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Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilisation?
By Lester R. Brown

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We are in a race between political tipping points and natural tipping points. Can we cut carbon emissions fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid the resulting rise in sea level? Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save at least the larger glaciers in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau? Can we stabilise population by lowering fertility before nature takes over and halts population growth by raising mortality?

The Population Myth
By George Monbiot

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People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the poor

More Human Rights Violations In Gujarat
Press Release

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In a pattern which has become increasingly familiar in many parts of India, but particularly in Gujarat, once again in the run-up to the assembly by elections in Gujarat, a number of Muslim youth were picked up by police officials in plain clothes, illegally detained and severely tortured, before they were sent to judicial custody

Countering Benjamin Netanyahou’s Orwellian Spin At The UN
By Eileen Fleming

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In defense of freedom of the press, conscience and speech; I have seized the liberty to counter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spinning at the UN on September 24, 2009

Gaza Peace Protester Is Prisoner In Own Home
By Jonathan Cook

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Nine months after he helped to organise protests against Israel’s attack on Gaza, Samih Jabareen is a prisoner in his home in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, an electronic bracelet around his ankle to alert the police should he step outside his front door

The Goldstone Report: Fierce But Toothless
By Yacov Ben Efrat

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As things look now, the Goldstone Report will go to the shelf, the Occupation will continue, and so will Palestinian suffering. To cope with the present reality is more complex than putting people on the stand for war crimes. The reality is that Israel is ruled by the Right, which is nowadays attracting part of the Left. On the Palestinian side, the reality is a war between two rival factions that care more for power than for their people

Israel’s Ofra Settlement On
Unauthorized Palestinian Land
By Stephen Lendman

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Under international and local laws, Ofra’s settlement is illegal. No jurisdictional area was set for it. It doesn’t have a valid outline plan, and at least 58% of its land is lawfully registered under Palestinian names in the Land Registry

Palestine, Yes We Can
By Sonja Karkar

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A letter to President Obama

Casting Runes On The Floor Of
The New York Stock Exchange
By Case Wagenvoord

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The reason we need high priests is that we simply don’t know what the f— is happening. It’s all so confusing. This is especially true for our financial managers who are like little boys who love building intricate structure out of blocks just so they can watch them tumble to the ground

India Needs An Independent Minded News
And Analysis Channel
By Trevor Selvam

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If there is any news and analysis channel that stands out for putting out sober, dignified and reflective journalism, it is Al Jazeera. And Indian journalists are not looking at Al Jazeera for inspiration, for sure

Communalizing History: Shivaji And Afzal Khan
By Ram Puniyani

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The assembly elections have been declared in Maharashtra, and with this the atmosphere is heating up politically. In this state there have been substantial number of farmer’s suicides, all over there are serious issues related to rising prices, unemployment and other problems of daily life. But it seems that some political parties in Maharashtra are not much concerned about these core issues of society and seem to be more interested in the identity issues emerging from the past

Forgotten Hero: Dasharath Majhi
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

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A legends family languishes in Hunger

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