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Binu

Pakistan Sinks Deeper Into
The Night
By Tariq Ali

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If the constitution remains in suspension for more than three months then Musharraf himself might be pushed aside by the Army and a new strongman put in place. Or it could be that the aim of the operation was limited to a cleansing of the Supreme Court and controlling the media. That is what Musharraf indicated in his broadcast to the nation. In which case a totally rigged election becomes a certainty next January. Whatever the case Pakistan’s long journey to the end of the night continues

With Washington’s Complicity, Musharraf Imposes Martial Law In Pakistan
By Vilani Peiris & Keith Jones

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The Bush administration and the US political elite have for years sustained the Musharraf dictatorship. They no less than the general himself are responsible for the systematic rape of the democratic rights of the Pakistani people and the threat of state terror that now hangs over Pakistan

Our Masters, Ourselves
By Dale Allen Pfeiffer

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People need to understand that we are faced with a madness that will make life miserable for us and for generations to come, if it does not severely damage the viability of this entire planet. Yet they also need to know that each of us has the power to stop this madness, simply by ceasing to take part in the system that perpetuates this madness

Pope Honors Spanish “Martyrs”
By Gary Leupp

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The Spanish state wants to dig up the victims of fascism. The Church wants to leave them buried, while launching its own remembered martyrs into the stratosphere for veneration. Whom do these include? Augustinian Fr. Gabino Olaso Zabala, executed by Republican forces. In 1896 he participated in the torture of a priest in the Philippines, a Filipino Fr. Mariano Dacanay, who was suspected of sympathy for anti-Spanish revolutionaries. He encouraged prison guards to kick the priest in the head. But as of Sunday, Catholics so inclined are authorized to seek his intercession between themselves and God

Humanitarian Tsunami Sweeping Across Iraq
By Haroon Siddiqui

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Up to 1.2 million of them, out of a population of 21 million, may have been killed since 2003. And one in five Iraqis has been displaced. Two million, maybe more, have fled to neighbouring nations, and another 2.2 million have been displaced internally. Of the latter, the world knows the least, and for a reason

Why Bush Needs Bin Laden
By Mary Shaw

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As long as al-Qaeda has a face, Bush can continue his unwinnable war in Iraq, keep life a living hell for the innocent civilians there, and never have to admit that it was a mistake. As long as al-Qaeda has a face, Bush can continue to shred our Constitution, kill habeas corpus, torture people, and spy on you and your grandmother without a court warrant. As long as al-Qaeda has a face, Bush can continue to tell you that it’s all for your own good

Modi A Psychic Killer
By Yoginder Sikand

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Modi A Psychic Killer, Worse Than Hitler, Should Be Jailed, says Father of Slain Gujarat BJP Home Minister

The Truth Of Gujarat Carnage
By Ram Puniyani

www.countercurrents.org/puniyani051107.htm

Time has come that we face the truth head on, punish the guilty and protect the innocent irrespective of religion and caste. In Gujarat if state Government has failed to prosecute the guilty, that’s a breach of the oath taken by political leadership and it has to be dealt with like that, i.e. violation of constitutional obligations by state Government

Equal Rights And Opportunities
By Nishikant Waghmare

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Why the upper castes are not interested in giving up caste? Because caste (jati) helps him to exploit his fellowmen better — as it has a theological sanction under the Hindu religion. In the jungle of Hinduism this law has the blessings of its sacred scriptures. That is why in India wealth is getting accumulated in the bands of top 10% to 15% of the upper castes and the rest are getting pauperised. And yet there is no public debate on the merits of caste anywhere, not even among our university eggheads

Farming With Passion For Wellbeing Of All
By Umendra Dutt

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A Creative revolution in service of Mother Earth by natural farmers in Punjab

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