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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Richard Falk |VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio
This post is a modified version of a keynote presentation at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul at the start of an excellent two-day conference entitled:Rethinking International Law After Gaza on August 3-4, 2024. Israel’s Recourse to Genocide: Overt Yet DeniedFriends, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen:It is my great privilege to take part in this important gathering.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio |Phil Pasquini
The resistance against colonialism, global imperialism, and Zionism was a significant concern for leaders of the Third World during the peak of India’s national freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi, as a leader of the Indian National Congress and a staunch anti-imperialist, was deeply critical of colonial interventions in the Arab world, including the British support for political Zionism in Palestine.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio |Gideon Polya
Hamas, or according to its full name, “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is a Palestinian political-national organization with a military wing of a conservative Islamic nature and orientation. Its purpose is to resist the Israeli occupation, maintain resistance, and fight for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. It was officially established on December 10th, 1987, with the Gaza City at the Gaza Strip headquarters. What is Gaza?
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio |Gideon Polya |Binoy Kampmark
International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political dynamics, which were shaped by World War II and sustained through the selective interpretation of the law by dominant countries. In principle, international law should have always been relevant, if not paramount, in governing the relationships between all countries, large and small, to resolve conflicts before they turn into outright wars.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Tom Murphy |P M Joshy |George Capaccio |Vijay Prashad
ToShri V. L. Kantha Rao Union Mines SecretaryDear Shri Kantha Rao,I have come across a news report that the Hindustan Zin Limited’s (HZL) Board would be shortly considering raising of funds from the market to finance its activities It is strange that HZL, on the one hand, should choose to pay unconscionably excessive dividends to its shareholders, far in excess of what Section 123 of the Companies Act permits but, at the same time, raise funds from outside to finance its own expansion programme.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | George Capaccio |Gideon Polya |Justice Markandey Katju |Vijay Prashad
My wife and I have never been gamblers (with the exception of childhood card games) and never looked for the easy way out. We worked hard all our lives and put the welfare of our children ahead of everything else. Miriam was a registered nurse. Before she retired, she worked in prisons and was devoted to giving inmates the best care she could provide. I had a much less dramatic career as a high-school English teacher at the Walton Memorial School.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Rima Najjar |Countercurrents Collective |George Capaccio
The problem with political analysis is that it often lacks historical perspective and is mostly limited to recent events. The current analysis of the Israeli war on Gaza falls victim to this narrow thinking. The ceasefire agreement, signed between Palestinian groups and Israel under Egyptian, Qatari, and US mediation in Doha on January 15, is one example. Some analysts, including many from the region, insist on framing the outcome of the war as a direct result of Israel’s political dynamics.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Rima Najjar |Countercurrents Collective |George Capaccio |Ellen Isaacs
Caption: “Palestinian journalist (Ali Abunimah) detained in Switzerland ahead of speaking event for his ongoing press tour, as Swiss authorities attempt to suppress pro-Palestine speech.” – Palestinian Youth Movement The issue, as a circulating petition on social media for the release of Ali Abunimah states, is this: “Award-winning Palestinian-American journalist and human rights defender Ali Abunimah, executive director of the media platform ‘Electronic Intifada,’ was violently and forcibly...
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Krystal Ball |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Phil Pasquini |George Capaccio
There are a million surface-level reasons for Kamala Harris’s loss and systematic underperformance in pretty much every county and among nearly every demographic group. She is part of a deeply unpopular administration. Voters believe the economy is bad and that the country is on the wrong track. She is a woman and we still have some work to do as a nation to overcome long-held biases.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Phil Pasquini |George Capaccio |Kim Scipes
Defying speculations and “headlines” about this being a tight, close-fight, full of suspense as well as tension, Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the White House race with a good lead against his Democrat rival Kamala Harris. Results are certainly surprising in view of the impression created by numerous outlets of media as well as observers about this being a tough battle between the two.
