Police brutality against agitators at Kathikudam

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Countercurrents News Letter 21 July

Police Brutality Against Agitators At Kathikudam
By Countercurrents.org

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc210713A.htm

At least 20 people, including women and children were injured when police attacked peaceful protesters agitating against Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) at Kathikudam, in Thrissur district of Kerala in South India. Police went on a rampage and ransacked houses of villagers and damaged vehicles parked in the area. According to eyewitnesses the police attacked the protesters without any provocation


Kathikudam Police Burtality: Open Letter To Chief Minister of Kerala 
By S.Faizi 

http://www.countercurrents.org/faizi210713.htm

The police behaved as the criminal formation in uniform, as the Allahabad High Court had observed of the police, and we cannot afford such a formation at the tax payers cost


Fact Finding Report On The Bihar Mid Day Meal Tragedy
By State Advisor, PUCL vs. UoI [WP (c) 196/2001] and his Team 

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc210713B.htm

Mr. Rupesh, the State Advisor of the Honorable Supreme Court's Commissioner, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, senior researcher and Mr. Naim, a school teacher visited Dharmasati Gandaman, Saran on July 18, 2013, after the death of 23 school children and hospitalization of more than fifty school children due to consumption of mid day meal on July 16, 2013.


Justice For Trayvon: Thousands Demonstrate In More Than 100 Cities Across USA
By Countercurrents.org

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc210713C.htm

To demand justice for Trayvon Martin, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in more than 100 cities across the US on July 20, a week after George Zimmerman was cleared of murdering unarmed black teenager Martin


80% Black Detroit Under Attack: Mr. Obama, Whose Side Are You On? 
By John Spritzler

http://www.countercurrents.org/spritzler210713.htm

The conflict over what will be the future of the mostly black, and almost entirely working class, people who live in Detroit is not hard to understand. It is a conflict between the few haves versus the many have-nots


Why Do They Want Regime Change In Syria? 
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari

http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari210713.htm

"As for a motive, the West wants to cut off arms supply routes through Syria to Hezbollah and to be able to stage bases in Northern Syrian for offense against Iran both with planes and missiles. That is the military reason. They also want to block Iran's long term pipeline access to the Mediterranean Sea that way, in case Turkey had a change of heart over running the lines into their system. And the Saudis and Qatar both want a land route to the Mediterranean over territory they effectively control"


America , The Powerful And The Powerless 
By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja 

http://www.countercurrents.org/khawaja210713.htm

All the monsters of history are to be found among the absolute leaders exercising absolute power in disregard of the interests of people. Since the Washington-based major war complex orchestrated the bogus War on Terrorism, American politics in one-sided syndrome for unknown present and futuristic disasters. If America cannot deal with its own domestic problems of unusual violence, killings of the innocent, natural disasters and fear-mongering politics, how could it be helpful to others in global political domains? 


Dismantle The Dominance Of 'Castes' In Our Academic Institutions 
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat210713.htm

It is shameful that academic institutions where the freedom of expression and dissent should be honored are becoming highly intolerant to criticism. Each philosophy and ideology failed here because the caste and religious prejudices. The arrogance of being 'powerful' and 'twice born' still exist in our society