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Venezuela’s D-Day: The December 2, Referendum
By James Petras

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A decisive vote for ‘Sí’ will not end US military and political destabilization campaigns but it will certainly undermine and demoralize their collaborators. On December 2, 2007 the Venezuelans have a rendezvous with history

Tens of Thousands Protest Chavez Proposals, Is CIA Fomenting Unrest To Challenge Referendum?
By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez & James Petras

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In Venezuela , tens of thousands of protesters marched through Caracas Thursday to oppose constitutional changes proposed by President Chavez that come to a vote on Sunday. Citing a confidential memo, the Venezuelan government is claiming the CIA is fomenting unrest to challenge the referendum

Venezuela: A People Under Fire
By Fidel Castro

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A victory of the Yes vote on December 2 would not be enough. The weeks and months following that date may very well prove to be extremely tough for many countries, Cuba for one; although before that the empire’s adventures could lead the planet into an atomic war, as their own leaders have confessed

“SHUTTING UP VENEZUELA’S CHAVEZ “ by Roger Cohen: A Critique
By Thomas Riggins

www.countercurrents.org/riggins021207.htm

Roger Cohen is an editor at The New York Times and columnist for its op ed page and for The International Herald Tribune. The above column appeared in the Times on 11-29-07. It is tendentious in the extreme, poorly argued and factually incorrect

On Supporting Our Troops Without Tokenism
By Emily Spence

www.countercurrents.org/spence021207.htm

In the final reckoning, our sending merry messages, little care packages and other friendly trifles to soldiers is not really meaningful, nor helpful in the long run. Our relentlessly pushing our legislators to immediately bring troops home, helping them reintegrate into society, as well as encouraging them to establish other ways to improve America and the world at large (especially in places where they have devastated the terrain) is by far preferable to their current invasions. By all reasonable means, let’s unyieldingly press for this better sort of support for our troops now

World Of Terror, Sidr And The US ‘Help’
By Anu Muhammad

www.countercurrents.org/anu021207.htm

The world has entered into a permanent system of war, militarization, destruction and dehumanisation. After Second World War, for different reasons, the US has emerged as the centre of this global system. The survival of the US as a super power, expansion of its hegemony and the function of global capitalism now mostly depend upon war machine and militarism. That gives birth to a new phase of imperialism and becomes a threat not only people and nations in the periphery but for whole human civilization

Poverty Sucks, The Earth And The Soul
By Dr. Glen Barry

www.countercurrents.org/barry021207.htm

To avoid run-away abrupt climate change, all nations must embrace equitable, ambitious and urgent emission cuts in Bali

Demoralisation And Absence
By Ramzy Baroud

www.countercurrents.org/baroud021207.htm

A once profound and widely read commentator recently claimed he no longer writes about the Palestine/Israel conflict because “Palestinians are killing each other”. Feeling his words have ceased to carry weight he simply decided not “to take sides”. What should be made of such a reaction? Granted, what has transpired in Palestine in recent years is disheartening, demoralising and confusing

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Disappoints
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

www.countercurrents.org/hirschhorn021207.htm

Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary just shows how the status quo political establishment can rig the system to get what it wants. What has Bobby been promised? Head of the US EPA? Support for replacing Hillary in the Senate? Who knows? But his endorsement stinks and puts a big blemish on his credibility and reputation

Time To Mount Up And Ride
By Vincent L. Guarisco

www.countercurrents.org/guarisco021207.htm

Dear citizens of a crumbling nation, have you even noticed our country is being demolished all around us? Haven’t you noticed the pillars shaking, the foundation cracking, and debris falling everywhere?

Travesty Of Justice – Sudanese Caricature Of The Islamic Law
By Mirza A. Beg

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In Sudan, a British teacher was arrested for the “sin” of helping her class of seven year olds to name a cuddly teddy bear, Muhammad. Yesterday, after a court trial, she was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and it is reported that a crowd was clamoring for a death sentence. In a closed dictatorial country a crowd does not gather, it is allowed or urged to gather

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