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t r u t h o u t | 10.24
Inside the Monsanto Information War
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12284-inside-the-controversy-over-a-french-gmo-study-and-the-monsanto-information-war
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: In the United States and abroad, independent and industry scientists battle it out on a playing field where testing protocols are still in flux, despite a history of efforts to push for standardization.
Federal Prosecutors Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Program
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12308-federal-prosecutors-sue-bank-of-america-over-mortgage-program
Ben Protess, The New York Times News Service: Federal prosecutors in New York sued Bank of America for carrying out a mortgage scheme that defrauded the government during the depths of the financial crisis. The Justice Department is looking to collect $1 billion from the bank in a civil complaint.
Right-Wing "Nonprofit" Religious Groups and Koch Brothers Team Up to Target Voters
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12305-switch-the-light-switch-off-and-on-focus-on-the-family-is-working-with-the-koch-brothers
Zach Roberts, Truthout: In audio obtained from a Family Council fundraiser in Anchorage, Alaska, Truthout has learned that a number of right-wing religious groups, including Focus on the Family, have been working with the Koch brothers to target voters across the country using their multimillion-dollar voter database known as Themis.
How Companies Have Assembled Political Profiles for Millions of Internet Users
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12289-how-companies-have-assembled-political-profiles-for-millions-of-internet-users
Lois Beckett, ProPublica: If you're a registered voter and surf the Web, there is a tiny piece of data on your computer flagging your political preferences. That piece of data, called a cookie, marks you as a Democrat or Republican, and across the country, companies are using cookies to tailor the political ads you see online.
Military Commission at Guantanamo Bay: The Uncertain Fate of Legal Process in the Most Important Trial of Our Lives
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12282-military-commission-at-guantanamo-bay-the-uncertain-fate-of-legal-process-in-the-most-important-trial-of-our-lives
Jenny Carroll, Truthout: In the case of the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, process matters. If the defendants do not enjoy constitutional protections, if they are not free to control the acquisition and presentation of witnesses, one cannot help but wonder what was left unsaid or unseen.
A Pre-Nup to Discourage Private Equity Companies From Asset Stripping
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12279-a-pre-nup-to-discourage-private-equity-companies-from-asset-stripping
Dr. Eileen Appelbaum, Truthout: Why should workers, communities and creditors pay the price when the equivalent of a good marriage lawyer could ensure they're protected against such exploitative practices?
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Plutocrats Want to Own Your Vote
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12290-plutocrats-want-to-own-your-vote
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: When the Supreme Court made its infamous Citizens United decision, liberating plutocrats to buy our elections fair and square, the justices may have effectively overturned rules that kept bosses from ordering employees to do political work on company time.
SLAPPed, Arrested, Charged With Eco-Terrorism: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12306-slapped-arrested-charged-and-recharged-transcanada-blockaders-persevere
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Tar Sands Blockade activists maintain their vigil in the trees despite the best efforts of hired security and legal wrangling to dislodge them.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The European Union to Approve a Financial Transaction Tax on Banksters in 10 Countries, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12311-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-european-union-to-approve-a-financial-transaction-tax-on-banksters-in-10-countries-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The European Union is set to approve plans for a .1 percent financial transaction tax on banksters in ten different Eurozone nations; the only person going to jail for the Bush administration's war crimes is the guy who blew the whistle on all of it; more than 2,300 voters in Ohio received a mailer from the Ottawa County Board of Elections giving them incorrect details about Election Day; and more.
In California, Yet Another Plot Against Labor
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12295-in-california-still-another-plot-against-labor
Carl Bloice, The Black Commentator: Attempts to restrict labor unions' ability to engage in political campaigns have been on the ballot in California more than once and each time they have gone down in defeat. This time, the effort is masquerading as an attempt at electoral reform.
Romney's Shape-Shifting Foreign Policy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12293-romneys-shape-shifting-foreign-policy
Melvin A. Goodman, Consortium News: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has charted a novel course through Campaign 2012, shape-shifting his positions endlessly on domestic and now foreign policies. In Monday night's global affairs debate, Romney exchanged his neocon garb for a new cloak of moderation.
Police on Playback: Copwatch in New York City
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12299-police-on-playback-copwatch-in-new-york-city
The New York Video League, Waging Nonviolence: Stories of police brutality are often told in a way that casts victims as helpless bystanders of cops run amok. One such tactic in dealing with this is Copwatch, in which individuals or teams film police officers in action. But what are the risks, limitations and impact of filming the police?
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
God Doesn't Rape Women: Men Do
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17596-god-doesn-t-rape-women-men-do
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Misogyny has come fully out of the closet this election season. An Indiana Republican Senate candidate stated that the impregnation of a woman by a rapist "is something that God intended to happen."
Teach for America Is Training the Next Generation of Politicians With Specific Ideas on School Reform
Read the Article at The American Prospect
http://prospect.org/article/teach-america%E2%80%99s-deep-bench
As Nation Fixates on Stamping Out Nonexistent Voter Fraud, the Perils of Electronic Voting Go Unchallenged
Read the Article at the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/think-the-florida-recount-was-bad-just-wait-until-november-6/263901/
Ex-CIA Officer Jailed: May Have Been Punishment for Torture Revelations
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/ex_cia_officer_jailed_for_two_years_for_leaking_torture_chiefs_name/?source=newsletter
Arizona's Maricopa County Tells Spanish-Speaking Voters to Vote Two Days Late
Read the Article at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/24/arizonas-maricopa-county-tells-spanish-speaking-voters-to-vote-two-days-late/
Judge Halts GE Crops on Southeastern Wildlife Refuges
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17593-judge-halts-ge-crops-on-southeastern-wildlife-refuges
Three Killed, Kids Hurt as Fury Grows Over US Drone Strikes in Pakistan
Read the Article at CNN
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/24/3-killed-kids-hurt-as-fury-grows-over-u-s-drone-strikes-in-pakistan/
Three Dates on Which You Can Make a Stand for the Future
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17594-300-million-being-led-off-a-cliff-7-billion-in-dire-peril-1-billion-rising-three-dates-on-which-you-can-make-a-stand-for-the-future
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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>God Doesn't Rape Women: Men Do </strong></p>
<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>Misogyny has come fully out of the closet this election season. An Indiana Republican Senate candidate stated that the impregnation of a woman by a rapist "is something that God intended to happen."</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=HqBuj4KNGk1BahG5KVS1vLd7rQSV%2FKba" 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>Teach for America Is Training the Next Generation of Politicians With Specific Ideas on School Reform</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=2uMnFHQAjQhTyDSRlqHbWrd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The American Prospect</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>As Nation Fixates on Stamping Out Nonexistent Voter Fraud, the Perils of Electronic Voting Go Unchallenged</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=09H9dPVjt0B2Ecnq3t8N8Ld7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Atlantic</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ex-CIA Officer Jailed: May Have Been Punishment for Torture Revelations</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=ALG8cbn6LQF4LsZHkBbOCLd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Arizona's Maricopa County Tells Spanish-Speaking Voters to Vote Two Days Late</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=Ieoivdswl%2Bvvo68ZKDHp4Ld7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Raw Story</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Judge Halts GE Crops on Southeastern Wildlife Refuges</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=IHCb%2BgdZ3rbUL2LSeqLXebd7rQSV%2FKba" 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>Three Killed, Kids Hurt as Fury Grows Over US Drone Strikes in Pakistan</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=ja0Uarc8MjrrmTWCARxb2Ld7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at CNN</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Three Dates on Which You Can Make a Stand for the Future</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=QO7EdtDgU%2Bk2uiVvLt49Z7d7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
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<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=wDv0%2BEBymGOGlw28yGb56rd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Inside the Monsanto Information War</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> In the United States and abroad, independent and industry scientists battle it out on a playing field where testing protocols are still in flux, despite a history of efforts to push for standardization.</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=ksEMcR5cV16f66u7cDPi7rd7rQSV%2FKba" 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=JOneVjF7VPEf59StcluAUbd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Federal Prosecutors Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Program</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>Ben Protess, The New York Times News Service:</strong> Federal prosecutors in New York sued Bank of America for carrying out a mortgage scheme that defrauded the government during the depths of the financial crisis. The Justice Department is looking to collect $1 billion from the bank in a civil complaint.</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=6OePK2HtzsZ1ZFMz4GwYkbd7rQSV%2FKba" 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=6xyVCeKNtsKEkUmjKwjhk7d7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Right-Wing "Nonprofit" Religious Groups and Koch Brothers Team Up to Target Voters</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>Zach Roberts, Truthout:</strong> In audio obtained from a Family Council fundraiser in Anchorage, Alaska, Truthout has learned that a number of right-wing religious groups, including Focus on the Family, have been working with the Koch brothers to target voters across the country using their multimillion-dollar voter database known as Themis.</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=Bj51mR7%2FO7CiBBKF0FGae7d7rQSV%2FKba" 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=nrwXhlf2yM4xSi7QGc8bKMprNK33uvtV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Companies Have Assembled Political Profiles for Millions of Internet Users</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>Lois Beckett, ProPublica:</strong> If you're a registered voter and surf the Web, there is a tiny piece of data on your computer flagging your political preferences. That piece of data, called a cookie, marks you as a Democrat or Republican, and across the country, companies are using cookies to tailor the political ads you see online.</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=dpPo0jcDzpZ4cLB%2B3Ivn7bd7rQSV%2FKba" 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=LGDQLp73sIzJnNdTYujNErd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Military Commission at Guantanamo Bay: The Uncertain Fate of Legal Process in the Most Important Trial of Our Lives</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>Jenny Carroll, Truthout:</strong> In the case of the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, process matters. If the defendants do not enjoy constitutional protections, if they are not free to control the acquisition and presentation of witnesses, one cannot help but wonder what was left unsaid or unseen.</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=yTE4hzL4KGHMSLnKWZYKcrd7rQSV%2FKba" 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=l6a%2BadnDRc7cPPoaHTmFOFjdQ0LVvzkW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Pre-Nup to Discourage Private Equity Companies From Asset Stripping</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> Why should workers, communities and creditors pay the price when the equivalent of a good marriage lawyer could ensure they're protected against such exploitative practices?</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=sKH3NWlur7Kbdz5C23IQ5rd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> When the Supreme Court made its infamous Citizens United decision, liberating plutocrats to buy our elections fair and square, the justices may have effectively overturned rules that kept bosses from ordering employees to do political work on company time.</p>
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<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=TTMDUzySOjzkuzl9UFI9S7d7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>SLAPPed, Arrested, Charged With Eco-Terrorism: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> Tar Sands Blockade activists maintain their vigil in the trees despite the best efforts of hired security and legal wrangling to dislodge them.</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=LAxudgGieuxVyArhQhk6ELd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Livestream</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=q6Z4he%2F0xhJGNGU0M%2BmyWbd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: The European Union to Approve a Financial Transaction Tax on Banksters in 10 Countries, and More</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> The European Union is set to approve plans for a .1 percent financial transaction tax on banksters in ten different Eurozone nations; the only person going to jail for the Bush administration's war crimes is the guy who blew the whistle on all of it; more than 2,300 voters in Ohio received a mailer from the Ottawa County Board of Elections giving them incorrect details about Election Day; and more.</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=p0UVlYgfn4d%2F2ubNRR%2Fv%2Bbd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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=gzq7bHPULKkOQQEPr8NLV7d7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In California, Yet Another Plot Against Labor</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>Carl Bloice, The Black Commentator:</strong> Attempts to restrict labor unions' ability to engage in political campaigns have been on the ballot in California more than once and each time they have gone down in defeat. This time, the effort is masquerading as an attempt at electoral reform.</p>
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<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=cfRaI7L54PZu7DxT9ee7YLd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Romney's Shape-Shifting Foreign Policy</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>Melvin A. Goodman, Consortium News:</strong> Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has charted a novel course through Campaign 2012, shape-shifting his positions endlessly on domestic and now foreign policies. In Monday night’s global affairs debate, Romney exchanged his neocon garb for a new cloak of moderation.</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=gxLGbfQ3QGrEP5p67AfTO7d7rQSV%2FKba" 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=nxwwhSLvM85a%2Ba4qegy9Ubd7rQSV%2FKba" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Police on Playback: Copwatch in New York City</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>The New York Video League, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Stories of police brutality are often told in a way that casts victims as helpless bystanders of cops run amok. One such tactic in dealing with this is Copwatch, in which individuals or teams film police officers in action. But what are the risks, limitations and impact of filming the police?</p>
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