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Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 01 August - Keep Hope Alive
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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!
Keep Hope Alive
By Rebecca Solnit
http://www.countercurrents.org/solnit010811.htm
If 61 native nations oppose a tar-sands pipeline, it's because they've survived the last 519 years of Euro-invasive attempts to eliminate their rights, their identities, and sometimes their lives. They're still here. So are the Immokalee workers. And the feminists. And the climate-change activists. And Nelson Mandela. So are you. Do something hopeful about it, just for the hell of it. There's no reason not to
World Rapidly Running Out Of Time
To Cease Greenhouse Gas Pollution
By Dr Gideon Polya
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya010811.htm
Top climate scientists and biologists are telling us that reaching zero emissions is not enough – we then have to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration from the current 394 parts per million (ppm) to 350 ppm and thence to 300 ppm
How Much Energy Does The Internet Use?
By Barath Raghavan
http://www.countercurrents.org/barath010811.htm
The bottom line is that the few previous studies that existed were ignoring a large piece---roughly half---of the energy use in question. Despite this, it seems worth it to keep the Internet going as long as we can because it may help us, for a time, keep our energy use down. In future posts, I'd like to consider where else looking at emergy can yield insights and reveal shortsightedness
A Ray Of Hope For Kamlesh
By Madhu Chandra
http://www.countercurrents.org/chandra010811.htm
Kamlesh, a 9 year old Dalit girl from a village called Trauali Jhanauti in Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh in North India, was thrown onto a burning bush by an upper caste man on April 29, 2008. She suffered 80% burns. It was her punishment for walking on the path reserved for upper caste communities in her village. She is now recovering in a New Delhi hospital
What Kind Of System Needs To Torture Prisoners?
By Li Onesto
http://www.countercurrents.org/onesto010811.htm
The courageous struggle of the prisoners at Pelican Bay should make many more people sit up and take notice and ask—and find the answers to—some important questions about the U.S. prison system
The Norwegian Response To The Terror Attack
And The Challenges Ahead
By Salim Nazzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazzal010811.htm
Norway has proven beyond doubt its integrity by responding to the terror attack in an impressive manner. The voice of the Norwegian politicians is unanimous: Norway will in the future remain the same democratic country. Comparing the U.S. reaction and the Norwegian reaction, one clearly observes the sharp differences between the two
Terrorism In Norway – How To Avoid It
In The Future?
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
http://www.countercurrents.org/siddiqui010811.htm
In a society where anti-Islamic xenophobic sentiments and open bigotry are tolerated, there will be hateful zealots who would feel legitimized in taking criminal measures. The government must make it clear that there is no room for such chauvinism in this age
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 01 August - Keep Hope Alive
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!
Keep Hope Alive
By Rebecca Solnit
http://www.countercurrents.org/solnit010811.htm
If 61 native nations oppose a tar-sands pipeline, it's because they've survived the last 519 years of Euro-invasive attempts to eliminate their rights, their identities, and sometimes their lives. They're still here. So are the Immokalee workers. And the feminists. And the climate-change activists. And Nelson Mandela. So are you. Do something hopeful about it, just for the hell of it. There's no reason not to
World Rapidly Running Out Of Time
To Cease Greenhouse Gas Pollution
By Dr Gideon Polya
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya010811.htm
Top climate scientists and biologists are telling us that reaching zero emissions is not enough – we then have to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration from the current 394 parts per million (ppm) to 350 ppm and thence to 300 ppm
How Much Energy Does The Internet Use?
By Barath Raghavan
http://www.countercurrents.org/barath010811.htm
The bottom line is that the few previous studies that existed were ignoring a large piece---roughly half---of the energy use in question. Despite this, it seems worth it to keep the Internet going as long as we can because it may help us, for a time, keep our energy use down. In future posts, I'd like to consider where else looking at emergy can yield insights and reveal shortsightedness
A Ray Of Hope For Kamlesh
By Madhu Chandra
http://www.countercurrents.org/chandra010811.htm
Kamlesh, a 9 year old Dalit girl from a village called Trauali Jhanauti in Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh in North India, was thrown onto a burning bush by an upper caste man on April 29, 2008. She suffered 80% burns. It was her punishment for walking on the path reserved for upper caste communities in her village. She is now recovering in a New Delhi hospital
What Kind Of System Needs To Torture Prisoners?
By Li Onesto
http://www.countercurrents.org/onesto010811.htm
The courageous struggle of the prisoners at Pelican Bay should make many more people sit up and take notice and ask—and find the answers to—some important questions about the U.S. prison system
The Norwegian Response To The Terror Attack
And The Challenges Ahead
By Salim Nazzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazzal010811.htm
Norway has proven beyond doubt its integrity by responding to the terror attack in an impressive manner. The voice of the Norwegian politicians is unanimous: Norway will in the future remain the same democratic country. Comparing the U.S. reaction and the Norwegian reaction, one clearly observes the sharp differences between the two
Terrorism In Norway – How To Avoid It
In The Future?
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
http://www.countercurrents.org/siddiqui010811.htm
In a society where anti-Islamic xenophobic sentiments and open bigotry are tolerated, there will be hateful zealots who would feel legitimized in taking criminal measures. The government must make it clear that there is no room for such chauvinism in this age
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
You can unsubscribe from this news letter here
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm
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