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21st-Century African Land Grab By John Vidal
A land grab is taking palce in Africa. States and multinational corporations are scouring Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Congo, Zambia, Uganda, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana and elsewhere. Ethiopia alone has approved 815 foreign-financed agricultural projects since 2007. Any land there, which investors have not been able to buy, is being leased for approximately $1 per year per hectare
http://www.countercurrents.org/vidal080310.htm

Calling All Rebels By Chris Hedges
There are no constraints left to halt America’s slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Any form of protest, no matter how tepid, is blocked by an internal security apparatus that is starting to rival that of the East German secret police. The mounting anger and hatred, coursing through the bloodstream of the body politic, make violence and counter-violence inevitable. Brace yourself. The American empire is over. And the descent is going to be horrifying
http://www.countercurrents.org/hedges080210.htm

Till Death Do Us Part! By Anjali Singh
When Manu (an ancient Indian sage) wrote the Manu Smriti (religious book on Hinduism) in the post Vedic era defining the code of conduct for the Bharatiya Nari (Ideal Indian Woman) little did he realize that Indian women would literally take their role as laid down by him very seriously and that too spanning centuries. Fast forward to the 21st century and meet Priti Saini, who has lived through a nightmare for past three years and all thanks to her better half. But yet she today is living up to the image of a dutiful wife!
http://www.countercurrents.org/singh080310.htm

A Pat On Woman’s Back On  International Women’s Day By Shobha Shukla
Salutations to all women who uphold the dignity of womanhood, and also to those men who respect women and do not feel ashamed to walk alongside them in their journey on this earth
http://www.countercurrents.org/shukla080310.htm

Israel Set To Join Club Of Richest Nations By Jonathan Cook
An exclusive club of the world’s most developed countries is poised to admit Israel as a member even though, a confidential internal document indicates, doing so will amount to endorsing Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territories
http://www.countercurrents.org/cook080310.htm

The Russell Tribunal On Palestine – Barcelona Session By Stephen Lendman
The RTP found Israel in violation of breaching virtually all international humanitarian laws as well as ones covering the rules of war and occupation
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman080310.htm

The Age Of Obama As A Racial Nightmare By Michelle Alexander
Racial caste is alive and well in America. Most people don’t like it when I say this. It makes them angry. In the “era of colorblindness” there’s a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we as a nation have “moved beyond” race. Here are a few facts that run counter to that triumphant racial narrative
http://www.countercurrents.org/alexander080310.htm

Pacifists Undermining Quest For World Peace? By Hamid Golpira
Addressing NATO officers and officials at the National Defense University in Washington on February 23, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the demilitarization of Europe, “where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it,” is impeding efforts to establish real security and lasting peace in the twenty-first century. This sounds like the slogans from George Orwell’s book 1984: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
http://www.countercurrents.org/golpira080310.htm

Corpothink By Case Wagenvoord
To the corporate sociopath, quantification is all. In this sterile world, there is no death, no blood, no gore, no charred bodies, no suffering, no cries of pain, no broken lives and no motherless children
http://www.countercurrents.org/wagenvoord080310.htm

A Tribute To Sarah Meyer By William Bowles
Sarah Meyer, 73, who published her work on Index Research, died 4 March, 2010 from cancer
http://www.countercurrents.org/bowles080310.htm

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