Fwd: CC Issue 16, March - 8th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s Martyrdom‎

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Subject: CC Issue 16, March - 8th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie's Martyrdom‎
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Deadly Crackdown In Bahrain
By Al Jazeera

http://www.countercurrents.org/aljazeera160311.htm

At least six people are reported dead and hundreds injured after security forces in Bahrain drove out pro-democracy protesters from the Pearl Roundabout in the capital, Manama


Japanese Nuclear Crisis Escalates
As Emergency Workers Withdrawn
By Patrick O'Connor

http://www.countercurrents.org/oconnor160311.htm

Several nuclear reactors in Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear facility remain at risk of total meltdown, following a series of explosions and fires. On Wednesday afternoon, the Japanese government suspended operations at the facility due to a surge in radiation. This temporarily halted the desperate attempts of workers to contain the disaster


Red Alert In Japan: An Unfolding
Nuclear Catastrophe
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman160311.htm

Even without a full meltdown (perhaps ongoing), today's emergency will last a year or longer because of problems cooling the affected cores. As a result, long-term evacuations will be necessary. Already, nearly 500,000 people are affected, a total likely to grow


Too Cheap To Meter: The Top 10 Myths Of
Nuclear Power
By Michael Rose

http://www.countercurrents.org/rose160311.htm

To arm the public with some mental shielding from the thought rays likely to be beamed by the misconstruers of fact and swayers of emotion here are 10 myths of nuclear power you need to know


Safety Of Nuclear Power And Death Of
The Nuclear Renaissance
By Euan Mearns

http://www.countercurrents.org/mearns160311.htm

Yesterday I believe will go down in history as one of the most significant for mankind. Whilst most citizens of the developed and developing world's do not realise this yet, the future course of the human global energy system has just changed course with potentially far reaching consequences for human civilisation


From Celebrities To Tsunamis
By Phil Rockstroh

http://www.countercurrents.org/rockstroh160311.htm

Even before the floodwaters of the tsunami that inundated western Japan receded (and a threat of a global-wide disaster, engendered by the core breach of multiple nuclear reactors, loomed) in the US, Godzilla jokes began trending on Twitter


"The Oil Of The Arctic Is Not Worth The Risks"
By Kjell Aleklett

http://www.countercurrents.org/aleklett160311.htm

"The oil of the Arctic is not worth the risks". The oil companys' assert that it is necessary to drill for oil in deep water, including in the Arctic. But the oil reserves concerned are not greater than could be provided by a number of simple savings, writes Kjell Aleklett, Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden


Why World Food Prices May Keep Climbing
By Lester Brown

http://www.countercurrents.org/brown160311.htm

In February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already a source of spreading hunger and political unrest, and it appears likely that they will climb further in the months ahead


The Coming Global Food Fight
By John Cavanagh & Robin Broad

http://www.countercurrents.org/broad160311.htm

As aggression mounts with the rise of food prices worldwide, small-scale farms rooted in local markets could avert international disaster—and lead the way to "food democracy."


On The 8th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie's
Stand in Gaza

http://www.countercurrents.org/corrie160311.htm

A Message from Craig and Cindy Corrie


Civil Society And Palestine: The Growing Power Of
The Ordinary
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud160311.htm

Now civil society has been incorporated into the overall political equation as a leading factor in the Palestinian struggle for rights and freedom. The society is also increasingly filling the vacuum created by the PA's localization of the Palestinian struggle, and Israel's constant attempt at downgrading any genuine alternative to the PA's leadership


Abusing Asylum Seekers In The Sinai
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman160311A.htm

A new Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-I) report discusses atrocities committed against sub-Saharan Africans seeking refugee status in Israel. Titled "Hostages, Torture, and Rape," it explains the ordeal experienced by 284 victims


Why Would Monsanto Uproots Its Own
Bt Maize Trial In Bihar?
By Devinder Sharma

http://www.countercurrents.org/dsharma160311.htm

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar deserves all kudos for laying bare the fraudulent ways of GM research in India. In a letter addressed to the Environment & Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh, Nitish Kumar has accused the multinational seed corporation Monsanto, the GEAC and ICAR of conniving to begin trials of GM maize in his State even before it had got clearance from the environment ministry and without informing the state government either


Generating Rights Awareness : Kashmir
By Naveed Qazi

http://www.countercurrents.org/qazi160311.htm

In Kashmir, due to increasing record of abuses and absence of an United Nations Truth Commission, respectable international humanitarian organizations like Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch has been a halting consequence in the field of human rights protectionism and education



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