http://www.countercurrents.org Towards A Counter Movement copy left Fri, 09 May 2008 22:33:15 +05-45 Super Simple RSS editor http://www.countercurrents.org/marsden090508.htm <strong>By Chris Marsden </strong><br>Lebanon stands on the brink of all-out civil war. A general strike by the leading trade union to protest rising prices and demand an increase in the minimum wage has led to armed conflict between the pro-Western Sunni and Druze-based government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the Shia-based Hezbollah and its ally, Amal Fri, 9 May 2008 22:32:21 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/fisk090508.htm <strong>By Robert Fisk </strong><br>What is it about Lebanon that creates these crises? Maybe at heart, it is the same old problem: to be a modern state, Lebanon must abandon confessionalism - the system which provides a Maronite for the presidency, a Sunni for the prime ministers seat, a Shia for the speaker of parliament, and so on. But if Lebanon abandoned confessionalism, it would no longer be Lebanon, because sectarianism is its identity; a fate which its children do not deserve but whose country was created by French masters on the ruins of the Ottoman empire Fri, 9 May 2008 22:31:23 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb090508A.htm <strong> By Franklin Lamb</strong><br>Street Notes and Findings from Beiruts Hamra District Fri, 9 May 2008 22:30:57 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb090508.htm <strong>By Franklin Lamb </strong><br>Blindsided Hezbollah mulls its response Fri, 9 May 2008 22:30:23 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/kavita090508.htm <strong>By Kavita Krishnan </strong><br>The global policeman Bush, in the time-honoured traditions of backyard bully, has long harboured the habit of dictating to nations who their friends and enemies should be. Now, he has taken to telling nations how much they should eat, and of wagging a disapproving finger at poor nations whose middle class has made some improvements in its diet Fri, 9 May 2008 22:29:36 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/darapuri090508.htm <strong> By S.R.Darapuri</strong><br>When George Bush is admonishing India for eating too much, Dalits in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh face hunger deaths and suicides Fri, 9 May 2008 22:29:10 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/klare090508.htm <strong> By Michael T. Klare </strong><br>How Rising Oil Prices Are Obliterating Americas Superpower Status Fri, 9 May 2008 22:28:43 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/jamail090508.htm <strong>By Stephen Moss & Dahr Jamail </strong><br>Texas-born Dahr Jamail was outraged that the US media were swallowing the Bush administrations line on Iraq and so, with just $2,000 and no previous journalistic experience, he set off to find out what was really happening in the country Fri, 9 May 2008 22:28:09 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/baker090508.htm <strong>By Carolyn Baker </strong><br>While I do not feel optimistic about survival in the abyss into which we appear to be descending, I believe that the principles inherent in the Steps can facilitate our planting seeds that may ultimately germinate and flourish as a new paradigm lived out by some of us and our descendents who are committed to creating lifeboats of localized, sustainable living that serve the entire earth community Fri, 9 May 2008 22:27:28 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/tucker090508.htm <strong>By Roger Tucker </strong><br>The viral madness that is Zionism, the most virulent form of fascism in todays world, can only be defeated by the spiritual weapons of wisdom and compassion, wielded by people of good will around the world, and the considerable hard work required to cut through the fog of confusion Fri, 9 May 2008 22:26:39 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud090508.htm <strong> By Ramzy Baroud</strong><br>The Arab foreign ministers communique can be understood as a call for a truce between various Arab governments: you hold your journalists back from attacking me, I will hold mine. It is neither a call for the suppression of civil society nor the gagging of free expression: the former is largely suppressed and truly free expression never fully existed Fri, 9 May 2008 22:25:43 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman090508.htm <strong> By Stephen Lendman</strong><br>Ramzy Barouds -The Second Palestinian Intifada - is poignant and masterful. It blends his personal experience with a gripping narrative of his peoples struggle for justice Fri, 9 May 2008 22:24:58 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/engineer090508.htm <strong>By Asghar Ali Engineer </strong><br>True test of our democracy would be when any deserving citizen of India, be he/she tribal, dalit, Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Sikh can become prime minister of India. It is true a Muslim, dalit and Sikh have risen to the office of President and a Sikh is now Prime Minister but Presidents post is decorative one, not executive one. True test lies in making a dalit or Muslim or Christian Prime minister of India Fri, 9 May 2008 22:24:13 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/miles090508.htm <strong> By Jim Miles</strong><br>Book Review: Muqtada - Muqtada al-Sadr, The Shia Revival, And The Struggle For Iraq By Patrick Cockburn Fri, 9 May 2008 22:23:46 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/velloso090508.htm <strong>By Agustin Velloso </strong><br>Despite the sonorous propaganda about international aid, more resounding still is the silence about the Obiang familys corruption and the results of Spanish development cooperation in Equatorial Guinea Fri, 9 May 2008 22:23:04 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/solaiman090508.htm <strong> By GM Solaiman</strong><br>Justice must be served to Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia along with others who are accused. If the court ruled that they are innocents, by all means, they should be free. If the court ruled that they are guilty, they must serve prison time like every body else. We must see that law has been followed. We must see that justice has been served. Only then we need to elect more law makers to make yet more laws. If we do not need any law to execute, we do not need any law makers either Fri, 9 May 2008 22:22:09 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/gatade090508.htm <strong> By Subhash Gatade</strong><br>Ismail Jalagir, a senior counsel from Hubli (Karnataka) and Mohammad Shoaib, a senior advocate from Lucknow (U.P.) might not have heard about each other. But even their strongest critics would admit that they are made of the same mettle.If there are rewards meant for lawyers who are ready to go the extra mile to defend rigths granted to citizens under the constitution then both these worthy citizens of the country would be the first on the list Fri, 9 May 2008 22:21:21 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/pillai090508.htm <strong>By Thulasi Wesley Pillai </strong><br>State terror is a reality in Sri Lanka. That is something that the international community has chosen to ignore. When a state is hell-bent on secret ethnic cleansing, head-hunting human rights activists, journalists, intellectuals, parliamentarians, vocal clerics and witnesses of state crimes then what is the duty and responsibility of the citizens? Fri, 9 May 2008 22:20:38 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/poster.htm Do what you can to popularise CC Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:31:44 +05-45 http://www.countercurrents.org/subscriberprogramme.htm Your support is absolutely necessary for our survival Wed, 16 May 2007 23:28:58 +05-45