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Subject: CC News Letter, 12 Oct - Gandhian Values For Sustainable Futures
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Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Boston Police Arrest 100 Anti-Wall Street Protesters
By Kate Randall
http://www.countercurrents.org/randall121011.htm
Boston Police carried out an early morning raid on anti-Wall Street protesters Tuesday, arresting 100 people in a violent attack on the Occupy Boston protest. The police operation began at about 1:20 a.m., when officers in uniform and riot gear moved in to clear protesters from a section of land in the city's financial district
How 99% Prevented Senators From Working Yesterday
By David Swanson
http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson121011.htm
We can prevent work in one congressional office building or another, day after day, without necessarily having anyone arrested. At this point I'm leaning in that direction. Unless, of course, Congress discovers the need to end the wars and tax the rich
Rumble From The People
By Ralph Nader
http://www.countercurrents.org/nader121011.htm
When the corporate and political bosses hear the rising roar from the people, they start sweating. Now is time to turn up the heat without pausing
What're You Gonna Do? Beyond A Demanding Occupation
By Niranjan Ramakrishnan
http://www.countercurrents.org/rama121011.htm
Four weeks into its life, Occupy Wall Street has already confounded both its critics and its well-wishers. Far from twittering away its energies after an initial burst of enthusiasm as predicted (or feared), it appears to have touched something in average Americans in every corner of the country
Nightmare On Wall Street
By Radha Surya
http://www.countercurrents.org/surya121011.htm
No longer does it seem hopelessly naïve to think that meaningful change is coming to America. The struggle for economic justice has been launched in a decisive way
Gandhian Values For Sustainable Futures
By D. Jeevan Kumar
http://www.countercurrents.org/jkumar121011.htm
Gandhism challenges the basic assumptions that the Western model of development makes about the use of Nature and natural resources, the meaning of progress, the ways in which society is governed and also about how public policy is made and implemented
Liberia; Nobel For President,
No-water For Residents
By Thomas C. Mountain
http://www.countercurrents.org/mountain121011.htm
The most likely ex-President of Liberia has been given a share of one of the western worlds most prestigious awards, the Nobel Peace Prize yet the residents of the capital Monrovia have not had running water for the full 6 years of her term in office
The Price Of Torching Mosques
By Jonathan Cook
http://www.countercurrents.org/cook121011.htm
Jewish far-right groups responsible for a series of arson attacks on West Bank mosques over the past year broke dangerous ground last week when they turned their attention for the first time to holy places inside Israel. A mosque was torched, followed days later by an attack on Muslim and Christian graves
New SCOTUS Decision In Abu-Jamal Case Is Good, But Not Enough
By Mary Shaw
http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw121011.htm
On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney to overturn a federal appeals court decision declaring Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence unconstitutional. Abu-Jamal had been convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner
Canada Pursues U.S.-Style
Security And Foreign Policy
By Dana Gabriel
http://www.countercurrents.org/gabriel121011.htm
Under the influence of a declining Anglo-American Empire, Canada has shed its peacekeeping image in favor of a more aggressive and militaristic doctrine. In the coming years, Canada will be expected to contribute even more to global security including participation in future U.S.-NATO military operations
Butchery Of Dalits In Paramakudi
By Dr Anand Teltumbde
http://www.countercurrents.org/teltumbde121011.htm
Summary of fact finding report by Centre for Protection of Civil Liberties on the killing of dalits in Paramakudi
Why Turn Punjab Into A Fire Ball
By Devinder Sharma
http://www.countercurrents.org/dsharma121011.htm
Aware of the resulting impact on human health and environment, in a few days from now, on October 13, over 20 lakh school children will take out awareness walks in all Punjab villages to educate farmers about the destructive fallout of burning paddy stubbles in their crop fields
Global Forum On Sanitation Begins In Mumbai
By Marianne de Nazareth
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth121011.htm
From 9-14 October 2011, the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai , India , will serve as a platform to discuss and advance issues of sanitation to billions of people
Remembering Prof.Iqbal Ansari
By Mahtab Alam
http://www.countercurrents.org/alam121011.htm
One of the most visible Civil Liberties' activists in India , Iqbal Ansari took up a variety issues, ranging from Communalism, Religious freedom and Communal harmony to Minority Rights
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:01 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 12 Oct - Gandhian Values For Sustainable Futures
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Boston Police Arrest 100 Anti-Wall Street Protesters
By Kate Randall
http://www.countercurrents.org/randall121011.htm
Boston Police carried out an early morning raid on anti-Wall Street protesters Tuesday, arresting 100 people in a violent attack on the Occupy Boston protest. The police operation began at about 1:20 a.m., when officers in uniform and riot gear moved in to clear protesters from a section of land in the city's financial district
How 99% Prevented Senators From Working Yesterday
By David Swanson
http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson121011.htm
We can prevent work in one congressional office building or another, day after day, without necessarily having anyone arrested. At this point I'm leaning in that direction. Unless, of course, Congress discovers the need to end the wars and tax the rich
Rumble From The People
By Ralph Nader
http://www.countercurrents.org/nader121011.htm
When the corporate and political bosses hear the rising roar from the people, they start sweating. Now is time to turn up the heat without pausing
What're You Gonna Do? Beyond A Demanding Occupation
By Niranjan Ramakrishnan
http://www.countercurrents.org/rama121011.htm
Four weeks into its life, Occupy Wall Street has already confounded both its critics and its well-wishers. Far from twittering away its energies after an initial burst of enthusiasm as predicted (or feared), it appears to have touched something in average Americans in every corner of the country
Nightmare On Wall Street
By Radha Surya
http://www.countercurrents.org/surya121011.htm
No longer does it seem hopelessly naïve to think that meaningful change is coming to America. The struggle for economic justice has been launched in a decisive way
Gandhian Values For Sustainable Futures
By D. Jeevan Kumar
http://www.countercurrents.org/jkumar121011.htm
Gandhism challenges the basic assumptions that the Western model of development makes about the use of Nature and natural resources, the meaning of progress, the ways in which society is governed and also about how public policy is made and implemented
Liberia; Nobel For President,
No-water For Residents
By Thomas C. Mountain
http://www.countercurrents.org/mountain121011.htm
The most likely ex-President of Liberia has been given a share of one of the western worlds most prestigious awards, the Nobel Peace Prize yet the residents of the capital Monrovia have not had running water for the full 6 years of her term in office
The Price Of Torching Mosques
By Jonathan Cook
http://www.countercurrents.org/cook121011.htm
Jewish far-right groups responsible for a series of arson attacks on West Bank mosques over the past year broke dangerous ground last week when they turned their attention for the first time to holy places inside Israel. A mosque was torched, followed days later by an attack on Muslim and Christian graves
New SCOTUS Decision In Abu-Jamal Case Is Good, But Not Enough
By Mary Shaw
http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw121011.htm
On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney to overturn a federal appeals court decision declaring Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence unconstitutional. Abu-Jamal had been convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner
Canada Pursues U.S.-Style
Security And Foreign Policy
By Dana Gabriel
http://www.countercurrents.org/gabriel121011.htm
Under the influence of a declining Anglo-American Empire, Canada has shed its peacekeeping image in favor of a more aggressive and militaristic doctrine. In the coming years, Canada will be expected to contribute even more to global security including participation in future U.S.-NATO military operations
Butchery Of Dalits In Paramakudi
By Dr Anand Teltumbde
http://www.countercurrents.org/teltumbde121011.htm
Summary of fact finding report by Centre for Protection of Civil Liberties on the killing of dalits in Paramakudi
Why Turn Punjab Into A Fire Ball
By Devinder Sharma
http://www.countercurrents.org/dsharma121011.htm
Aware of the resulting impact on human health and environment, in a few days from now, on October 13, over 20 lakh school children will take out awareness walks in all Punjab villages to educate farmers about the destructive fallout of burning paddy stubbles in their crop fields
Global Forum On Sanitation Begins In Mumbai
By Marianne de Nazareth
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth121011.htm
From 9-14 October 2011, the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai , India , will serve as a platform to discuss and advance issues of sanitation to billions of people
Remembering Prof.Iqbal Ansari
By Mahtab Alam
http://www.countercurrents.org/alam121011.htm
One of the most visible Civil Liberties' activists in India , Iqbal Ansari took up a variety issues, ranging from Communalism, Religious freedom and Communal harmony to Minority Rights
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
You can unsubscribe from this news letter here
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