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The Secret Rise of 21st Century Democracy
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t r u t h o u t | 02.20
The Secret Rise of 21st Century Democracy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14649-the-secret-rise-of-21st-century-democracy
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout: New economies based on greater democratic control, real representation and citizen participation are on the rise. There is much to be learned from countries like Venezuela that break from the Washington Consensus.
You've Heard of the Birthers: Now Meet the Simpson-Bowlers
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14687-youve-heard-of-the-birthers-now-meet-the-simpson-bowlers
Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: The latest Simpson-Bowles "Catfood Plan 2.0" is entirely about helping out corporate America and the billionaires who run it, and screwing over the rest of us. The plan argues we must abandon elderly, disabled and poor Americans if we want to save the American economy.
Farmer Challenges Monsanto Seed Patent in Supreme Court
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14683-farmer-challenges-monsanto-seed-patent-in-supreme-court
Andrew Pollack, The New York Times News Service: At stake in the case is whether patents on seeds - or other things that can self-replicate - extend beyond the first generation of the products. It is one of two cases before the Supreme Court related to the patenting of living organisms.
Poll: Voters Say Minimum Wage Is Not Enough to Live On
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14685-poll-voters-say-minimum-wage-is-not-enough-to-live-on
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: A national survey found that only 15 percent of voters believe the current minimum wage provides workers with enough money to live on, while 72 percent said $7.25 an hour is not a living wage.
When Military Groupthink Condones the Mass Killing of Civilians
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14607-when-military-group-think-condones-the-mass-killing-of-civilians
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Nick Turse, author of the best-seller Kill Anything That Moves, talks about the US Military's concerted decades-long effort to cover up its torture and atrocities in Vietnam - much more common than news coverage of the My Lai massacre led the public to believe - to create a false narrative of the war.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wisconsin's Private Sector Unions Are Under Attack, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14686-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-wisconsins-private-sector-unions-are-under-attack-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Wisconsin's private sector unions are under attack; 26 states haven't set up their insurance exchanges - leaving it up to the federal government; people in 40 cities across the globe will protest to mark the 1,000th day of Bradley Manning's imprisonment; and more.
Could We Move Dianne Feinstein on CIA Oversight?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14662-could-we-move-dianne-feinstein-on-cia-oversight
Robert Naiman, Truthout: What if we could get a bunch of people to call one of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's California offices during the recess, urging her to publicly commit to holding a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee - which she chairs - on CIA drone strikes?
American Assassinations for Dummies
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14670-american-assassinations-for-dummies
Mark Ames, Not Safe for Work Corporation: A background of US assassination policy finds that Obama's "kill list" is not unprecedented, but rather is only the tip of the iceberg.
Overcoming Separation: Laura Flanders Interviews the Oscar-Nominated Directors of 5 Broken Cameras
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14627-oscar-nominated-filmmakers-discuss-their-film-5-broken-cameras
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: Laura Flanders interviews Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, co-directors of the Academy Award-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras, about the Israeli occupation, the separation wall, their approaches to activism and film-making and the impact of both on their lives.
Gun Crazy: Why Is America Different From Other Countries?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14671-gun-crazy-why-is-america-different-from-other-countries
Joel Boyce, Care2: To what can we attribute such a stark difference in gun violence between two such culturally and economically similar countries as the US and Canada? Some hint might be found in the public response to these tragedies.
Nine Economic Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14673-nine-economic-facts-that-will-make-your-head-spin
Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: How much will you need for medical expenses in retirement? What does it cost to keep 2.5 million Americans behind bars? Here are a few facts and figures that might surprise you.
US: Hacking Attacks Are Constant Topic of Talks With China
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14674-us-hacking-attacks-are-constant-topic-of-talks-with-china
Anita Kumar and Tom Lasseter, McClatchy Newspapers: China's involvement in cyber-attacks on US companies is a near-constant subject of conversation between the nations' officials, but there have been few signs that China is willing to stop the attacks.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
John Brennan Doesn't Rule Out Targeting Americans for Assassination in United States
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17817-john-brennan-doesn-t-rule-out-targeting-americans-for-assassination-in-united-states
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It took a few days to decipher, but within John Brennan's written and spoken testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he did not rule out the assassination of American citizens on US soil.
Palestinian Filmmaker of 5 Broken Cameras Detained at Los Angeles Airport
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/palestinian-filmmaker-detained-at-los-angeles-airport/
Voting Rights Act in SCOTUS' Crosshairs
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-section-5.php?ref=fpa
Un-Planned Prisonhood
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17816-un-planned-prisonhood
Professor: Why Teach for America Can't Recruit in My Classroom
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/18/professor-why-teach-for-america-cant-recruit-in-my-classroom/
Southern Poverty Pimps
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/19/southern_poverty_pimps/?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=147d7e116c-DD_2_20_132_20_2013&utm_medium=email
Glenn Greenwald | MSNBC Boldly Moves to Plug its One Remaining Hole
Read the Article at the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/msnbc-axelrod-gibbs-obama
Panera Bakers Battle for a Union in a Union-Free World
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/16/panera-bakers-union_n_2688639.html
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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>John Brennan Doesn't Rule Out Targeting Americans for Assassination in United States </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>It took a few days to decipher, but within John Brennan's written and spoken testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he did not rule out the assassination of American citizens on US soil.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uTjzb6SDPE7HwrfiWY3wzlmOuPFvTwDg"><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>Palestinian Filmmaker of <em>5 Broken Cameras</em> Detained at Los Angeles Airport</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=w6eofFCUswVPFE%2FYJ01i8VmOuPFvTwDg"><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>Voting Rights Act in SCOTUS' Crosshairs</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>Un-Planned Prisonhood</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>Professor: Why Teach for America Can't Recruit in My Classroom</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>Southern Poverty Pimps</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>Glenn Greenwald | MSNBC Boldly Moves to Plug its One Remaining Hole</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>Panera Bakers Battle for a Union in a Union-Free World</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5xFAl9f%2FT3sBDjnxqoJ2T1mOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</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>Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout:</strong> New economies based on greater democratic control, real representation and citizen participation are on the rise. There is much to be learned from countries like Venezuela that break from the Washington Consensus.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=94plvGobCdx9Kqmuu8i%2BzFmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sr6ehBFtZovZI46eN0uEQVmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>You've Heard of the Birthers: Now Meet the Simpson-Bowlers</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, The Daily Take:</strong> The latest Simpson-Bowles "Catfood Plan 2.0" is entirely about helping out corporate America and the billionaires who run it, and screwing over the rest of us. The plan argues we must abandon elderly, disabled and poor Americans if we want to save the American economy.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nLxPf01NhaQPJO5Pd3V7JFmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bNhIeO6yR8m%2FPGogERdLqFaFPmeF9jvE"><strong>Farmer Challenges Monsanto Seed Patent in Supreme Court</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>Andrew Pollack, The New York Times News Service:</strong> At stake in the case is whether patents on seeds - or other things that can self-replicate - extend beyond the first generation of the products. It is one of two cases before the Supreme Court related to the patenting of living organisms.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oBrXjeQIXtjO2ptMrDExBlmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jk22Dow1DPwGxabsiSpSXFmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Poll: Voters Say Minimum Wage Is Not Enough to Live On</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> A national survey found that only 15 percent of voters believe the current minimum wage provides workers with enough money to live on, while 72 percent said $7.25 an hour is not a living wage.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UgzPs%2Fb8L8OHSnuZJL9i%2BVmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u%2BtJBduupR2VgI87aAQleVmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>When Military Groupthink Condones the Mass Killing of Civilians</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Nick Turse, author of the best-seller <em>Kill Anything That Moves</em>, talks about the US Military's concerted decades-long effort to cover up its torture and atrocities in Vietnam - much more common than news coverage of the My Lai massacre led the public to believe - to create a false narrative of the war.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eRASj0RAxr58OY6ZPLyDUFmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r63i%2Bzh2QhxyA%2F0xVSmO%2BlmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wisconsin's Private Sector Unions Are Under Attack, 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> Wisconsin's private sector unions are under attack; 26 states haven't set up their insurance exchanges - leaving it up to the federal government; people in 40 cities across the globe will protest to mark the 1,000th day of Bradley Manning's imprisonment; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6L%2BxXywLGaIriVIaUTLsP1aFPmeF9jvE"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jl8s9cY65qJjjp%2BjN324O1mOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Could We Move Dianne Feinstein on CIA Oversight?</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> What if we could get a bunch of people to call one of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's California offices during the recess, urging her to publicly commit to holding a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee - which she chairs - on CIA drone strikes?</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=E1uBiM04X07JmqXKKALp0VmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>American Assassinations for Dummies</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>Mark Ames, Not Safe for Work Corporation:</strong> A background of US assassination policy finds that Obama's "kill list" is not unprecedented, but rather is only the tip of the iceberg.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hojNpPAgnlYisS2MYbZYXFmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Overcoming Separation: Laura Flanders Interviews the Oscar-Nominated Directors of <em>5 Broken Cameras</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>Laura Flanders, GRITtv:</strong> Laura Flanders interviews Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, co-directors of the Academy Award-nominated documentary <em>5 Broken Cameras</em>, about the Israeli occupation, the separation wall, their approaches to activism and film-making and the impact of both on their lives.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eT%2B%2BNHOD9nSFGlPfzsIEdVmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=h9v1qpOfMM3Y5ZlbOAURW1mOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Gun Crazy: Why Is America Different From Other Countries?</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>Joel Boyce, Care2:</strong> To what can we attribute such a stark difference in gun violence between two such culturally and economically similar countries as the US and Canada? Some hint might be found in the public response to these tragedies.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rFs2VBIBYNk5ALUiPat73VmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tns0ImR6BosJiMw8GHsBGVmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Nine Economic Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin</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>Lynn Parramore, AlterNet:</strong> How much will you need for medical expenses in retirement? What does it cost to keep 2.5 million Americans behind bars? Here are a few facts and figures that might surprise you.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=l5jCEt9yLryV5yLw99VuAFmOuPFvTwDg"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fNxr91k8x6nAJ2z8fav3p1mOuPFvTwDg"><strong>US: Hacking Attacks Are Constant Topic of Talks With China</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>Anita Kumar and Tom Lasseter, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> China's involvement in cyber-attacks on US companies is a near-constant subject of conversation between the nations' officials, but there have been few signs that China is willing to stop the attacks.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wq1YnDsfzGK2K2X236GaTFmOuPFvTwDg"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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