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European Union Imposes Oil Embargo On Iran
 By Peter Symonds

http://www.countercurrents.org/symonds240112.htm

European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday imposed far-reaching economic sanctions on Iran, including an embargo on Iranian oil imports that will come into full force in July. The embargo is an act of economic war that heightens the danger of a slide into military hostilities in the Persian Gulf


Country By Country Analysis Of Fossil Fuel
 Burning-Based Carbon Debt And Carbon Credit
 By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya240112.htm

A simpler and comprehensive analysis of Carbon Debt (Climate Debt) for all countries of the World is presented here that reports Carbon Debt in millions of tonnes of CO2 from fossil fuel burning alone (and ignores GHG pollution deriving from land use (agriculture and forestry), methane, nitrous oxide (N2O) and other GHGs


Shale Shocked: Fracking Gets Its Own
 Occupy Movement
 By Ellen Cantarow

http://www.countercurrents.org/cantarow240112.htm

This story isn't about tragedy. It's about a resistance movement that has arisen to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in history


Local Economies For A Global Future
 By Jason F. McLennan

http://www.countercurrents.org/mclennan240112.htm

This article is about a simple, singular idea, yet the significance of the idea to modern society is profound and far-reaching. Here it is: In the near future anything heavy will become intensely local while at the same time the limits to things that are 'light', ideas, philosophies, information will travel even further than today—literally and figuratively. This is a new paradigm for humanity and it has huge implications for the complete reordering of society


Weapons 'R' Us
 By William J. Astore

http://www.countercurrents.org/astore240112.htm

Sixty years ago, it was said that what's good for General Motors is good for America. In 1955, as Bob Seger sang, we were young and strong and makin' Thunderbirds. But today we're playing a new tune with new lyrics: what's good for Lockheed Martin or Boeing or [insert major-defense-contractor-of-your-choice here] is good for America


The Misadventure of Ron Paul
 By Billy Wharton

http://www.countercurrents.org/wharton240112.htm

The idea that Ron Paul offers a kind of alternative to mainstream politics falls apart quite easily upon inspection. There are three primary reasons for this – two relate to Paul himself and the other is a function of mainstream politics more generally. In the end, it is more accurate to say that Ron Paul is mainstream politics unmasked, a raw version of what both Democrats and Republicans desire to become if left to their own devices


A New Year Of Tough Times Ahead
 By Jack A. Smith

http://www.countercurrents.org/smith240112.htm

The new year has dawned upon a deeply troubled America. Times are not good in the best of all possible nation states, which has suddenly discovered that the seven-league boots with which it is accustomed to stride the globe have become ill-fitting and down at the heels


Terror Error: Breakthrough in
 13/7 Mumbai Blast Exposed
 By TCN Staff Reporter

http://www.countercurrents.org/tcn240112.htm

Hours after the Maharashtra ATS chief Rakesh Maria on Monday claimed to get a breakthrough in the July 13, 2011 Mumbai serial blasts by arresting three culprits, the Union Home Ministry said the Maharashtra ATS caught wrong men


Some Questions For The Maharashtra ATS Chief
 By Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association

http://www.countercurrents.org/jtsa240112.htm

The Maharashtra ATS claims to have cracked the 13/7 blasts case. Its chief has revealed in a press conference that Indian Mujahideen was behind the Mumbai blasts. And yet, the Ministry of Home Affairs remains far from impressed—indeed, it appears rather irritated. And the press, also unusually, has been circumspect about his revelations


An Ode To The Women Who Became Statistics
 By Samar

http://www.countercurrents.org/samar240112.htm

New Delhi, the capital of the biggest democracy of the world witnesses a rape every 18 hours, and an incident of sexual harassment takes place here every 14 hours



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