Fwd: CC Issue 26 August - Am I An Activist For Caring About My Grandchildren' s Future?

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The Top 5 Most Ignored Humanitarian Crises
By Mark Leon Goldberg

http://www.countercurrents.org/goldberg260810.htm

The sluggish international response to the Pakistan floods emergency is actually not all that sluggish, at least compared to these humanitarian crises. Introducing the five most under-funded and ignored humanitarian crises


Am I An Activist For Caring About My Grandchildren's Future? I Guess I Am
By James Hansen

http://www.countercurrents.org/hansen260810.htm

Concerted action to tackle climate change will happen only if the public demands it for the sake of future generations


Fish Kills Worry Gulf Scientists,
Fishers, Environmentalists
By Dahr Jamail

http://www.countercurrents.org/jamail260810.htm

Another massive fish kill, this time in Louisiana, has alarmed scientists, fishers and environmentalists who believe they are caused by oil and dispersants


The Postwar War In Iraq
By Eric Ruder

http://www.countercurrents.org/ruder260810.htm

Eric Ruder explains what we should--and shouldn't--expect from the "end of combat operations" in Iraq proclaimed by the Obama administration


Why Kashmiris Should Speak To Indians, Not India
By Shivam Vij

http://www.countercurrents.org/vij2608010.htm

People-to-people dialogue is the best way out of the Kashmir logjam


Rethinking Gandhi
By Ted Glick

http://www.countercurrents.org/glick260810.htm

Those of us who want to be effective leaders have to be prepared, have to welcome even, taking a back seat so that others can step forward to speak up and give leadership. Our organizing work has to be about working with others in such a way that they grow to become not just leaders themselves but "leadership trainers," bringing others along just as they were


Preliminary Findings And Recommendations Of
National People's Tribunal On Kandhamal
By The National People's Tribunal Jury

http://www.countercurrents.org/npt260810.htm

The jury observes, with concern, the institutionalised communal and casteist bias of state agencies, and their deliberate dereliction of constitutionally mandated duties, their connivance with communal forces, participation in and support to the violence and a deliberate scuttling of processes of justice through acts of commission and omission. The state agencies have blatantly failed to extend much- needed institutional support to victim-survivors and protect them from ostracism, socio-economic boycott and subjugation by non-state actors


The Simple Future Beyond Oil: The Convergence Of
Our Economic And Ecological Futures
And The Importance Of Change
By Paul Mobbs

http://www.countercurrents.org/mobbs260810.htm

Change is essential, but also inevitable because we can no longer maintain our global levels of consumption and pollution. Whilst once rigidly separate, the economic and ecological world are now converging to recognise the impending restrictions on "business as usual"39. How we deal with consumption is a physical issue, but it's also a spiritual one. We can change brands, or the way we buy things, but the most important thing to change is our view of ourselves – the reason we consume in the first place


The Israeli Lobby: Declassified Documents
Expose Its Influence
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman260810.htm

No matter. Israel got a pass to act illegally for nearly 50 years, doing it today more aggregiously than ever. In 1962, after being ordered to register as a foreign agent, AZC transferred its responsibilities to AIPAC, "which refuses to register as (an Israeli) foreign agent" and gets away with it


Settlement Must Stop
By Khaled Amayreh

http://www.countercurrents.org/amayreh260810.htm

Direct negotiations might start, but Israel will continue on the ground to undermine peace, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah


Israeli Military Closes Access To School For
Palestinian Children
By Maria Chiara Rioli

http://www.countercurrents.org/rioli260810.htm

On the same day that Israeli human rights associations Ir Amim and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) released a report denouncing the lack of classrooms in East Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announces that children of the kindergarten of Bethany (Shayyah) "can no more reach their school through the small opening in the Separation Wall, adjacent to the school."


Jordan Valley Demolitions: A History Of
Ongoing Silent Deportation
By Ahmad Jaradat & Maria Chiara Rioli

http://www.countercurrents.org/jaradat260810.htm

The Jordan Valley's tormented history started after the 1967 Middle East War. Israel's occupation policy included the declaration of the JordanValley, a region inhabited by around 25-30.000 people, as a closed military area where army training was established. That moment was the beginning of a movement of silent but continous deportation of the population in the area


The Voice Of Palestine (1)
By Reham Alhelsi

http://www.countercurrents.org/alhelsi260810.htm

Numerous are the examples of the nature of Zionism which is pure terrorism, racism and ethnic cleansing of indigenous peoples and the theft of their land, history and culture. Numerous are the Zionist atrocities committed against the Palestinians. Numerous are the Zionist atrocities each one of us experienced, witnessed or heard of from relatives, friends and neighbours. But for the moment, here are 3 examples, with more, including personal experiences, to follow in another post


Not Only Niyamgiri: Stop Resource-Grab Everywhere!
By NFFPFW

http://www.countercurrents.org/nffpfw260810.htm

The NFFPFW (National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers) welcomes Indian government's decision to deny forest clearance to the Vedanta mining project at Niyamgiri. Though much delayed , this decision is a just move, and perhaps for the first time in the history of the country the government has said 'no' to a large and powerful corporation on social and environmental grounds


Uttar Pradesh Farmers Latest Victims Of
Indian Business' Land Grab
By Arun Kumar

http://www.countercurrents.org/akumar260810.htm

Three protesting farmers were shot dead and more than forty others injured August 14, when police opened fire on a protest at Jikarpur, a village in the Aligarh District of Uttar Pradesh (UP).The farmers were protesting against the land expropriations being carried out by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state government to build a 165-kilometer highway, the Jamuna (or Yamuna) Expressway, linking India's capital, New Delhi, with Agra, the city that is home to the Taj Mahal


Intl Humanitarian Law...
(For all intents and democratic purposes)
By Chandi Sinnathurai

http://www.countercurrents.org/sinnathurai260810.htm

People have strong opinions about the credibility of the Sri Lanka Lessons Learnt Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). In a democracy, each person is entitled to have their opinions. Both their rights and privileges are protected by the state; even for an opposing voice, advancing a contrary argument. We do not know how much of a "free country" Sri Lanka is in this sense. However, what an ex-UN Under Secy General Dhanapala has said while testifying before the LLRC is worthy of serious consideration


Karachi Residents Demand De-weaponisation
By Zia Ur Rehman

http://www.countercurrents.org/rehman260810.htm

As civil society in Karachi is urging the government to de-weaponise the city, the government is devising a strategy for making the whole country gun-free, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has hinted


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