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Subject: CC News Letter, 23 June - Climate Change: It' s Bad And Getting Worse
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Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Climate Change: It's Bad And Getting Worse
By Dahr Jamail
http://www.countercurrents.org/jamail230611.htm
Severe weather events are wracking the planet, and experts warn of even greater consequences to come
Santa Isn't Bringing Gigawatts
By John Michael Greer
http://www.countercurrents.org/greer230611.htm
Through the clouds of wishful thinking that too often make up what we are pleased to call a collective conversation on the subject of energy, a ray of common sense occasionally shines through. This week's ray came by way of a study on the Earth's thermodynamic balance, soon to be released in no less a scientific publication than the Proceedings of the Royal Society. The study found among other things that there's a fairly modest upper limit to the amount of energy that wind farms can extract from the atmosphere without changing the climate
The Anguish In The American Dream
By Robert Jensen
http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen230611.htm
As we cope with downturns in American power in the world and the American economy at home, there is much talk about reviving, renewing, rescuing, or redefining the American Dream. We would be better off facing the anguish inherent in the American Dream. Once we recognize that the dream has always been dependent on domination, we can see more clearly our options for a just and sustainable future
How The Left And Right Can Unite
By David Korten
http://www.countercurrents.org/korten230611.htm
If we'd stop tearing each other apart, we might see an opportunity to win back our democracy from the rich and powerful
Ecological Reality Is Not What You Hypothesize
By Adrian Ayres Fisher
http://www.countercurrents.org/fisher230611.htm
A Review of The Wealth of Nature: Economics as if Survival Mattered By John Michael Greer
Obama's Afghanistan Speech:
An Exercise In Political Duplicity
By Bill Van Auken
http://www.countercurrents.org/auken230611.htm
In his nationally televised speech Thursday night, President Barack Obama announced a minimal withdrawal of US troops from the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan. In concrete terms, Obama's withdrawal proposal was crafted to give the US military command nearly everything it wanted, while helping him to get through his next election in 2012
On US Government's Violence And Revenge:
An Open Letter To President Obama
By Mairead Maguire
http://www.countercurrents.org/maguire230611.htm
The peoples of the world are sending a clear message to you, Mr. President, and to NATO, and to all governments and armed opposition groups--military solutions to ethnic/political/economic problems no longer work. We need to end all occupations (by the U.S. in Iraq/Afghanistan, by Israel in Palestine), declare ceasefires (in Libya and elsewhere), and enter into dialogue and negotiations with all parties to end our conflicts
Nine War Words That Define Our World
By Tom Engelhardt
http://www.countercurrents.org/engelhardt230611.htm
War has a way of turning almost anything upside down, including language. But with lost jobs, foreclosed homes, crumbling infrastructure, and weird weather, who even notices? This undoubtedly means that you're using a set of antediluvian war words or definitions from your father's day. It's time to catch up
Haiti Facts Seventeen Months After Earthquake
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley230611.htm
Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 people killed. About 2 million more people were displaced. Haiti was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a per capita income of about $2 a day. Seventeen months later, Haiti remains deeply wounded. The numbers below give an indication of some of the challenges that remain for the Haitian people
Media Distortion, A Clear Example
By Russell Burnell
http://www.countercurrents.org/burnell230611.htm
Often we talk about media bias and how the mainstream news can manipulate popular opinion. How they transmit information in a manner designed to be a benefit more for the continued enterprise of the owners and funders of the station than the viewer
Republican Debate : Stealth Agenda Of
Gingrich And Cain
By Mirza A. Beg
http://www.countercurrents.org/beg230611.htm
Some of the 2012 Republican aspirant want the United States to be under the Biblical laws, while others in an effort to dupe them are stealthily raising a bogus threat from the Sharia laws. To protect all, multi-religious as well as irreligious citizens, would it not be better to, honestly adhere to the principle of "Separation of Church and State", no lying, no ifs and no buts?
Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space
Book Review By Anil Pundlik Gokhale
http://www.countercurrents.org/gokhale230611.htm
A review of "Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space" by Abdul Shaban
The Emergency: Now, Which Is Which?
By Jawed Naqvi
http://www.countercurrents.org/naqvi230611.htm
Were she alive Indira Gandhi would be smiling at Shining India's state of democracy. The fact is that her dictatorial rule, which lasted all of 21 months, was a picnic compared to the subversion of civil liberties that has since eroded the country's key institutions, often with the help of draconian laws ostensibly intended to tame terrorism
Notes On Forbesganj Violence
By Ashok Yadav & Khalid Anis Ansari
http://www.countercurrents.org/ansari230611.htm
The opposition parties have conveniently chosen to underplay the link of this event with the chain of developmental violence in other jurisdictions (Singur, Nandigram, Bhatta-Parsaul, etc.). In our view, this is yet another example where the dominant discourse of communalism feeds into a hegemonic identity politics than informing any processes of a counter-hegemonic peoples' solidarity
The Death Of The World's Most Expensive Terrorist: US Narrative Revisited
By Protik Bardhan
http://www.countercurrents.org/bardhan230611.htm
Mr. Bin Laden, whom fifteen American missiles were fired to hit in Afghanistan, was only a few years ago the moral equivalent of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson! What happened in the meantime?
US-Led Terror Bombings Target Civilians
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman230611.htm
US air and ground operations strategically target civilians, Pentagon (and NATO) denials notwithstanding. They lie despite clear evidence refuting them. Their latest crime claimed 19 Libyans, all civilians, including women and eight children, apologies not forthcoming and deceitful when they do
Countercurrents And You !
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 23 June - Climate Change: It' s Bad And Getting Worse
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Climate Change: It's Bad And Getting Worse
By Dahr Jamail
http://www.countercurrents.org/jamail230611.htm
Severe weather events are wracking the planet, and experts warn of even greater consequences to come
Santa Isn't Bringing Gigawatts
By John Michael Greer
http://www.countercurrents.org/greer230611.htm
Through the clouds of wishful thinking that too often make up what we are pleased to call a collective conversation on the subject of energy, a ray of common sense occasionally shines through. This week's ray came by way of a study on the Earth's thermodynamic balance, soon to be released in no less a scientific publication than the Proceedings of the Royal Society. The study found among other things that there's a fairly modest upper limit to the amount of energy that wind farms can extract from the atmosphere without changing the climate
The Anguish In The American Dream
By Robert Jensen
http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen230611.htm
As we cope with downturns in American power in the world and the American economy at home, there is much talk about reviving, renewing, rescuing, or redefining the American Dream. We would be better off facing the anguish inherent in the American Dream. Once we recognize that the dream has always been dependent on domination, we can see more clearly our options for a just and sustainable future
How The Left And Right Can Unite
By David Korten
http://www.countercurrents.org/korten230611.htm
If we'd stop tearing each other apart, we might see an opportunity to win back our democracy from the rich and powerful
Ecological Reality Is Not What You Hypothesize
By Adrian Ayres Fisher
http://www.countercurrents.org/fisher230611.htm
A Review of The Wealth of Nature: Economics as if Survival Mattered By John Michael Greer
Obama's Afghanistan Speech:
An Exercise In Political Duplicity
By Bill Van Auken
http://www.countercurrents.org/auken230611.htm
In his nationally televised speech Thursday night, President Barack Obama announced a minimal withdrawal of US troops from the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan. In concrete terms, Obama's withdrawal proposal was crafted to give the US military command nearly everything it wanted, while helping him to get through his next election in 2012
On US Government's Violence And Revenge:
An Open Letter To President Obama
By Mairead Maguire
http://www.countercurrents.org/maguire230611.htm
The peoples of the world are sending a clear message to you, Mr. President, and to NATO, and to all governments and armed opposition groups--military solutions to ethnic/political/economic problems no longer work. We need to end all occupations (by the U.S. in Iraq/Afghanistan, by Israel in Palestine), declare ceasefires (in Libya and elsewhere), and enter into dialogue and negotiations with all parties to end our conflicts
Nine War Words That Define Our World
By Tom Engelhardt
http://www.countercurrents.org/engelhardt230611.htm
War has a way of turning almost anything upside down, including language. But with lost jobs, foreclosed homes, crumbling infrastructure, and weird weather, who even notices? This undoubtedly means that you're using a set of antediluvian war words or definitions from your father's day. It's time to catch up
Haiti Facts Seventeen Months After Earthquake
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley230611.htm
Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 people killed. About 2 million more people were displaced. Haiti was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a per capita income of about $2 a day. Seventeen months later, Haiti remains deeply wounded. The numbers below give an indication of some of the challenges that remain for the Haitian people
Media Distortion, A Clear Example
By Russell Burnell
http://www.countercurrents.org/burnell230611.htm
Often we talk about media bias and how the mainstream news can manipulate popular opinion. How they transmit information in a manner designed to be a benefit more for the continued enterprise of the owners and funders of the station than the viewer
Republican Debate : Stealth Agenda Of
Gingrich And Cain
By Mirza A. Beg
http://www.countercurrents.org/beg230611.htm
Some of the 2012 Republican aspirant want the United States to be under the Biblical laws, while others in an effort to dupe them are stealthily raising a bogus threat from the Sharia laws. To protect all, multi-religious as well as irreligious citizens, would it not be better to, honestly adhere to the principle of "Separation of Church and State", no lying, no ifs and no buts?
Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space
Book Review By Anil Pundlik Gokhale
http://www.countercurrents.org/gokhale230611.htm
A review of "Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space" by Abdul Shaban
The Emergency: Now, Which Is Which?
By Jawed Naqvi
http://www.countercurrents.org/naqvi230611.htm
Were she alive Indira Gandhi would be smiling at Shining India's state of democracy. The fact is that her dictatorial rule, which lasted all of 21 months, was a picnic compared to the subversion of civil liberties that has since eroded the country's key institutions, often with the help of draconian laws ostensibly intended to tame terrorism
Notes On Forbesganj Violence
By Ashok Yadav & Khalid Anis Ansari
http://www.countercurrents.org/ansari230611.htm
The opposition parties have conveniently chosen to underplay the link of this event with the chain of developmental violence in other jurisdictions (Singur, Nandigram, Bhatta-Parsaul, etc.). In our view, this is yet another example where the dominant discourse of communalism feeds into a hegemonic identity politics than informing any processes of a counter-hegemonic peoples' solidarity
The Death Of The World's Most Expensive Terrorist: US Narrative Revisited
By Protik Bardhan
http://www.countercurrents.org/bardhan230611.htm
Mr. Bin Laden, whom fifteen American missiles were fired to hit in Afghanistan, was only a few years ago the moral equivalent of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson! What happened in the meantime?
US-Led Terror Bombings Target Civilians
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman230611.htm
US air and ground operations strategically target civilians, Pentagon (and NATO) denials notwithstanding. They lie despite clear evidence refuting them. Their latest crime claimed 19 Libyans, all civilians, including women and eight children, apologies not forthcoming and deceitful when they do
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
You can unsubscribe from this news letter here
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