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  • | Climate Change | MR Online

    A climate of Insanity

    Originally published: Countercurrents on September 18, 2023 by Dr Andrew Glikson (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 19, 2023)

    Inherent in the nature of insanity is the fact that those inflicted by it are unaware of their mental state, nor do crowds of people or for that matter political parties, and business elites, leading populations to catastrophe, from the scale of the Johnstown all the way to Aushwitz and Berlin to Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan

  • | Australian Antarctic Division AAD | MR Online

    Cutting climate change research: cuts at the Australian Antarctic Division

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 24, 2023 by Dr Binoy Kampmark (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 02, 2023)

    It seemed utterly absurd that, even as the Australian federal government announced its purchase of over 200 tomahawk cruise missiles—because that is exactly what the country needs—there are moves afoot to prune and cut projects conducted by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).

  • | President Miguel Diaz Canel President Xi Jinping | MR Online

    China’s Xi vows to support Cuba in defending Cuba’s sovereignty

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 24, 2023 by Countercurrents Collective (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Aug 25, 2023)

    China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged to support Cuba’s defense of its national sovereignty, opposing foreign interference and a U.S. economic blockade, and will expand strategic coordination with Havana.

  • | The Crucifixion of Julian Assange by Mr Fish | MR Online

    The crucifixion of Julian Assange

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 21, 2023 (more by Countercurrents)  |

    The Biblical prophets — Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah, Isaiah — believed that anything worth living for was worth dying for. Their enemy was not only suffering, calumny, poverty, injustice, but a life devoid of meaning.

  • | The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Africa | MR Online

    The struggle for environmental justice in Africa

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 30, 2023 by Nnimmo Bassey (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jul 26, 2023)

    The framework of our civilization is premised on the destruction of the planet.

  • | Water | MR Online

    Global warming and water privatization

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 23, 2023 by Franklin Frederick (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 26, 2023)

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou recently declared a state of emergency in the capital, Montevideo, due to water shortages.

  • | Europe Fastest Warming Continent In World Since 1980s Says WMO | MR Online

    Europe – fastest warming continent in world since 1980s, says WMO

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 20, 2023 by Countercurrents Collective (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 22, 2023)

    Temperatures over Europe have warmed significantly over the 1991-2021 period, at an average rate of about +0.5 °C per decade, making it the fastest warming region of all the WMO Regions

  • | Laos | MR Online

    Why the world’s most bombed country may still suffer from these wounds after a hundred years

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 19, 2023 by Bharat Dogra (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 20, 2023)

    Laos is a country in Southeast Asia with a rich development potential based on vast water resources as well as minerals including gold.

  • | From Net Zero to Glyphosate Agritechs Greenwashed Corporate Power Grab | MR Online

    From net zero to glyphosate: Agritech’s greenwashed corporate power grab

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 10, 2023 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 12, 2023)

    Big agribusiness and ‘philanthropic’ foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much-promoted plans to ‘feed the world’ with ‘precision’ farming’, ‘data-driven’ agriculture and ‘sustainable’ production.

  • | Five years behind bars for five activists | MR Online

    India: Five years behind bars for five activists, neither tried nor even charged

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 6, 2023 by Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 07, 2023)

    Without bail, without charges being framed, without justice!

  • | httpscountercurrentsorg202306anti fascists sent to five years prison in germany | MR Online

    Protests in Germany after anti-fascists sent to five years in prison

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 4, 2023 by Harsh Thakor (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 06, 2023)

    Protests erupted across Germany after  the Dresden regional court in Germany sentenced the anti-fascist activist Lina E. and three others for several alleged militant actions against fascists and for forming a criminal organization.

  • | The US Censors Dissenting Voices On the Attacks Against the Midwestern Marx Institute | MR Online

    The U.S. censors Dissenting Voices: On the attacks against the Midwestern Marx Institute

    Originally published: Countercurrents on June 1, 2023 by Carlos L Garrido (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 02, 2023)

    The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says that “Congress shall make no law… Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

  • | Geoffrey Hinton AI and Googles Ethics Problem | MR Online

    Geoffrey Hinton, AI, and Google’s ethics problem

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 14, 2023 by Dr Binoy Kampmark (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 16, 2023)

    Talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence, actual or imagined, has become feverish, much of it induced by the growing world of generative chat bots. When scrutinising the critics, attention should be paid to their motivations.

  • | We STILL Dont Get It It is an Empire Folks | MR Online

    We STILL don’t get it: It is an Empire, Folks!

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 20, 2023 by Kim Scipes (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Apr 24, 2023)

    In mid-March 2023, David Swanson published a very interesting article: “Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned.” There were some things in there I agreed with, some I disagreed with, others I might want to debate. Still, I appreciated his effort to pull together ideas from these experiences. However, there’s one thing that he did […]

  • | White Malice The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams | MR Online

    A review of “White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa” by Susan Williams

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 10, 2023 (more by Countercurrents)  |

    Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and economic development.

  • | Men and menstruation | MR Online

    Men and menstruation: A young anti-caste thinker fights menstrual stigma

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 30, 2022 by Rucha Satoor (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 04, 2023)

    Rushikesh, a resident of Aurangabad, got selected for the prestigious Period Fellowship in 2021, and worked for fifteen months in a predominantly tribal district in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh.

  • | The United States and White Supremacy at War with China | MR Online

    The United States and White supremacy at war with China

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 13, 2022 by Franklin Frederick (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Dec 14, 2022)

    In 1904, Jack London, the most celebrated American writer of the time, was sent as a reporter to cover the war between Russia and Japan.

  • | The Netherlands | MR Online

    The Netherlands: Template for ecomodernism’s Brave New World?

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 8, 2022 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Dec 09, 2022)

    Disaster capitalism and crisis narratives are currently being used to manipulate popular sentiment and push through a set of unpalatable policies that would otherwise lack sufficient political support.

  • | Junk Food Industry | MR Online

    Millions suffer as junk food industry rakes in profit

    Originally published: Countercurrents on November 14, 2022 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Nov 15, 2022)

    Increased consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) was associated with more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019. That is the finding of a new peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

  • | US and Allies Vote For Nazism at UN | MR Online

    U.S. and allies vote for Nazism at U.N.

    Originally published: Countercurrents on November 7, 2022 by Eric Zuesse (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Nov 09, 2022)

    Annually, each year, since 2005, the U.S. Government has been one of only from 1 to 3 Governments to vote in the U.N. General Assembly against an annual statement by the General Assembly against racism and other forms of bigotry—an annual Resolution condemning it, and expressing a commitment to doing everything possible to reduce bigoted acts.

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