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t r u t h o u t | 11.12
Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27226-climate-crisis-the-deindustrialization-imperative-and-the-jobs-vs-environment-dilemma
Richard Smith, Truthout: To prevent wholesale global ecological collapse we must radically retrench and close down swathes of unsustainable industries in the North, sustainably industrialize the South, and "converge and contract" around a sustainable mode of life within the framework of a global eco-socialist economy.
Broken Bonds, Un-Broken Cages: Some Thoughts on "Locked Down, Locked Out"
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/27396-broken-bonds-un-broken-cages-some-thoughts-on-locked-down-locked-out
Mariame Kaba, Prison Culture: In her new book, Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better, Maya Schenwar writes heart-wrenchingly and unsparingly about the ravages wrought on human beings by the prison-industrial complex. She tells a personal story of how her sister Kayla's repeated encounters and contacts with the criminal punishment system have impacted her and her family's lives.
Documents: Houston Police Use "StingRay" Surveillance Technology to Sweep Up Cellphone Data
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27370-documents-houston-police-use-stingray-surveillance-technology-to-sweep-up-cellphone-data
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Purchase orders reveal the Houston Police Department has been using the technology since 2012 to sweep up not only the cellphone data of targeted suspects - but also innocent bystanders. Civil liberties groups in Texas are pushing more stringent guidelines in the next legislative session.
Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27398-kurt-busch-ray-rice-and-how-sports-disseminates-the-burdens-of-racism
Dave Zirin, The Nation: In the sports world, crimes of white athletes are seen as the moral failings of an individual, while the crimes of black athletes are processed by the media as a collective commentary on everyone who both happens to play sports and have black skin.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Failures of Actually Existing Economic Systems
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27383-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-and-the-failures-of-actually-existing-economic-systems
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: What "freedoms" were achieved with the fall of the Berlin Wall? What "freedoms" are still denied citizens of the former German Democratic Republic, and citizens of most capitalist countries?
UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration's Policies on Torture
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27409-un-scrutinizes-obama-administration-s-policies-on-torture
Annie Hylton, Truthout: As the United States "celebrates" Veterans Day, President Obama has sent a delegation to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture. It is the first time during his presidency that independent experts will review the United States' record.
Is George W. Bush Responsible for the Death of Tomas Young?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27417-george-w-bush-killed-tomas-young
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are guilty of murder, including that of paralyzed Iraq War veteran and antiwar activist Tomas Young. They knowingly sent thousands of young people to die in a fight that was a based on a lie.
Inequality in the World
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27388-inequality-in-the-world
Arthur MacEwan, Dollars & Sense: The rapid growth of several low-income and middle-income countries has pulled many people out of abject poverty. However, rising inequality within a country tends to undermine social cohesion and generate stress at virtually all levels of society.
Minimum-Wage Workers Just Got a Raise, but Will Bosses Steal It?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27403-minimum-wage-workers-just-got-a-raise-but-will-bosses-steal-it
Michelle Chen, The Nation: Employers get away with rampant wage theft because of ineffective, understaffed regulatory agencies, or because workers are fearful about complaining, or just unaware of their legal entitlements.
ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27393-alec-corporate-board-chair-quits-over-climate-change-renewables-and-voting-rights
Nick Surgey, PR Watch: Amid increased criticism of its role opposing action to tackle climate change and teaching climate change denial, ALEC lost the software company SAP America due to ALEC's position on climate change, gun safety, opposition to renewable energy, and its attacks on voter rights.
Film the Police!
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27399-film-the-police
Lucy McKeon, Dissent: Using camera phones and social media, it's now easier to document and publicize police brutality cases. More importantly, such recordings provide accounts of incidents that were once simply the word of a witness against that of an officer.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Tar Sands Oil Could Flow in Canada Through Largest Capacity Pipeline in North America
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/tars-sands-could-flow-in-canada-through-largest-oil-pipeline-in-the-world
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Approval of the Energy East project by the conservative government in Ottawa would have perilous implications for accelerating global warming on a massive scale.
Watch Out: The US Government Wants to Pass New Spying Laws Behind Your Back
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/12/new-spying-laws-cybersecurity-nsa-fbi?CMP=ema_565
Ferguson Grand Jury Decision: Gun Sales Spike, Missouri Governor Vows Strong Response to Protests
Read the Article at RT News
http://rt.com/usa/204575-gun-sales-ferguson-verdict/
US-China Emission Targets Should "Be Floor, Not Ceiling" of Climate Action
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/11/12/uschina-emission-targets-should-be-floor-not-ceiling-climate-action
How the GOP Bought, Rigged, Stole and Lynched the 2014 Election
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/how-the-gop-bought-rigged-stole-and-lynched-the-2014-election
After an Errant Drone Strike in Yemen, a Trail of Secret Meetings and US Cash
Read the Article at Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/an-errant-drone-strike-in-yemen--a-secret-white-house-meeting-and-a-bag-of-cash-213034643.html
Fox News Talk Show Hosts Apologize to Obama for Fear-Mongering Ebola Threat in US (NOT)
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/fox-news-talk-show-hosts-apologize-to-obama-for-fear-mongering-ebola-threat-in-us-not
California's Drought Is So Bad, There's a Black Market for Water
Read the Article at National Journal
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/drought-is-taking-california-back-to-the-wild-wild-west-20141110
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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>Tar Sands Oil Could Flow in Canada Through Largest Capacity Pipeline in North America </strong></p>
<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>Approval of the Energy East project by the conservative government in Ottawa would have perilous implications for accelerating global warming on a massive scale.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CmTZeNZyWvaTZaCBacM2jjC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Watch Out: The US Government Wants to Pass New Spying Laws Behind Your Back</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aXvJP5bmD0s0%2BHkP91FKgDC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The 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>Ferguson Grand Jury Decision: Gun Sales Spike, Missouri Governor Vows Strong Response to Protests</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GaqW7etMlFb1Zy%2FWihzGqzC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at RT News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>US-China Emission Targets Should "Be Floor, Not Ceiling" of Climate Action</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wnnrrBARZpfBUNVe3K%2BpuTC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How the GOP Bought, Rigged, Stole and Lynched the 2014 Election</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wNdfHNgUIXdElJ%2F4g6RdAzC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>After an Errant Drone Strike in Yemen, a Trail of Secret Meetings and US Cash</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gUD8Qf3xsZelRlq0E6qoPTC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Yahoo News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fox News Talk Show Hosts Apologize to Obama for Fear-Mongering Ebola Threat in US (NOT)</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dT78l1IQlIohMG1mwgFjrzC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>California's Drought Is So Bad, There's a Black Market for Water</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FXWj8329tImEfpbcY2PrWzC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at National Journal</strong></a></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=YveGcmJ3bq1XG1fV0Q1O0TC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma</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>Richard Smith, Truthout:</strong> To prevent wholesale global ecological collapse we must radically retrench and close down swathes of unsustainable industries in the North, sustainably industrialize the South, and "converge and contract" around a sustainable mode of life within the framework of a global eco-socialist economy.</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=gIJu0zdxhiop%2BXgWwd5HzMaUCWqq6dDC" 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=ze8FDWAiEmm13zljeAtF7TC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Broken Bonds, Un-Broken Cages: Some Thoughts on <i>Locked Down, Locked Out</i></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>Mariame Kaba, Prison Culture:</strong> In her new book, <i>Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better</i>, Maya Schenwar writes heart-wrenchingly and unsparingly about the ravages wrought on human beings by the prison-industrial complex. She tells a personal story of how her sister Kayla's repeated encounters and contacts with the criminal punishment system have impacted her and her family's lives.</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=yw7zH1BXyUDavUPNUTdNZDC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Review</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=NoMvJjnSx0%2FdP4i6XEQF8jC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Documents: Houston Police Use "StingRay" Surveillance Technology to Sweep Up Cellphone Data</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> Purchase orders reveal the Houston Police Department has been using the technology since 2012 to sweep up not only the cellphone data of targeted suspects - but also innocent bystanders. Civil liberties groups in Texas are pushing more stringent guidelines in the next legislative session.</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=R6yvmJ0%2FPl2Ad8Vt1VzF18aUCWqq6dDC" 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=aWtIap7bRnjrJnogZFTqdjC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism</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>Dave Zirin, The Nation:</strong> In the sports world, crimes of white athletes are seen as the moral failings of an individual, while the crimes of black athletes are processed by the media as a collective commentary on everyone who both happens to play sports and have black skin.</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=AbWW6fCdgOBEfg48SqCHyjC3Jvk04TLV" 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=8R63%2BXUYrToBsyN4R7rHbTC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Failures of Actually Existing Economic Systems</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>Richard D. Wolff, Truthout:</strong> What "freedoms" were achieved with the fall of the Berlin Wall? What "freedoms" are still denied citizens of the former German Democratic Republic, and citizens of most capitalist countries?</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=C0AkWc4X3JjR%2Bsp788HX9DC3Jvk04TLV" 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=VXWHY5ClZ3DTDKk8XjvRB8aUCWqq6dDC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration's Policies on Torture</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>Annie Hylton, Truthout:</strong> As the United States "celebrates" Veterans Day, President Obama has sent a delegation to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture. It is the first time during his presidency that independent experts will review the United States' record.</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=u%2BuBxw18IVYcwHOUI%2BJrOzC3Jvk04TLV" 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=%2FEWyLylpIxvZVpFV4j1VhDC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Is George W. Bush Responsible for the Death of Tomas Young?</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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are guilty of murder, including that of paralyzed Iraq War veteran and antiwar activist Tomas Young. They knowingly sent thousands of young people to die in a fight that was a based on a lie.</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=TfVHDFkrtfk66Dl6j3O1%2FzC3Jvk04TLV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Inequality in the World</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>Arthur MacEwan, Dollars & Sense:</strong> The rapid growth of several low-income and middle-income countries has pulled many people out of abject poverty. However, rising inequality within a country tends to undermine social cohesion and generate stress at virtually all levels of society.</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>Michelle Chen, The Nation:</strong> Employers get away with rampant wage theft because of ineffective, understaffed regulatory agencies, or because workers are fearful about complaining, or just unaware of their legal entitlements.</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=OZy%2FNy8OF4ZTyJGr0Ai0DDC3Jvk04TLV" 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=IIY0D1JY%2FBj5pFEq%2BodlssaUCWqq6dDC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights</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>Nick Surgey, PR Watch:</strong> Amid increased criticism of its role opposing action to tackle climate change and teaching climate change denial, ALEC lost the software company SAP America due to ALEC's position on climate change, gun safety, opposition to renewable energy, and its attacks on voter rights.</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=3WmzzR9seJNgeBsz8zchbjC3Jvk04TLV" 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>Lucy McKeon, Dissent:</strong> Using camera phones and social media, it's now easier to document and publicize police brutality cases. More importantly, such recordings provide accounts of incidents that were once simply the word of a witness against that of an officer.</p>
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