CounterCurrents Newsletter 7 March, 2010 – What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know About Capitalism
Arundhati Roy Ready For Maoist Talks Role By Rajesh Joshi
Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she is ready to be an “independent observer” if the Indian government agrees to peace talks with Maoist insurgents. She gave her reaction following a fresh proposal for talks made by the rebels. Maoist military wing leader Koteshwar Rao – or Kishenji – called the BBC from an undisclosed location. He said the group would stop violence if the government invited intellectuals and rights activists like Ms Roy and B D Sharma to mediate in peace talks. Although refusing to be a mediator in any talks, Ms Roy told BBC Hindi radio that she would be happy to participate in talks as an independent observer
http://www.countercurrents.org/joshi070310.htm
Update On Iraq’s Elections By Layla Anwar
Update from Layla Anwar on Iraq’s elections
http://www.countercurrents.org/anwar070310.htm
Paul Craig Roberts Owes Iraqi People An Apology By Qais Nawwaf
It is frustrating enough when the operators of the US war machine and their mouthpieces in mainstream media refer to Iraqis in demeaning sectarian language. It is far more disappointing when those involved in the “anti-war” movement, who are supposedly in solidarity with Iraqis, use such divisive, disrespectful discourse
http://www.countercurrents.org/nawwaf070310.htm
What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know About Capitalism By Fred Magdoff & John Bellamy Foster
Ecological crisis cannot be solved within the logic of the present system. The various suggestions for doing so have no hope of success. The system of world capitalism is clearly unsustainable
http://www.countercurrents.org/foster070310.htm
The Wrong Kind Of Green By Johann Hari
How conservation groups are bargaining away our future by selling themselves off to some of the biggest polluters on earth
http://www.countercurrents.org/hari070310.htm
Time For A U.S. Revolution – Fifteen Reasons By Bill Quigley
It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance companies, military contractors, lobbyists, and for the rich and powerful. But it does not work for people
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley070310.htm
Conclusions Of The Russell Tribunal On Palestine By RTP
Conclusions Of The Russell Tribunal On Palestine First session in Barcelona, 1-3 March 2010
http://www.countercurrents.org/rtp070310.htm
So When Are You Going To Make War On Israel, Mr. Brown? By Alan Hart
If Mr. Brown means what he says, and if by chance he remains prime minister after Britain’s imminent election, logic suggests that he will take the lead with President Obama in putting together a coalition to require Israel, by war if necessary, to comply with “the rules of the international community.” Of course he won’t because logic, like truth and reality, has no place in politics, domestic or international
http://www.countercurrents.org/hart070310.htm
A Tale Of Two Richards By Nadia Hijab
If the attacks on Richard Goldstone and Richard Falk succeed, the Palestinian cause will suffer and the world will be a poorer and more dangerous place — one in which the might of the strong is legally allowed to prevail against the rights of the weak
http://www.countercurrents.org/hijab070310.htm
Specter Of New Intifada Hovers Over West Bank By Khalid Amayreh
An intifada-like atmosphere is gradually descending on the West Bank as the hawkish Israeli government headed by Benyamin Netanyahu continued to provoke Palestinians and Muslims in general by encroaching on the Aqsa Mosque
http://www.countercurrents.org/amayreh070310.htm
Mordechai Vanunu’s Nobel Stand By Rannie Amiri
It was revealed last week that in a letter to the Committee, Mordechai Vanunu had asked for his candidacy to be rescinded. It was unusual enough for Geir Lundestad to acknowledge that a nomination had even been received, let alone publicly disclose Vanunu’s request. But for Vanunu—a man who should have been awarded the Peace Prize long ago—it was in full keeping with the dignity, integrity and uncompromising nature of one to whom the world owes a great debt
http://www.countercurrents.org/amiri070310.htm
The Deepest Division In Sri Lanka By Rohini Hensman
The deepest division in Sri Lanka is not the so-called ethnic divide but the split between supporters of democracy and supporters of totalitarianism, and the recent elections proved this point
http://www.countercurrents.org/hensman070310.htm
Implementing Right To Education Act By B.C. Mehta & Kranti Kapoor
A valuable bunch of ideas for the implementation of right to education act
By Accepting Bt Cotton’s Susceptibility To Pests, Monsanto Befools India By Devinder Sharma
http://www.countercurrents.org/kapoor070310.htm
By Accepting Bt Cotton’s Susceptibility To Pests, Monsanto Befools India By Devinder Sharma
Knowing that we are a nation of fools, they have actually worked out a remarkable marketing strategy. By acknowledging that Bt cotton has outlived its utility, they have sent the right signal to those who needed it. Monsanto has advised farmers to go for its second generation Bt cotton. Farmers would now be spurning Bt cotton, and going in for their latest GM cotton variety, which carries two genes, and is therefore more potent against Pink Bollworm. This variety is popularly called Bollgard-II
http://www.countercurrents.org/sharma070310.htm
Obama State Department: Venezuela Must Return To Free Market Capitalism By Sean Fenley
Hillary Clinton, stooge of U.S. avarice and imperialism, tells Venezuela to follow the example of Chile, Brazil, and presumably other countries in the region that it gives its ok to. Of course, the U.S. cares nothing for the advancements and the movement toward greater egalitarianism and justice brought about by the Bolivarian Revolution
http://www.countercurrents.org/fenley070310.htm
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