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t r u t h o u t | Wednesday, 5 December 2012
William Rivers Pitt | Until They All Come Home
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13149-until-they-all-come-home
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: This is a story about the people who have most recently endured what it means to serve in America's military, and what they are dealing with right now as a consequence of that service.
Howard Zinn Never Stopped Demanding the Impossible
(Read the Book Excerpt)
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13151-howard-zinn-never-stopped-demanding-the-impossible
Anthony Arnove, Haymarket Books: As we look at Howard's lifetime of work, and his remarkable example, he has something to teach us that is very important: As urgent as the present moment is, we need to build and strategize for the long term and have the patience to weather the attacks and challenges that are coming.
Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13130-entitlements-are-fundamental-human-rights-not-political-poker-chips-to-be-bargained-away
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: The basic necessities of life are not for government to give or withhold based on its current budget situation. They are things we are entitled to have, no matter how inconvenient it may be for our neighbors to pay for them.
Climate Silence, Nuclear Silence and Solar Silence: An Unholy Trinity
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12966-climate-silence-nuclear-silence-and-solar-silence-an-unholy-trinity
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: For more than a century, industrial countries passed up opportunities to build a durable energy economy based on efficiency and renewables. The energy road taken has led us to Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Katrina, Deepwater Horizon, Fukushima, Sandy, oil wars and climate change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Los Angeles Port Workers Declare Victory After an Eight-Day Strike, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13165-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-los-angeles-port-workers-declare-victory-after-an-eight-day-strike-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Los Angeles Port Workers are declaring victory after their eight-day long strike ended last night; a group of Republican Senators blocked ratification of a UN treaty to help disabled people around the planet; a new Global Terrorism Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace reveals a dramatic increase in the number of terrorist attacks around the world since 9/11; and more.
Escalating Delinquency Rates Make Student Loans Look Like the New Subprime
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13156-escalating-delinquency-rates-make-student-loans-look-like-the-new-subprime
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Like buying a house, getting a higher education was part of the American dream, a way to invest and to build a secure future. Reckless lending and the costly efforts to socialize the losses are turning both into American nightmares.
Collective Workplaces Spell Job Security, Fair Treatment and Real-Life Democracy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13140-collective-workplaces-spell-job-security-fair-treatment-and-real-life-democracy
Graciela Razo, Truthout: Richard Wolff argues that workers in control of their own workplaces are much less likely to ship their own jobs overseas, underpay employees or pollute their own communities.
How One GOP Plutocrat Helped Make 20,000 Kids Homeless
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13157-how-one-gop-plutocrat-helped-make-20000-kids-homeless
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet: Here is a guide to how the Bloomberg administration managed to increase family homelessness while using up a lot of public money.
The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13164-the-battle-for-democracy-is-year-round
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Only after a federal right to vote is enshrined in our Constitution or passed into law by Congress and survives the test of the Supreme Court can we know for sure that our elections are secure.
ALEC, CSG, ExxonMobil Fracking Fluid "Disclosure" Model Bill Failing by Design
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13153-alec-csg-exxonmobil-fracking-fluid-disclosure-model-bill-failing-by-design
Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: Last year, a fracking chemical fluid disclosure bill was passed in multiple states across the country, but the bill has been an abject failure with regard to "disclosure." That was by design, thanks to the bill's chief author, ExxonMobil.
Schizophrenics, Psychopaths Holding America Hostage
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13099-schizophrenics-psychopaths-holding-america-hostage
Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout: The greatest threat to the United States will never be al-Qaeda, Russia, China or Iran. It will be our failure to wrest control of public policy from the inmates of our own insane asylum.
Nine Questions About the "21st Century Curriculum"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13155-nine-questions-about-21st-century-curriculum
Marion Brady, The Washington Post: With the Common Core State Standards in place, everything from promotional brochures to the pool of test items can be simplified and standardized, radically cutting costs and increasing profits.
ALEC Loses Ground in Election
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13158-alec-loses-ground-in-election
John Light, Moyers & Company: During the primary and general elections in the 2012 election cycle, and during recall elections held since 2010, 117 members of the American Legislative Exchange Council lost their seats.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
FOX and Roger Ailes Outed by Petraeus Tape
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: A newly revealed tape indicates FOX apparently is not just in the business of being the propaganda arm of the Republican Party; they recruit presidential candidates too.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17674-fox-and-roger-ailes-outed-by-petraeus-tape
The Republican Civil War Begins
Read the Article at The National Memo
http://www.nationalmemo.com/the-republican-civil-war-begins/
Walmart Nixed Funding for Fire Safety Equipment at Bangladesh Factory That Burned
Read the Article at Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-05/wal-mart-nixed-paying-bangladesh-suppliers-to-fight-fire.html
ALEC in Chains
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17673-alec-in-chains
West Point Cadet Quits, Cites "Criminal" Use of Fundamentalist Christian Proselytizing by Superiors
Read the Article at NBC News
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/04/15676692-west-point-cadet-quits-cites-criminal-behavior-of-officers
Holding the Line on Ending the Bush Tax Cuts
Read the Article at the Campaign for America's Future
http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/2012124903/holding-line-ending-bush-tax-cuts
Sen. Reid: Filibuster Reform Is Happening
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/harry-reid-filibuster-reform.php
Fox News Kicks Karl Rove and Dick Morris to the Curb
Read the Article at New York Magazine
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/12/fox-news-puts-karl-rove-on-the-bench.html
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<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=WuLXpo0Dyt6RX9yO%2B9JNbkMSt10RlUBf" 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 Nixed Funding for Fire Safety Equipment at Bangladesh Factory That Burned</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>West Point Cadet Quits, Cites "Criminal" Use of Fundamentalist Christian Proselytizing by Superiors</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>Holding the Line on Ending the Bush Tax Cuts</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>Fox News Kicks Karl Rove and Dick Morris to the Curb</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> This is a story about the people who have most recently endured what it means to serve in America's military, and what they are dealing with right now as a consequence of that service.</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=Z2uzYa4CyVU72c3jalyU3UMSt10RlUBf" 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=sVVl0dxAYkVuH8l1rk8yxUMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Howard Zinn Never Stopped Demanding the Impossible</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>Anthony Arnove, Haymarket Books:</strong> As we look at Howard's lifetime of work, and his remarkable example, he has something to teach us that is very important: As urgent as the present moment is, we need to build and strategize for the long term and have the patience to weather the attacks and challenges that are coming.</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=HGpcX%2BDKwQ%2Bukgs4jMlisWU2u2IlgZZv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Book Excerpt</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=FM01DYvZH25%2BWwWsCT%2F9FkMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away</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>Salvatore Babones, Truthout:</strong> The basic necessities of life are not for government to give or withhold based on its current budget situation. They are things we are entitled to have, no matter how inconvenient it may be for our neighbors to pay for 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=URs97x2WxRgiQgLgOvUDTkMSt10RlUBf" 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=b%2F%2BM179ksTCNyyu%2BZTH7q0MSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Climate Silence, Nuclear Silence and Solar Silence: An Unholy Trinity</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>H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout:</strong> For more than a century, industrial countries passed up opportunities to build a durable energy economy based on efficiency and renewables. The energy road taken has led us to Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Katrina, Deepwater Horizon, Fukushima, Sandy, oil wars and climate change.</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=y7i5dx8zi6PHFZGyVev6ukMSt10RlUBf" 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=AsWbPymGUcc1V1Bjd3e78EMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Los Angeles Port Workers Declare Victory After an Eight-Day Strike, 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> Los Angeles Port Workers are declaring victory after their eight-day long strike ended last night; a group of Republican Senators blocked ratification of a UN treaty to help disabled people around the planet; a new Global Terrorism Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace reveals a dramatic increase in the number of terrorist attacks around the world since 9/11; 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=goso6mz8a7DK2Kyt1Dcq4EMSt10RlUBf" 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=1fIbJRfr%2FlGsx37TdD79rkMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Escalating Delinquency Rates Make Student Loans Look Like the New Subprime</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>Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism:</strong> Like buying a house, getting a higher education was part of the American dream, a way to invest and to build a secure future. Reckless lending and the costly efforts to socialize the losses are turning both into American nightmares.</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=b5fbB7VsLsJUh%2BV8rNZDgUMSt10RlUBf" 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=F%2F8g1uLXLhIa3RronkXICmU2u2IlgZZv"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Collective Workplaces Spell Job Security, Fair Treatment and Real-Life Democracy</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>Graciela Razo, Truthout:</strong> Richard Wolff argues that workers in control of their own workplaces are much less likely to ship their own jobs overseas, underpay employees or pollute their own communities.</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=T4pc0jAbX3fDtJE6J7nbBkMSt10RlUBf" 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>Tana Ganeva, AlterNet:</strong> Here is a guide to how the Bloomberg administration managed to increase family homelessness while using up a lot of public money.</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=NdweIypVqQDBLtNPKIRr2mU2u2IlgZZv"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round</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, The Daily Take:</strong> Only after a federal right to vote is enshrined in our Constitution or passed into law by Congress and survives the test of the Supreme Court can we know for sure that our elections are secure.</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=fNumonG51xQHFWVXN5GdAkMSt10RlUBf" 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=x0xTedupYx%2FfbYXWG9uAokMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC, CSG, ExxonMobil Fracking Fluid "Disclosure" Model Bill Failing by Design</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>Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Last year, a fracking chemical fluid disclosure bill was passed in multiple states across the country, but the bill has been an abject failure with regard to "disclosure." That was by design, thanks to the bill's chief author, ExxonMobil.</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=MXdsU3KLWz4d3iqt4auuGGU2u2IlgZZv" 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=ZY3LvELsmP7H5YRrv39AO0MSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Schizophrenics, Psychopaths Holding America Hostage</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. Brian Moench, Truthout:</strong> The greatest threat to the United States will never be al-Qaeda, Russia, China or Iran. It will be our failure to wrest control of public policy from the inmates of our own insane asylum.</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=%2FOPdX%2BQnJOQQ4z2Ks1oAnUMSt10RlUBf" 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=dbY5EpR8k5VHR7MhXpSk0kMSt10RlUBf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Nine Questions About the "21st Century Curriculum"</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>Marion Brady, The Washington Post:</strong> With the Common Core State Standards in place, everything from promotional brochures to the pool of test items can be simplified and standardized, radically cutting costs and increasing profits.</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=72GbvcyfmUxV5BtL60bi5EMSt10RlUBf" 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=%2BiymeYMAlXSdSB6uNo4Qw2U2u2IlgZZv"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC Loses Ground in 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>John Light, Moyers & Company:</strong> During the primary and general elections in the 2012 election cycle, and during recall elections held since 2010, 117 members of the American Legislative Exchange Council lost their seats.</p>
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