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Jul 22
Spain Facing Downturn
by Ac. Krtashivananda Unemployment in the eurozone hit 11.1% in May while the downturn in its manufacturing sector continued, according to official statistics. A total of 17.56m people are now out of work marking the highest level since records began in 1995, according to EU statistics body Eurostat. Meanwhile, the manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), …
Jul 07
Spain, Debt and Sovereigninty
By George Friedman Eurozone countries on June 9 agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to stabilize the Spanish banking system. Because the bailout dealt with Spain’s financial sector directly rather than involving the country’s sovereign debt, Madrid did not face the kind of demands for more onerous austerity measures in …
Jun 24
GREECE – EURO OR DRACHMA?
by Ac. Krtashivananda The economy of Greece is the 37th largest in the world at $312 or $309 billion by nominal G.D.P or purchasing power parity respectively, according to World Bank statistics for the fiscal year 2009–2010. Additionally, Greece is the 15th largest economy in the 27-member EU .In terms of per capita …
Jun 08
THE HOULA MASSACRE: Another systematic Western media manipulation
The appalling massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in Houla, Syria, dominated the Independent on Sunday’s latest front cover. Above a few short lines of commentary the banner headline read: ‘SYRIA: THE WORLD LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. WILL YOU?’ The text beneath observed: ‘There is, of course, supposed to be a ceasefire, which the brutal …
May 17
Women’s liberation struggle in Chinese Society
by Ac. Krtashivananda.
The three bonds of Confucianism – namely obedience to the ruler by his subjects, to the father by his sons and daughters, and to the husband by his wife were ultimately challenged both by men and women in the course of time, especially through the feminist movement.
The Taiping rebellion, which lasted from 1850 to 1864, was supposedly one of the world’s worst civil wars. This revolt arose in the southern provinces of China, where people were suffering from agrarian distress, unemployment and inflation.
May 01
THE GLOBAL SPY APPARATUS: You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It?
by John Pilger You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland Security?s National Operations Center may monitor whether you are typing not merely “al-Qaeda”, but “exercise”, “drill”, “wave”, …
Apr 16
Tibet is Under Siege
by Ac. Krtashivananda Suppression of freedom, torture, arrest and even force sterilisation of young women is a common policy in Chinese occupied Tibet Due to infiltration policy of Chinese Govt, in half of the Tibet Chinese have out numbered the Tibetans. Still protests in Tibet continues after 62 years of occupation. Tsampa revolution’ gathers pace Tibetans continue to defy …
Mar 27
Tantra and Science
By Ac. Krtashivananda
The evolution of modern science was preceded by the philosophical developments of Rene Descartes in the 17th Century that established a strong belief in spirit-matter dualism. [Around the same time] Isaac Newton published his mechanist worldview, which saw matter as something inert, organic and indestructible. This was the foundation of modern science and natural philosophy, and it has continued for three centuries. Towards the beginning of the 20th century, new discoveries in science transcended the limitations of Newtonian concepts and proved that they did not have absolute validity.
Mar 13
U.N. Draft resolution on Syria is Western conspiracy to distabilise the country
The U.N Resolution calls for withdrawal of Syrian forces who are fighting against the mercenaries under the patronage of U.S and its puppet regimes. ‘They wanted us to destabilize the Middle East, turn it upside down, make it under our control.’ Wesley Clerk – Former NATO Chief On February 4,2012, Western politicians and journalists responded with …
Feb 14
Women’s Liberation Struggle in Western Society
Feminism in western society, was born in the background of Renaissance. When in society a suppressed feeling tries to express itself to release its suffering, it finds its vitality with an uncontrolled momentum. A revolution in the inner sphere of society takes place. Naturally it has its childhood, adolescence, maturity etc. In early phase it started with the symbolic protest to break the institutions, to deny everything that is imposed by man, in their fantasy they created a world of their own – isolated and without a direction.
Jan 19
American double standard On Nuclear Question between Iran and Israel
The West raised an alarm that Iran is secretly trying to build nuclear weapons in violation of its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, though Iran itself has declared it in a letter to IAEA on 21st Nov.
Meanwhile, the six countries that abstained from today’s vote were Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa, and Turkey.
Those who voted against the censure measure – Venezuela, Malaysia, and Cuba – are all developing countries in a bloc with Iran. They called the resolution provocative and counterproductive. Iranian officials say the IAEA resolution will undermine its relations with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Jan 02
Durban Climate: A Death Sentence for Africa
by Ac. Krtashivananda The Durban Climate Deal And Eight Corporate Media Unmentionables The UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, ended with one of those marathon all-night negotiations that the media love so much. The outcome was a commitment to talk about a legally-binding deal to cut carbon emissions – by both developed and developing …
