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Protests Rage as Michigan Lawmakers Approve Anti-Union Bills
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t r u t h o u t | Wednesday, 11 December 2012
Protests Rage as Michigan Lawmakers Approve Anti-Union Bills
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13278-protests-rage-as-michigan-lawmakers-ap=
prove-anti-union-bills
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Michigan lawmakers gave final approval to historic a=
nti-union legislation today as thousands of workers and activists joined in=
rowdy protests at the State Capitol in Lansing.
(Watch the Video and Read the Article)
Republican and Democratic "Remedies" Ensure More Crises, but Alternatives T=
hat Work Are Taboo
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13244-limited-fiscal-cliff-remedies-desig=
ned-to-guarantee-crises
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Both Republican and Democratic plans for the ec=
onomy leave the system that produced this crisis and will produce more cris=
es unchanged; there IS an alternative.
=20
Fast-Food Workers Ride Crest of "Simmering Strike Wave" Sweeping Nation
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13258-fast-food-workers-ride-the-crest-of-a-=
shimmering-strike-wave-thats-sweeping-the-nation
Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: From the halls of the state capitols and the port of=
Los Angeles, to the parking lots of McDonalds and the warehouses of Walmar=
t, low-wage workers are pushing labor back into the national political aren=
a.
Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wra=
ps
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Residents living in the shadow of fracking rigs say =
they've suffered from headaches, nosebleeds and other health effects since =
drilling began in their communities. Meanwhile, state agencies refuse to re=
lease the results of air and water pollution tests.=20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13268-report-links-fracking-to-health-proble=
ms-in-pennsylvania-regulators-under-fire-for-keeping-lab-results-under-wrap=
s
=20
The Way to "Save" Medicare Is to Expand It
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13269-the-way-to-save-medicare-is-to-expa=
nd-it
Salvatore Babones,Truthout: Only one policy proposal would bring the US hea=
lth care system into line with those in other countries: Medicare for all.
=20
Past US Example Could Stem Marijuana Arrests and Border Violence
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13109-the-past-may-be-the-future-of-marij=
uana-on-the-border
Tom Barry, Truthout: The federal government's nearly 100-year-old move towa=
rd cracking down on marijuana consumption with regulation, enforcement and =
prohibition has resulted in a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violenc=
e and mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. Perhaps it's time t=
o change direction?
=20
Labor Unions on the Brink
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13274-labor-unions-on-the-brink
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Michigan is the fifth-most uni=
onized state in the nation, with nearly one-third of all voters living in u=
nion households. The Kochs' strategy can be summed up in one sentence: If t=
his can happen in Michigan, then it can happen in any state.
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Could Oliver Stone's Expos=C3=A9 of the American Empire Help Press the UN t=
o End Haiti Cholera?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13276-could-oliver-stones-expose-of-the-a=
merican-empire-help-press-the-un-to-end-haiti-cholera=20
Robert Naiman, Truthout: If more Americans could get unplugged from the myt=
hs that have been used historically to engineer public acquiescence in US f=
oreign policy, how much could that help us reform US foreign policy in the =
future?
=20
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Hostess to Lay Off 18,000 Unionized Workers=
in Its Liquidation, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13277-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-hostess=
-to-lay-off-18000-unionized-workers-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Hostess is in the process of complete liqui=
dation and 18,000 unionized workers are set to lose their jobs and possibly=
their pensions; Michigan will join 23 other states in the nation that have=
approved "right-to-work" for less laws; Virginia can now be added to the g=
rowing list of states controlled by Republicans who want to rig the next pr=
esidential election; and more.
=20
Picking Up a $170 Billion Tab: How US Taxpayers Are Paying the Pentagon to =
Occupy the Planet
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13261-picking-up-a-170-billion-tab-how-us-ta=
xpayers-are-paying-the-pentagon-to-occupy-the-planet
David Vine, TomDispatch: With the so-called fiscal cliff now eternally on t=
he media horizon, there's been reporting recently on how your tax dollars a=
re being spent, but do you have the faintest idea what it actually costs yo=
u to garrison the globe?
=20
After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond
(Watch the Video and Read the Article)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13270-after-sandy-learning-from-new-orleans-=
d6-and-beyond
Laura Flanders, The Nation: When it comes to next steps after Hurricane San=
dy, there are lessons to be learned from New Orleans after Katrina. The que=
stion is, which ones will New York learn?
=20
46 Trillion Reasons to Evolve Society Right Now
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13267-46-trillion-reasons-to-evolve-socie=
ty-right-now
David DeGraw, Occupy Evolver: Once you wrap your mind around how much wealt=
h $46 trillion is, and realize how profoundly society can be transformed by=
it, you begin to grasp the fact that we've been living under neo-feudal ru=
le.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Raising Medicare Age to 67 Is the Real Death Panel
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The GOP House idea to raise the age of=
Medicare eligibility to 67 will result in more deaths among elder American=
s.
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17685-raising-medicare-a=
ge-to-67-is-the-real-death-panel
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Martin Luther King Jr. on Right-to-Work Laws: "We Demand This Fraud Be Stop=
ped"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/martin-luther-king-jr-right-to-wor=
k_n_2277023.html?ncid=3Dedlinkusaolp00000003
Read the Article at the Huffington Post
=20
Will Congress Rein In Warrantless Spying on Americans?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/warrantless-wiretapping-fisa-au=
thorization-reform-bill
Read the Article at Mother Jones
=20
Margaret Atwood | Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," 50 Years Later
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/07/why-rachel-carson-is-a-saint
Read the Article at the Guardian UK
=20
Walkergate: The Next Wave
http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/12/walkergate-next-wave.html
Read the Article at Cognitive Dissidence
=20
Why Obama Must Weigh In Again on Gay Marriage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2012/12/10/why-obama-must-=
weigh-in-again-on-gay-marriage/?hpid=3Dz2
Read the Article at The Washington Post
=20
The Eternal Bitterness of John McCain
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/john_mccain_will_hound_susan_rice_to_the_en=
ds_of_the_earth_or_just_the_senate_foreign_relations_committee/
Read the Article at Salon
=20
Raising Medicare Age Won't Save Money but Will Cost Lives
http://www.nationalmemo.com/raising-medicare-age-wont-save-money-but-will-c=
ost-lives/
Read the Article at The National Memo
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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 GOP House idea to raise the age of Medicare eligibility to 67 will result in more deaths among elder Americans.</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>Why Obama Must Weigh In Again on Gay Marriage</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>The Eternal Bitterness of John McCain</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>Raising Medicare Age Won't Save Money but Will Cost Lives</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Michigan lawmakers gave final approval to historic anti-union legislation today as thousands of workers and activists joined in rowdy protests at the State Capitol in Lansing.</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=lAYIn8LHHse44fojKrfDcLWGUhlHhsSN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and 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>Richard D. Wolff, Truthout:</strong> Both Republican and Democratic plans for the economy leave the system that produced this crisis and will produce more crises unchanged; there IS an alternative.</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=P2%2FgpW8at2bvMsDlEiRWMIjxEsp9vwOr" 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, Truthout:</strong> From the halls of the state capitols and the port of Los Angeles, to the parking lots of McDonalds and the warehouses of Walmart, low-wage workers are pushing labor back into the national political arena.</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=3fCxJrjfccR0tFrPT5Ib6ojxEsp9vwOr" 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=ATuONcRx6io%2B3RsE90fyLrWGUhlHhsSN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wraps</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> Residents living in the shadow of fracking rigs say they've suffered from headaches, nosebleeds and other health effects since drilling began in their communities. Meanwhile, state agencies refuse to release the results of air and water pollution tests.</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=FFbNTTfP9HdojiRpidNrA4jxEsp9vwOr" 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=aUAl1f3pPazvBeFnJ4OgTojxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Way to "Save" Medicare Is to Expand It</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> Only one policy proposal would bring the US health care system into line with those in other countries: Medicare for all.</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=j592ImfNyfaYCRy3P8w6DIjxEsp9vwOr" 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=KSiOvVcPMFAlSV4WSNeDQojxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Past US Example Could Stem Marijuana Arrests and Border Violence</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>Tom Barry, Truthout:</strong> The federal government's nearly 100-year-old move toward cracking down on marijuana consumption with regulation, enforcement and prohibition has resulted in a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. Perhaps it's time to change direction?</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=36MCTynjfQF0CNxIMWaYbojxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Labor Unions on the Brink</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> Michigan is the fifth-most unionized state in the nation, with nearly one-third of all voters living in union households. The Kochs' strategy can be summed up in one sentence: If this can happen in Michigan, then it can happen in any state.</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=VyEA9Y0zMynb%2FAAhcPBsMojxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Could Oliver Stone's Exposé of the American Empire Help Press the UN to End Haiti Cholera?</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> If more Americans could get unplugged from the myths that have been used historically to engineer public acquiescence in US foreign policy, how much could that help us reform US foreign policy in the future?</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=oxY%2FEKueBZwj%2BMjHZbsUuIjxEsp9vwOr" 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=fzM1iJEeIqqtm4UN9z7%2BOIjxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Hostess to Lay Off 18,000 Unionized Workers in Its Liquidation, 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> In today's On the News segment: Hostess is in the process of complete liquidation and 18,000 unionized workers are set to lose their jobs and possibly their pensions; Michigan will join 23 other states in the nation that have approved "right-to-work" for less laws; Virginia can now be added to the growing list of states controlled by Republicans who want to rig the next presidential election; 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=PTT3OeTcx1Xii1R9IW1HfYjxEsp9vwOr" 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=xS6HpDHr8ilXdyTtWKmYRYjxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Picking Up a $170 Billion Tab: How US Taxpayers Are Paying the Pentagon to Occupy the Planet</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 Vine, TomDispatch:</strong> With the so-called fiscal cliff now eternally on the media horizon, there’s been reporting recently on how your tax dollars are being spent, but do you have the faintest idea what it actually costs you to garrison the globe?</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=oE9zu6yRxTnJon3dOYb0fYjxEsp9vwOr" 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=NtzPb8vYd3KPg%2FHGAEiwN4jxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond</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>Laura Flanders, The Nation:</strong> When it comes to next steps after Hurricane Sandy, there are lessons to be learned from New Orleans after Katrina. The question is, which ones will New York learn?</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=ifMunN7ubKDg%2FzRoSiN094jxEsp9vwOr" 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=iZKnzfV35K3FhxhsIJFlQIjxEsp9vwOr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>46 Trillion Reasons to Evolve Society Right Now</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 DeGraw, Occupy Evolver:</strong> Once you wrap your mind around how much wealth $46 trillion is, and realize how profoundly society can be transformed by it, you begin to grasp the fact that we’ve been living under neo-feudal rule.</p>
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