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t r u t h o u t | 03.22
Afghanistan: A Dark and Fragile Future
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15264-afghanistan-a-dark-and-fragile-future
Richard Sale, Truthout: What will happen after next year's drawdown of US and allied forces and investment in Afghanistan? In interviews with Truthout, US experts and former governmental officials are skeptical that the war's purported objectives in the corruption-ridden country will have been achieved.
Monsanto's Death Patents
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15267-monsantos-death-patents
Randall Amster, Counterpunch: Monsanto has another case pending before the Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Monsanto's control over the food supply is creating a world in which people have to pay the corporation in order to grow food and/or consume it.
"NATO 3" Oral Argument Unfolds on Illinois Terrorism Statute's Constitutionality
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15277-nato-3-oral-argument-unfolds-on-illinois-terrorism-statutes-constitutionality
Steve Horn and Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:
On the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq War's launch, another tentacle of the post-9/11 national security state unfolded in a lively Chicago courtroom in the form of a domestic terrorism case.
Could New York Be the Next Chicago?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15273-could-new-york-be-the-next-chicago
James Cersonsky, In These Times: Last September's Chicago teachers strike gave hope to laborites across the country that there could be a functional American labor movement. Now, a caucus of unionists seeks to remake New York's United Federation of Teachers in the Chicago Teachers Union's mold.
Struggling to Keep Hope Alive in Cairo's City of the Dead
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15239-struggling-to-keep-hope-alive-in-cairos-city-of-the-dead
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: A report from Cairo's City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery inhabited by people too poor to pay rent, on the impact of the Egyptian revolution two years later.
Beware the New Corporate Tax-Cut Scam: LIFT Is a Big Lie
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15266-beware-the-new-corporate-tax-cut-scam-lift-is-a-big-lie
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: There's a new "LIFT America coalition" pushing for massive, massive corporate tax cuts, without bothering about cutting benefits. LIFT stands for "Let's Invest for Tomorrow," but it really ought to be called LIE, for "Let's Invest Elsewhere."
A Safe and a Shotgun or Public Sector Banks? The Battle of Cyprus
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15268-a-safe-and-a-shotgun-or-public-sector-banks-the-battle-of-cyprus
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt: The push to confiscate the savings of Cypriot citizens is a hit against every working person in the world, a wake-up call to the perils of a system in which tiny cadres of elites call the shots and the rest of us pay the price.
Privatization Limits Access to Public Information
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15249-privatization-limits-access-to-public-information
Louisa Abada, In the Public Interest: The more we privatize, the less we know and the less control we have over our public services.
For Thriving Public Spaces, Just Add Seating
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15271-for-thriving-public-spaces-just-add-seating
Jonathan Rowe, YES! Magazine: Experimenting with public seating and planting, Rowe discovered that beautifying the commons brings a community closer together.
Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15275-dying-iraq-war-veteran-tomas-young-explains-decision-to-end-his-life
Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: Citing his overwhelming physical pain from wounds that left him paralyzed in Iraq, war veteran Tomas Young announced he has decided to end his life by discontinuing his medicine and nourishment.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Man Shoots Horse Dead in Video to Defy Animal Activists: Company He Works for Likely to Become First US Horse Slaughterhouse Since 2007
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17876-man-shoots-horse-dead-in-video-to-defy-animal-activists-company-he-works-for-likely-to-become-first-us-horse-slaughterhouse-since-2007
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The cruelty and brutality of horse slaughterhouses is apparently returning to the US soon. A New Mexico slaughterhouse worker shoots a horse in the head to mark the occasion - and videotapes it.
Too Big to Fail: Elizabeth Warren Goes to Washington
Read the Article at The Boston Phoenix
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/153162-mrs-warren-goes-to-washington/
The Secret Gingrich-Santorum "Unity Ticket" That Nearly Toppled Romney
Read the Article at Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-22/the-secret-gingrich-santorum-unity-ticket-that-nearly-toppled-romney#r=hp-lst
Eugene Robinson | Harry Reid's Surrender
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-harry-reid-should-have-called-for-an-assault-weapons-vote/2013/03/21/3402faf4-924a-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?hpid=z2
Pope Francis' Silence on Pedophilia and Argentina's "Dirty War"
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17875-pope-francis-silence-on-pedophilia-and-argentina-s-dirty-war
State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/keystone-xl-contractor-ties-transcanada-state-department
Paul Krugman | Treasure Island Trauma
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/opinion/krugman-treasure-island-trauma.html?hp
The Five GOP Senators Who Voted Against Ryan's Budget
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/the-5-gop-senators-who-voted-against-ryans-budget.php
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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>Man Shoots Horse Dead in Video to Defy Animal Activists: Company He Works for Likely to Become First US Horse Slaughterhouse Since 2007
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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 cruelty and brutality of horse slaughterhouses is apparently returning to the US soon. A New Mexico slaughterhouse worker shoots a horse in the head to mark the occasion - and videotapes it.</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=SENnkt59%2FNBkicZbsObU3UfQAOj%2F0WI7" 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>Too Big to Fail: Elizabeth Warren Goes to Washington</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=%2BYpheD0QoxYUn1KPsjMnGkfQAOj%2F0WI7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Phoenix</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Secret Gingrich-Santorum "Unity Ticket" That Nearly Toppled Romney</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>Eugene Robinson | Harry Reid's Surrender</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=dV3vpqMcvXBdpcLR9qBd5kfQAOj%2F0WI7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pope Francis' Silence on Pedophilia and Argentina's "Dirty War"</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=O1eOL1yW0XYAhpSx6ddNUkfQAOj%2F0WI7" 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>State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company</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=DPbB5sqDfCbL2XOY3Qn3jEfQAOj%2F0WI7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paul Krugman | Treasure Island Trauma</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=AuWInLqa1hmLzMW9o0pTokfQAOj%2F0WI7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>The Five GOP Senators Who Voted Against Ryan's Budget</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=Sv%2FrahdcflXGJLiTiLcY8EfQAOj%2F0WI7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</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 Sale, Truthout:</strong> What will happen after next year's drawdown of US and allied forces and investment in Afghanistan? In interviews with Truthout, US experts and former governmental officials are skeptical that the war's purported objectives in the corruption-ridden country will have been achieved.</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=WQacyojMKibEdIiOuXcmTkfQAOj%2F0WI7" 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=q6nRwYmOMY2nRZEsVsDqSUfQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Monsanto's Death Patents</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>Randall Amster, Counterpunch:</strong> Monsanto has another case pending before the Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Monsanto's control over the food supply is creating a world in which people have to pay the corporation in order to grow food and/or consume 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=XGbMYRVLkXhffmlG%2B7D55kfQAOj%2F0WI7" 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=87XP5NyI5IIj9iNR0kgjhEfQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"NATO 3" Oral Argument Unfolds on Illinois Terrorism Statute's Constitutionality</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 and Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:</strong> On the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq War's launch, another tentacle of the post-9/11 national security state unfolded in a lively Chicago courtroom in the form of a domestic terrorism case.</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=edKGYIVXItHS2X2hGQVUR0fQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Could New York Be the Next Chicago?</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>James Cersonsky, In These Times:</strong> Last September's Chicago teachers strike gave hope to laborites across the country that there could be a functional American labor movement. Now, a caucus of unionists seeks to remake New York's United Federation of Teachers in the Chicago Teachers Union's mold.</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=htZI3YJ9fcQpEQEepXHAq0fQAOj%2F0WI7" 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=oMc8XEKE8wn3DjbxIWgGCkfQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Struggling to Keep Hope Alive in Cairo's City of the Dead</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>Sarah Lazare, Truthout:</strong> A report from Cairo's City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery inhabited by people too poor to pay rent, on the impact of the Egyptian revolution two years later.</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=7dhJfq2F4yxECBV7SK8pz0fQAOj%2F0WI7" 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=hIddTj6utswI%2FvpdLnywEEfQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Beware the New Corporate Tax-Cut Scam: LIFT Is a Big Lie</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>Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> There's a new "LIFT America coalition" pushing for massive, massive corporate tax cuts, without bothering about cutting benefits. LIFT stands for "Let's Invest for Tomorrow," but it really ought to be called LIE, for "Let's Invest Elsewhere."</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=QQj7aw5qR7RT3DpFc8jYj0fQAOj%2F0WI7" 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=02awfe%2FrxQpeVTf33NUUjEfQAOj%2F0WI7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Safe and a Shotgun or Public Sector Banks? The Battle of Cyprus</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>Ellen Brown, Web of Debt:</strong> The push to confiscate the savings of Cypriot citizens is a hit against every working person in the world, a wake-up call to the perils of a system in which tiny cadres of elites call the shots and the rest of us pay the price.</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=UPF2bkwnK0oX0EGh%2FD5EbUfQAOj%2F0WI7" 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>Jonathan Rowe, YES! Magazine:</strong> Experimenting with public seating and planting, Rowe discovered that beautifying the commons brings a community closer together.</p>
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