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Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org
#JusticeForRohithVemula Turns Into A National Students Movement
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
The protest against the suicide of University of Hyderabad (HoU) scholar Rohith Vemula is turning into a national students movement. Students across the nation are joining the protesting students in HoU. The HoU students are on an indefinite hunger strike. Spontaneous protests are taking place across the nation. Hunger strikes are going on several campuses. In New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar along with others, started an indefinite hunger strike from within the Parliament Street police stationWednesday
The Brahmanical Anxiety To Explain A Dalit Death:
Manu Joseph’s Psychiatric Doctrine
By Mithilesh Kumar
http://www.countercurrents.
It appears that Joseph is using ‘clinical depression’ as an analytical category and not as a clinical condition no matter how much he remonstrates. If clinical depression is the root cause of farmers’ suicide the state would do well to distribute lithium instead of stopping the debt cycle. In fact, all problems could be solved by proper medication. However, we can fault Joseph only so far and no more. It will be futile to expect people of that class to understand the politics of Vemula. The politics will be an enigma. In the absence of either a shared politics or a shared struggle there could only be an attempt at homogenization. This is the only way to make sense of Vemula’s act. It can be explained only through some sort of biologism sprinkled by pseudo-social science
The Palestinian Uprising Is About More Than Knives
By Budour Youssef Hassan
http://www.countercurrents.
When the “intifada of the knives” set off in October last year, Western reporters flooded in to Jerusalem to cover the new “escalation,” interview people from “both sides of the conflict” and raise several variations of the old question: “Is this the beginning of a third intifada?” Inevitably, the journalists left once a massive crackdown significantly reduced the number of deadly attacks against Israelis in the city. It is an all too familiar pattern for Palestinians, who know by now that it’s only “escalation” when there are dead or wounded Israelis. Deaths, injuries, arrests and home demolitions inflicted on Palestinians by Israel are deemed business as usual, not worthy of further inquiry. International apathy about the situation in Palestine is another tragedy
Why Is The World Ignoring Palestine’s ‘Third Intifada’?
By Shubhda Chaudhary
http://www.countercurrents.
Already ravaged by two political Intifadas in the past, Palestine is now undergoing a third ‘leaderless Intifada’ in West Bank and Gaza. In fact, there is disagreement over whether a leader is even needed. In a striking paradox, several names are being considered for the leadership that does not exist: Jerusalem Intifada, Mass Intifada, Revolutionary Wave and Third Intifada
In Palestine Even Going To School Is A Form Of Nonviolent Resistance
By Cassandra Dixon
http://www.countercurrents.
The worst worries of a child’s school day should be homework. Maybe a lost book, or an argument with a friend. No child’s walk to school should routinely involve armed soldiers and fear of sometimes being chased and assaulted by angry adults. But for the Palestinian children who live with their families in the small rural villages that make up the South Hebron Hills, this is how the school day begins. Illegal settlements and outposts isolate and separate their villages and soldiers are a constant in their lives
The Dark Side Of Depending On Black Gold: Case Study, Qatar
By Michelle P.
http://www.countercurrents.
The development of oil prices between 2014 and 2016 has seen a sharp decline from well over $100 in mid-2014 to under $30 in early 2016. While for most of us in the West, the impact of the dramatic dip in oil prices is limited to a pleasant reduction in the cost of filling up at the gas station, this article will examine the impact on countries whose entire economy depend on oil and gas as well as the consequences of this development for the citizens and residents of such countries
Dispossessed In The Name Of 'Security'
By Robert J. Burrowes
http://www.countercurrents.
A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars, journalists and activists to explain the pre-eminence of the military and corporations in shaping the global response to the climate catastrophe as an 'opportunity'. Do you think that this catastrophe is an 'opportunity'?
A Long-War Strategy For The Left
By William T. Hathaway
http://www.countercurrents.
When the police and military have to attack their own people, their loyalty begins to waver. They realize they too are oppressed workers, and they start disobeying their masters. The power structure grinds down, falters, and falls. At this point the revolution can succeed, hopefully with a minimum of violence. Then the people of that generation, with the knowledge and experience we have passed on to them, can build a new society
You’ll Never BELIEVE Who Chomsky Could 'Absolutely' Vote For!
(but her ex-president husband already knows)
By Mickey Z.
http://www.countercurrents.
Another presidential election charade is upon us and I’m reminded of something the late Pakistani dissident, Eqbal Ahmad, once said about Noam Chomsky in the book, Confronting Empire (2000): “He (Chomsky) has never wavered. He has never fallen into the trap of saying, ‘Clinton will do better.’ Or ‘Nixon was bad but Carter at least had a human rights presidency.’ There is a consistency of substance, of posture, of outlook in his work.” (Sounds good in theory but it seems Ahmad wasn’t aware Noam had voted for Clinton in 1992.)
Arunachal Pradesh Under President Rule: Article 356,
Gubernatorial Office And Cooperative Federalism
By Tarannum Bano
http://www.countercurrents.
The proclamation of emergency rule in Arunachal Pradesh under article 356, has brought back the issue of the misuse of constitutional provision and gubernatorial offices and aspect of Indian federalism.The President Pranab Mukherjee approved the recommendation of the Union Cabinet to suspend a duly elected government of the congress party headed by Nabam Tuki and impose President Rule in Arunachal Pradesh on 26th January when the country was celebrating 67th anniversary of the implementation of the Constitution and the democratic and republicannature of the country
"The Death of Merit" Screening At Calicut On 31st January
http://www.countercurrents.
Pedestrian Pictures in association with MBL Media School will screen the path breaking documentary "The Death of Merit". The film is being screened in the wake of the tragic suicide of PhD Scholar Rohith Vemula in University of Hyderabad. The film produced by Insight Foundation takes an indepth look at the epidemic of suicide by Dalit students in India's premier educational institutions. The screening is scheduled at 31 January, Sunday 9 AM at Crown Theater, Calicut, Kerala.
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 for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org
#JusticeForRohithVemula Turns Into A National Students Movement
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
The protest against the suicide of University of Hyderabad (HoU) scholar Rohith Vemula is turning into a national students movement. Students across the nation are joining the protesting students in HoU. The HoU students are on an indefinite hunger strike. Spontaneous protests are taking place across the nation. Hunger strikes are going on several campuses. In New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar along with others, started an indefinite hunger strike from within the Parliament Street police stationWednesday
The Brahmanical Anxiety To Explain A Dalit Death:
Manu Joseph’s Psychiatric Doctrine
By Mithilesh Kumar
http://www.countercurrents.
It appears that Joseph is using ‘clinical depression’ as an analytical category and not as a clinical condition no matter how much he remonstrates. If clinical depression is the root cause of farmers’ suicide the state would do well to distribute lithium instead of stopping the debt cycle. In fact, all problems could be solved by proper medication. However, we can fault Joseph only so far and no more. It will be futile to expect people of that class to understand the politics of Vemula. The politics will be an enigma. In the absence of either a shared politics or a shared struggle there could only be an attempt at homogenization. This is the only way to make sense of Vemula’s act. It can be explained only through some sort of biologism sprinkled by pseudo-social science
The Palestinian Uprising Is About More Than Knives
By Budour Youssef Hassan
http://www.countercurrents.
When the “intifada of the knives” set off in October last year, Western reporters flooded in to Jerusalem to cover the new “escalation,” interview people from “both sides of the conflict” and raise several variations of the old question: “Is this the beginning of a third intifada?” Inevitably, the journalists left once a massive crackdown significantly reduced the number of deadly attacks against Israelis in the city. It is an all too familiar pattern for Palestinians, who know by now that it’s only “escalation” when there are dead or wounded Israelis. Deaths, injuries, arrests and home demolitions inflicted on Palestinians by Israel are deemed business as usual, not worthy of further inquiry. International apathy about the situation in Palestine is another tragedy
Why Is The World Ignoring Palestine’s ‘Third Intifada’?
By Shubhda Chaudhary
http://www.countercurrents.
Already ravaged by two political Intifadas in the past, Palestine is now undergoing a third ‘leaderless Intifada’ in West Bank and Gaza. In fact, there is disagreement over whether a leader is even needed. In a striking paradox, several names are being considered for the leadership that does not exist: Jerusalem Intifada, Mass Intifada, Revolutionary Wave and Third Intifada
In Palestine Even Going To School Is A Form Of Nonviolent Resistance
By Cassandra Dixon
http://www.countercurrents.
The worst worries of a child’s school day should be homework. Maybe a lost book, or an argument with a friend. No child’s walk to school should routinely involve armed soldiers and fear of sometimes being chased and assaulted by angry adults. But for the Palestinian children who live with their families in the small rural villages that make up the South Hebron Hills, this is how the school day begins. Illegal settlements and outposts isolate and separate their villages and soldiers are a constant in their lives
The Dark Side Of Depending On Black Gold: Case Study, Qatar
By Michelle P.
http://www.countercurrents.
The development of oil prices between 2014 and 2016 has seen a sharp decline from well over $100 in mid-2014 to under $30 in early 2016. While for most of us in the West, the impact of the dramatic dip in oil prices is limited to a pleasant reduction in the cost of filling up at the gas station, this article will examine the impact on countries whose entire economy depend on oil and gas as well as the consequences of this development for the citizens and residents of such countries
Dispossessed In The Name Of 'Security'
By Robert J. Burrowes
http://www.countercurrents.
A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars, journalists and activists to explain the pre-eminence of the military and corporations in shaping the global response to the climate catastrophe as an 'opportunity'. Do you think that this catastrophe is an 'opportunity'?
A Long-War Strategy For The Left
By William T. Hathaway
http://www.countercurrents.
When the police and military have to attack their own people, their loyalty begins to waver. They realize they too are oppressed workers, and they start disobeying their masters. The power structure grinds down, falters, and falls. At this point the revolution can succeed, hopefully with a minimum of violence. Then the people of that generation, with the knowledge and experience we have passed on to them, can build a new society
You’ll Never BELIEVE Who Chomsky Could 'Absolutely' Vote For!
(but her ex-president husband already knows)
By Mickey Z.
http://www.countercurrents.
Another presidential election charade is upon us and I’m reminded of something the late Pakistani dissident, Eqbal Ahmad, once said about Noam Chomsky in the book, Confronting Empire (2000): “He (Chomsky) has never wavered. He has never fallen into the trap of saying, ‘Clinton will do better.’ Or ‘Nixon was bad but Carter at least had a human rights presidency.’ There is a consistency of substance, of posture, of outlook in his work.” (Sounds good in theory but it seems Ahmad wasn’t aware Noam had voted for Clinton in 1992.)
Arunachal Pradesh Under President Rule: Article 356,
Gubernatorial Office And Cooperative Federalism
By Tarannum Bano
http://www.countercurrents.
The proclamation of emergency rule in Arunachal Pradesh under article 356, has brought back the issue of the misuse of constitutional provision and gubernatorial offices and aspect of Indian federalism.The President Pranab Mukherjee approved the recommendation of the Union Cabinet to suspend a duly elected government of the congress party headed by Nabam Tuki and impose President Rule in Arunachal Pradesh on 26th January when the country was celebrating 67th anniversary of the implementation of the Constitution and the democratic and republicannature of the country
"The Death of Merit" Screening At Calicut On 31st January
http://www.countercurrents.
Pedestrian Pictures in association with MBL Media School will screen the path breaking documentary "The Death of Merit". The film is being screened in the wake of the tragic suicide of PhD Scholar Rohith Vemula in University of Hyderabad. The film produced by Insight Foundation takes an indepth look at the epidemic of suicide by Dalit students in India's premier educational institutions. The screening is scheduled at 31 January, Sunday 9 AM at Crown Theater, Calicut, Kerala.
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