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No Tax Holiday for Multinational Corporations
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t r u t h o u t | 06.11
No Tax Holiday for Multinational Corporations
http://www.truth-out.org/no-tax-holiday-multinational-corporations/13077977=
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Dr. Eileen Appelbaum, Truthout: "If you think that 'double Irish' and 'Dutc=
h sandwich' are schoolyard jump rope games girls play, think again. These a=
re the nefarious, but legal, games that hundreds of multinationals play to =
avoid paying their fair share of taxes... At the heart of this strategy is =
the transfer of rights to intellectual property developed in the US - often=
, as in Google's case, with early research funded by US taxpayers through t=
he National Science Foundation - to a subsidiary in a low-tax country."
Alabama Passes "Fetal Pain" Anti-Abortion Bill, Rejects Exceptions For Rape=
and Incest
http://www.truth-out.org/alabama-passes-fetal-pain-anti-abortion-bill-rejec=
ts-exceptions-rape-and-incest/1307798482
Tanya Somanader, ThinkProgress: "The Alabama GOP marked a successful week i=
n regressive legislation. Gov. Robert Bentley (R) signed the nation's tough=
est immigration bill into law yesterday... The GOP-led state Senate then ro=
unded out the day by passing a radical anti-abortion bill that bans anyone =
from performing abortion after 20 weeks - an act that would punish the doct=
or with 'one to 10 years in prison.' State Sen. Scott Beason (R)... definit=
ively declared that 'there's no doubt' a fetus experiences pain at 20 weeks=
."
Redrawing Lines of Power: Redistricting 2011
http://www.truth-out.org/redrawing-lines-power-redistricting-2011/130780623=
0
Making Contact, National Radio Project: "2011 marks the year for redistrict=
ing =E2=80=93 the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries... As all 50 =
states begin drawing lines, battles will ensue among political parties and =
other interest groups... We examine the U.S. redistricting system and some =
of its pitfalls. What is gerrymandering and how does it affect us? How does=
the rise in prison population change power dynamics? What does the rise in=
Latino population mean for redistricting? And how can the redistricting pr=
ocess be fairer?"
US Lawmakers, Iraq's Maliki Clash Over Killing of Iranians
http://www.truth-out.org/us-lawmakers-iraqs-maliki-clash-over-killing-irani=
ans/1307800603
Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers: "After a 'very frank' exchange with Iraqi=
Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, a prominent House Republican announced Fri=
day his subcommittee is investigating whether forces under Maliki's command=
had committed a 'crime against humanity' when they killed 35 Iranian dissi=
dents at a camp north of Baghdad on April 8... It is highly unusual for a c=
ongressional committee on an official visit to another country to announce =
an investigation of the host government's actions on its own territory, and=
it's equally rare for an official delegation to be told to leave."
The Zapatistas Return Amid Failed Drug War
http://www.truth-out.org/zapatistas-return-amid-failed-drug-war/1307854154
Michael McCaughan, The Indypendent: "This nation is caught in the grip of a=
n escalating drug war that has cost 40,000 lives in the past five years... =
Javier Sicilia launched 'The March for Peace with Justice and Dignity,' a t=
hree-day event that culminated in a rally in Mexico City. In southeast Mexi=
co, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) answered the call and ann=
ounced their plan to march into San Cristobal de las Casas on May 7, the to=
wn where the Zapatistas first appeared in January 1994. It has been five ye=
ars since the Zapatistas last mobilized in this manner."
Better Late Than Never? Government Finally Penalizes Major Banks for Mortga=
ge Mod Failures
http://www.truth-out.org/better-late-never-govt-finally-penalizes-major-ban=
ks-mortgage-mod-failures/1307813397
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: "The Obama administration's mortgage modification pr=
ogram is more than two years old. From the beginning, it's been apparent th=
at the participating banks and mortgage servicers were breaking the program=
's rules. The administration has long argued it has little power to do anyt=
hing about it. But now, after millions of homeowners have been rejected, th=
e government has decided it's finally time to crack down. The Treasury Depa=
rtmentannounced it would be withholding government subsidies to the country=
's three largest mortgage servicers, which are also among the U.S.'s larges=
t banks: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase. The banks won't =
be getting more money until they show 'substantial improvement.'"
Michael Winship | The Perils of Ignoring Science
http://www.truth-out.org/perils-ignoring-science/1307762521
Michael Winship, Truthout: "The World Bank estimates that there may be as m=
any as 940 million hungry people this year... Of course, it's the science t=
hat right-wingers dismiss as 'junk' that could help save us, not that they =
want to hear that. Researchers are developing strains of rice and wheat mor=
e resistant to heat, drought, flood and rising levels of carbon dioxide."
Think Outside the Bars: Real Justice Means Fewer Prisons
http://www.truth-out.org/think-outside-bars-real-justice-means-fewer-prison=
s/1307768808
Michelle Alexander, YES! Magazine: "I've spent the last forty minutes discu=
ssing my book, The New Jim Crow. The book argues that today, in the so-call=
ed era of colorblindness, and, yes-even in the age of Obama-racial caste is=
alive and well in America. The mass incarceration of poor people of color =
through a racially biased drug war has birthed a new caste system. It is th=
e moral equivalent of Jim Crow... Is it possible to join poor whites... wit=
h poor people of color in a movement to challenge a political and economic =
system that harms them all, though differently?"
Opposition Is Split on How to Reshape Yemen
http://www.truth-out.org/opposition-split-how-reshape-yemen/1307807311
The New York Times, The New York Times News Service: "Inside the ragged ten=
ts where they have camped out for months, the revolutionaries seem far less=
certain that they have won. WithYemen's president recovering in Saudi Arab=
ia from an attack last week on his palace mosque, the opposition seems incr=
easingly divided about how to move forward, with some favoring far-reaching=
changes and others urging a more moderate political resolution endorsed by=
the United States and Yemen's Arab neighbors."
Fighting Hunger Among Latino Children
http://www.truth-out.org/fighting-hunger-among-latino-children/1307808345
Alejandro Garcia, Center for American Progress: "Latinos are becoming a nat=
ional presence and will represent a crucial segment of our nation's future =
workforce. They accounted for more than half of the nation's growth from 20=
00 to 2010 and will be a third of the overall population by 2050. Latino ch=
ildren currently make up more than one in five children in the United State=
s. They are the youngest and fastest growing population in the nation. Yet =
Latinos are disproportionately affected by high rates of hunger and are exp=
eriencing record rates of childhood obesity."
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Palin Emails All Fluff, Much Like Her Political Policies
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/us/politics/11palin.html?_r=3D1&hp
Corporations Using Tax Breaks for New Equipment and Profits, But Not Hiring
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http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12762
Syrian Regime Seals Restive Town; Mutineers Remain
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The Richly Earned Humiliation of Newt Gingrich
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Jerusalem Approves Revised Plan for Contested Museum of Tolerance Site
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Greetings From Walkerville
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http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/06/09/greetings-from-walkerville/
Government Says Two Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Saturday 11 June 2011</p>
<font><strong>No Tax Holiday for Multinational Corporations</strong></font><br />
Dr. Eileen Appelbaum, Truthout: "If you think that 'double Irish' and 'Dutch sandwich' are schoolyard jump rope games girls play, think again. These are the nefarious, but legal, games that hundreds of multinationals play to avoid paying their fair share of taxes... At the heart of this strategy is the transfer of rights to intellectual property developed in the US - often, as in Google's case, with early research funded by US taxpayers through the National Science Foundation - to a subsidiary in a low-tax country."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VNGuQB78ZkezSK0yk4LYErChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Alabama Passes "Fetal Pain" Anti-Abortion Bill, Rejects Exceptions For Rape and Incest</strong></font><br />
Tanya Somanader, ThinkProgress: "The Alabama GOP marked a successful week in regressive legislation. Gov. Robert Bentley (R) signed the nation's toughest immigration bill into law yesterday... The GOP-led state Senate then rounded out the day by passing a radical anti-abortion bill that bans anyone from performing abortion after 20 weeks - an act that would punish the doctor with 'one to 10 years in prison.' State Sen. Scott Beason (R)... definitively declared that 'there's no doubt' a fetus experiences pain at 20 weeks."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v777eqaZzrtpkwrc3wb46LChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Redrawing Lines of Power: Redistricting 2011</strong></font><br />
Making Contact, National Radio Project: "2011 marks the year for redistricting – the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries... As all 50 states begin drawing lines, battles will ensue among political parties and other interest groups... We examine the U.S. redistricting system and some of its pitfalls. What is gerrymandering and how does it affect us? How does the rise in prison population change power dynamics? What does the rise in Latino population mean for redistricting? And how can the redistricting process be fairer?"
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2cLDqE51AsLtFxvzS3I02XkQ5v9eIeBS"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>US Lawmakers, Iraq's Maliki Clash Over Killing of Iranians</strong></font><br />
Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers: "After a 'very frank' exchange with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, a prominent House Republican announced Friday his subcommittee is investigating whether forces under Maliki's command had committed a 'crime against humanity' when they killed 35 Iranian dissidents at a camp north of Baghdad on April 8... It is highly unusual for a congressional committee on an official visit to another country to announce an investigation of the host government's actions on its own territory, and it's equally rare for an official delegation to be told to leave."
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<br /><br />
<font><strong>The Zapatistas Return Amid Failed Drug War</strong></font><br />
Michael McCaughan, The Indypendent: "This nation is caught in the grip of an escalating drug war that has cost 40,000 lives in the past five years... Javier Sicilia launched 'The March for Peace with Justice and Dignity,' a three-day event that culminated in a rally in Mexico City. In southeast Mexico, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) answered the call and announced their plan to march into San Cristobal de las Casas on May 7, the town where the Zapatistas first appeared in January 1994. It has been five years since the Zapatistas last mobilized in this manner."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2prtIflG3N1tOzOmsbClPrChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Better Late Than Never? Government Finally Penalizes Major Banks for Mortgage Mod Failures</strong></font><br />
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: "The Obama administration's mortgage modification program is more than two years old. From the beginning, it's been apparent that the participating banks and mortgage servicers were breaking the program's rules. The administration has long argued it has little power to do anything about it. But now, after millions of homeowners have been rejected, the government has decided it's finally time to crack down. The Treasury Departmentannounced it would be withholding government subsidies to the country's three largest mortgage servicers, which are also among the U.S.'s largest banks: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase. The banks won't be getting more money until they show 'substantial improvement.'"
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pAvlmAw3Msw%2BYqmKhSMJTbChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Michael Winship | The Perils of Ignoring Science</strong></font><br />
Michael Winship, Truthout: "The World Bank estimates that there may be as many as 940 million hungry people this year... Of course, it's the science that right-wingers dismiss as 'junk' that could help save us, not that they want to hear that. Researchers are developing strains of rice and wheat more resistant to heat, drought, flood and rising levels of carbon dioxide."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BX6flgra55avdpiVHYocg7ChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Think Outside the Bars: Real Justice Means Fewer Prisons</strong></font><br />
Michelle Alexander, YES! Magazine: "I've spent the last forty minutes discussing my book, The New Jim Crow. The book argues that today, in the so-called era of colorblindness, and, yes-even in the age of Obama-racial caste is alive and well in America. The mass incarceration of poor people of color through a racially biased drug war has birthed a new caste system. It is the moral equivalent of Jim Crow... Is it possible to join poor whites... with poor people of color in a movement to challenge a political and economic system that harms them all, though differently?"
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KQl6nUAEiXcma2HAAezwPrChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Opposition Is Split on How to Reshape Yemen</strong></font><br />
The New York Times, The New York Times News Service: "Inside the ragged tents where they have camped out for months, the revolutionaries seem far less certain that they have won. WithYemen's president recovering in Saudi Arabia from an attack last week on his palace mosque, the opposition seems increasingly divided about how to move forward, with some favoring far-reaching changes and others urging a more moderate political resolution endorsed by the United States and Yemen's Arab neighbors."
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<br /><br />
<font><strong>Fighting Hunger Among Latino Children</strong></font><br />
Alejandro Garcia, Center for American Progress: "Latinos are becoming a national presence and will represent a crucial segment of our nation's future workforce. They accounted for more than half of the nation's growth from 2000 to 2010 and will be a third of the overall population by 2050. Latino children currently make up more than one in five children in the United States. They are the youngest and fastest growing population in the nation. Yet Latinos are disproportionately affected by high rates of hunger and are experiencing record rates of childhood obesity."
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<p><strong>Palin Emails All Fluff, Much Like Her Political Policies<br />
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<p><strong>Corporations Using Tax Breaks for New Equipment and Profits, But Not Hiring<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FdVm46qo%2Fp3reJJmcJwkS7ChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Syrian Regime Seals Restive Town; Mutineers Remain<br />
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<p><strong>The Richly Earned Humiliation of Newt Gingrich<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2TRUolgQ%2FEn6sKfGjsGLX3kQ5v9eIeBS"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Salon</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Jerusalem Approves Revised Plan for Contested Museum of Tolerance Site<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EyTj33V1scooIFvC7WLwUrChBOtApf8u"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Haaretz</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Greetings From Walkerville<br />
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<p><strong>Government Says Two Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer<br />
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