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Saudi Arabia Cannot Pump Enough Oil To Keep A Lid On Prices
By John Vidal

http://www.countercurrents.org/vidal090211.htm

The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show


Labour Unions Boost Egypt Protests
By Al Jazeera

http://www.countercurrents.org/aljazeera090211.htm

Egyptian labour unions have gone on a nationwide strike, adding momentum to pro-democracy demonstrations in Cairo and other cities


After Record-Level Turnout In Tahrir, Egyptian
Protests Spread To Parliament, Cabinet Buildings;
Labor Unions Launch Strikes Nationwide
By Sharif Abdel Kouddous

http://www.countercurrents.org/kouddous090211A.htm

Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous interviews a demonstrator outside the Egyptian parliament building


Egypt's Berlin Wall Moment
By Richard Falk

http://www.countercurrents.org/falk090211.htm

The recent uprisings do not exist merely in a historical vacuum, but must be considered within a geopolitical context


People Power v. Duplicity In Egypt And Washington
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman090211A.htm

Odds always favor the powerful, including the possibility that popular passion will tire, subside and fade, leaving entrenched forces in place. However, some observers believe Egypt's uprising is different, giving it a better chance than others. Time will tell. So far, its resilience has been breathtaking


Egypt: Straight From The Heart
By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand090211.htm

Mubarak certainly deserves to go, of that there was no doubt, but as to whether those who will now replace him, including, possibly, the Islamists, will prove to be any better I am not so sure.


Droughts, Floods And Food
By Paul Krugman

http://www.countercurrents.org/krugman090211.htm

What we're getting now is a first taste of the disruption, economic and political, that we'll face in a warming world. And given our failure to act on greenhouse gases, there will be much more, and much worse, to come


Environmentalism Of The Poor:
What Democracy Is Teaching Us
By Sunita Narain

http://www.countercurrents.org/narain090211.htm

In India, where I live and work, the environmental issue is at an important juncture, which has important lessons for the world, if we care to listen


Yes We Can; Yes We Must Abolish
Nuclear Weapons NOW!
By Eileen Fleming

http://www.countercurrents.org/fleming090211.htm

America possesses 11,000 nuclear weapons with many in excess of 20,000,000 tons of TNT [the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were 12,000 tons] yet claims to be based on Judeo-Christian ethics, but "How can you kill people, when it is written in God's commandment: 'Thou shalt not murder'?"


Workers Win Union At Bend Oregon Hospital
By Mark Vorpahl

http://www.countercurrents.org/vorpahl090211.htm

In a campaign that lasted months, the majority of 600 service workers at St. Charles Hospital in Bend, Oregon, voted to join SEIU Local 49. This is the biggest organizing victory in Oregon for 30 years, and the biggest election the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been involved in since 1996, where a union vote was lost at Precision Cast Parts


Grassroots Support For Aristide's Return
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman090211B.htm

Haitians want him badly, mainly for his powerful inspirational presence. It's why so far Washington denied him, wanting no one interfering with its imperial agenda


Mayawati's Shoes And Dalit Empowerment
By Farzana Versey

http://www.countercurrents.org/versey090211.htm

Mayawati's chief security officer and the state's Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Padam Singh bent down to clean her shoes with his handkerchief when the chief minister was on an inspection tour


"Dismantling Impunity" Campaign To Help
Palestinian Victims Of Israeli Army Terror
By Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

http://www.countercurrents.org/psc090211.htm

The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee is proud to announce a new campaign, the "Dismantling Impunity Fund". This fund will directly challenge Israel's culture of impunity surrounding the murder and maiming of Palestinians


The Mulnivasi Thesis Of The Supreme Court
By Dr Anand Teltumbde

http://www.countercurrents.org/teltumbde090211.htm

The judgement that was pronounced on 5th January 2011 by its bench comprising judges Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra came as a pleasant surprise to scores of activists. The case was an appeal by Kailas and others against the punishment awarded to them by the High Court for having paraded a Bhil (tribal) woman naked through village. The honourable court dismissed the appeal and upheld the punishment


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