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Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 22 May - Earth Has Entered A New Geological Age
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If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents
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Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Earth Has Entered A New Geological Age
The Stockholm Memorandum
http://www.countercurrents.org/stm220311.htm
The Stockholm Memorandum concludes that the planet has entered a new geological age, the Anthropocene. It recommends a suite of urgent and far-reaching actions for decision makers and societies to become active stewards of the planet for future generations
The Thermodynamics Of An Intelligent Living Universe
By Robert Riversong
http://www.countercurrents.org/riversong220511.htm
But, perhaps it's time that we started acting our age (3.5 billion years as life or 2.4 million years as humanity) and learn – once again – to live within the optimum balance point of the great Second Law of Thermodynamics
Osama Bin Laden's Death: There Is Much More To Say
By Noam Chomsky
http://www.countercurrents.org/chomsky220511.htm
It might be instructive to ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic (after proper burial rites, of course)
"Every 30 Minutes": Indian Farmers
Commit Suicide At Staggering Rate
By Smita Narula
http://www.countercurrents.org/narula220511.htm
A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. The crisis has ballooned with economic liberalization that has removed agricultural subsidies and opened Indian agriculture to the global market
Red Mud Spill And People's Resistance
At Niyamgiri: A First Hand Report
From The Struggle(PDF)
By Miriam Rose
http://www.countercurrents.org/Niyamgiri220511.pdf
On 16th May after heavy rain, toxic red mud poured from a breach in one of Vedanta's Lanjigarh refinery red mud ponds, spilling onto the village below. The next day landless people displaced by the project held two blockades demanding adequate compensation; a five day walking protest ended with a meeting of 500 people on the threatened Niyamgiri hills; and the funeral of a tribal movement leader, killed by factory pollution, was held. Two months before Vedanta's often-subverted AGM this will be bad news for the company. This is a direct report from the scene
Report From Mehndiganj Near Varanasi:
A Coca-Cola Affected Area(PDF)
By Miriam Rose
http://www.countercurrents.org/Coca-Cola220511.pdf
Mehndiganj is a village about 20km from Varanasi in North East India. Coca-cola company began operating a large factory there in 2000 which quickly began depleting the water table in the surrounding villages and farmland. The plant draws 500,000 litres per day from deep boreholes reaching the third strata of the earth, while local people are only allowed to bore wells to a fraction of that level. In 2006 a quarter of wells in eight surrounding villages had dried completely
Obama's Reset Rhetoric Is Unlikely To Translate
Into Meaningful Policy Change In The Middle East
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali220511.htm
President Obama spoke at a time when U.S. influence in the region is at an all-time low in modern history
The Push For A Single Unified
North American Regulatory Regime
By Dana Gabriel
http://www.countercurrents.org/gabriel220511.htm
A North American security perimeter goes well beyond keeping the U.S. safe from any perceived threats. It is a means to secure trade, resources and corporate interests. Much like the whole deep integration agenda, regulatory harmonization is taking incremental steps with the goal of achieving a single unified North American regulatory regime
Mahendra Singh Tikait: Voice Of India's Peasants
By MuraleeDharan Raghavan
http://www.countercurrents.org/raghavan220511.htm
Mahendra Singh Tikait was a down-to-earth man who fought against corporate and large-scale interests in the farm sector, vehemently protested the World Trade Organization agreement and agricultural subsidies in Europe and America
Killings, Detentions And Torture In Egypt
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman220511.htm
Since February, more than 5,000 civilians were tried in military tribunals. Nearly all participated in peaceful protests during and after Mubarak's dictatorship
Countercurrents And You !
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 22 May - Earth Has Entered A New Geological Age
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Earth Has Entered A New Geological Age
The Stockholm Memorandum
http://www.countercurrents.org/stm220311.htm
The Stockholm Memorandum concludes that the planet has entered a new geological age, the Anthropocene. It recommends a suite of urgent and far-reaching actions for decision makers and societies to become active stewards of the planet for future generations
The Thermodynamics Of An Intelligent Living Universe
By Robert Riversong
http://www.countercurrents.org/riversong220511.htm
But, perhaps it's time that we started acting our age (3.5 billion years as life or 2.4 million years as humanity) and learn – once again – to live within the optimum balance point of the great Second Law of Thermodynamics
Osama Bin Laden's Death: There Is Much More To Say
By Noam Chomsky
http://www.countercurrents.org/chomsky220511.htm
It might be instructive to ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic (after proper burial rites, of course)
"Every 30 Minutes": Indian Farmers
Commit Suicide At Staggering Rate
By Smita Narula
http://www.countercurrents.org/narula220511.htm
A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. The crisis has ballooned with economic liberalization that has removed agricultural subsidies and opened Indian agriculture to the global market
Red Mud Spill And People's Resistance
At Niyamgiri: A First Hand Report
From The Struggle(PDF)
By Miriam Rose
http://www.countercurrents.org/Niyamgiri220511.pdf
On 16th May after heavy rain, toxic red mud poured from a breach in one of Vedanta's Lanjigarh refinery red mud ponds, spilling onto the village below. The next day landless people displaced by the project held two blockades demanding adequate compensation; a five day walking protest ended with a meeting of 500 people on the threatened Niyamgiri hills; and the funeral of a tribal movement leader, killed by factory pollution, was held. Two months before Vedanta's often-subverted AGM this will be bad news for the company. This is a direct report from the scene
Report From Mehndiganj Near Varanasi:
A Coca-Cola Affected Area(PDF)
By Miriam Rose
http://www.countercurrents.org/Coca-Cola220511.pdf
Mehndiganj is a village about 20km from Varanasi in North East India. Coca-cola company began operating a large factory there in 2000 which quickly began depleting the water table in the surrounding villages and farmland. The plant draws 500,000 litres per day from deep boreholes reaching the third strata of the earth, while local people are only allowed to bore wells to a fraction of that level. In 2006 a quarter of wells in eight surrounding villages had dried completely
Obama's Reset Rhetoric Is Unlikely To Translate
Into Meaningful Policy Change In The Middle East
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali220511.htm
President Obama spoke at a time when U.S. influence in the region is at an all-time low in modern history
The Push For A Single Unified
North American Regulatory Regime
By Dana Gabriel
http://www.countercurrents.org/gabriel220511.htm
A North American security perimeter goes well beyond keeping the U.S. safe from any perceived threats. It is a means to secure trade, resources and corporate interests. Much like the whole deep integration agenda, regulatory harmonization is taking incremental steps with the goal of achieving a single unified North American regulatory regime
Mahendra Singh Tikait: Voice Of India's Peasants
By MuraleeDharan Raghavan
http://www.countercurrents.org/raghavan220511.htm
Mahendra Singh Tikait was a down-to-earth man who fought against corporate and large-scale interests in the farm sector, vehemently protested the World Trade Organization agreement and agricultural subsidies in Europe and America
Killings, Detentions And Torture In Egypt
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman220511.htm
Since February, more than 5,000 civilians were tried in military tribunals. Nearly all participated in peaceful protests during and after Mubarak's dictatorship
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
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