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U.S. Military Base In Vicenza Gets Final Approval
By Stephanie Westbrook
www.countercurrents.org/westbrook230109.htm
At a press conference on Friday, February 20, Italian Special Commissioner Paola Costa and U.S. Consul General from Milan, Daniel Weygandt, announced final approval for a new U.S. military base in Vicenza, Italy

America’s Municipal Meltdowns
By Nick Turse
www.countercurrents.org/turse230209.htm
Stories about the economic woes facing individual cities and towns are already a staple of national newspapers, even as the bad news, experts believe, is only beginning to flow in. Spikes in unemployment already reaching double-digit levels in some cases, municipal governments deep in the red, essential cutbacks in local services, increasing lines at food pantries, towns facing bankruptcy or even contemplating municipal suicide are increasingly common nationwide

Dispatches From The Front Lines Of Economic Crisis
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman230209.htm
Today’s crisis should bury the myth about “free-market” fundamentalism as the best of all possible worlds. History proves otherwise by clearly showing that it fails the many to advantage the few because it’s arranged that way

The Problem With “A Nation Of Cowards”
By Bill Noxid
www.countercurrents.org/noxid230209.htm
The most disturbing consequence of the election of the first African-American president is the delusional rush to pretend that this country that was founded ( and continues to function ) on genocide and slavery, is somehow “past” racism. Obviously, nothing could be further from the truth, and the fact that society as a whole still refuses to face it is – as Attorney General Eric Holder stated clearly – nothing less than cowardice

Position Paper: “Super Progressives For Obama” On Guantanamo
By Maher Osseiran
www.countercurrents.org/osseiran230209.htm
Obama needs to prosecute Bush for the sake of the country, the constitution, and the rule of law. If all that is not a good enough reason for Obama, he should certainly do it for his own sake; sooner or later, the illegality of the Afghanistan war will be evident to all and Obama’s plan to expand that criminal war would only make a criminal out of him

Farewell To Tayeb Salih: One Of Africa’s Most Illustrious Literary Figures
By Mustapha Marrouchi
www.countercurrents.org/marrouchi230209.htm
They are no longer stirring still. In fact, they are dying at an alarming rate. First, there was Edward Said, then Mahmoud Darwish, and now Tayeb Salih

Human Tragedy Continues In Northern Sri Lanka
By Sarath Kumara
www.countercurrents.org/kumara230209.htm
As fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues in the northern Wanni region, the plight of civilians trapped in the war zone is worsening

And Still They Talk Of Righteousness
By Aditi Munot
www.countercurrents.org/munot230209.htm
We need to stop committing these crimes against humanity, against all species, against the planet. We need to understand and accept that everybody has an equal right to live and an equal right to all amenities. We need to understand no one is or should be allowed to be more privileged to live at the cost of the lives of so many others

Are Muslims In India Appeased?
By Tomichan Matheikal
www.countercurrents.org/matheikal230209.htm
What is needed today in India is stop making irresponsible statements like ‘Muslims are appeased’ and help the community develop better so that they join the mainstream and live in peace and harmony with the mainstream communities. That’s not impossible

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