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Power Shift Away From Green Illusions

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t r u t h o u t | 04.08

Power Shift Away From Green Illusions
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15588-power-shift-away-from-green-illusions
Steve Horn, Truthout: Author-activist Ozzie Zehner talks with Truthout about the limitations of the productivist mentality that infects the worldview of many environmentalists.

Dean Baker | India Strikes a Blow Against Big Pharma
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15594-dean-baker-india-strikes-blow-against-big-pharma
Dean Baker, Truthout: The Indian Supreme Court's rejection of Novartis' patent on the cancer drug Gleevec could be a victory for patients around the world.

Chris Hedges | When War Hawks Become Human Rights Officials
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15589-when-war-hawks-become-human-rights-officials
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Hedges resigned from the PEN American Center over the appointment of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel.

Farmers and Consumers vs. Monsanto: David Meets Goliath 
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15601-farmers-and-consumers-vs-monsanto-david-meets-goliath
Tory Field and Beverly Bell, Other World: The world's largest farmers' organization called Monsanto one of the "principal enemies of peasant sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty for all peoples."  But there are many Davids, and only one Goliath.

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15598-is-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-the-stonewall-of-the-climate-movement
Bill McKibben, TomDispatch: Maybe we should hope not: If awareness on climate grows as slowly as it has on gay rights, we'll be rallying in scuba masks.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Inmates in Austerity-Wracked Cyprus Donate $11K to Volunteer Health Clinic, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15611-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-inmates-in-austerity-wracked-cyprus-donate-11k-to-volunteer-health-clinic-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Supreme Court justice says problems with modern-day debtors' prisons can and should be addressed, and more.

Social Security Cuts: More Than Money at Stake
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15600-social-security-cuts-more-than-money-at-stake
Ira Chernus, History News Network: The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.

At National Conference for Media Reform, Activists Hope to Stop Murdoch-, Koch-Backed Consolidation
http://www.truth-out.org/video/item/15607-at-national-conference-for-media-reform-activists-hope-to-stop-murdoch-koch-backed-consolidation
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy NOW!: Last week, some 2,000 people gathered in Denver to look at how media, technology and democracy intersect.

Supply Chain Problems Hitting Hospitals Near You
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15599-supply-chain-problems-hitting-hospitals-near-you
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Why serve the patients who need your pharmaceutical products to stay healthy or alive when you can cut corners and boost your share price instead?

Bill Moyers: "Big Media Always Wants More. And It Will Stop at Nothing to Get It"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15592-bill-moyers-big-media-always-wants-more-and-it-will-stop-at-nothing-to-get-it
Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: Bill Moyers' impassioned 2007 speech at the National Conference on Media Reform in Memphis is worth another listen.


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America Gets Fracked by White House; MIT Professor Frackenstein Moniz, Oil and Gas Industry Favorite, to Become Secretary of DOE
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17903-mit-professor-frackenstein-moniz-oil-and-gas-industry-favorite-to-become-secretary-of-doe-america-gets-fracked-by-white-house
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: The likely new secretary of the Department of Energy runs a large energy research project at MIT. Its four founding advisory members are big oil companies.  Imagine that.

Government-Supported Research Enables Their Profits, But Many Corporations Have Nearly Stopped Paying Taxes
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17902-government-supported-research-enables-their-profits-but-many-corporations-have-nearly-stopped-paying-taxes

Glenn Greenwald | Margaret Thatcher and Misapplied Death Etiquette
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette

As VA Backlog Grows, "Baffled" Veteran Allies Begin To Turn On President
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/08/as-va-backlog-grows-baffled-veteran-allies-begin-to-turn-on-president.html

WikiLeaks Goes Google, Develops Searchable Database For Millions Of "Kissinger Cables"
Read the Article at TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/07/wikileaks-goes-google-develops-searchable-database-for-millions-of-kissinger-cables/

Paul Krugman: Insurance and Freedom
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/opinion/krugman-insurance-and-freedom.html?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=99c30d44a6-DD_4_8_134_8_2013&utm_medium=email&_r=0

Will The White House Fight Marijuana Legalization? 
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/president-obamas-marijuana-problem-2.php

Activists Claim Arkansas Oil Spill Diverted into Wetland
Read the Article at The Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/07/activists-claim-arkansas-oil-spill-diverted-into-wetland/

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