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Guatemala Genocide Conviction and a More Just Vision for American
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t r u t h o u t | Thursday, 16 May 2013
Guatemala Genocide Conviction and a Just Vision for American Continent
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16396-guatemala-genocide-conviction-should-prompt-more-just-vision-for-american-continent
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout: The original idea of "America" - predicated on genocide, land theft, and slavery, among other ills, empowered murderous regimes like that of Jose Efrain Rios Montt in Guatemala. It's past time for a new concept of the American continent.
Why Can't EPA Tighten Safety Regulations at Chemical Facilities Like West Fertilizer?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16419-why-cant-the-epa-tighten-safety-regulations-at-chemical-facilities-like-west-fertilizer
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Industry lobbying has killed labor and environmental bids for tighter regulations. And as long as the McCarthy to head EPA confirmation standoff continues, an executive order to prevent more disasters like the West, Texas, explosion is unlikely.
Coming Corporate Control of Medicine Will Throw Patients Under the Bus
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16399-coming-corporate-control-of-medicine-will-throw-patients-under-the-bus
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Corporate control over health care will make the horrors falsely attributed to socialized medicine look pale.
At an Impasse: Collective Bargaining Under the Judicial Amendments
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16394-at-an-impasse-collective-bargaining-under-the-judicial-amendments
Ellen Dannin and Ann C. Hodges, Truthout: How the ideal that Congress envisioned for the NLRA has evolved into maneuvering for advantage using judge-made rules at odds with the purpose of the law.
Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
http://truth-out.org/video/item/16412-chris-hedges-monitoring-of-ap-phones-a-terrifying-step-in-state-assault-on-press-freedom
Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: Pullitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges says that the governments intrusion on freedom of the press is resulting in a deep freeze on whistleblowers who are now even more terrified to come forward.
America's Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Against "Reform" Mandates
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16400-americas-education-spring-a-growing-revolt-against-reform-mandates
Jeff Bryant, Campaign for America's Future: Resistance to top-down education is propelled by grievances of inequity, unfairness and public disempowerment.
Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16391-will-the-catholic-bishops-decide-how-you-die-or-whether-you-live
Valerie Tarico, Truthout: What happens when religious institutions get to manage public funds, absorb secular hospitals and put theology above medical science and individual patient conscience? Individual freedom of conscience - and health - suffers.
Paul Krugman | When Basic Economic Theory Is Ignored, Disaster Will Follow
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16416-when-basic-economic-theory-is-ignored-disaster-will-follow
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Krugman argues that the economic crisis was not a failure of theory, but rather a failure of observation.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Retailers Are Refusing to Help Stop Slave Labor, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16420-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-us-retailers-are-refusing-to-help-stop-slave-labor-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Walmart and Gap refuse to join major European retailers who announced their plans to implement a sweeping safety agreement to protect garment workers in Bangladesh; after legalizing same-sex marriage in their state, Democratic state senators voted to allow childcare and personal care workers to unionize; and more.
If the Fed Knows Banks Are Too Big, Why Doesn't It Make Them Smaller?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16401-if-the-fed-knows-banks-are-too-big-why-doesnt-it-make-them-smaller
James Kwak, The Baseline Scenario: Officials continue to beat around the bush when it comes to making large banks smaller. Instead, they focus on capital requirements and minimum long-term debt levels.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
US Government Shills for GMO Seed Companies Throughout the World, Including Monsanto, Report Reveals
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17969-us-government-shills-for-gmo-seed-companies-throughout-the-world-including-monsanto-report-reveals
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Those amber waves of grain immortalized in "America the Beautiful" are increasingly patented and privatized by Monsanto and a few other global seed company behemoths. It's even more disturbing that the US government is assisting them worldwide.
No One Is Safe in Our Know-Nothing Security State
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17968-no-one-is-safe-in-our-know-nothing-security-state
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
KBR Tells US Army It Will Cost $500 Million and Take 13 Years to Close Out Its Iraq Contract
http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/kbr-tells-us-army-it-will-cost-500-million-and-take-13-years-to-close-out-its-iraq-contract-130515?news=850021
Read the Article at AllGov
Why Isn't the New Orleans Mother's Day Parade Shooting a "National Tragedy"?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/15/new-orleans-shooting-not-national-news
Read the Article at the Guardian UK
Senator Seeks to Reform Military's "Unacceptable" Sex Abuse Policies
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/16/18280367-senator-seeks-to-reform-militarys-unacceptable-sex-abuse-policies?lite
Read the Article at NBC News
Obama Fires IRS Head Instead of Taking on Right Wing
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/300059-obama-fires-irs-director
Read the Article at The Hill
The "Henry David T.," a Lobster Boat, Blocks a Coal Tanker in Environmental Protest
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174343/henry-david-t-blocks-coal-tanker-brayton-point
Read the Article at The Nation
An Insider Account of the Creation of the Benghazi Talking Points
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/15/an-insider-account-of-the-creation-of-the-benghazi-talking-points/?hpid=z2
Read the Article at The Washington Post
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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>Those amber waves of grain immortalized in "America the Beautiful" are increasingly patented and privatized by Monsanto and a few other global seed company behemoths. It's even more disturbing that the US government is assisting them worldwide.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GuwqZw3mBUC5Wdc0wLAlZ47FRMBF7UzR" 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>KBR Tells US Army It Will Cost $500 Million and Take 13 Years to Close Out Its Iraq Contract</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 Isn't the New Orleans Mother's Day Parade Shooting a "National Tragedy"?</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>Senator Seeks to Reform Military's "Unacceptable" Sex Abuse Policies</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>Obama Fires IRS Head Instead of Taking on Right Wing</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 "Henry David T.," a Lobster Boat, Blocks a Coal Tanker in Environmental Protest</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>An Insider Account of the Creation of the Benghazi Talking Points</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>Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout:</strong> The original idea of "America" - predicated on genocide, land theft, and slavery, among other ills, empowered murderous regimes like that of Jose Efrain Rios Montt in Guatemala. It's past time for a new concept of the American continent.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BjkP3xDXUaE5myxTnJM4UQnu2x6vMhUb" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=f9yerwV8kZmuv8vSO%2BvvmQnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why Can't EPA Tighten Safety Regulations at Chemical Facilities Like West Fertilizer?</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> Industry has repeatedly lobbied to death labor and environmental groups' push for tighter regs. And as long as the McCarthy confirmation standoff continues, an executive order to prevent more disasters like the West, Texas, explosion is unlikely.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zzOMntrQxvbm51qCf2kIlApjz5z0mBwu" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=afnSNxmrAOXxG3fLr7qUfQnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Coming Corporate Control of Medicine Will Throw Patients Under the Bus</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>Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism:</strong> Corporate control over health care will make the horrors falsely attributed to socialized medicine look pale.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F3EyOwBM8xfhdQCTfCyz3gnu2x6vMhUb" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hM%2B7jVHREmgq8C6ku4MDfwnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>At an Impasse: Collective Bargaining Under the Judicial Amendments</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 Dannin and Ann C. Hodges, Truthout:</strong> How the ideal that Congress envisioned for the NLRA has evolved into maneuvering for advantage using judge-made rules at odds with the purpose of the law.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ss1x8kD4gKqg3iNmI9A2Gwnu2x6vMhUb" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7s4RPcQ%2B6O9ChTIRDSptZQnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom</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>Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: </strong> Pullitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges says that the governments intrusion on freedom of the press is resulting in a deep freeze on whistleblowers who are now even more terrified to come forward.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NcK%2Bo%2FS6wFaNeoJ0r3wQTQnu2x6vMhUb" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KqMXZjxfHWjNYNY8ynUieQnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>America's Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Against "Reform" Mandates</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>Jeff Bryant, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> Resistance to top-down education is propelled by grievances of inequity, unfairness and public disempowerment.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VjeGRWLZgMbYLPUxZhXmBAnu2x6vMhUb" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=byrih%2BM2rogXp9w38GKNuAnu2x6vMhUb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?</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>Valerie Tarico, Truthout:</strong> What happens when religious institutions get to manage public funds, absorb secular hospitals and put theology above medical science and individual patient conscience? Individual freedom of conscience - and health - suffers.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=amAy7K11tSnIIrWVBLGc3wnu2x6vMhUb" 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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Walmart and Gap refuse to join major European retailers who announced their plans to implement a sweeping safety agreement to protect garment workers in Bangladesh; after legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota, Democratic state senators voted to allow childcare and personal care workers to unionize; and more.</p>
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