CounterCurrents: No Diplomatic Efforts To Diffuse Tension Between India And Pakistan, Apartheid Israel Buries Serial War Criminal, Genocidal Racist And Nuclear Terrorist Shimon Peres

Dear Friend,

It was a day of quiet on the India-Pakistan front except for the sporadic gunfire exchanged between the two sides in the Akhnoor sector of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, it is a worrying sign to see no diplomatic efforts being taken up by both the sides to diffuse the tension

A report put forth by the Argentina-based Universal Ecological Fund (Fundación Ecológica Universal FEU-US), aptly titled The Truth About Climate Change says that all that world leaders are doing to implement the Paris Climate Accord will be in vain unless radical actions are not taken urgently. Report warns that in the Business As Usual scenario is going to put the world on track to reaching the dangerous 2°C climate threshold by 2050.

Marianne de Nazareth quotes a  IUCN report and warns that African elephants population is decreasing worrying fast due to poaching. 

Ryan T. Conway who  is a member  of the 'Workshop' designed by the Nobel prize winning eonomist Elinor Ostrom puts forward a vision for designing scalable  commons movements based on Elinor Ostrom's eight design principles of successful commons. 

Dr Gideon Polya writes a scathing well deserved obituary for war criminal, noble prize winner Shimon Peres

Shivani Taneja writes shocking and  blood chilling stories of human rights violations in Bastar.

And also more stories from around the world. 

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No Diplomatic Efforts To Diffuse Tension Between India And Pakistan

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/no-diplomatic-efforts-to-diffuse-tension-between-india-and-pakistan/

It was a day of quiet on the India-Pakistan front except for the sporadic gunfire exchanged between the two sides in the Akhnoor sector of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, it is a worrying sign to see no diplomatic efforts being taken up by both the sides to diffuse the tension





Forget Paris, Scientists Say ‘Radical Change’ Only Way To Stay Below 2 Degrees
by Lauren McCauley 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/forget-paris-scientists-say-radical-change-only-way-to-stay-below-2-degrees/

“The pledges are not going to get even close,” said Sir Robert Watson, former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and lead author of a new report out Thursday. “If you governments of the world are really serious, you’re going to have to do way, way more.”





Ideas For Change: Making Meaning Out Of Economic And Institutional Diversity
by Ryan T Conway 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/ideas-for-change-making-meaning-out-of-economic-and-institutional-diversity/

We all know how difficult it is to start up, expand, or replicate grassroots collective action projects, such as community supported agriculture programs, neighborhood barter systems, producer and consumer cooperatives, etc. Success in such ventures may very well depend on how much effort is put into resolving the collective ideation problem before working out a scalable solution to the collective action problem. 






We Won’t Have Any African Elephants Left Soon
by Marianne de Nazareth 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/we-wont-have-any-african-elephants-left-soon/

According to a recent IUCN report from Johannesburg, South Africa, sadly and shamefully, poaching is behind the worst African elephant losses in the last 25 years. Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa.






Apartheid Israel Buries Serial War Criminal, Genocidal Racist And Nuclear Terrorist Shimon Peres
by Dr Gideon Polya 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/apartheid-israel-buries-serial-war-criminal-genocidal-racist-and-nuclear-terrorist-shimon-peres/

Genocidally racist  Zionist, war criminal and nuclear terrorist Shimon Peres (1923-2016) has been buried in Apartheid Israel with leading pro-Zionists, war criminals and nuclear terrorists in attendance.  Known as the Butcher of Qana for green-lighting a 2001 Israeli  atrocity against the UN and civilians in Southern Lebanon, Shimon Peres was a stalwart in the ongoing racist Zionist Palestinian Genocide. Peres’ greatest crime was to enable Israeli acquisition  of 400 nuclear weapons with the help of France and traitorous American Zionists. Nobel Peace Prize-winning war criminal Peres devoted his life  to making Israel a nuclear terrorist,   democracy-by-genocide,    Apartheid rogue state.





Trump, Clinton And The Dictator Question
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/trump-clinton-and-the-dictator-question/

Righteousness is rarely endearing, and when concocted in a brew of hypocrisy, it becomes noxious. US political campaigning tends to overflow in it, a mixture of rights, noisily championed liberties and supposed exceptionalism. To that end, Donald Trump is enigmatic. He does, to a large extent fit that bill, only in so far as he assumes making money is a patriotic duty. But in being macho and prone to the business side of things, he shows how capitalism lacks a country.




Careful Now  
by Vincent Di Stefano 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/careful-now/

This is the wall of stone faces
This is the plain of lost skulls
How much blood must fallow
Before we’ve had enough?





A Trail Of Blood And Pain.. Field Notes From Bastar
by Shivani Taneja 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/a-trail-of-blood-and-pain-field-notes-from-bastar/

Blood chilling stories of human rights violations from Bastar. Shivani Taneja writes "in a situation where killings are sponsored by a democratic government, either we are all part of the murders the state commits, or we side with Sukli, Lachmi, Vanjam and take action."





Economics And Politics Of Heart Surgeries
by Professor BM Hegde 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/economics-and-politics-of-heart-surgeries/

Heart Surgeries have become a lucrative business proposition. Dr. B.M Hegde, Visiting Professor of Cardiology at the London University since 1982, trained under Nobel Laureate Harvard cardiologist, Bernard Lown writes "we need people to understand that better living standards would eliminate most of the valve problems. Let us do the less publicized but humane methods in medical care instead of the media savvy hi-tech but top-heavy procedures, which would reach only the rich."





Faculty Reservations In IIMs: Candidates Not Found Suitable?
by Gourishankar S Hiremath 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/faculty-reservations-in-iims-candidates-not-found-suitable/

Gourishankar S Hiremath argues that to find suitable candidates for faculty from weaker section of the society in higher educational institutions, reservations should be implemented at the Masters and PhD level first





“National Education Policy(NEP) 2016”- “Neo-Macaulay + Neo-Manu dharma” 
by Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/10/01/national-education-policynep-2016-neo-macaulay-neo-manu-dharma/

Macaulay education system trained Indian people who were British in their thought process but physically Indian so that they will serve British imperialists without any hesitant. Now Neo Macaulay education policy(NEP) will produce the millions of skilled work force as a cheap labor for global capital and it welcoming the foreign educational monopolies as a quality education provider to loot the Indian education market.

CounterCurrents: Shimon Peres From The Perspective Of His Victims, Indian And Pakistani Citizens Speak Out Against War, Gandhi And The Message Of Nonviolence

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Dear Friend,

Nuclear armed neighbours, India and Pakistan are trading live ammunition and hot words on either side of the border.  Who pay the price? The people! Evacuation has started in Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab border. Helpless people are leaving their dear homes and homestead and running for safety. Who will feed the animals left behind? Who will tend the farms left behind? If only it ended there! 

It's time for saner people to step in. We the commoners have to raise the voice and say, enough is enough. Ordinary people from India and Pakistan and all around the world are signing a petition calling on the leaders  to end the tension. It's time to speak out for peace. Please come forward and sign the petition herehttp://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/indian-and-pakistani-citizens-speak-out-against-war/

Israeli war criminal politician Shimon Peres passed away the other day. We've two obituaries one from the point of the victims of Peres's wars of aggression and another from Dr. Ludwig Watzal of Germany. 

President Obama faced a humiliating defeat while defending the House of Sauds. US Congress overturned President Obama’s veto of legislation that would permit victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and their families to sue Saudi Arabia. Now the action moves to US Courts where the skeletons of 9/11 will, hopefully, come tumbling down. 

"The Common Heritage Of Mankind" is a bold doctrine in International Law. It envisages that some localities belong to all humanity and that their resources are available for everyone’s use and benefit. This doctrine has been enshrined in the laws of high seas and the Moon. Why isn't it  extended to protect all our Common Heritage? CHM is a bold ethical concept, and a general concept of international law, but it's kept within strict boundaries. These boundaries must be broken to protect our common heritage for our future generations. 

And also more stories from around the world. 

If you don't mind, and 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/news-letter/. 

In Solidarity

Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org




India-Pakistan Relations Remain Tensed, Evacuation In Border Districts

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/india-pakistan-relations-remain-tensed-evacuation-in-border-districts/

The India-Pakistan relations remain tensed after India’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control Wednesday night. People living in the border districts of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab are being evacuated




Indian And Pakistani Citizens Speak Out Against War

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/indian-and-pakistani-citizens-speak-out-against-war/

There is  a petition campaign calling for peace between India-Pakistan. Please sign the petition





Congress Overrides Obama Veto Of Bill Allowing 9/11 Lawsuits
by Tom Carter 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/congress-overrides-obama-veto-of-bill-allowing-911-lawsuits/

On Wednesday, the US Congress overturned President Obama’s veto of legislation that would permit victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and their families to sue Saudi Arabia. Declassified documents released this year confirm the involvement of Saudi intelligence agents in the funding, organization, and planning of the attacks—facts which were covered up for years by the Bush and Obama administrations.





Suing Saudi Arabia: Overturning Sovereign Immunity In US Courts
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/suing-saudi-arabia-overturning-sovereign-immunity-in-us-courts/

It was momentous on one fundamental level. Here was the President of the United States, Barack Obama, holding the torch for a wretched ally the politicians on the Hill and others have had reservations over for many years.  Saudi Arabia, ever the thorn and asset of US interests, facing the grief of families who lost members on September 11, 2001.  This, the same ally whose theocratic bent remains the most bruising of obstacles in any claims that the US is open to a global democratic experiment.





Shimon Peres From The Perspective Of His Victims
by Ilan Pappe 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/shimon-peres-from-the-perspective-of-his-victims/

Shimon Peres  occupied many positions in politics that had immense impact on the Palestinians wherever they are. He was director general of the Israeli defense ministry, minister of defense, minister for development of the Galilee and the Negev (Naqab), prime minister and president. In all these roles, the decisions he took and the policies he pursued contributed to the destruction of the Palestinian people and did nothing to advance the cause of peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.






Shimon Peres – Obituary Of A “Peace Politician”
by Dr Ludwig Watzal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/shimon-peres-obituary-of-a-peace-politician/

In obituaries, only good and beautiful things are written about the deceased. May mine only serve to complete the picture of a man who authentically personified Zionism.






The Common Heritage Of Mankind: A Bold Doctrine Kept Within Strict Boundaries
by Prue Taylor 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/the-common-heritage-of-mankind-a-bold-doctrine-kept-within-strict-boundaries/

The “common heritage of mankind” is an ethical concept and a general concept of international law. It establishes that some localities belong to all humanity and that their resources are available for everyone’s use and benefit, taking into account future generations and the needs of developing countries. It is intended to achieve aspects of the sustainable development of common spaces and their resources, but may apply beyond this traditional scope.





What It’s Like To Be A Muslim Australian
by Ghali Hassan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/what-its-like-to-be-a-muslim-australian/

A recent Essential Research poll had found 49 per cent of Australians support a ban on Muslim immigration, including 60 per cent of Liberal-National Coalition voters, 40 per cent of Labor voters and 34 per cent of Greens voters agreed with the proposition that Muslim Australians were not integrating (assimilating) into “Australian culture” and pose a threat to Australia. It is the result of a steady diet of fear, and xenophobia fed to Australians by openly racist politicians and the mass media.





A Simple Solution For Kashmir
by Akhter Bhat 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/a-simple-solution-for-kashmir/

So, don’t you think it has become imperative for India as well to look for an immediate solution for Kashmir? Then what is India waiting for? Why not start the process of solution finding now?  For Kashmiris , I think the best thing to do at the moment would be to stop fighting the forces with stones. Kashmir has lost enough of Rasheeds and Tawseefs and can’t afford losing more. Kashmir has got enough of Inshas blinded and simply can’t afford more.  They should immediately stop banging their heads into the walls so that no more heads are crushed. However, it is for the leaders of Kashmir, both from mainstream and separatist league to unite and press India for an ever lasting solution for Kashmir.





Gandhi And The Message Of Nonviolence
by Robert J Burrowes 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/gandhi-and-the-message-of-nonviolence/

Fortunately, there are many committed people who have identified the importance of taking action to end the violence in our world – whether it occurs in the home or on the street, in wars, as a result of economic exploitation or ecological destruction – and this includes the courageous people below. These people have identified themselves as part of the worldwide network, now with participants in 96 countries, committed to ending violence in all of its forms. I would like to share their inspirational stories and invite you to join them.