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The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cancer of
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The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cancer of Torture Continue to Spread in Latin America, Including Mexico
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9685-the-school-of-the-americas-the-cia-and-the-us-condoned-cancer-of-torture-continues-to-spread-in-latin-america-including-mexico
Mark Karlin, Truthout: "The US has done little to stop what appears to be 'social cleansing' (limpieza social) carried out by the Mexican military, police and government-sanctioned death squads at times.... Given that the CIA and countless US intelligence agencies, not to mention the Drug Enforcement Agency, are entrenched in Mexico, it might be appropriate to reflect that our real government/corporate interest in the nation is as a marketplace and a non-populist pro-US government."
Spain to Accept Rescue From Europe for Its Ailing Banks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9697-spain-to-accept-rescue-from-europe-for-its-ailing-banks
Nicholas Kulish, Paul Geitner and Raphael Minder, The New York Times News Service: "Responding to increasingly urgent calls from across Europe and the United States, Spain on Saturday agreed to accept a bailout for its cash-starved banks as European finance ministers offered an aid package of up to $125 billion. European leaders hope the promise of such a large package, made in an emergency conference call with Spain, will quell rising financial turmoil ahead of elections in Greece that they fear could further shake world markets."
Greening the Knowledge Economy: A Critique of Neoliberalism
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9642-greening-the-knowledge-economy-a-critique-of-neoliberalism
Michael A. Peters, Truthout: "What this age demands more than ever is an understanding not simply of systems in natural, social and geopolitical environments and their interrelations, but also the logic of large-scale system-events, their emergence and collapse, and their impacts for humanity. In the economic and political realm, as social scientists, we need to know more about the logic of large-scale events governing system failures, such as ... the collapse of the neoliberal global financial system in 2008."
Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9698-colin-powell-another-war-criminal-cashes-in
Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis, Code Pink: "One could be forgiven for thinking there's anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more than two decades now the Washington media has portrayed the former Secretary of State as something of a real life action hero.... What you might have missed is that Powell is a war criminal in his own right.... But don't just take some anti-war activists' word for it: Powell will proudly tell you as much, so long as he can make a buck from doing it in a book."
US Commission on Civil Rights to Investigate "Stand Your Ground" Laws for Racial Bias
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9704-us-commission-on-civil-rights-to-investigate-stand-your-ground-laws-for-racial-bias
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress: "The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced it will launch an inquiry into so-called 'Stand Your Ground' legislation for racial bias. The laws, which gained notoriety after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, eliminated the duty to retreat from a confrontation that has existed as part of the common law for hundreds of years. According to the Commission, there are 'some indicators of racial bias' in how the laws have been implemented."
Bias in Campaign Spending Makes Business Influence Look Smaller Than It Really Is
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9699-bias-in-campaign-spending-makes-business-influence-look-smaller-than-it-really-is
Lee Fang, Republic Report: "Reporting campaign finance can be difficult because much of the action is obscured. Journalists have to rely on fairly unreliable government disclosure websites, many of which only report certain types of spending on an almost arbitrary schedule.... A vast portion of election spending, including big business-related efforts to encourage executives, employees, and others to vote for a particular candidate, is simply left off disclosures altogether."
Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me - and My Tribe
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9700-same-sex-marriage-brings-healing-to-meand-my-tribe
Madeline Ostrander, YES! Magazine: "For four years, Heather Purser fought quietly but persistently for the right to get married. Then last summer, she captured the attention of state politicians and national media when she persuaded her small tribal community in western Washington to write gay marriage into its constitution. Months later, Purser was awestruck to find herself in Washington Governor Christine Gregoire's office on a rainy afternoon, minutes after the governor announced that she would push the state legislature to recognize gay marriage."
In Illinois, There is No Budget Crisis: There is a Regressive Taxation Crisis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9702-in-springfield-illinois-no-solutions
Curtis Black, Newstips: "Sad to say, nothing they're doing or talking about in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state's chronic budget crisis. Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not possible pension cuts or casino expansions. The legislature is barking up the wrong trees, and doing it over and over. That's because the state doesn't have a spending problem.... The problem is a regressive tax system that doesn't tax where the money is."
With Energy Efficiency, We All Win
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9701-with-energy-efficiency-we-all-win
Dan Becker, Rutland Herald: "Just as hybrid cars are using advanced engineering to cut gasoline bills, technology can cut the cost of heating, cooling and lighting America's buildings. A hybrid car's better mileage helps drivers pay for its gas-saving technology. Similarly, a money-saving financing device can pay for energy improvements in schools and offices, and slash their costs. Consider what Naugatuck, Conn., has accomplished."
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CIA Gets Nod to Step Up Pakistan Drone Strikes
Read the Article at Tribune Washington Bureau
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/06/08/151627/cia-gets-nod-to-step-up-pakistan.html
Plutocrats That Bankrolled the GOP Primary - and What They Want in Return
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/155807/7_plutocrats_that_bankrolled_the_gop_primary_--_and_what_they_want_in_return?akid=8916.20699.4rEl1-&rd=1&t=8
Why We're Losing: the Corporations Have Unionized
Read the Article at DailyKos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/10/1098843/-Why-we-re-losing-The-corporations-have-unionized
Unraveling a Tangled Tale of German Corruption in Greece
Read the Article at CorpWatch
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15740
Mexico, Agriculture, Wave: Words the Government Uses to Spy on You
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/09/mexico_agriculture_wave/?source=newsletter
Health Care Exchange in Many States Held Up by Pending Supreme Court Ruling
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/health-care-exchanges-in-many-states-held-up-by-pending-supreme-court-ruling/2012/06/09/gJQA4xyiQV_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines_Sun
Romney Moves Fast to Exploit Super PAC Loopholes
Read the Article at Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/06/10/in_a_world_of_super_pacs_mitt_romney_rules/?p1=News_links
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<font><strong>The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cance=
r of Torture Continue to Spread in Latin America, Including Mexico</strong>=
</font><br />
Mark Karlin, Truthout: "The US has done little to stop what appears to be '=
social cleansing' (limpieza social) carried out by the Mexican military, po=
lice and government-sanctioned death squads at times.... Given that the CIA=
and countless US intelligence agencies, not to mention the Drug Enforcemen=
t Agency, are entrenched in Mexico, it might be appropriate to reflect that=
our real government/corporate interest in the nation is as a marketplace a=
nd a non-populist pro-US government." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DxmyHAS=
W0ryPue%2FQs4lBzs1Ej0BTEK0CJ"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
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<font><strong>Spain to Accept Rescue From Europe for Its Ailing Banks</stro=
ng></font><br />
Nicholas Kulish, Paul Geitner and Raphael Minder, The New York Times News S=
ervice: "Responding to increasingly urgent calls from across Europe and the=
United States, Spain on Saturday agreed to accept a bailout for its cash-s=
tarved banks as European finance ministers offered an aid package of up to =
$125 billion. European leaders hope the promise of such a large package, ma=
de in an emergency conference call with Spain, will quell rising financial =
turmoil ahead of elections in Greece that they fear could further shake wor=
ld markets." <br />
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<font><strong>Greening the Knowledge Economy: A Critique of Neoliberalism</=
strong></font><br />
Michael A. Peters, Truthout: "What this age demands more than ever is an un=
derstanding not simply of systems in natural, social and geopolitical envir=
onments and their interrelations, but also the logic of large-scale system-=
events, their emergence and collapse, and their impacts for humanity. In th=
e economic and political realm, as social scientists, we need to know more =
about the logic of large-scale events governing system failures, such as ..=
. the collapse of the neoliberal global financial system in 2008." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DIwSb3b=
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t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In</strong></font><=
br />
Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis, Code Pink: "One could be forgiven for thi=
nking there's anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more tha=
n two decades now the Washington media has portrayed the former Secretary o=
f State as something of a real life action hero.... What you might have mis=
sed is that Powell is a war criminal in his own right.... But don't just ta=
ke some anti-war activists' word for it: Powell will proudly tell you as mu=
ch, so long as he can make a buck from doing it in a book." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D81WmQ6=
c2Gjvhp5PBY2J1w1Ej0BTEK0CJ"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
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<font><strong>US Commission on Civil Rights to Investigate "Stand Your Grou=
nd" Laws for Racial Bias</strong></font><br />
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress: "The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced i=
t will launch an inquiry into so-called 'Stand Your Ground' legislation for=
racial bias. The laws, which gained notoriety after the shooting of Trayvo=
n Martin, eliminated the duty to retreat from a confrontation that has exis=
ted as part of the common law for hundreds of years. According to the Commi=
ssion, there are 'some indicators of racial bias' in how the laws have been=
implemented." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6AQP1R=
zC1v1bhrWMc5qm2FEj0BTEK0CJ"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Bias in Campaign Spending Makes Business Influence Look Small=
er Than It Really Is</strong></font><br />
Lee Fang, Republic Report: "Reporting campaign finance can be difficult bec=
ause much of the action is obscured. Journalists have to rely on fairly unr=
eliable government disclosure websites, many of which only report certain t=
ypes of spending on an almost arbitrary schedule.... A vast portion of elec=
tion spending, including big business-related efforts to encourage executiv=
es, employees, and others to vote for a particular candidate, is simply lef=
t off disclosures altogether." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DHhv%2F=
ZJzce1atTZsT82XpOFEj0BTEK0CJ"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me - and My Tribe</strong=
></font><br />
Madeline Ostrander, YES! Magazine: "For four years, Heather Purser fought q=
uietly but persistently for the right to get married. Then last summer, she=
captured the attention of state politicians and national media when she pe=
rsuaded her small tribal community in western Washington to write gay marri=
age into its constitution. Months later, Purser was awestruck to find herse=
lf in Washington Governor Christine Gregoire's office on a rainy afternoon,=
minutes after the governor announced that she would push the state legisla=
ture to recognize gay marriage." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DuL0P8D=
A5QvDnqpaUht6fofPVWnZknnae"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>In Illinois, There is No Budget Crisis: There is a Regressive=
Taxation Crisis</strong></font><br />
Curtis Black, Newstips: "Sad to say, nothing they're doing or talking about=
in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state's chro=
nic budget crisis. Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not possible pension cuts o=
r casino expansions. The legislature is barking up the wrong trees, and doi=
ng it over and over. That's because the state doesn't have a spending probl=
em.... The problem is a regressive tax system that doesn't tax where the mo=
ney is." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DuOzaLF=
qOsHrDTZtymNSGr1Ej0BTEK0CJ"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
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<br />
<font><strong>With Energy Efficiency, We All Win</strong></font><br />
Dan Becker, Rutland Herald: "Just as hybrid cars are using advanced enginee=
ring to cut gasoline bills, technology can cut the cost of heating, cooling=
and lighting America's buildings. A hybrid car's better mileage helps driv=
ers pay for its gas-saving technology. Similarly, a money-saving financing =
device can pay for energy improvements in schools and offices, and slash th=
eir costs. Consider what Naugatuck, Conn., has accomplished." <br />
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<p><strong>Why We're Losing: the Corporations Have Unionized<br />
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<p><strong>Unraveling a Tangled Tale of German Corruption in Greece<br />
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<p><strong>Mexico, Agriculture, Wave: Words the Government Uses to Spy on Y=
ou<br />
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