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William Rivers Pitt | The True History of Blowback in One Sentence
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William Rivers Pitt | The True History of Blowback in One Sentence
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27000-the-true-history-of-blowback-in=
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William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Remember that history exists, and actions ha=
ve consequences, and this event is tied to that event is tied to the other =
event in a tapestry of escalating cascading fallout, which is called "blowb=
ack."
Cornel West | Why We Need to Talk About Black Prophetic Fire
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/26998-why-we-need-to-talk-about-=
black-prophetic-fire
Cornel West, Beacon Press: "Black Prophetic Fire" is a clarion call "to be =
on fire for justice." Cornel West explores whether the soul of the United S=
tates can be salvaged by a rekindling of the black prophetic tradition.
Animals Die, Woman Cries, but We Are Unmoved
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26983-animals-die-woman-cries-but-we-are-=
unmoved
Lauren Gazzola, Truthout: It is an unconscious perception of the world that=
causes us to see mass slaughter of some animals, but not others, as normal=
. We are told not to get worked up about it - and showing emotion when chal=
lenging this perception breaks another unspoken rule.
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Goldman Makes It Official That the Stock Market Is Manipulated; Buybacks Dr=
ive Valuations
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ck-market-is-manipulated-buybacks-drive-valuations
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: A recent Goldman Sachs' report claims that cu=
rrent stock price levels are dependent on continued stock buybacks. Correla=
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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 Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Remember that history exists, and actions have consequences, and this event is tied to that event is tied to the other event in a tapestry of escalating cascading fallout, which is called "blowback."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GJGjRl%2BqPLcalM7reC%2FVFDE%2BWsq%2B%2BvH9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>IRS Whistleblowers: Agency Executives Behind Multibillion-Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaways</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>Nafeez Ahmed, Truthout:</strong> A veteran Internal Revenue Service attorney demands a Congressional audit of the IRS to investigate the agency's alleged role in allowing US corporations to illegally avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes even as it cracks down on individuals and small businesses.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QQ3nQVA641LZT5ua6TwHQdgVZ0Jp4GQv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YjVi9jbrHMpGc1dLBTJHwNgVZ0Jp4GQv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Social Media and Marissa Alexander: Freedom Mobilization and Victim-Blaming</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>Ash Stephens, Truthout:</strong> Social media has been a powerful tool in building support and raising funds for Marissa Alexander's defense, while providing creative ways to discuss domestic violence and self-defense, particularly among black women.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UtkmfpWad8ivSCllDufP%2BzE%2BWsq%2B%2BvH9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>Lauren McCauley, Extra!:</strong> In the United States, the hunt for leaks and whistleblowers serves as a warning to those thinking of satisfying a public interest need for information about the imperial prerogatives assumed by the world's leading power.</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>Tanya Abramsky, The Conversation:</strong> The Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention, based in Kampala, Uganda, has been working intensively since 2008 to implement SASA!, a community intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk, and the results are groundbreaking.</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>Medea Benjamin, OtherWords:</strong> Every taxpayer, business and government agency in the United States is supposed to be able to pass a financial audit by the feds, every year. It's the law, so we do our duty. There's one exception: the Pentagon.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=E%2FlqGAoUwKvCFeLDYFPEItgVZ0Jp4GQv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>Stephanie Van Hook, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Linda Sartor has spent 10 years traveling to conflict zones throughout the world as an unarmed peacekeeper. She discusses her travels and the ways in which they have changed her as an individual, as well as her relationship to nonviolent action.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bbo7uGwR48kiRufQkPNn99gVZ0Jp4GQv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </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>David Bromwich, TomDispatch:</strong> Unconditional love of our country is the counterpart of unconditional detachment and even hostility toward other countries. None of us is an exception, and no nation is.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Km0jeZftW84aR6X50bGE7NgVZ0Jp4GQv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>James Schamus and Richard D. Wolff, We The Economy:</strong> What is the real value of a dollar? What do banks do with our deposits? You think that a dollar bill is money and that banks are where your cash is stored and safeguarded. Well, you're wrong.</p>
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