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Global Markets Plunge On US Data And European Bank Fears
 By Andre Damon

http://www.countercurrents.org/damon190811.htm

Global stock markets plunged once again Thursday after bad US economic figures compounded new fears of a banking crisis in Europe. The renewed turbulence underscored the disastrous impact of the austerity measures being implemented in Europe and the United States


Embedded Energy
 By Colin Campbell & Ugo Bardi

http://www.countercurrents.org/bardi190811.htm

An interesting exchange between Colin Campbell and Ugo Bardi


Natural Gas And Fracking Threaten World
 By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya190811.htm

All countries and intranational jurisdictions must follow the examples of France and New York State and ban shale deposit fracking. The World is running out of time to seriously tackle the worsening climate emergency


Tripoli On The Cusp
 By Franklin Lamb

http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb190811.htm

One does not sense that a Red Army is en route to lift the threatened siege of Tripoli. But maybe Tripoli's defenders will not need a Red Army to lift a siege of Tripoli


Lokpal Bill: A Search For 'Balanced Draft'
 By Musab Iqbal

http://www.countercurrents.org/iqbal190811.htm

Team Anna's draft is commonly referred as the draft of civil society and hence the difference and clash of these two drafts is concluded as difference and clash between government and the civil society. Hence producing a linguistic of 'versus' for a 'second war of independence'. But interestingly other draft exist as well and an attempt for a more balanced approach is worked upon and hence it can be said that 'other civil society' too exist and so is the 'other draft'


US-Arab Disconnect: Revolutions Restate
 Region's Priorities
 By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud190811.htm

As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests


What About Anonymous?
 By Frank Rummel

http://www.countercurrents.org/rummel190811.htm

The Fall brings hope for salvation from the evil tyranny at the blood stained hands of the rich and powerful. A successful operation on September 23, 2011 builds momentum snowballing into a critical mass of the main event at the Washington DC Tent City Occupation organized by Kevin Zeese which begins October 6, 2011


Iran Sanctions: Much Ado About Nothing
 By Dr. Ismail Salami a& Kourosh Ziabari

http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari190811.htm

There is indeed much ado about Iran 's nuclear program and despite all evidence that Iran is not pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the US keeps piling accusations on the country. Who knows? Maybe Iran 's nuclear program is only an excuse for the U.S. government to start another war in the region


Black, White, And Brown
 By Dr Murali Sivaramakrishnan

http://www.countercurrents.org/murali190811.htm

Black, brown, yellow, white—many are the variations of skin tones in the world. But the tension that the discrimination evokes has currently gone beyond the reach of the cultural fabrication of good and bad, desireable and ugly, right and wrong, life and death


Microcredit: Mainstream Questions Mainstream
 By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury190811.htm

Mainstream microcredit findings are now being questioned by mainstream. Thus, part of mainstream research system, stakes and stakeholders, and vulnerability of mainstream have got exposed


Hindutva And The Dalit Question
 By Bhanwar Meghvanshi

http://www.countercurrents.org/bhanwar190811.htm

Of late, the RSS has been making a tremendous hue-and-cry about what it calls the 'social assimilation' (samarasta) of the various castes. The curious fact, however, is that it has no intention whatsoever of promoting the genuine 'assimilation' of, leave alone equality between, the various castes. A clear indication of its attitude to the caste question is that from the very beginning it has been strongly opposed to reservations or any other form of protective discrimination for Dalits, Adviasis, OBCs and religious minorities


Dr. Swamy, Friends And Limits Of
 Freedom Of Expression
 By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani190811.htm

This thin line between 'freedom of expression' and 'hate speech' needs to be delineated to ensure that we are able to enhance the amity in human race, nurture pluralism and diversity to ensure a better atmosphere, congenial for progress of human race and in a particular the rights of weaker sections of society and to curb the ideas which promote divisiveness in the society


Dignity Defiled: Law And Policies
 For Manual Scavengers
 By Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary

http://www.countercurrents.org/chaudhary190811.htm

Dry latrines, which are cleaned by manual scavengers, still exist in public establishments and private houses in many parts of India, defying the mandatory provisions of law and morality. While the schemes and policies of the state have had some impact, they have failed to liberate and rehabilitate all the manual scavengers. For this, the approach and behavior of all concerned stake-holders, especially agencies of the state and the dominant castes/classes, have to change in order to serve Constitutional and human rights values


Dalit Rights Group Slams Modi Government's
 Stand On Child Rights
 By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand190811.htm

Early last month the social activist Rajesh Solanki, Secretary of the Ahmedabad-based Dalit Hak Rakshak Manch ('Dalit Rights' Protection Forum'), shot off a memorandum to Kamala Beniwal, Governor of Gujarat, drawing her attention to the absence of a State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights' (SCPCR) in Gujarat

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