Sunday, November 20, 2011

Fwd: CC News Letter, 20 Nov - Arundhati Roy's Speech to #OWS



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Subject: CC News Letter, 20 Nov - Arundhati Roy's Speech to #OWS
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This Struggle Has Re-awakened Our Imagination
 By Arundhati Roy

http://www.countercurrents.org/roy201111.htm

Text of a speech given by Arundhati Roy at the People's University in Washington Square, NYC on November


Open Letter To Mayor Sam Adams
 From Occupy Portland Liason Team
 Introduction by Mark Vorpahl

http://www.countercurrents.org/vorpahl201111.htm

Despite acting in the interests of corporate elites, you, Sam Adams, are also part of the 99 percent. There will always be a place for you in our movement, should you honestly choose to join us


Iran And The I.A.E.A.
 By Seymour M. Hersh

http://www.countercurrents.org/hersh201111.htm

The new report, therefore, leaves us where we've been since 2002, when George Bush declared Iran to be a member of the Axis of Evil—with lots of belligerent talk but no definitive evidence of a nuclear-weapons program


Economist Mahima Khanna, Cambridge
 Stevenson Prize And Dire Indian Poverty
 By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya201111.htm

Brilliant economics student Mahima Khanna from Kolkata has been awarded the prestigious Stevenson Prize by the University of Cambridge for her outstanding economics research work


Ecology Economics And Objectivism
 By Chris James

http://www.countercurrents.org/james201111.htm

Ecology economics is different from neo-classical economics because the economic system becomes embedded within an environmental system. Ecological economists argue that neo-classical economics has ignored the environment and this has contributed to environmental degradation, pollution and climate change. Ecology economics preferences natural capital over labour capital, but it does not eliminate the capitalist paradigm; it simply makes the worker invisible. The invisible body has been the Objectivists dream


Message For International Donors To India
 By Dr. Sylvia Karpagam

http://www.countercurrents.org/karpagam201111.htm

They should insist on leadership from the marginalized, even if their quality, education and language skills are not "up to the mark" (as defined by the upper caste). They should insist on nurturing and supporting leadership and capacity building of those who need this support the most. They should insist on representation by a dalit on their project management committees


The Communal Violence Bill :
 Countering Right Wing Propaganda
 By Siddharthya Swapan Roy

http://www.countercurrents.org/ssroy201111.htm

Given the violent and repressive history of Hindutva politics, its necessary that those at the receiving end of the violence come together and ensure safe passage for the Bill. While our lands have seen much more bloodshed than desirable in the name of identity, it is a historic truth that our diverse peoples have spent far more time time living together in peace. A tradition worth fighting for


Judiciary Should Be In
 Lokpal Ambit: Prasant Bhusan
 By Nava Thakuria

http://www.countercurrents.org/thakuria201111.htm

The Lokpal should cover the highest office in governments and also the judiciary of India, such that the institution can deliver its duty and responsibility to meet the expectation of huge populace of the country, argues Prasant Bhusan, an eminent lawyer in Supreme Court of India


Nuclear Madness At Delhi's Doorsteps
 By Soumya Dutta

http://www.countercurrents.org/dutta201111.htm

The proposed nuclear plant in Haryana is facing protests by villagers who are unwilling to part with their farm land for an unsafe future



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