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BP to Shareholders: We're Already Working With EPA to Lift Federal
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t r u t h o u t | 11.29
BP to Shareholders: We're Already Working With EPA to Lift Federal Contract Ban
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13035-bp-to-shareholders-were-already-working-with-epa-to-lift-federal-contract-ban
Jason Leopold, Truthout: Despite a long history of "egregious violations," the behemoth oil company's temporary suspension from obtaining lucrative government contracts may turn out to be much shorter than expected.
The Privatization of US Foreign Policy: An Interview With the Author of The Foreign Policy Auction
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13031-the-privatization-of-us-foreign-policy-an-interview-with-the-author-of-the-foreign-policy-auction
Dina Rasor, Truthout: The foreign influence industry is a perfectly legal way for foreign money to get into US politics - and for violent regimes to get weapons and image makeovers.
Jonathan Kozol: Fire in the Ashes and the Children of the South Bronx
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12865-jonathan-kozol-fire-in-the-ashes-and-children-of-the-bronx
Michael Busch, Truthout: Jonathan Kozol celebrates and, in some cases, mourns, the life changes his now-adult subjects have undergone since last he wrote about their education in the South Bronx's impoverished elementary schools. Truthout interviews Kozol on his latest book, Fire in the Ashes.
The Humiliation of Bradley Manning
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13034-the-humiliation-of-bradley-manning
Ray McGovern, Consortium News: The pre-trial hearing on Pvt. Bradley Manning's court martial for leaking classified documents revealed evidence that even Manning's Marine jailers were worried about the controversy over his degrading treatment in their custody.
Obama's FCC Set to Give Rupert Murdoch a Media Monopoly
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13051-obamas-fcc-set-to-give-rupert-murdoch-a-media-monopoly
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks: We should be scared that the FCC will approve rule changes that will allow Rupert Murdoch's empire to expand.
How Long Until Birth Control Pills Are Sold Over the Counter?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13028-how-long-until-birth-control-pills-are-sold-over-the-counter
Jessica Pieklo, Care2: This fight over the availability of birth control may not be what the Obama administration was looking for, but they may end up having it.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Movement in the US Senate Aims to Abolish Indefinite Detention, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13052-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-senate-aims
In today's On the News segment: As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans likely will hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage; a movement is underway in the US Senate to get rid of the NDAA's highly controversial indefinite detention provision; a new report by the Government Accountability Office confirms that enough prison space has been cleared in the US to securely hold the 166 prisoners currently detained in Guantanamo Bay; and more.
Sucking Up to the Military Brass
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13045-sucking-up-to-the-military-brass-generals-who-run-amuck-politicians-who-could-care-less-an-embedded-media-and-us
William J. Astore, TomDispatch: What is the relationship between generals who run amuck, politicians who could care less, an "embedded" media - and us?
What "Grand Bargainers" Simpson and Bowles Really Stand For
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13046-what-grand-bargainers-simpson-and-bowles-really-stand-for
Bernie Sanders, Campaign for America's Future: If enacted, the plan put forward by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will cause major economic pain to virtually every American.
Dumping on Low-Wage Workers Is Lousy Direct Action
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13029-dumping-on-low-wage-workers-is-lousy-direct-action
Sarah Jaffe, Waging Nonviolence: How do you attack consumerism without attacking consumers - or workers?
Community, the Environment and the "Nonsexist City"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12895-community-the-environment-and-the-nonsexist-city
Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press: In this chapter, Gar Alperovitz charts the varied interconnections between community economic and environmental stability, gender-friendly community design and land-ownership institutions.
Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State
http://truth-out.org/video/item/13048-julian-assange-on-wikileaks-bradley-manning-cypherpunks-surveillance-state
Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Julian Assange speaks with Democracy Now! about his vow to preserve WikiLeaks despite attacks against it.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Colin Powell's Fabricated UN Iraq War Speech Was Fine With "Bomb, Bomb" McCain and Graham
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17663-colin-powell-s-fabricated-un-iraq-war-speech-was-fine-with-bomb-bomb-mccain-and-graham
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Colin Powell regrets his largely fabricated 2003 Iraq war speech to the UN. At the time, however, John McCain and Lindsay Graham were 100 percent behind the weapons of mass destruction falsehoods.
UN Grants Palestine Observer State Status
Read the Article at The BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20550864
Walmart, Sears and a Mass Grave in Bangladesh
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17662-walmart-sears-and-a-mass-grave-in-bangladesh
Occupy's "Rolling Jubilee" Is a Spark - Not the Solution
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/171478/rolling-jubilee-spark-not-solution#
GOP Divisions Surface Early in 2014 Senate Contest
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/11/29/gop-divide-surfaces-early-senate-contest/QhnSJhDyG80hQVNDMfWHJL/story.html
Top US Health Care Giant: GMOs Are Devastating Health
Read the Article at Natural Society
http://naturalsociety.com/top-us-healthcare-giant-gmos-are-devastating-health/
When Anti-Gay Hate Comes Home to Roost
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17661-when-anti-gay-hate-comes-home-to-roost
In Rare Strike, NYC Fast-Food Workers Walk Out
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/in_rare_strike_nyc_fast_food_workers_walk_out/
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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>Colin Powell's Fabricated UN Iraq War Speech Was Fine With "Bomb, Bomb" McCain and Graham
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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>Colin Powell regrets his largely fabricated 2003 Iraq war speech to the UN. At the time, however, John McCain and Lindsay Graham were 100 percent behind the weapons of mass destruction falsehoods.</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=qhXusrJS%2FDQ%2FGvJo1QQRQ%2FjLx5OhungT" 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>Walmart, Sears and a Mass Grave in Bangladesh</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=HoK%2FFATS25eNenNJ%2BOq7AvjLx5OhungT" 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>Occupy's "Rolling Jubilee" Is a Spark - Not the Solution</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=SuHwlYvkvjCu8QF8L7OJ8%2FjLx5OhungT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>GOP Divisions Surface Early in 2014 Senate Contest</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=YycOS8L%2B7vuBoWkeoW%2FTv%2FjLx5OhungT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Associated Press</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Top US Health Care Giant: GMOs Are Devastating Health</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=VqF8G17Y0D3%2F8PMpg%2BjFc%2FjLx5OhungT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Natural Society</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When Anti-Gay Hate Comes Home to Roost</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=jhkRnwh%2B8HttUeZimoecP%2FjLx5OhungT" 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>In Rare Strike, NYC Fast-Food Workers Walk Out</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=GWmK%2B8BWBzyaB6TD8HhkAPjLx5OhungT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</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>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> Despite a long history of "egregious violations," the behemoth oil company's temporary suspension from obtaining lucrative government contracts may turn out to be much shorter than expected.</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=v%2FYOg3AJi7rdbhig1eq4BPjLx5OhungT" 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=hwRrCoMa9itGaj8XAvmttfjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Privatization of US Foreign Policy: An Interview With the Author of <em>The Foreign Policy Auction</em></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> The foreign influence industry is a perfectly legal way for foreign money to get into US politics - and for violent regimes to get weapons and image makeovers.</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=lQlzGMs6tOibbKGixbS83PjLx5OhungT" 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=GCpnWiHdxC0k4Unm59Ds3%2FjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Jonathan Kozol: <em>Fire in the Ashes</em> and the Children of the South Bronx</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>Michael Busch, Truthout:</strong> Jonathan Kozol celebrates and, in some cases, mourns, the life changes his now-adult subjects have undergone since last he wrote about their education in the South Bronx's impoverished elementary schools. Truthout interviews Kozol on his latest book, <em>Fire in the Ashes</em>.</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=RFczSYrXYFMZ5kS7Bhr0RfjLx5OhungT" 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=6ZTgNle%2BD9gsOcZticvsnPjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Humiliation of Bradley Manning</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>Ray McGovern, Consortium News:</strong> The pre-trial hearing on Pvt. Bradley Manning’s court martial for leaking classified documents revealed evidence that even Manning’s Marine jailers were worried about the controversy over his degrading treatment in their custody.</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=RfnjINi45DFUPioe7voil%2FjLx5OhungT" 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=E7YDq0Yqh1GwP3x7yj4K9vjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama's FCC Set to Give Rupert Murdoch a Media Monopoly</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>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks:</strong> We should be scared that the FCC will approve rule changes that will allow Rupert Murdoch's empire to expand.</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=VqF8G17Y0D0bVpwLHlwWq%2FjLx5OhungT" 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=ljUrpgeNOgSRKMPey6fyt%2FjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Long Until Birth Control Pills Are Sold Over the Counter?</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>Jessica Pieklo, Care2:</strong> This fight over the availability of birth control may not be what the Obama administration was looking for, but they may end up having 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=2uS1qm7onvJAXgD9ihnrB%2FjLx5OhungT" 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=ghNQs%2BCFjf5G85cGh4lZffjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Movement in the US Senate Aims to Abolish Indefinite Detention, 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> As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans likely will hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage; a movement is underway in the US Senate to get rid of the NDAA's highly controversial indefinite detention provision; a new report by the Government Accountability Office confirms that enough prison space has been cleared in the US to securely hold the 166 prisoners currently detained in Guantanamo Bay; 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=aZlCxnkP02v9X7xD9LFH6%2FjLx5OhungT" 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=2PUYOO8SHWKZGc0v0dHcTaDfGuPT4NPi"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sucking Up to the Military Brass</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>William J. Astore, TomDispatch:</strong> What is the relationship between generals who run amuck, politicians who could care less, an "embedded" media - and us?</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=CPq6KRluQuFR5kYbAJMzofjLx5OhungT" 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=yFGv1gTulhUpERq7ZFVKiPjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What "Grand Bargainers" Simpson and Bowles Really Stand For</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>Bernie Sanders, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> If enacted, the plan put forward by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will cause major economic pain to virtually every American.</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=FqSeEs44dinNe8lVEx66xPjLx5OhungT" 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>Sarah Jaffe, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> How do you attack consumerism without attacking consumers - or workers?</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=EIatcX50Sh0sY4oxeCdgUPjLx5OhungT" 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=oOJR8sy3R%2BQTtT5BTcugzfjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Community, the Environment and the "Nonsexist 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>Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press:</strong> In this chapter, Gar Alperovitz charts the varied interconnections between community economic and environmental stability, gender-friendly community design and land-ownership institutions.</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=gy69Iod4eUK9EhuwqAgCt%2FjLx5OhungT" 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=I74MlKTs9LLv5xLZY6i8CPjLx5OhungT"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State</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>Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!:</strong> Julian Assange speaks with Democracy Now! about his vow to preserve WikiLeaks despite attacks against it.</p>
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