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How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial
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Feast of Fools: How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial Oligarchy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11656-feast-of-fools-how-american-democracy-became-the-property-of-a-commercial-oligarchy
Lewis H. Lapham, TomDispatch: "Happily, at least for the moment, the society is rich enough to afford the staging of the fiction of democracy as a means of quieting the suspicions of a potentially riotous mob with the telling of a fairy tale.... The country is being asked to vote in November for television commercials because only in the fanciful time zone of a television commercial can the American democracy still be said to exist."
Three Ways to Make Your Vote Count in a Money-Soaked Election
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11658-three-ways-to-make-your-vote-count-in-a-money-soaked-election
Fran Korten, YES! Magazine: "Is boycotting the vote the right response? Here's how I see it: The big money doesn't buy votes. It mostly buys television ads to influence our votes or discourage us from voting at all. So why would I fall into the trap of doing what the big money wants? As I wrote to my friend, after the election, no one will notice your boycott. They will only notice who won."
A Direct Stake in Economic Life
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11652-a-direct-stake-in-economic-life
Gar Alperovitz, Truthout: "That individuals work harder, better and with greater enthusiasm when they have a direct interest in the outcome is self-evident to most people. The obvious question is: Why aren't large numbers of businesses organized on this principle? The answer is: In fact, thousands and thousands of them are. Indeed, more Americans now work in firms that are partly or wholly owned by the employees than are members of unions in the private sector!"
The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11630-the-taxing-terms-of-the-gop-plan-invite-class-carnage
David Theo Goldberg, Truthout: "Romney's perceived inauthenticity flows from this drive to fabricate, to make up and to make believe whenever ideas fail him, or he is confronted by a contradictory commitment while pandering to a different electorate from some previous campaign, or in another part of the country. As the indecisive Decider, he needs to look as though he is in complete command, so as not to lose face, even when the consequences of his (policy) choices are so self-evidently disastrous."
Tax-Exempt Boy Scouts Hide 'Morally Straight' Pedophiles in Plain Sight
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11651-tax-exempt-boy-scouts-hide-morally-straight-pedophiles-in-plain-sight
Dina Rasor, Truthout: While the Scouts have spent years hiding their pedophiles in the name of protecting their reputation, they were also launching a decades-long fight to keep gay scouts and leaders from being in their troops. This duplicity has all been supported with our tax dollars.
Revolution, Elections and Betrayal: Hard Lessons From Egypt
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11622-revolution-elections-and-betrayal-hard-lessons-from-egypt
Ryan Harvey, Truthout: "These are perspectives that we in the United States should take very seriously as election time approaches. Will we pull ourselves out of the streets to give 'political space' to those in power, the way many from the antiwar movement did after Obama's election? Or will we figure out ways to continue building, expanding and improving upon the massive social pressure unleashed in Zuccotti Park and Oscar Grant Plaza, and from the anti-eviction camps of Minneapolis and Atlanta?"
Immigrants Are Losing the Policy Fight, but That's Beside the Point
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11661-immigrants-are-losing-the-policy-fight-but-thats-beside-the-point
Rinku Sen, Colorlines: "From DREAMers creating prints, to journalists picking the right words, our storytelling skill is key to framing and reframing immigration issues. People who want real immigration reform can regain control of the debate by recasting the immigrant as agent rather than victim, and as human being rather than a robotic worker. We need to tell that person's story everywhere and as often as possible. That's our only chance - our best chance - at creating the public will required to make the vast policy changes immigrant communities need."
The Job Crisis, the 'Unemployable' and the Fiscal Cliff
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11660-the-job-crisis-the-unemployable-and-the-fiscal-cliff
Shamus Cooke, CounterCurrents: "With the November elections right around the corner, the millions of unemployed and under-employed have little reason to care. Aside from some sparse rhetoric, neither Democrats nor Republicans have offered a solution to job creation. Most politicians seem purposefully myopic about the jobs crisis, as if a healthy dose of denial might get them through the electoral season unscathed."
Did Quebec's Election End the Student Movement?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11659-did-quebecs-election-end-the-student-movement
Zachary Bell, AlterNet: "The election also highlights a quieter victory of this movement; it prepared a generation of Quebecers to lead themselves in political bodies that subscribed to a different type of democracy. Not only are the students capable of self-governance, they like it."
Private Equity and the 47 Percent
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11643-private-equity-and-the-47-percent
Dr Eileen Appelbaum, Truthout: "Now, Romney - at the home of the co-founder of a private equity firm that has the distinction of being the firm that took the most portfolio companies into bankruptcy in 2011 - had the gall to cast aspersions on, among others, workers whose retirement savings in private pension plans were wiped out, forcing them to depend on the government for their retirement income. These workers are simply collateral damage to owners who burden companies with unsustainable debt."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Romney Darkens Skin Color to Appear More Hispanic for Univision Interview?
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17520-romney-darkens-skin-color-to-appear-more-hispanic-for-univision-interview
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "The cheesy attempt to subliminally try to make Romney appear more Latino, instead of a pale Mormon, [is] blatantly evident."
I Know Why the Caged Bird Shrieks
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/blow-i-know-why-the-caged-bird-shrieks/
A Conservative History of the United States
Read the Article at The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/09/a-conservative-history-of-the-united-states.html
Hoist the Flag, Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammo: US Foreign Policy
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17518-hoist-the-flag-praise-the-lord-pass-the-ammo-us-foreign-policy
Ohio Secretary of State Reveals Plan to Further Restrict Voting
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/19/872231/ohio-secretary-of-state-hopes-for-strict-voter-id-law-he-once-opposed/?mobile=nc
Mitt Romney Video Sends Capitol Hill Republicans Running for the Hills
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/mitt-romney-video-republicans_n_1898402.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Richest 400 Americans' Net Worth Jumps 13 Percent to $1.7 Trillion
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-billionaires-forbes-idUSBRE88I0WA20120919
No Criminal Charges for UC Davis Cops in Pepper-Spraying; Prosecutor Cites 'Lack of Evidence'
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/pepper-spraying-campus-police-wont-face-charges-032232434.html
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<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>"The cheesy attempt to subliminally try to make Romney appear more Latino, instead of a pale Mormon, [is] blatantly evident."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HX1VObMUq2h8uZ0dyxhVp5HUyu5k3IeQ" 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>I Know Why the Caged Bird Shrieks</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CnGPcpqo73gfQ4bUZoPUczQRbDPBx4%2FA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A Conservative History of the United States</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UGNzLLRJEMmlY1PJWEw36DQRbDPBx4%2FA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New Yorker</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Hoist the Flag, Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammo: US Foreign Policy</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ynP9XlgSsrzoaqLz6In%2FvTQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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>Ohio Secretary of State Reveals Plan to Further Restrict Voting</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ChDB8ahWuxT8Oa8NqqbaEDQRbDPBx4%2FA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at ThinkProgress</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mitt Romney Video Sends Capitol Hill Republicans Running for the Hills</strong></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>Richest 400 Americans' Net Worth Jumps 13 Percent to $1.7 Trillion</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4LWsWUF8Jhzte3gEPTF8ujQRbDPBx4%2FA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>No Criminal Charges for UC Davis Cops in Pepper-Spraying; Prosecutor Cites 'Lack of Evidence'</strong></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>Lewis H. Lapham, TomDispatch:</strong> "Happily, at least for the moment, the society is rich enough to afford the staging of the fiction of democracy as a means of quieting the suspicions of a potentially riotous mob with the telling of a fairy tale.... The country is being asked to vote in November for television commercials because only in the fanciful time zone of a television commercial can the American democracy still be said to exist."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c%2FXnDgZ8vFfLNGDRoLIVQDQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rftr68L34SxK3ZoTJ2VUNjQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Three Ways to Make Your Vote Count in a Money-Soaked Election</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>Fran Korten, YES! Magazine:</strong> "Is boycotting the vote the right response? Here's how I see it: The big money doesn't buy votes. It mostly buys television ads to influence our votes or discourage us from voting at all. So why would I fall into the trap of doing what the big money wants? As I wrote to my friend, after the election, no one will notice your boycott. They will only notice who won."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VhxEtlTE9pWkUJleW2gBZjQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3DwmLBSQxTdQTzV%2F90IgzjQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Direct Stake in Economic Life</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>Gar Alperovitz, Truthout:</strong> "That individuals work harder, better and with greater enthusiasm when they have a direct interest in the outcome is self-evident to most people. The obvious question is: Why aren't large numbers of businesses organized on this principle? The answer is: In fact, thousands and thousands of them are. Indeed, more Americans now work in firms that are partly or wholly owned by the employees than are members of unions in the private sector!"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OoDiePuDB68pOvjLL5Ze9jQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rg3lQMRCZpN9QbHjyPb7vjQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage </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>David Theo Goldberg, Truthout:</strong> "Romney's perceived inauthenticity flows from this drive to fabricate, to make up and to make believe whenever ideas fail him, or he is confronted by a contradictory commitment while pandering to a different electorate from some previous campaign, or in another part of the country. As the indecisive Decider, he needs to look as though he is in complete command, so as not to lose face, even when the consequences of his (policy) choices are so self-evidently disastrous."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lhl2o6uTJs4MRRcl52ajtzQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AjPP7Xc39raEuG%2FrYof8iTQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tax-Exempt Boy Scouts Hide 'Morally Straight' Pedophiles in Plain Sight</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>Dina Rasor, Truthout:</strong> While the Scouts have spent years hiding their pedophiles in the name of protecting their reputation, they were also launching a decades-long fight to keep gay scouts and leaders from being in their troops. This duplicity has all been supported with our tax dollars.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=78v9n817yqvkhulO9cAMrDQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2Vc5mvrd3V%2FsL%2B9Wvl8UB5HUyu5k3IeQ"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Revolution, Elections and Betrayal: Hard Lessons From Egypt</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>Ryan Harvey, Truthout:</strong> "These are perspectives that we in the United States should take very seriously as election time approaches. Will we pull ourselves out of the streets to give 'political space' to those in power, the way many from the antiwar movement did after Obama's election? Or will we figure out ways to continue building, expanding and improving upon the massive social pressure unleashed in Zuccotti Park and Oscar Grant Plaza, and from the anti-eviction camps of Minneapolis and Atlanta?"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P9bSruX7hQt41HEVu8YK0zQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PiBhw%2FonSi%2FTHZZJisnsbDQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Immigrants Are Losing the Policy Fight, but That's Beside the Point</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>Rinku Sen, Colorlines:</strong> "From DREAMers creating prints, to journalists picking the right words, our storytelling skill is key to framing and reframing immigration issues. People who want real immigration reform can regain control of the debate by recasting the immigrant as agent rather than victim, and as human being rather than a robotic worker. We need to tell that person's story everywhere and as often as possible. That's our only chance - our best chance - at creating the public will required to make the vast policy changes immigrant communities need."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fsu11EHhONDAk97ryQ9phjQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8OBEWauHO1sDE9ZlJptoTTQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Job Crisis, the 'Unemployable' and the Fiscal Cliff</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>Shamus Cooke, CounterCurrents:</strong> "With the November elections right around the corner, the millions of unemployed and under-employed have little reason to care. Aside from some sparse rhetoric, neither Democrats nor Republicans have offered a solution to job creation. Most politicians seem purposefully myopic about the jobs crisis, as if a healthy dose of denial might get them through the electoral season unscathed."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bgvflZpgT3jHqUz2G9BEbDQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XYRc2qsBtI6eaXWOTwGNIDQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Did Quebec's Election End the Student Movement?</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>Zachary Bell, AlterNet:</strong> "The election also highlights a quieter victory of this movement; it prepared a generation of Quebecers to lead themselves in political bodies that subscribed to a different type of democracy. Not only are the students capable of self-governance, they like it."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nmCn2rr5%2B66Sma1wxgH7sjQRbDPBx4%2FA" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BAgIYLn7WO8ntYxd%2B7hrSDQRbDPBx4%2FA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Private Equity and the 47 Percent</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>Dr Eileen Appelbaum, Truthout:</strong> "Now, Romney - at the home of the co-founder of a private equity firm that has the distinction of being the firm that took the most portfolio companies into bankruptcy in 2011 - had the gall to cast aspersions on, among others, workers whose retirement savings in private pension plans were wiped out, forcing them to depend on the government for their retirement income. These workers are simply collateral damage to owners who burden companies with unsustainable debt."</p>
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