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Noam Chomsky | The Assault on Public Education
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t r u t h o u t | 04.04
Noam Chomsky | The Assault on Public Education
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8305-the-assault-on-public-education
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: "Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, student protests have recently been held in Britain, Canada, Chile, Taiwan and elsewhere.... 'In most states,' The New York Times reports, 'it is now tuition payments, not state appropriations, that cover most of the budget,' so that 'the era of affordable four-year public universities, heavily subsidized by the state, may be over.' Community colleges increasingly face similar prospects - and the shortfalls extend to grades K-12."
Consumer Groups: Verizon's Cozy Deal With Cable Would Create a Wireless Duopoly
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8295-consumer-groups-verizons-cozy-deal-with-cable-would-create-a-wireless-duopoly
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Verizon Wireless and America's biggest cable companies want to sell you everything in one package: wireless, broadband, cable TV and a telephone landline. This might sound like an easy option, but consumer groups say that the consolidation deals behind these service bundles could crush competition in the market and raise prices for everyone. Congress is also weighing in on the Verizon deal."
Reconstructing America's Economic System Is Within Reach
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8300-reconstructing-americas-economic-system-is-within-reach
Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press: "At the center of the traditional progressive theory is the hope that the political and economic power of the large corporation can be contained economically and politically through political mobilization, aided, abetted and bolstered by the organizational and financial power of labor unions. The 'main finding' of international research on the relationship of union membership to political outcomes in industrialized countries ... is straightforward: 'support for unions is associated with social democratic strength.'"
In World's Richest Country, the Uninsured Wait in Line Overnight for a Chance at Health Care
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8301-in-worlds-richest-country-the-uninsured-wait-in-line-overnight-for-a-chance-at-health-care
Rose Aguilar, Truthout: "Stan Brock never expected to see adults and children shivering in line in the middle of the night, hoping to get free medical, dental and vision care in the wealthiest country on earth. Brock is the founder of Remote Area Medical (RAM), an all-volunteer mobile medical clinic that's been traveling to cities across the United States offering free health care since 1992. 'You can close your eyes and stick a pin on the map of the United States and go there, and you're gonna find people by the hundreds, and in many cases by the thousands, that need services,' said Brock."
Did the Koch Machine Put Romney Over the Top in Wisconsin?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8325-did-the-koch-machine-put-romney-over-the-top-in-wisconsin
Adele Stan, AlterNet: "Mitt Romney won the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary by a mere 4-point margin over Rick Santorum ... He outspent Santorum on television ads by a margin of 4-to-1 during the Wisconsin, all for a weak finish. And of Romney's top Wisconsin endorsers, four are solid allies of the state's muscular Koch machine, a political apparatus comprising a particularly aggressive state chapter of the Koch-founded Americans For Prosperity, as well as a handful of think tanks and associations."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Minimum-Wage Workers Are Screwed, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8326-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-minimum-wage-workers-are-screwed-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Minimum-wage workers are screwed, more police brutality against students yesterday in California, a radioactive wave is headed toward the United States, and more.
Inside a Military Court Hearing: How the Government Is Railroading Bradley Manning
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8297-inside-a-military-court-hearing-how-the-government-is-railroading-bradley-manning
Phil Fornaci and Jane Zara, Truthout: "The WikiLeaks/Bradley Manning debacle provides us with a startling example of how brutally the US government treats those brave enough to provide even a glimpse of the machinations of its imperial assault on the rest of the world.... Manning and WikiLeaks are also credited with (and criminally accused of) release of the so-called 'Collateral Murder' video footage of the slaughter of Reuters reporters and other civilians by the US military in Baghdad. For his alleged role in this 'crime,' Manning is enduring one of the most aggressive legal prosecutions in American history."
Pregnancy, Sexual Congress and the (In)Visibility of Men
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8209-pregnancy-sexual-congress-and-the-invisibility-of-men
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: "When it comes to being an expert on birth control and women's sexuality, men are apparently the experts, the go-to guys. Men are twice as likely as women to be pundits on birth control on cable news, and men were the sole panelists when birth control was discussed in Congress. However, except for commenting on women's sexuality, and testifying, legislating, and deciding who can or cannot have birth control and who can or cannot terminate a pregnancy, men are invisible."
Hired Guns on Astroturf: How to Buy and Sell School Reform
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8310-hired-guns-on-astroturf-how-to-buy-and-sell-school-reform
Joanne Barkan, Dissent Magazine: "If you want to change government policy, change the politicians who make it. The implications of this truism have now taken hold in the market-modeled 'education reform movement.' As a result, the private funders and nonprofit groups that run the movement have overhauled their strategy. They've gone political as never before - like the National Rifle Association or Big Pharma or (ed reformers emphasize) the teachers' unions."
The US Has Made No Progress on College Graduation Rates in 30 Years (Chart)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8321-the-us-has-made-no-progress-on-college-graduation-rates-in-30-years-chart
Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: "America's college graduation rate hasn't improved in 30 years.... One of the problems stifling America's educational attainment is the growing cost of college. Since 1985, fees and tuition have nearly sextupled, while outstanding student debt by some estimates has already cleared $1 trillion. At the same time, Republicans in Congress are proposing cuts to higher education aid under the faulty theory that increased financial aid is driving tuition hikes."
Labor Organizing as a Civil Right
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8319-labor-organizing-as-a-civil-right
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit, Dissent Magazine: "It is time for supporters of labor to try an approach to reforming labor laws ... and instead focus on the fact that labor organizing should be written into our civil rights laws. The result of an amendment to the Civil Rights Act would be significant: just as it is now illegal to fire or discipline someone for race or gender or national origin or religion, it would be illegal under the Civil Rights Act to fire or discipline someone for trying to organize or join a union."
Robert Reich | The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism or a Decent Society
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8323-the-choice-in-2012-social-darwinism-or-a-decent-society
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "[Obama] kicked off his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House Republicans' budget plan - which Romney has enthusiastically endorsed. That plan, by the way, is the most radical reverse-Robin Hood proposal propounded by any political party in modern America. It would save millionaires at least $150,000 a year in taxes while gutting Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, transportation, child nutrition, college aid, and almost everything else average and lower-income Americans depend on."
Bill Moyers | Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta on Workers' Rights (Video)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8322-ai-jen-poo-and-sarita-gupta-on-workers-rights
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "Bill Moyers talks with Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta about activism dedicated to restoring workers' rights - rights they say have been stripped away by corporations. Domestic workers in particular, says Poo, are a 'huge and growing part of the 99 percent.' The two also talk about their involvement in 'The 99% Spring,' which aims to train 100,000 Americans to teach the country about income inequality in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The War on Drugs in Mexico Is Unwinnable; It's a War for Drug Profits
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13421
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Is it an exaggeration to argue that the US government packaging of a war on drugs in Mexico is - on the ground - really a battle over who pockets the estimated $50 billion drug trafficking business through that nation?... Perhaps. But because this so-called battle encompasses so many aspects of a US domestic, political agenda, including US corporate profits from companies equipping the war (think drones, guns, helicopters etc.); US law enforcement agencies with vested interests in the war; a Pentagon goal of militarizing the conflict; the relegation of indigenous people to expendable collateral damage etc., it is hard to pick one aspect of this vast doomed-to-fail-enterprise and imply that it alone represents the whole cynical undertaking."
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Glenn Greenwald: The Obama Department of Justice and Strip Searches
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/03/the_obama_doj_and_strip_searches/?source=newsletter
Arizona Sheriff Rejects Court Monitor; Justice Department Threatens to Sue
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-sheriff-rejects-court-monitor-justice-department-threatens-to-sue/2012/04/03/gIQA8P8ztS_story.html
Maureen Dowd: Hacks Dressed in Black Robes
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/opinion/dowd-men-in-black.html?_r=1
How a Grassroots Rebellion Won the Nation's Biggest Climate Victory
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/environment/2012/04/beyond-coal-plant-activism
In Connecticut, Death Penalty Repeal Scheduled for Senate Vote Today
Read the Article at The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-death-penalty-vote-0405-20120404,0,402342.story
New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Cuts 2,000 Jobs
Read the Article at The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0404/New-Yahoo-CEO-Scott-Thompson-cuts-2-000-jobs
Tunisia's Youth and Their Fight for Freedom of Expression
Read the Article at Inter Press Service
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107226
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><p>Wednesday 04 April 2012</p>
<font><strong>Noam Chomsky | The Assault on Public Education</strong></font=
><br />
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: "Public education is under attack around the world,=
and in response, student protests have recently been held in Britain, Cana=
da, Chile, Taiwan and elsewhere.... 'In most states,' The New York Times re=
ports, 'it is now tuition payments, not state appropriations, that cover mo=
st of the budget,' so that 'the era of affordable four-year public universi=
ties, heavily subsidized by the state, may be over.' Community colleges inc=
reasingly face similar prospects - and the shortfalls extend to grades K-12=
."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
mbbVK3YKO2raJTVMnYJGTdNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Consumer Groups: Verizon's Cozy Deal With Cable Would Create =
a Wireless Duopoly</strong></font><br />
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Verizon Wireless and America's biggest cable compan=
ies want to sell you everything in one package: wireless, broadband, cable =
TV and a telephone landline. This might sound like an easy option, but cons=
umer groups say that the consolidation deals behind these service bundles c=
ould crush competition in the market and raise prices for everyone. Congres=
s is also weighing in on the Verizon deal."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
W0Hf4hKd7GmSYo44W1GEZNNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Reconstructing America's Economic System Is Within Reach</str=
ong></font><br />
Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press: "At the center of the tradit=
ional progressive theory is the hope that the political and economic power =
of the large corporation can be contained economically and politically thro=
ugh political mobilization, aided, abetted and bolstered by the organizatio=
nal and financial power of labor unions. The 'main finding' of internationa=
l research on the relationship of union membership to political outcomes in=
industrialized countries ... is straightforward: 'support for unions is as=
sociated with social democratic strength.'"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
zqH9NZP1MGZo8RADxeLRJfLMLx1rwtvh"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>In World's Richest Country, the Uninsured Wait in Line Overni=
ght for a Chance at Health Care</strong></font><br />
Rose Aguilar, Truthout: "Stan Brock never expected to see adults and childr=
en shivering in line in the middle of the night, hoping to get free medical=
, dental and vision care in the wealthiest country on earth. Brock is the f=
ounder of Remote Area Medical (RAM), an all-volunteer mobile medical clinic=
that's been traveling to cities across the United States offering free hea=
lth care since 1992. 'You can close your eyes and stick a pin on the map of=
the United States and go there, and you're gonna find people by the hundre=
ds, and in many cases by the thousands, that need services,' said Brock."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
boC7h%2Baq437M4go96WnfWtNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e and Watch the Video</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Did the Koch Machine Put Romney Over the Top in Wisconsin?</s=
trong></font><br />
Adele Stan, AlterNet: "Mitt Romney won the Wisconsin Republican presidentia=
l primary by a mere 4-point margin over Rick Santorum ... He outspent Santo=
rum on television ads by a margin of 4-to-1 during the Wisconsin, all for a=
weak finish. And of Romney's top Wisconsin endorsers, four are solid allie=
s of the state's muscular Koch machine, a political apparatus comprising a =
particularly aggressive state chapter of the Koch-founded Americans For Pro=
sperity, as well as a handful of think tanks and associations."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
%2BuqYZqsPU3YgX68BXX8ScNNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Minimum-Wage Workers Are Scre=
wed, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: Minimum-wage workers are screwed, more poli=
ce brutality against students yesterday in California, a radioactive wave i=
s headed toward the United States, and more.
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
evOLotR4UcLyDTLjvywFNtNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video a=
nd Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Inside a Military Court Hearing: How the Government Is Railro=
ading Bradley Manning</strong></font><br />
Phil Fornaci and Jane Zara, Truthout: "The WikiLeaks/Bradley Manning debacl=
e provides us with a startling example of how brutally the US government tr=
eats those brave enough to provide even a glimpse of the machinations of it=
s imperial assault on the rest of the world.... Manning and WikiLeaks are a=
lso credited with (and criminally accused of) release of the so-called 'Col=
lateral Murder' video footage of the slaughter of Reuters reporters and oth=
er civilians by the US military in Baghdad. For his alleged role in this 'c=
rime,' Manning is enduring one of the most aggressive legal prosecutions in=
American history."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
wmAaefe3Gz85%2BjFzJ6S10tNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Pregnancy, Sexual Congress and the (In)Visibility of Men</str=
ong></font><br />
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: "When it comes to being an expert on birth control =
and women's sexuality, men are apparently the experts, the go-to guys. Men =
are twice as likely as women to be pundits on birth control on cable news, =
and men were the sole panelists when birth control was discussed in Congres=
s. However, except for commenting on women's sexuality, and testifying, leg=
islating, and deciding who can or cannot have birth control and who can or =
cannot terminate a pregnancy, men are invisible."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
6sV0gHdsj6vsw5Om81wa8NNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Hired Guns on Astroturf: How to Buy and Sell School Reform</s=
trong></font><br />
Joanne Barkan, Dissent Magazine: "If you want to change government policy, =
change the politicians who make it. The implications of this truism have no=
w taken hold in the market-modeled 'education reform movement.' As a result=
, the private funders and nonprofit groups that run the movement have overh=
auled their strategy. They've gone political as never before - like the Nat=
ional Rifle Association or Big Pharma or (ed reformers emphasize) the teach=
ers' unions."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
%2BLNCRC8vNT%2FcDao5WHg%2BodNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Ar=
ticle</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>The US Has Made No Progress on College Graduation Rates in 30=
Years (Chart)</strong></font><br />
Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: "America's college graduation rate hasn't impr=
oved in 30 years.... One of the problems stifling America's educational att=
ainment is the growing cost of college. Since 1985, fees and tuition have n=
early sextupled, while outstanding student debt by some estimates has alrea=
dy cleared $1 trillion. At the same time, Republicans in Congress are propo=
sing cuts to higher education aid under the faulty theory that increased fi=
nancial aid is driving tuition hikes."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
CKfUy3cXH06zi%2FD7d1HGbdNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">View the Chart<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Labor Organizing as a Civil Right</strong></font><br />
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit, Dissent Magazine: "It is time for s=
upporters of labor to try an approach to reforming labor laws ... and inste=
ad focus on the fact that labor organizing should be written into our civil=
rights laws. The result of an amendment to the Civil Rights Act would be s=
ignificant: just as it is now illegal to fire or discipline someone for rac=
e or gender or national origin or religion, it would be illegal under the C=
ivil Rights Act to fire or discipline someone for trying to organize or joi=
n a union."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
lAmQaKc4SioqHHIIH7kbPNNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Robert Reich | The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism or a Dece=
nt Society</strong></font><br />
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "[Obama] kicked off his 2012 campaign ag=
ainst Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House Republic=
ans' budget plan - which Romney has enthusiastically endorsed. That plan, b=
y the way, is the most radical reverse-Robin Hood proposal propounded by an=
y political party in modern America. It would save millionaires at least $1=
50,000 a year in taxes while gutting Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, trans=
portation, child nutrition, college aid, and almost everything else average=
and lower-income Americans depend on."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
qQafFNKypUHpF5Wn7TYz89NxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Bill Moyers | Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta on Workers' Rights =
(Video)</strong></font><br />
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "Bill Moyers talks with Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gu=
pta about activism dedicated to restoring workers' rights - rights they say=
have been stripped away by corporations. Domestic workers in particular, s=
ays Poo, are a 'huge and growing part of the 99 percent.' The two also talk=
about their involvement in 'The 99% Spring,' which aims to train 100,000 A=
mericans to teach the country about income inequality in homes, places of w=
orship, campuses and the streets."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
xgQA6CPZA3UAT%2FaRv1lS99NxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video=
and Read the Transcript</font></a>
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<font><strong>The War on Drugs in Mexico Is Unwinnable; It's a War for Drug=
Profits</strong></font><br />
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Is it an exaggeration to argue that th=
e US government packaging of a war on drugs in Mexico is - on the ground - =
really a battle over who pockets the estimated $50 billion drug trafficking=
business through that nation?... Perhaps. But because this so-called battl=
e encompasses so many aspects of a US domestic, political agenda, including=
US corporate profits from companies equipping the war (think drones, guns,=
helicopters etc.); US law enforcement agencies with vested interests in th=
e war; a Pentagon goal of militarizing the conflict; the relegation of indi=
genous people to expendable collateral damage etc., it is hard to pick one =
aspect of this vast doomed-to-fail-enterprise and imply that it alone repre=
sents the whole cynical undertaking."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
LCl6ho78qBpDQY3fFZu9HtNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the BuzzFlas=
h Commentary</font></a>
<p><strong>Glenn Greenwald: The Obama Department of Justice and Strip Searc=
hes<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D%2FWw4Qdz72ffUreS7M%2F7PNNNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#=
cc0000">Read the Article at Salon</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>Arizona Sheriff Rejects Court Monitor; Justice Department Threat=
ens to Sue<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DsQKDbzOExaIHg8%2F1xSpX6NNxdfpWb9LB"><font color=3D"#cc=
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