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A Whittled-Down Violence Against Women Act Could Mean Life or Death
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A Whittled-Down Violence Against Women Act Could Mean Life or Death for Immigrant Women
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9926-passing-a-whittled-down-violence-against-women-act-could-mean-life-or-death-for-immigrant-women?newsletter
Alissa Bohling, Truthout: "Silvia's family thought they were protecting her when they sent her away to the United States at the end of her sixth-grade year. She had just given birth to a daughter. The father was a friend of Silvia's family, an older man who began sexually abusing Silvia when she was 13. Silvia left Guatemala to join her father and sister, who were already living in the north. Her daughter would be raised by her abuser's mother.... Enter the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), an 18-year-old law supporters say could mean the difference between life and death for women like Silvia."
Pocketbook Issues Weigh Heavily as Mexicans Vote
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10088-pocketbook-issues-weigh-heavily-as-mexicans-vote?newsletter
Damian Cave, The New York Times News Service: "The results in Mexico's election on Sunday, in which voters are widely expected to give the PRI another shot at the presidency, could represent a significant rehabilitation of a party dismissed as so corrupt and authoritarian that it amounted to a dictatorship in democratic clothing. It was a party regularly accused of rigging elections, striking secret deals with criminals and collecting bribes so proficiently that piles of pesos were said to fill the pockets and the briefcases of its standard-bearers."
Government by the Banks, for the Banks: The ESM Coup D'Etat in Europe
http://truth-out.org/op-ed/item/10093-government-by-the-banks-for-the-banks-the-esm-coup-detat-in-europe?newsletter
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "It is one thing to pool national resources to bail out other sovereign governments, quite another to write a blank check to bail out the profligate private banks that precipitated the global downturn. Europe has a strong tradition of publicly-owned banks. If the people must bear the costs, the people should own the banks and reap the benefits."
New Israeli Deputy PM Undercuts Strategy of Pressure on Obama
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10094-new-israeli-deputy-pm-undercuts-strategy-of-pressure-on-obama?newsletter
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "By staking out a policy line on Iran reflecting the views of the Israeli national security leadership, Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz has undercut the Benjamin Netanyahu government's carefully planned strategy to get U.S. President Barack Obama to threaten war against Iran if it doesn't give up its nuclear program. It could be the beginning of a process by which Netanyahu begins to climb down from a militarily aggressive policy that has provoked unprecedented dissent from high-ranking active and retired military and intelligence officials."
Court Allows Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Deceive Women
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10090-court-allows-crisis-pregnancy-centers-to-deceive-women?newsletter
Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress: "Crisis Pregnancy Centers often masquerade as abortion consultation facilities - they lure in women who are pregnant and terrified, and then often try to convince them not to get the procedure. Saturday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that is a totally acceptable practice.... The overwhelming majority of judges on the Fourth Circuit are Democratic appointees, but the panel that decided this case included two Republicans."
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Biko Baker, AlterNet: "It's been 20 years, but the summer of 1992 is indelibly etched in my brain. While Los Angeles' fiery rebellion happened 2,000 miles away from my stomping grounds on Milwaukee's far northwest side, the rage that pushed South Central Los Angeles residents to tear up their communities was very familiar to me. As a 14-year-old boy growing into his manhood in one of America's most segregated cities, I understood very well that people of color faced unprecedented discrimination."
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Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian Unlimited: "The Obama Administration has so far ignored these pleas from Congress, and the international media has given them scant attention. Ironically, this is not so much because Honduras is unimportant but because it is important: The U.S. has a military base there and would like to keep the country as its property. But the hemisphere and the world have changed. The U.S. has lost most of its influence in the vast majority of the Americas over the past decade. It is only a matter of time before even poor countries like Honduras and Paraguay gain their rights to democracy and self-determination."
Fighting For the Soul of the Carpenter's Union
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10091-fighting-for-the-soul-of-the-carpenters-union?newsletter
Shamus Cooke, Counter Currents: "All working people should pay attention to the egregious assault on union democracy happening in the Carpenters Union's Pacific North West Regional Council, which covers all the Carpenter's Locals in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, and Montana."
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<font><strong>A Whittled-Down Violence Against Women Act Could Mean Life or=
Death for Immigrant Women</strong></font><br />
Alissa Bohling, Truthout: "Silvia's family thought they were protecting her=
when they sent her away to the United States at the end of her sixth-grade=
year. She had just given birth to a daughter. The father was a friend of S=
ilvia's family, an older man who began sexually abusing Silvia when she was=
13. Silvia left Guatemala to join her father and sister, who were already =
living in the north. Her daughter would be raised by her abuser's mother...=
. Enter the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), an 18-year-old law supporter=
s say could mean the difference between life and death for women like Silvi=
a." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DcoBgK3=
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Damian Cave, The New York Times News Service: "The results in Mexico's elec=
tion on Sunday, in which voters are widely expected to give the PRI another=
shot at the presidency, could represent a significant rehabilitation of a =
party dismissed as so corrupt and authoritarian that it amounted to a dicta=
torship in democratic clothing. It was a party regularly accused of rigging=
elections, striking secret deals with criminals and collecting bribes so p=
roficiently that piles of pesos were said to fill the pockets and the brief=
cases of its standard-bearers." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D7dQgdz=
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out other sovereign governments, quite another to write a blank check to ba=
il out the profligate private banks that precipitated the global downturn. =
Europe has a strong tradition of publicly-owned banks. If the people must b=
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Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "By staking out a policy line on Iran r=
eflecting the views of the Israeli national security leadership, Deputy Pri=
me Minister Shaul Mofaz has undercut the Benjamin Netanyahu government's ca=
refully planned strategy to get U.S. President Barack Obama to threaten war=
against Iran if it doesn't give up its nuclear program. It could be the be=
ginning of a process by which Netanyahu begins to climb down from a militar=
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king active and retired military and intelligence officials." <br />
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Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress: "Crisis Pregnancy Centers often masquer=
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nt and terrified, and then often try to convince them not to get the proced=
ure. Saturday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that =
is a totally acceptable practice.... The overwhelming majority of judges on=
the Fourth Circuit are Democratic appointees, but the panel that decided t=
his case included two Republicans." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DBUv3%2=
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Biko Baker, AlterNet: "It's been 20 years, but the summer of 1992 is indeli=
bly etched in my brain. While Los Angeles' fiery rebellion happened 2,000 m=
iles away from my stomping grounds on Milwaukee's far northwest side, the r=
age that pushed South Central Los Angeles residents to tear up their commun=
ities was very familiar to me. As a 14-year-old boy growing into his manhoo=
d in one of America's most segregated cities, I understood very well that p=
eople of color faced unprecedented discrimination." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dtnh08a=
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Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian Unlimited: "The Obama Administration has so far=
ignored these pleas from Congress, and the international media has given t=
hem scant attention. Ironically, this is not so much because Honduras is un=
important but because it is important: The U.S. has a military base there a=
nd would like to keep the country as its property. But the hemisphere and t=
he world have changed. The U.S. has lost most of its influence in the vast =
majority of the Americas over the past decade. It is only a matter of time =
before even poor countries like Honduras and Paraguay gain their rights to =
democracy and self-determination." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DUQN0Wf=
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