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Delhi Encounter: Rights Groups Demand Judicial Enquiry
By PUCL & PUDR
www.countercurrents.org/pucl260908.htm
It is imperative that an independent, time bound comprehensive probe has to be carried out by a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India into this incident and the claims of the police, to answer these questions. In any case, the NHRC guidelines on encounter killings require such an investigation
Muslim Organisations Demand Judicial Enquiry Into The Delhi Encounter Killings
By Cordination Committee Of Indian Muslims
www.countercurrents.org/ccim260908.htm
The Government of India should take note of the pertinent questions raised by several citizens’ inquiry teams about the questionable nature of the 19 September 2008 “encounter” at Batla House, Jamia Nagar. A high level judicial time-bound enquiry should be conducted into the whole incident to find out the truth and its findings must be made public
More Questions About Delhi Encounter Killings
A Fact Finding Report
www.countercurrents.org/report260908.htm
We could not find a single person in the entire locality who could agree with the story of the ‘encounter’ of the police. There is a complete unanimity in the opinion of the people about the one-sided nature of the firing and the time for which it continued
Media Manipulation By Police To Create A Distinct Communalised Imagery
By Sadanand Menon
www.countercurrents.org/menon260908.htm
Monday, September 22 was an extraordinary day in the annals the Indian media. I would like to call it a day of shame. For, on that day, our media collectively displayed its herd-like mentality and its entirely uncritical attitude to the use – and misuse – of the photographs it publishes
The Great Bailout: Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?
By Dan Lieberman
www.countercurrents.org/lieberman260908.htm
Secretary Paulson’s plan to prevent collapse of the financial system prompts immediate and unanswered questions: Will the Paulson plan fulfill its intentions or will it worsen what it wants to correct? The health of the financial system is a major problem, but is it the problem, and does it disguise the true problem?
Financial Meltdown And The Madness Of Imperialism
By Raymond Lotta
www.countercurrents.org/lotta260908.htm
The events of the last ten days on Wall Street represent a new and more destabilizing phase of the turmoil gripping financial institutions and markets in the U.S. A financial crisis has been unfolding for more than a year. It is now the most serious financial crisis of U.S. capitalism since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it is by no means contained or under control
Framing The $700 Billion Question
By Pablo Ouziel
www.countercurrents.org/ouziel260908.htm
As the bailout of Wall Street is debated in the U.S. Congress, and world political leaders and global financial analysts, are all excited about what will ultimately save us from a economic Pearl Harbor, will prevent a financial Tsunami, or the repeat of the Great Depression, I am surprised that no CEO has yet been arrested. I am amazed and perplexed; obviously the question has not been framed properly
The Credit Crisis May Reflect Concern With
Likely Growing Trade union Power
By Anthony Ravlich
www.countercurrents.org/ravlich260908.htm
The credit crisis facing the world may be explained in part in the decisions made in recent years at the United Nations to place more emphasis on the economic and social interests of the trade unions and the working classes
Iraq: The Biggest Hospitals Become Sick
By Arkan Hamed & Dahr Jamail
www.countercurrents.org/jamail260908.htm
Not even the elevators work now at Baghdad Medical City, built once as the centre for some of the best medical care
Archaeology Becomes A Curse For Jerusalem’s Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook
www.countercurrents.org/cook260908.htm
The Palestinian residents are used to living in the shadow of history and religion, given dramatic physical form as the great silver dome of the al Aqsa mosque and the looming presence of the Mount of Olives. But of late, history has become a curse for most of Silwan’s residents
John McCain – A Brief Criticism
By James Rothenberg
www.countercurrents.org/rothenberg260908.htm
Inasmuch as candidate McCain enjoys virtual immunity regarding his national security credentials owing to his Vietnam experience, it might be interesting to lift that immunity and try another perspective. This is important because, from all we can tell, his views on the use of military force have little changed since then
“Art And China’s Revolution” At The Asia Society Museum:An Unofficial Guide To The Exhibit
By Li Onesto
www.countercurrents.org/onesto260908.htm
Go see this show. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this art. Think about, discuss and debate with others, the important questions raised by this exhibit—and the whole period of human history that produced this art
Definitions: The Intelligentsia
By Gaither Stewart
www.countercurrents.org/stewart260908.htm
The “Intelligentsia” and it’s revolutionary mission
Everyone Talks About Dal, But What About Dal Dwellers?
By Syed Ali Safvi
www.countercurrents.org/safvi260908.htm
I fail to understand why Dal dwellers are treated as second-class citizens. Preserving Dal lake should be prime concern, but that does not mean Dal dwellers be damned. They should be rehabilitated at some appropriate place
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