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Black Americans and the Military: This Country Is Not to Die for
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:18:14 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | 06.11
Black Americans and the Military: This Country Is Not to Die for
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31254-black-americans-and-the-militar=
y-this-country-is-not-to-die-for
William C. Anderson, Truthout: For Black Americans, military service has al=
ways been a way to show loyalty to the United States, while hoping to simul=
taneously gain societal equity. However, Black service members pledge alleg=
iance to a country that does not protect them after they have protected it.
Feds Favor Private Over Public Housing Investment, Leaving Millions Out in =
Cold
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31108-feds-favor-private-over-public-hou=
sing-investment-leaving-millions-out-in-cold
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: For the past 30 years, federal policy has inclu=
ded no new funding for public housing. Instead, private developers, eager f=
or tax credits, have built "affordable" units. But they are not affordable =
to the poorest people, leading to a massive increase in homelessness.
Ilan Papp=C3=A9: Israel's Goal Is to Have Palestinian Land Without Palestin=
ians
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/31289-ilan-pappe-israel-s-go=
al-is-to-have-palestinian-land-without-palestinians
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Ilan Papp=C3=A9, the Israeli historian, socialist ac=
tivist and coauthor of "On Palestine," discusses how the conversation aroun=
d Palestine and Israel has evolved, from one starting in 1967 and seeking a=
two-state solution, to a newer version beginning in 1948 and seeking a one=
-state solution.
Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Higher Education Vision: Students Must Have "Debt=
-Free Option"
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31319-elizabeth-warren-lays-out-higher-e=
ducation-vision-students-must-have-debt-free-option
Zaid Jilani, AlterNet: Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave an address at the Albert =
Shanker Institute dealing with how we guarantee a "debt-free option" for al=
l students who seek to go to college - while at the same time reining in co=
llege costs and abusive for-profit college practices.
Women Behind Bars: The Human Cost of Current Drug Policy in the Americas
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31312-women-behind-bars-the-human-cost-o=
f-current-drug-policy-in-the-americas
Jessa Bartley-Matthews, Washington Office on Latin America: Across Latin Am=
erica, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, nonviolent=
drug offenses are particularly severe for women. This photo essay sheds li=
ght on this issue, showing the human cost of current drug policies in the A=
mericas.
Backlash Grows as Leaked TPP Text Reveals Increased Corporate Control of Pu=
blic Health
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31338-backlash-grows-as-leaked-tpp-text-=
reveals-increased-corporate-control-of-public-health
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: WikiLeaks has just publishe=
d another section of the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership - thi=
s one about public health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Newly revea=
led details of the draft show the deal would give major pharmaceutical comp=
anies more power over public access to medicine.
Regulations Create Jobs - Lots of Them
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31315-regulations-create-jobs-lots-of=
-them
Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program: Regulations are usually not the j=
ob-killers Republicans and big business say they are. If anything, good reg=
ulations actually create jobs and boost the economy. Case in point: Preside=
nt Obama's Clean Power Plan has been estimated to create 360,000 jobs in 20=
20.
Slam the Door on Fast Track!
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31327-slam-the-door-on-fast-track
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: WikiLeaks has released s=
ome of the proposed TPP agreement's chapters and what's revealed, Gaius Pub=
lius writes, "should have Congress shutting the door on Fast Track faster a=
nd tighter than you'd shut the door on an invading army of rats headed for =
your apartment."
Expelled for Life: A Palestinian Family's Struggle to Stay on Their Land
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31337-expelled-for-life-a-palestinian-fa=
mily-s-struggle-to-stay-on-their-land
Jen Marlowe, TomDispatch: Nasser Nawaj'ah was only 4 years old in June 1986=
, when, after the remains of an ancient synagogue were discovered in Old Su=
sya, Israel's Civil Administration - the military body through which it man=
ages the Occupied Palestinian Territories - declared the village an archaeo=
logical site and expropriated it.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 Decisions Can Be Reversed With Even One New Justice
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31317-the-supreme-court-s-5-4-decisio=
ns-can-be-reversed-with-even-one-new-justice
Robert Weiner and Autumn Kelly, The Michigan Chronicle: We are not forever =
stuck with a Supreme Court that has ruled some of the worst decisions by 5-=
4 votes. One nomination, one vote, could make the dissent the majority. Her=
e is a list of the top six cases that could be reversed by a single vote.
Dark Saudi-Israeli Plot to Tip the Scales in Syria
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31323-dark-saudi-israeli-plot-to-tip-=
the-scales-in-syria
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus: A quiet meeting in March in Saudi A=
rabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage=
for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East. The Saudis and the=
Turks are scaling up their support for Syrian jihadists.
Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Approach to Teach Everyday Activism
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31326-bronx-theater-uses-avant-garde-the=
ater-to-teach-everyday-activism
Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine: Members of the historically Latino Pregon=
es Theater wrote a play about online harassment - and not just any play. Th=
ey used a tradition of avant-garde theater to make sure that audience membe=
rs leave better prepared to take action when they see cyberbullying in thei=
r lives.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Gourmet Water Bar in Drought=C2=AD-Stricken California Is No Joke
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Bottled water and a pricey LA water bar=
: two symbols of the disastrous choices we are making as a society as clima=
te change accelerates.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/gourmet-water-bar-in-drought-=
stricken-california-is-no-joke
Swimming While Black=20
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/swimming-while-black
Abortion Rates Alone Don't Tell Us What We Need to Know About the State of =
Reproductive Wellness
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/06/11/abortion-rates-alone-dont-tell=
-us-need-know-state-reproductive-wellness/?&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=
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President Obama Making Bid to Diversify Wealthy Neighborhoods
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/regulation/244620-obamas-bid-to-diversify-wealthy-neighb=
orhoods
Hawai'i Enacts Nation's First 100 Percent Renewable Energy Standard=20
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/hawaii-enacts-nation-s-first-100-=
renewable-energy-standard
African Leaders Create "Cape to Cairo" Free-Trade Zone
Read the Article at Mail & Guardian
http://mg.co.za/article/2015-06-10-african-leaders-create-cape-town-to-cair=
o-free-trade-zone
Confronting the Incarceration Nation
Read the Article at Socialist Worker
http://socialistworker.org/2015/06/11/confronting-the-incarceration-nation
Bernie Sanders Hires Elizabeth Warren "Draft" Director for Progressive Camp=
aign
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/11/bernie-sanders-hires-elizabe=
th-warren-draft-director
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>Bottled water and a pricey LA water bar: two symbols of the disastrous choices we are making as a society as climate change accelerates.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k8op8gCwv%2FQoTanvgtaFpB0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Swimming While Black</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Abortion Rates Alone Don't Tell Us What We Need to Know About the State of Reproductive Wellness</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>President Obama Making Bid to Diversify Wealthy Neighborhoods</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Hawai'i Enacts Nation's First 100 Percent Renewable Energy Standard</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XOfzOWJXu3f0UOmaA%2FN2bx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>African Leaders Create "Cape to Cairo" Free-Trade Zone</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ufvYLXgJYa0XkjStLNODeB0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article at Mail & Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Confronting the Incarceration Nation</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u7G7soHOvYVHaQk%2B8N9jux0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article at Socialist Worker</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bernie Sanders Hires Elizabeth Warren "Draft" Director for Progressive Campaign</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William C. Anderson, Truthout:</strong> For Black Americans, military service has always been a way to show loyalty to the United States, while hoping to simultaneously gain societal equity. However, Black service members pledge allegiance to a country that does not protect them after they have protected it.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hvHpVrE7a3CwlUCZ84cuER0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9EZAPiXE3tTgze2agFn1YR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Feds Favor Private Over Public Housing Investment, Leaving Millions Out in Cold</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout:</strong> For the past 30 years, federal policy has included no new funding for public housing. Instead, private developers, eager for tax credits, have built "affordable" units. But they are not affordable to the poorest people, leading to a massive increase in homelessness.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=taLO9a5a42dQcVq769X7YR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jZfgdEe5ZFkb%2BtKi6QrnY4ExG84%2BhX38"><strong>Ilan Pappé: Israel's Goal Is to Have Palestinian Land Without Palestinians</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Ilan Pappé, the Israeli historian, socialist activist and coauthor of <i>On Palestine,</i> discusses how the conversation around Palestine and Israel has evolved, from one starting in 1967 and seeking a two-state solution, to a newer version beginning in 1948 and seeking a one-state solution.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UeZQ9NaT3HGpiLK3zvRN6B0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PBoGI7tb0NYcS5goufpG1R0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Higher Education Vision: Students Must Have "Debt-Free Option"</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Zaid Jilani, AlterNet:</strong> Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave an address at the Albert Shanker Institute dealing with how we guarantee a "debt-free option" for all students who seek to go to college - while at the same time reining in college costs and abusive for-profit college practices.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7ZuIeCdPZCkEIVA%2FEYiCCR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RVRfYZLhsQ3nmQuPMyDuVx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Women Behind Bars: The Human Cost of Current Drug Policy in the Americas</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jessa Bartley-Matthews, Washington Office on Latin America:</strong> Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, nonviolent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. This photo essay sheds light on this issue, showing the human cost of current drug policies in the Americas.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iX6TAuLa%2Fd63SNKOMYMxzR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>View the Photo Essay</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UWH7iCMQ6PA3cXEvsLc2Nx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Backlash Grows as Leaked TPP Text Reveals Increased Corporate Control of Public Health</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> WikiLeaks has just published another section of the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership - this one about public health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Newly revealed details of the draft show the deal would give major pharmaceutical companies more power over public access to medicine.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yvtTfoC3RCMmiFnenVdfQR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BGaM9YCi%2FU3oFbNRXqWsFx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Regulations Create Jobs - Lots of Them</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> Regulations are usually not the job-killers Republicans and big business say they are. If anything, good regulations actually create jobs and boost the economy. Case in point: President Obama's Clean Power Plan has been estimated to create 360,000 jobs in 2020.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1ryX2uDmGUL3xHxtL1HqFR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qx5qOBOQPKBD%2F8njssA83x0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Slam the Door on Fast Track!</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> WikiLeaks has released some of the proposed TPP agreement's chapters and what's revealed, Gaius Publius writes, "should have Congress shutting the door on Fast Track faster and tighter than you'd shut the door on an invading army of rats headed for your apartment."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B%2BBiiNktbH9DR6rTgbwt%2FoExG84%2BhX38"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jg1%2FUMAlzjKm%2FmcNf%2BSiWh0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Expelled for Life: A Palestinian Family's Struggle to Stay on Their Land</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jen Marlowe, TomDispatch:</strong> Nasser Nawaj'ah was only 4 years old in June 1986, when, after the remains of an ancient synagogue were discovered in Old Susya, Israel's Civil Administration - the military body through which it manages the Occupied Palestinian Territories - declared the village an archaeological site and expropriated it.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WnSDZHj4awIMAXhGbKp1Gx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5tJjAq4MrJNj1FjWdctZVx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>The Supreme Court's 5-4 Decisions Can Be Reversed With Even One New Justice</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Robert Weiner and Autumn Kelly, The Michigan Chronicle:</strong> We are not forever stuck with a Supreme Court that has ruled some of the worst decisions by 5-4 votes. One nomination, one vote, could make the dissent the majority. Here is a list of the top six cases that could be reversed by a single vote.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sAOYxxsfo3rU8Q2UGrQg9h0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8gQzxHqKBdhJ7vXEHf6NbR0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Dark Saudi-Israeli Plot to Tip the Scales in Syria</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> A quiet meeting in March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East. The Saudis and the Turks are scaling up their support for Syrian jihadists.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WWQ7vB6CXFooSSyR%2BlRvzx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mcY%2BfFGYMnnnorVq0%2FiN%2Bx0MxFh5%2FdKH"><strong>Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Approach to Teach Everyday Activism</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine:</strong> Members of the historically Latino Pregones Theater wrote a play about online harassment - and not just any play. They used a tradition of avant-garde theater to make sure that audience members leave better prepared to take action when they see cyberbullying in their lives.</p>
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