Fwd: CC Issue Dec 15- The Inhumane Conditions Of Bradley Manning's Detention

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Subject: CC Issue Dec 15- The Inhumane Conditions Of Bradley Manning's Detention
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Hike Food Prices To Boost GM Crop Approval In Europe: Leaked Cable
By Rady Ananda

http://www.countercurrents.org/ananda151210.htm

In a January 2008 meeting, US and Spain trade officials strategized how to increase acceptance of genetically modified foods in Europe, including inflating food prices on the commodities market, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks


Protect Assange, Don't Abuse Him
By John Pilger

http://www.countercurrents.org/pilger151210.htm

"Guardians of women's rights" in the British liberal press have rushed to condemn the WikiLeaks founder. In fact, at every turn in his dealings with our justice system, his basic human rights have been breached


'Assangination': From Character Assassination
To The Real Thing
By Amy Goodman

http://www.countercurrents.org/goodman151210.htm

The U.S. Justice Department, if it pursues a case, will have to answer the question: If WikiLeaks is a criminal organization, what of its media partners, like The New York Times?


The Inhumane Conditions Of Bradley Manning's Detention
By Glenn Greenwald

http://www.countercurrents.org/greenwald151210.htm

Interviews with several people directly familiar with the conditions of Manning's detention, ultimately including a Quantico brig official (Lt. Brian Villiard) who confirmed much of what they conveyed, establishes that the accused leaker is subjected to detention conditions likely to create long-term psychological injuries


We Want You Out
By Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers & Afghans for Peace

http://www.countercurrents.org/ayp151210.htm

As the Obama administration releases its December Review of U.S. war in Afghanistan, the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers, along with Afghans for Peace, have issued a review of their experiences


Apartheid Israel-style: Law To Keep
Jews And Arabs Apart
By Jonathan Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook151210.htm

In October, the Israeli parliament moved to enshrine in law the right of these associations, comprising nearly 70 per cent of all communities in Israel, to accept only Jews. The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved a private members' bill that will uphold the right of the communities' admissions committees to continue excluding Arab citizens, who make up one-fifth of the population


Death Of Those Garments Workers
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury151210.htm

Thirty-one workers died of fire and smoke in a garments factory near Savar, a few km from Dhaka,Bangladesh, as parts of the factory gutted on December 14, 2010


Bangladesh Police Shoot Striking Garment Workers
By Wimal Perera

http://www.countercurrents.org/perera151210.htm

Police mobilised by the Awami League government killed four garment workers and injured at least 150 after opening fire with live bullets and tear gas shells on striking workers in Bangladesh last Sunday


The German Economical Model: Structural
Imbalances In The Euro Currency Zone
By Dr. Peter Custers

http://www.countercurrents.org/custers151210.htm

For Europe´s powerful states there is no way back. Their interests continue to lie in continuation of the export-oriented strategy they have been pursuing, and in survival of the Euro as common currency


Wealth Is No Protection Against
Future Dangers - Part 1
By Lionel Anet

http://www.countercurrents.org/anet151210.htm

What the dominant people must face to survive


Hacktivism For Cyber Democracy
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

http://www.countercurrents.org/joel151210.htm

Hacktivism is not so much the problem as a symptom of a far more serious, deeper set of problems


The True Richard Holbrooke Legacy
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman151210.htm

Holbrooke helped further Washington's imperial agenda, from Vietnam to the Balkans to Afghanistan and Pakistan, his role as Special Representative from January 26, 2009 until his death


Kashmir: Diplomatic Deception Is No Solution
By Tariq Shah

http://www.countercurrents.org/shah151210.htm

Will silencing Arundhati Roy silence the streets of Kashmir? Will Professor Noor Mohammad Bhat's incarceration silence his students? Will the Kashmiri youth take any notice at all of a 'show cause notice' on Congress minister Sham Lal Sharma? The shrill answer is no, it will not change the ground reality in Kashmir


Shopian Double Rape And Murder :
Activists' Gift To CBI,Sheets For Next Cover-Up
By KTNS

http://www.countercurrents.org/ktns151210.htm

Tired of trying to seek justice through the usual channels about 100 women and men from women's groups, students groups, democratic rights as well as concerned individuals gathered near the CBI Headquarters in Delhi today to gift the CBI some more bedsheets for their next cover-ups


Indian Media: Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall
By Prabhat Sharan

http://www.countercurrents.org/sharan151210.htm

Like any pop culture, the Indian media that had subliminally permeated the culture, influencing the masses without any responsibility is now going through doldrums; it has caught fever when the society finally sneezed


Ayodhya Verdict, Temple And Indian Nationalism
By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani151210.htm

Ayodyah judgment also needs a relook form the same barometer of Indian legality and not RSS agenda of dividing people along religious lines. It is needed that all those committed to the values of amity of communities, and Indian Constitution, all those valuing the concept of Human rights come forward and spread the awareness about the Indian nationalism and build the bridges amongst religious communities


Punjab Farmers Victim Of
Sophisticated Technology
By Devinder Sharma

http://www.countercurrents.org/dsharma151210.htm

In the past few days, at least four farmers have committed suicide in the frontline agricultural state of Punjab. In just two districts – Sangrur and Barnala – more than 3,000 farmers have taken the fatal route in the past decade to escape the humiliation that comes along with increasing indebtedness. If a more detailed and exhaustive study of agrarian distress was to be conducted, I am sure Punjab would emerge on the top leaving behind even the suicide-prone belt of Vidharba of Maharashtra

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