Fwd: CC Issue 24/10- The Thief Who Stole Time

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Subject: CC Issue 24/10- The Thief Who Stole Time
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The Shaming Of America
By Robert Fisk

http://www.countercurrents.org/fisk241010.htm

Robert Fisk delivers a searing dispatch after the WikiLeaks revelations that expose in detail the brutality of the war in Iraq - and the astonishing, disgraceful deceit of the US


Before Wikileaks, Iraq War Vets
Revealed War Crimes
By Laila Al-Arian

http://www.countercurrents.org/alarian241010.htm

For too long the American people have been shielded from this narrative. The country has long lost interest in Iraq, which has now become "The Forgotten War." But perhaps these leaked documents can spark a conversation that's long overdue


Growth Madness: The Thief Who Stole Time
By Tim Murray

http://www.countercurrents.org/murray241010.htm

I resent this growth-mad society for its destruction of personal relationships. When is the last time someone sat down and poured out their feelings in a long handwritten letter to you? That once was common-place. How often are people taking time to really listen to their friends? To think that hunter-gatherers worked just two hours a day. What happened to this leisure society that was promised by our industrial civilization a half century ago?


Days Of Oil And Roses
By Peter Goodchild

http://www.countercurrents.org/goodchild241010.htm

Over the next one or two decades, the only thing we won't have half of is population. And there, ladies and gentlemen, is where we have a problem


Bigotry Needs To Be Defeated
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui

http://www.countercurrents.org/siddiqui241010.htm

None of these promotions of bigotry should be taken lightly, and must be defeated before America falls into the same trap that Europe continues to dig for herself. My vote for Sestak would be one such small step to defeat the demons of bigotry


Lebanon's Palestinian Civil Rights Campaign
Moves Into The Christian Heartland
By Franklin Lamb

http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb241010.htm

A major effort is being undertaken to take this civil rights struggle to the rightist Christian community in Lebanon who constitute the only real barrier to enacting meaningful rights in Parliament. Christian support, at least one quarter of the Lebanese Forces, Phalange party or Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement is vital in convincing their members in Parliament to help Lebanon by allowing its economy to benefit from Palestinian involvement


Life In Palestinian Refugee Camps
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman241010A.htm

In its January 2010 report titled, "Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 2008 - 2009," the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (BRC) calls them "the largest and longest-standing case of forced displacement in the world today," numbering 9.8 million, increasing by about 100,000 a year


The US- Saudi Military Deal
And Global Military Expenditure
By Chandra Muzaffar

http://www.countercurrents.org/muzaffar241010.htm

The US plan to sell US 60 billion dollars worth of military equipment to Saudi Arabia will not contribute to peace and security in the Middle East


Lynne Stewart Given "Fighter For Justice" Award
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman241010.htm

Though incarcerated, Lynne Stewart is not forgotten and will be honored at the Party for Socialism and Liberation's (PSL) November 13 and 14 National Conference on Socialism at the University of Southern California's (UCLA) Los Angeles campus


Food Security As If Women Mattered:
A Story From Kerala
By Ananya Mukherjee-Reed

http://www.countercurrents.org/reed241010.htm

Kerala, hailed as God's own country, attributes its high development indices to the local women. Through their group Kudumbashree, these women have not only rejuvenated the local agrarian economy but also brought about a social transformation in the way women are perceived. Ananya Mukherjee-Reed explores the myriad achievements of Kusumbashree as she travels across the state

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