Fwd: CC News Letter, 25 March - Koodankulam's Cry: Save Lives, Save Democracy

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Subject: CC News Letter, 25 March - Koodankulam's Cry: Save Lives, Save Democracy
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 Koodankulam's Cry: Save Lives, Save Democracy
 By Dr. S. P. Udayakumar

http://www.countercurrents.org/udayakumar250312.htm

Letter from Dr. S.P Udayakumar Coordinator, of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, spearheading the movement in Koodankulam. He is on the 7th day of hunger strike


Safety Issues Of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
 By Dr R Ramesh, Dr V Pugazhendi & VT Padmanabhan

http://www.countercurrents.org/padmanabhan250312.htm

The main points raised by Expert Committee of the Peoples' Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), spearheading the opposition against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project are summarized here


A Message of Peace And Friendship From Iran
 A Message From Iran

http://www.countercurrents.org/mfi250312.htm

One of the speakers on Saturday at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) conference in Stamford, Ct., was Leila Zand, Program Director, Middle East & Civilian Diplomacy, Fellowship Of Reconciliation. She said that rather than sharing her own views on the dangers of a war on Iran, she had asked friends in Iran what they would say. She read this message that they sent her


Corruption In Spain And The Judicial 'Framing' Of Judge Baltasar Garzón Real - Part I (PDF)
 By George Venturini

http://www.countercurrents.org/venturini250312.pdf

Trial of Judge Baltasar Garzón and the state of democracy in Spain


"Back To Child Labor And Slavery?"
 By John Scales Avery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery250312.htm

Today, child labor accounts for 22 % of the workforce in Asia, 32 % in Africa, and 17 % in Latin America. Large-scale slavery also exists today, although there are formal laws against it in every country. There are more slaves now than ever before – their number is estimated to be between 12 million and 27 million. Besides outright slaves, who are bought and sold for as little as 100 dollars, there many millions of workers whose lack of options and dreadful working conditions must be described as slavelike


Ali Abunimah And Gilad Atzmon At The OK Corral
 By Roger Tucker

http://www.countercurrents.org/tucker250312.htm

Another defense of Gilad Atzmon


Delusions of Power: Obama Is No Gandhi
 By Deepak Tripathi

http://www.countercurrents.org/tripathi250312.htm

Great people like Gandhi and Mandela use power to curb power. Barack Obama stands among those who use power to accumulate more of it. Therein lies the moral of any comparison in this debate


And Indian State Calls It As 'Peace'
 By Khalid Wasim Hassan

http://www.countercurrents.org/hassan250312.htm

There have been many attempts by the Indian State to propagate the short periods of calmness as 'peace' and 'normalcy' in Kashmir. But, is it really the case?


Being A Minority In 'Secular' India
 By Syed Zafar Mehdi

http://www.countercurrents.org/mehdi250312.htm

The controversial arrest of Delhi-based journalist Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi by Delhi Police's notorious Special Cell in connection with the recent attack on Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi has again brought to fore the issue of mindless witch-hunts and prosecutions of innocent Muslims in so-called 'secular democratic republic' of India


Why Dalits Have Slammed Mayawati's Sarvjan Rule?
 By S.R.Darapuri

http://www.countercurrents.org/darapuri250312.htm

Recently on the declaration of the results of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) Assembly Election 2012 Mayawati claimed that although her party Bahujan samaj Party (BSP) has lost the election but her Dalit vote bank is in tact. But if we analyze the election results her claim is found to be false and misleading


Srilanka : Extrajudicial Killings --- The Miserable Breakdown Of The Rule Of Law
 By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa250312.htm

The people of Sri Lanka expect that the government of Sri Lanka will be encouraged in the Universal Periodic Review to take gradual action, not only at the legislative level, but beyond that to implement basic principles of rule of law, where complaints will be systematically investigated, and where crimes will be properly prosecuted, regardless of whether they were committed by state agencies or non-state actors

Press Release

Message From Palestine

http://www.countercurrents.org/pa250612.htm

Media and other volunteers needed in Palestine



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