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The Mines that Fracking Built, Part Two
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t r u t h o u t | 05.13
The Mines that Fracking Built, Part Two
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16338-the-mines-that-fracking-built-part-two
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Mike Ludwig speaks with Keith Fossen, a former conservative businessman turned anti-fracking advocate, who is fighting alongside his neighbors to stop big oil from destroying his small Minnesota home.
Mexico - Ground Zero in the Fight Against Monsanto for the Future of Maize
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16335-mexico-ground-zero-in-the-fight-against-monsanto-for-the-future-of-maize
Emilio Godoy, Inter Press Service: Farmers in Mexico are fighting against corporations like Monsanto, Pioneer and Dow Agrosciences to stop the invasion of genetically modified corn, setting a heroic example for the United States.
Chris Hedges | Murder Is Our National Sport
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16337-murder-is-our-national-sport
Chris Hedges, TruthDig: William Van Poyck, writer and death row inmate, blogs about social inequality and injustices within the prison system while waiting for lethal injection in Florida, which has recently opted to speed up the process for capital punishment.
Nuclear Terror in the Middle East: Lethality Beyond the Pale
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16334-nuclear-terror-in-the-middle-east-lethality-beyond-the-pale
Nick Turse, TomDispatch: A new report from journal Conflict and Health details how Iran's terrain is particularly vulnerable to nuclear attack, a fact only exacerbated by looming threats from its neighbor Israel, which happens to be sitting on a small arsenal of nuclear weapons itself.
Guatemala Illuminates its Dark History With a Stunning Guilty Verdict for Rios Montt
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16336-guatemala-illuminates-its-dark-history-with-a-stunning-guilty-verdict-for-rios-montt
Lauren Carasik, Truthout: US-supported former Guatemalan dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of crimes against humanity, signaling hope for those who fought tirelessly against his regime for years.
Marriage Equality Victories Show How Change Happens, One Step at a Time
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16344-marriage-equality-victories-show-how-change-happens-one-step-at-a-time
Gar Alperovitz, Yes!: The slow progression toward same-sex marriage, alongside shifting drug laws in states like Colorado and Washington, might be proof that Americans are growing and learning from past injustices to embrace equality.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: According to SCOTUS, Monsanto Has the Right to Control Our Food Supply
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16348-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmannaccording-to-scotus-monsanto-has-the-right-to-control-our-food-supply
In today's On the News segment: This week on the news with Thom Hartmann, the Supreme Court sided with Monsanto to protect the "genetic patent" on their seeds; victims of the West Texas fertilizer plant explosion are forced to pay property taxes on their decimated homes; Warren Buffet invests in wind energy; and more.
Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16343-medicare-drug-program-fails-to-monitor-prescribers-putting-seniors-and-disabled-at-risk
Tracy Weber, Jennifer LaFleur and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica: New investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post reveals that a government program that offers subsidized prescriptions for the elderly has neglected safety warnings declaring certain drugs unsafe for patients.
Israel, Syria and the United States
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16341-israel-syria-and-the-united-states
Stephen Zunes, Truthout: As America fears the possibility of chemical warfare in Syria, Stephen Zunes reflects on the past decade of political relations between Israel, Syria and the United States, a period filled with misinformation, spin and one too many thwarted attempts at peace.
It's Time for a Manufacturing Revolution
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16345-its-time-for-a-manufacturing-revolution
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The protection of American jobs by purchasing American products has been a tradition since George Washington's era. So why is it that the politicians would rather protect their own pockets than invest in policies that will truly restore America to its former glory?
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Chance to Wound Citizens United if SEC Chair Mary Jo White Approves Corporate Political Contribution Transparency Regulation
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17962-chance-to-wound-citizens-united-if-sec-chair-mary-jo-white-approves-corporate-political-contribution-transparency-regulation
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: There is some hope that the disastrous-to-democracy Citizens United decision can be modified. SEC Chair Mary Jo White will soon have the chance to pass a regulation requiring disclosure of corporate contributions. Will she let the sun shine in on big money political contributions?
Monsanto Wins Patent Case in Supreme Court
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/monsanto-victorious-in-genetic-seed-case.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17960-the-biggest-takers-and-societal-parasites-are-the-rich-not-the-working-class-and-poor
Defending the Right to Bodily Integrity: The Reproductive Justice Movement and Force-Feeding at Guantanamo
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/05/10/defending-the-right-to-bodily-integrity-the-reproductive-justice-movement-and-force-feeding-at-guantanamo/
Bangladesh Will Allow Garment Workers To Form Unions Without Factory Owners' Consent
Read the Article at The Associated Press
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bangladesh-will-allow-garmet-workers-to-form-unions.php?ref=fpb
The Washington Post Revives Its Plame-Gate Smear
Read the Article at Consortium News
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/13/wpost-revives-its-plame-gate-smear/
Oil Boom Threatens Amazon Tribe
Watch the Video at NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/rock-center/51768274#51768274
Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet
Read the Article at War As A Crime
http://warisacrime.org/content/why-we-allow-destruction-our-planet
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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>Monsanto Wins Patent Case in Supreme Court</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 Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor</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>Defending the Right to Bodily Integrity: The Reproductive Justice Movement and Force-Feeding at Guantanamo</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eKtz%2FWRZqovVJqVlEPUC6X3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Read the Article at RH Reality Check</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bangladesh Will Allow Garment Workers To Form Unions Without Factory Owners' Consent</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yMfdZczeGb6nVRGB%2FTHBUfO5RXjrxM%2BR"><strong>Read the Article at The Associated Press</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 Washington Post Revives Its Plame-Gate Smear</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>Oil Boom Threatens Amazon Tribe </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>Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y3uXMzk%2FuWWJEa8y0chjqn3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Read the Article at War As A Crime</strong></a></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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nHj54884U%2F2kXDxGPAs0%2Bn3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>The Mines that Fracking Built, Part Two</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> Mike Ludwig speaks with Keith Fossen, a former conservative businessman turned anti-fracking advocate, who is fighting alongside his neighbors to stop big oil from destroying his small Minnesota home.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K9tsrvbHkWoYjNtmQoryOn3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dTJHgnT7Go5bz%2FCnWCpOAH3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Mexico - Ground Zero in the Fight Against Monsanto for the Future of Maize</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>Emilio Godoy, Inter Press Service:</strong> Farmers in Mexico are fighting against corporations like Monsanto, Pioneer and Dow Agrosciences to stop the invasion of genetically modified corn, setting a heroic example for the United States.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P31jbZnzgPG4XKbifKByVfO5RXjrxM%2BR"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=og7eGyYLmIBXyX8JFWgc0n3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Chris Hedges | Murder Is Our National Sport</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>Chris Hedges, TruthDig:</strong> William Van Poyck, writer and death row inmate, blogs about social inequality and injustices within the prison system while waiting for lethal injection in Florida, which has recently opted to speed up the process for capital punishment.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cJj6m75BAkx6PAoSzRKP3n3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OOLRHqs%2F9kbpr0vMzzu1QH3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Nuclear Terror in the Middle East: Lethality Beyond the Pale</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>Nick Turse, TomDispatch:</strong> A new report from journal Conflict and Health details how Iran's terrain is particularly vulnerable to nuclear attack, a fact only exacerbated by looming threats from its neighbor Israel, which happens to be sitting on a small arsenal of nuclear weapons itself.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=girotU%2FCq%2BrcRv2Y8xZXnH3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v%2BPqTvLaW6D3ZSxE0RMPCn3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Guatemala Illuminates its Dark History With a Stunning Guilty Verdict for Rios Montt</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>Lauren Carasik, Truthout:</strong> US-supported former Guatemalan dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of crimes against humanity, signaling hope for those who fought tirelessly against his regime for years.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HocD8iDm95xtXqJYgC%2BCx33C%2FQCux%2BI7"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VYM1j%2F5IjVjSWhJ%2B2TKPmX3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Marriage Equality Victories Show How Change Happens, One Step at a Time</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>Gar Alperovitz, Yes!:</strong> The slow progression toward same-sex marriage, alongside shifting drug laws in states like Colorado and Washington, might be proof that Americans are growing and learning from past injustices to embrace equality.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vrFBbHYmrJpR1Uelnnv1WvO5RXjrxM%2BR"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HJ6WimsP%2BXzIXm0iCvXx3n3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: According to SCOTUS, Monsanto Has the Right to Control Our Food Supply</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> This week on the news with Thom Hartmann, the Supreme Court sided with Monsanto to protect the "genetic patent" on their seeds; victims of the West Texas fertilizer plant explosion are forced to pay property taxes on their decimated homes; Warren Buffet invests in wind energy; 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K9tsrvbHkWozOaJXpmOpcH3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FLDG0jbjAS7R7OY3B4%2FasH3C%2FQCux%2BI7"><strong>Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk</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>Tracy Weber, Jennifer LaFleur and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica:</strong> New investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post reveals that a government program that offers subsidized prescriptions for the elderly has neglected safety warnings declaring certain drugs unsafe for patients.</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>Stephen Zunes, Truthout:</strong> As America fears the possibility of chemical warfare in Syria, Stephen Zunes reflects on the past decade of political relations between Israel, Syria and the United States, a period filled with misinformation, spin and one too many thwarted attempts at peace.</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The protection of American jobs by purchasing American products has been a tradition since George Washington's era. So why is it that the politicians would rather protect their own pockets than invest in policies that will truly restore America to its former glory?</p>
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