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Mass Killings, Looting In Tikrit By US-Backed Shiite Militia
By Patrick Martin
http://www.countercurrents.org/martin060415.htm
According to media reports and public denunciations by Sunni Arab officials in Iraq, Shiite militias have engaged in mass executions and widespread looting and destruction of property in the city of Tikrit since it was recaptured last week from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces
The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen To Save 'Democracy'!
By Anthony Mathew Jacob
http://www.countercurrents.org/jacob060415.htm
It is extremely depressing to see that the very one claiming to be the custodian of the two most holiest sites of the Muslims is joining hands with those involved in their bloodshed. The Muslims of the world are realizing as to who really is fighting for them and who is destroying them under the garb of Islam, and no amount of petrodollars and long white gowns can hide this reality...
Political Crisis In Pakistan As Saudi Arabia Demands It Join War Against Yemen
By Sampath Perera
http://www.countercurrents.org/perera060415.htm
Saudi Arabia's demands that its long-time ally Pakistan participate in its US-backed war against Yemen have produced a political crisis in Islamabad. In the nearly two weeks since Riyadh declared that Pakistan was part of its war coalition, Islambad has undertaken a whirlwind of diplomatic activity, as it attempts to balance between Sunni monarchies in the Gulf and neighboring Iran. At the same time, Pakistan's political and military establishment are fearful of a further outbreak of sectarian tensions within the country
As Saudi Dictator Continues US-Coordinated Bombardment,
al Qaeda Gains Yemen Foothold
By Robert Barsocchini
http://www.countercurrents.org/barsocchini060415.htm
The attacks by Wahhabi Saudi Arabia have allowed another Wahhabi-affiliated and Saudi-backed group, al Qaeda, to seize a major Yemeni port city, and now the Mukalla army base, securing al Qaeda's foothold in Yemen's southeast
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: A Step In The Right Direction
By Chandra Muzaffar
http://www.countercurrents.org/muzaffar060415.htm
There is no guarantee that the preliminary agreement reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 2nd April 2015 between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States and five other world powers, namely, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, on the other, in relation to Iran's nuclear programme will lead to a final accord at the end of June this year, as envisaged by the parties concerned
The Pitfalls Of Liberal Capitalism
By G. Asgar Mitha
http://www.countercurrents.org/mitha060415.htm
The fissures are becoming evident that liberal capitalism could widen to the point where it becomes unsustainable due to the internal and external factors and be replaced with a socio-capital system by honest politicians breaking up big corporations. It is not implausible
American Civil War And Marx
By Alan Johnstone
http://www.countercurrents.org/johnstone060415.htm
Workers from Manchester to London organised in opposition to active British support for the slave South—helping to block the clearly marked intentions of Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister, to intervene militarily in the U.S. Civil War. This action on the part of the workers went against their own immediate economic interests and was, as Marx wrote to Engels on April 9, 1863, "an act almost without precedent" in the history of the working class. Marx himself attended the mass meeting of the London Trades' Union Council in March 1863, in which the skilled workers of London proclaimed their support for the war against slavery and opposition to British intervention on the side of the Confederacy
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.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
www.countercurrents.org
Mass Killings, Looting In Tikrit By US-Backed Shiite Militia
By Patrick Martin
http://www.countercurrents.org/martin060415.htm
According to media reports and public denunciations by Sunni Arab officials in Iraq, Shiite militias have engaged in mass executions and widespread looting and destruction of property in the city of Tikrit since it was recaptured last week from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces
The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen To Save 'Democracy'!
By Anthony Mathew Jacob
http://www.countercurrents.org/jacob060415.htm
It is extremely depressing to see that the very one claiming to be the custodian of the two most holiest sites of the Muslims is joining hands with those involved in their bloodshed. The Muslims of the world are realizing as to who really is fighting for them and who is destroying them under the garb of Islam, and no amount of petrodollars and long white gowns can hide this reality...
Political Crisis In Pakistan As Saudi Arabia Demands It Join War Against Yemen
By Sampath Perera
http://www.countercurrents.org/perera060415.htm
Saudi Arabia's demands that its long-time ally Pakistan participate in its US-backed war against Yemen have produced a political crisis in Islamabad. In the nearly two weeks since Riyadh declared that Pakistan was part of its war coalition, Islambad has undertaken a whirlwind of diplomatic activity, as it attempts to balance between Sunni monarchies in the Gulf and neighboring Iran. At the same time, Pakistan's political and military establishment are fearful of a further outbreak of sectarian tensions within the country
As Saudi Dictator Continues US-Coordinated Bombardment,
al Qaeda Gains Yemen Foothold
By Robert Barsocchini
http://www.countercurrents.org/barsocchini060415.htm
The attacks by Wahhabi Saudi Arabia have allowed another Wahhabi-affiliated and Saudi-backed group, al Qaeda, to seize a major Yemeni port city, and now the Mukalla army base, securing al Qaeda's foothold in Yemen's southeast
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: A Step In The Right Direction
By Chandra Muzaffar
http://www.countercurrents.org/muzaffar060415.htm
There is no guarantee that the preliminary agreement reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 2nd April 2015 between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States and five other world powers, namely, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, on the other, in relation to Iran's nuclear programme will lead to a final accord at the end of June this year, as envisaged by the parties concerned
The Pitfalls Of Liberal Capitalism
By G. Asgar Mitha
http://www.countercurrents.org/mitha060415.htm
The fissures are becoming evident that liberal capitalism could widen to the point where it becomes unsustainable due to the internal and external factors and be replaced with a socio-capital system by honest politicians breaking up big corporations. It is not implausible
American Civil War And Marx
By Alan Johnstone
http://www.countercurrents.org/johnstone060415.htm
Workers from Manchester to London organised in opposition to active British support for the slave South—helping to block the clearly marked intentions of Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister, to intervene militarily in the U.S. Civil War. This action on the part of the workers went against their own immediate economic interests and was, as Marx wrote to Engels on April 9, 1863, "an act almost without precedent" in the history of the working class. Marx himself attended the mass meeting of the London Trades' Union Council in March 1863, in which the skilled workers of London proclaimed their support for the war against slavery and opposition to British intervention on the side of the Confederacy