change in
Syria and then Lebanon (an undertaking by Israel), it is possible that the next
move on the chessboard would be aggression against Iran and Pakistan. If that is
the scenario that would be played out, China and Russia will become directly
involved in the region resulting in a catastrophic war
Postcard From
The End of America : New Orleans
By Linh Dinh
http://www.countercurrents.org/dinh191014.htmThis
time, I got to New Orleans on a bus named Mega, and it also dropped me off at
Elysian Fields. In Nola, there's a street called Arts, so of course there has to
be one named Desire, and Tennessee Williams clearly saw the two as intertwined,
thrusting and plunging their bodies against each other. Of course, death will
interrupt this coupling not just finally but every step of the
way
The Politics of Empire. The US, Israel And The Middle East
By
Dr. Ludwig Watzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal191014.htmWhether
the 21st century will be an American one, has to be seen, although, according to
Petras, "there is no alternative imperial or modern anti-imperial tendency on
the immediate horizon". Right now, the US makes more enemies than friends. Its
new adventurism in Syria and Iraq may turn out to be even more disastrous for
the US than the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Petras' book gives the readers an
insight in the making of US foreign policy, which appears multifarious and
determined by a power struggle between different elites
Vatican’s
Changing Position on Homosexuals And
Its implications For Indian Sexual
Minorities
By Kandathil Sebastian
http://www.countercurrents.org/sebastian191014.htmA
recently concluded synod meeting of Catholic bishops in Vatican has significant
implications for sexual minorities all around the world. The synod meeting has
seriously debated on the need for unconditionally welcoming homosexuals into the
Catholic community by radically altering some of its intensely held catechisms
on ‘family’ and ‘sexuality’. Initial reports of this meeting indicate Church’s
willingness to accept cohabitation of homosexual couples as a fact of life,
rather than a sin
Love, Jihad And Political Lust: Colonising India’s
Muslims
By Farzana Versey
http://www.countercurrents.org/versey191014.htmHindutva
can get away with marketing itself as an all-purpose karma and culture, the
blandishment camouflaging despotism
Kashmir Elections: Misplaced
Priority!
By M.Ashraf
http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf191014.htmThe
urgent need is to go in for massive restoration and rehabilitation programme
with national and international assistance through dedicated and honest people
rather than put the entire administrative machinery into election mode thereby
leaving them in the lurch in view of the fast approaching winter. The elections
could be held during June next year after regaining the lost “Paradise”. At the
present moment these have the least priority notwithstanding the pleas from
different quarters with vested interests!
