Fwd: CC Issue 03 Sep - A World In Collapse?

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Subject: CC Issue 03 Sep - A World In Collapse?
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Oil Rig Explodes Off The Louisiana Coast
By Kate Randall

http://www.countercurrents.org/randall030910.htm

An offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday morning off the shore of Louisiana, sending 13 workers jumping into the water to be rescued by boat. Firefighters battled the flames on the rig's platform throughout the day and had extinguished the fire by Thursday afternoon


A World In Collapse?
Robert Jensen interviewed by Alex Doherty

http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen030910.htm

Robert Jensen spoke to NLP's Alex Doherty about the threat of environmental catastrophe


Behind The Israeli Wall: A Lesson In Reality
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud030910.htm

Rich Wiles' book "Behind the Wall: Life, Love and Struggle in Palestine" is an important contribution to what I insist on referring to as a 'People's History of Palestine'. In order for this genre to endure and flourish, it must remain honest, and duty-bound to the truth - to reality as it is, not how we wish it to be


Reflections On Jack Kennedy
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman030910.htm

Though much about his background and public service warrants criticism, he also deserves praise rarely given properly, this article offering some and the writer's personal reflections on his commencement address to my June 14, 1956 graduating class, a message not heard now by US leaders - erudite, incisive and timely


Sycophants In Washington
By Timothy V. Gatto

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatto030910.htm

Recently the big subject on the internet has been the Fair elections Act which calls for public financing of candidates for public office. I'm not surprised as I have been writing non-stop about this subject since 2004. I just wondered when the rest of the country was going to catch up. There is no one that could be as happy as I am that people are finally "getting it"


Supreme Court Forces The Govt To Act,
To Stop Grains Being Wasted
By Devinder Sharma

http://www.countercurrents.org/dsharma030910.htm

Amidst all the raging controversy and debates over wasted grains and hungry people, the Supreme Court has certainly created quite a flutter by asking the government to provide foodgrains free to the poor than to allow it to rot. This verdict, although not practically implementable, did show the urgency and in many ways reflected what an average citizen would say looking at the TV reports of rotting foodgrains in storage


Kevin Keith's Death Sentence Commuted
By Mary Shaw

http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw030910.htm

Good news for all who care about true justice: On September 2, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland commuted Kevin Keith's death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole


Torturing In Sri Lanka?
By Chandi Sinnathurai

http://www.countercurrents.org/sinnathurai030910.htm

In the light of President Rajapaksha's project of rebuilding the country as a peaceable habitation for all communities, the September 3 Australian Amnesty Report is very worrying (See Appendix). Three Sri Lankans from the Sinhala community have sought asylum in Australia but having their application rejected they were promptly returned to their country of origin. On return, as per this report, these three individuals were abused and underwent torture in Sri Lanka


Two Episodes Of "Flying While Muslim"
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali030910.htm

In a charged atmosphere - fomented by the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding the New York Mosque project by anti-Islam and anti-Muslim bigots as well as Rightwing ranters - two embarrassing incidents of "Flying While Muslim" happened this week


'We Merely Want To Raise The Curtain'
By Mohd. Noor Hasan Azad & Khalid Anis Ansari

http://www.countercurrents.org/ansari030910.htm

Mohammad Noor Hasan Azad , one of the founding members of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, discusses the contemporary lower caste movement among Indian Muslims

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