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Humanitarian Disaster In Gaza
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman261108.htm
Gaza is under siege for the past 22 days. Israel lifted the siege briefly on November 24, but closed the boder crossings again after two Qassam rockets were fired on Sunday, one on Monday, and another on Tuesday. A humanitarian disaster is looming in Gaza

Gaza People “Stripped Of Their Dignity”
By Rami Almeghari
www.countercurrents.org/almeghari261108.htm
The situation is very desperate at the humanitarian level, I mean people have been stripped of their dignity here, it is a struggle to survive for every body. 750,000 of the people here in Gaza are children of the one and half million population – says John Ging, UNRWA Chief of Operations in the Gaza Strip

The Truth Behind The Citigroup Bank “Nationalization”
By F. William Engdahl
www.countercurrents.org/engdahl261108.htm
On Friday November 21, the world came within a hair’s breadth of the most colossal financial collapse in history according to bankers on the inside of events with whom we have contact. The trigger was the bank which only two years ago was America’s largest, Citigroup. The size of the US Government de facto nationalization of the $2 trillion banking institution is an indication of shocks yet to come in other major US and perhaps European banks thought to be ‘too big to fail.’

Stacks Of Dead Presidents
Or Flesh And Blood Companions?
By Robert Turnbull & Jason Miller
www.countercurrents.org/turnbull261108.htm
Jason Miller interviewed by Robert Turnbull

The Ongoing NAKBA And Vanunu
By Eileen Fleming
www.countercurrents.org/fleming261108.htm
On November 19, 2008, during the final day of Sabeel’s [Arabic for The Way] 7th International Conference: THE NAKBA: MEMORY, REALITY AND BEYOND, Noble Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire inspired nearly 300 internationals to rise up and honor Mordechai Vanunu

So Who Is Barack Obama?
By Hamid Golpira
www.countercurrents.org/golpira261108.htm
Obama promised change. But he selected arch-Zionist Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff. New World Order mandarin Zbigniew Brzezinski is one of Obama’s foreign policy advisors. So who is Barack Obama?

Can Obama Take On The Pentagon?
By Frida Berrigan
www.countercurrents.org/berrigan261108.htm
Even saddled with a two-front, budget-busting war and a collapsing economy, President Barack Obama may be able to accomplish a lot. With a friendly Congress and a relieved world, he could make short work of some of the most egregious overreaches of the Bush White House — from Guantanamo to those Presidential signing statements. For all the rolling up of sleeves and “everything is going to change” exuberance, however, taking on the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task he faces

Restoring Food Security And A Dying Way Of Life : Getting To Know Your Local Farmer
By Carolyn Baker
www.countercurrents.org/baker261108.htm
The U.S. financial system is in collapse, and energy costs are likely to come back again next spring and summer with a vengeance that we can’t imagine. This will make the price of food, already off the scale, skyrocket even further. We must all get to know our local farmers, or better yet, become them. Here is an interview with Stuart and Margaret Osha of Turkey Hill Farms in Central Vermont

Another Blow To Enforcement Of Tobacco Control Policies In India
By Bobby Ramakant
www.countercurrents.org/ramakant261108.htm
Right after the strong and effective guidelines to stop tobacco industry interference in health policies were adopted by the government representatives of 160 countries including India, the pictorial warnings on all tobacco products that were supposed to become mandatory from 30 November 2008 in India, were, again delayed – reportedly due to hectic lobbying by the industry allies and other entities like the beedi growers’ association

Hindus In Power Have Little Personal Engagement With Muslims: Kavita Srivastava
By Yoginder Sikand
www.countercurrents.org/sikand261108.htm
Based in Jaipur, Kavita Srivastava is the President of the Rajasthan chapter of the Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). She and her comrades have been consistently working in Rajasthan for the cause of human rights, particularly for the state’s Muslims, Christians, Adivasis and Dalits, and have taken up the issue of targeting of Muslims by agencies of the state and the media in a major way. She discusses this and more in this interview with Yoginder Sikand

Tolerating Terrorism
By Ram Puniyani
www.countercurrents.org/puniyani261108.htm
We are hearing strange arguments; Hindus can’t be terrorists as it is not in their genes. This statement also subtly hinted that terrorism is in the genes of ‘some’ other community. But lets be clear terrorism is not a genetic problem, it is due to social, political and economic reasons

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