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India-US Nuclear Deal Headed For Fiasco
By Praful Bidwai
www.countercurrents.org/bidwai290808.htm
As the tortuous negotiations for the United States-India nuclear deal enters its final stage, it becomes clear that India seriously underestimated the discomfort and opposition the agreement would arouse in many countries because of the special privileges granted to India, largely on New Delhi’s terms
Satirical News And The Build Up To The Third World War
By Pablo Ouziel
www.countercurrents.org/ouziel290808.htm
Perhaps a couple of decades from now we will all be praising the mainstream media for the wonderful work they have done reporting on our collective insanity. If we could all leave aside for a minute our nationalisms and ideologies, we could see through every page printed, every word aired, or every media image shown, that global confrontation is just around the corner
Georgian Crisis Heightens US-Russian Tensions Over Ukraine
By Niall Green
www.countercurrents.org/green290808.htm
The crisis in the Caucasus provoked by Washington’s belligerent policy toward Russia may soon be eclipsed by growing tensions over the future of Ukraine
The Financial Times And The “Self-Confessed Mastermind Of 9/11"
By James Petras
www.countercurrents.org/petras290808.htm
The Financial Times (FT), once the liberal, enlightened voice of the financial elite (in contrast to the aggressively neo-conservative Wall Street Journal) has yielded to the totalitarian-militarist temptation. The feature article of the weekend supplement of August 16/17, 2008 – “The Face of 9/11" – embraces the forced confession of a 9/11 suspect elicited through 5 years of hideous torture in the confines of secret prisons
Olympic Follies And Triumphs
By Ramzy Baroud
www.countercurrents.org/baroud290808.htm
When four Palestinian athletes marched with the Palestinian flag into the Olympic Games in Beijing it was a statement, a declaration of sorts, that Palestinians insist on their right to exist on equal footing with the rest of the world, to raise their flag without fear and wear their country’s name spelled out the way it should be, not as a Palestinian Authority but as Palestine
America: Zionist Colony
By Frank Scott
www.countercurrents.org/scott290808.htm
The colonization of American government will only end with creation of a real fifty state democracy in the U.S.A. which could help bring about a real one state democracy in Palestine. Unfortunately, anything less will mean much more pain and suffering, possibly of epic proportions. And not only in Palestine, and not only for Jews
The Issues And The Constitution Obama Ignores
By Timothy V. Gatto
www.countercurrents.org/gatto290808.htm
We must either make Obama incorporate the loss of our civil liberties, or vote for Cynthia McKinney who does. There is no big choice here, either we want our freedoms restored, or we don’t. We don’t owe Barack Obama or the Democrats our loyalty because they are not the Republicans, rather they must earn OUR loyalty because we are the people that will or will not put them in office. The choice is Obama’s to make
Billionaire Backer Of Anti-Obama Ad Previously Broke Campaign Finance Laws
By Jason Leopold
www.countercurrents.org/leopold290808.htm
The anti-Obama ad that Simmons funded was rejected by CNN and Fox News, although some local Fox affiliates have been airing the spot. Sinclair Broadcasting, however, which drew fire in 2004 for an anti-Kerry documentary it aired prior to the election, has been running the Obama ad. Simmons was also a financial backer of the Kerry documentary
Would Jesus Ride A Donkey Or Elephant To The Conventions?
By Jim Rigby
www.countercurrents.org/rigby290808.htm
As the election draws closer, we will hear more and more about the politics of Jesus, as liberals and conservatives jockey to place the shining halo of Christianity over their own heads. Without saying it, they will imply, “Jesus would have voted for me!” Putting aside for a moment the rudeness of regularly forcing the inert pill of religious piety down the gullet of non-Christians, I think such politics are an insult to the message of Jesus as well
Warriors Against The State
By Harsh Mander
www.countercurrents.org/mander290808.htm
It is alleged by the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh that Lateef Mohammed Khan is what the local police like to describe as a “jehadi” terrorist. Ajay T.G. is accused by the BJP government of Chhatisgarh of abetting Maoist Naxalite insurgency. There is much that these two men share in common. They both come from relatively modest backgrounds. Unsung and relatively unknown, in quiet ways they have effectively strived fearlessly and with passion to find ways to work for what they believe to be justice, using the law of the land and constructive social resistance
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