How To Restore Our Relationship To Earth

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The Trump administration suffered a humiliating defeat in the UN General Assembly Thursday as 128 countries condemned the president’s December 6 announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The 128-9 vote, with 35 abstentions, reflects the extreme isolation of the United States and increases the prospect of a violent clash in the Middle East.

David Korten writes, "To have a viable human future on this overstressed planet, it is essential that we build a solidarity economy that seeks material sufficiency and spiritual abundance for all in balance with a living Earth. We must join in common cause to build local relationships of caring and equitable sharing across the lines of race, religion, and class. "

A review of a new book “Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival” by P. Carter, E. Woodworth and James Hansen 

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UN General Assembly Repudiates Trump Over Jerusalem Announcement

by Jordan Shilton 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/un-general-assembly-repudiates-trump-over-jerusalem-announcement/

The Trump administration suffered a humiliating defeat in the UN General Assembly Thursday as 128 countries condemned the president’s December 6 announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The 128-9 vote, with 35 abstentions, reflects the extreme isolation of the United States and increases the prospect of a violent clash in the Middle East.

Playing The Jerusalem Card In Lebanon With Deft Hypocrisy

by Franklin Lamb 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/playing-the-jerusalem-card-in-lebanon-with-deft-hypocrisy/

Not 20 minutes had passed following President Trump’s outrageous “Capital offense” declaration recognizing all of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel when shouts were heard in parts of Lebanon of an arriving apocalypse.Some self-flagellations were observed in certain Shia quarters, predications of end of times spread as well as many calls for a Third Intifada to “liberate Jerusalem.”

How To Restore Our Relationship To Earth

by David Korten

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/how-to-restore-our-relationship-to-earth/

To have a viable human future on this overstressed planet, it is essential that we build a solidarity economy that seeks material sufficiency and spiritual abundance for all in balance with a living Earth. We must join in common cause to build local relationships of caring and equitable sharing across the lines of race, religion, and class. 

The Criminal Dimension Of Climate Change

by Andrew Glikson  

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/the-criminal-dimension-of-climate-change/

A review of a new book “Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival” by P. Carter, E. Woodworth and J. Hansen 

World Inequality Report And Inequality In India: Welfarism Declines And Inequality Abounds

by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/world-inequality-report-and-inequality-in-india-welfarism-declines-and-inequality-abounds/

World Inequality Report shows that inequality in India has sky rocketed

Socialism or Barbarism: The Urgency of EcoSocialism In The Age of Global Warming

by Anandi Sharan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/socialism-or-barbarism-the-urgency-of-ecosocialism-in-the-age-of-global-warming/

The aim of the Sangh Parivar and its political wing the Bharatya Janata Party is to overthrow the Constitution of India for to achieve the glory of Hindu Rashtra in the world. In the end neither world nor India will be left, only saffron flag dangling in a depopulated and ecologically denuded landscape.

Normalising Uber: The CJEU Ruling

by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/normalising-uber-the-cjeu-ruling/

The move to normalise Uber within the transport architecture of urban environments, despite continued resistance, is proving inexorable.  As Natasha Lomas of Techcrunch notes, “any faint hope the company might still have entertained of being given a legal green light to speed down a digital EU fast-lane and overtake local transport interests is gone.”

US Tax-Cut Bill Will Kill 12,000 Americans Through Health Cover Loss Over 2 Trump Terms

by Dr Gideon Polya 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/us-tax-cut-bill-will-kill-12000-americans-through-health-cover-loss-over-2-trump-terms/

Muslim- and American-killing Trump has finished 2017 on a high having secured passage through Congress of his deadly Tax-Cut Bill that will shift $1.5 trillion from health, education and welfare to tax relief that will overwhelmingly benefit corporations and the rich. However the Tax-Cut Bill also includes repeal of the ObamaCare individual mandate, a measure that will remove 13 million Americans from health insurance by 2027 and kill 12,300 Americans through loss of health cover over 2 Trump terms.

Art For Art’s Sake… (And Cutting Thru)….

by Gary Corseri 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/art-for-arts-sake-and-cutting-thru/

In 2007, Sotheby’s

auctioned a can of artist’s shit

for 180,000 dollars.

“Sophisticated,” “cultured” types

clamored to buy a tin of shit

an auction house called “Art.”

A Dish For The Heaven!

by K P Sasi 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/12/22/a-dish-for-the-heaven/

The God imagined the flavour

`Get me one for my lunch’.

An inverted rainbow appeared

On the secretary’s lips.