Fwd: CC Issue Nov 3 - Despair Follows Delusion

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Subject: CC Issue Nov 3 - Despair Follows Delusion
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Republicans  Win Sweeping Victory In US Congressional Election
By Patrick Martin

http://www.countercurrents.org/martin031110.htm

With many results still being counted or too close to call, the US congressional elections have produced a sweeping victory for the Republican Party, which regained control of the House of Representatives, gaining as many as 60 seats, and cut into the Democratic margin in the Senate


Despair Follows Delusion
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

http://www.countercurrents.org/hirschhorn031110.htm

Despite all the hype and rhetoric, only one impact of the midterm elections is assured. Notwithstanding power shifts from Democrats to Republicans in Congress there will not be any deep, sorely needed true reforms of our corrupt, dysfunctional and inefficient government. The culture of corruption in Washington, DC will remain. Hundreds of millions of dollars from corporate and other special interests will assure that


The Desperate Left
By William Blum

http://www.countercurrents.org/blum031110.htm

The left in America is desperate; desperate for someone who can inspire them, if not lead them to a better world; or at least make them laugh


The Insane Prelude To The Corporate
Takeover Of The Planet
By Siv O'Neall

http://www.countercurrents.org/oneall031110.htm

The 'superpower' is in its death throes, even though on its surface it still keeps the looks of a giant. Underneath the veneer, the country is collapsing. We have seen the signs again and again. Its politics are in a tumultuous meltdown. The politicians who were crying out loudly for law and order have now lost all control. There is only confusion and lawlessness in the big country in the West


Dilma's Victory In Brazil:
People Reiterate Against Neoliberalism
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury031110.htm

Dilma, the former Marxist guerrilla turned newly-elected President of Brazil, now stands with the standard of people's verdict under the shadow of Lula. The election result is the expression of people's unfulfilled dreams in the backdrop of conflicting class interests storming the biggest economy in Latin America


Haiti's Cholera Outbreak: A Disease Of Poverty
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman031110.htm

For America, the West, Haiti's oligarchs and its government, homeless, malnourished, mistreated, and sick Haitians are of no concern, including those affected by cholera. Only predatory imperial interests matter, preying on the many for the few, millions of Haitians easy pickings to exploit. Their struggle for liberation continues


Ram, Jet-Lagged
By Amit Sengupta

http://www.countercurrents.org/sengupta031110.htm

What about Kashi and Mathura, will they too go the Ayodhya way? What of thousands of synthetic, mixed shrines, and closed, shared, religious spaces of open societies across the pluralist Indian landscape? Will they all be demolished and rebuilt and re-distributed in three parts based on so-called faith and populism?


Caste And Caste-Based Discrimination
Among Indian Muslims - Part 2
Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand031110.htm

This is a translation of Dr. Fazlur Rahman Faridi's Introduction to Masood Alam Falahi's Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman -'Casteism Among Muslims in India'


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