Fwd: CC Issue 15 August - 40 Statistics Confirm The Collapse Of The U.S. Economy

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40 Statistics Which Confirm The Collapse Of The U.S. Economy
By The Truth

http://www.countercurrents.org/truth150810.htm

There is no use sugar-coating it. The U.S. economy is collapsing. The following are 40 bizarre statistics that reveal the truth about the collapse of the U.S. economy


We Hold These Truths...
By Timothy V. Gatto

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatto150810.htm

I was on the Michael Medved show yesterday and we got into a discussion of wealth. I told him that a University of Southern California study by Professor G. William Dumhoff made in 2007 and revised in 2010 showed that 80% of Americans retain only 7% of America's wealth. He then asked me if we should "steal money away from the rich and give it to the poor". I replied in the affirmative


Shoe Thrown At Omar On I-Day Event
By Agence India Press

http://www.countercurrents.org/aip150810.htm

A sub-inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police threw a shoe at state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, but missed him


Thousands March Towards Shoe Throwers House
By Wasim Khan

http://www.countercurrents.org/khan150810.htm

Thousands of villagers are marching towards the village of Abdul Ahad Jan, a policeman who tossed a shoe at Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, during August 15 functions at Bakshi Stadium here on Sunday


Saving The Earth For Our Grandchildren
By Steve Hochstadt

http://www.countercurrents.org/steve150810.htm

This crisis is much worse. Until recently, nobody knew that the unprecedented wealth of American society carried extreme dangers for our own future. Our modern lifestyles of consumption are slowly killing the planet. The truth of global warming and its long-term effects is scarier than vampires, aliens and Bret Favre's retirement put together


Climate Crisis And Democratic Movement
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chodhury150810.htm

All democratic struggles, struggles opposed to climate imperialism, share this fight as peoples' fight for a better life cannot be betrayed, and humanity's survival space cannot be lost. It is the urgent task, the foremost task


Carbon Lock-In: Climate Change
And Political Science
By Bill Henderson

http://www.countercurrents.org/henderson150810.htm

I'm hoping that political scientists will speak out and make carbon lock-in visible - how it severely constrains emission reduction policies. Carbon lock-in must be made understandable to all in government so that the futility of certain emission strategies is undeniable


Hundreds Of Thousands of Dead Fish
On Jersey Shore
A Video

http://www.countercurrents.org/fish150810.htm

Sea gulls are flying rats! They usually eat anything. But they are not touching the hundreds of thousands of dead fish that washed up on the New Jersey Shore near Cape May on August 12, 2010. Why?


Universal Jurisdiction To Hold Israel Accountable
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman150810.htm

The well established universal jurisdiction principle (UJ) holds that certain crimes are too grave to ignore, including genocide, crimes of war and against humanity. No one deserves immunity for high crimes demanding accountability. It's time that applied to America and Israel, the two worst offenders


Bolivia: Social Tensions Erupt
By Federico Fuentes

http://www.countercurrents.org/fuentes150810.htm

Indigenous Quechua protesters blockaded the main road between La Paz and Potosi on August 8. Recent scenes of roadblocks, strikes and even the dynamiting of a vice-minister's home in the Bolivian department (administrative district) of Potosi, reminiscent of the days of previous neoliberal governments, have left many asking themselves what is really going on in the "new" Bolivia of indigenous President Evo Morales


Definitive Dossier On Kandhamal
Communal Violence
By Vikas Adhyayan Kendra

http://www.countercurrents.org/vak.pdf

Definitive dossier on Kandhamal communal violence of August-September 2008 where as per the official figures, more than 600 villages were ransacked, 5600 houses were looted and burnt, 54000 people were left homeless and 38 people were murdered. Human rights groups estimate that over 100 people were killed, including women, disabled people, children, Adivasis and Dalits. Three women were gang raped and many were injured. 295 churches were destroyed


Kashmir: Where Is Our Sky?
By Javaid Iqbal Bhat

http://www.countercurrents.org/bhat150810.htm

How long is the curfew going to continue? Is there an exit door from this chaos? There is a friend whose father was saying the other day that this was the longest duration curfew in the history of Kashmir


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