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t r u t h o u t | Monday, 19 August 2013
NAFTA on Steroids: The TransPacific Partnership and Global Neoliberalism
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18221-contradictions-of-global-neoliberalism
Cliff DuRand, Truthout: "Corporate-led neoliberal globalization [have transformed] nation-states into globalized states that serve the interests of transnational capital above the interests of national populations," writes DuRand about policies like the TransPacific Partnership.
Marijuana Industry Eager to Pay Taxes - and Cash in on Deductions
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18272-marijuana-industry-eager-to-pay-taxes-and-cash-in-on-deductions
Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers: Marijuana dispensaries look to benefit from tax deductions while also arguing that taxing their product could add millions of dollars to the federal treasury.
Are Shoplifting and Parking Violations Less "Minuscule" Than NSA Privacy Violations?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18282-are-shoplifting-and-parking-violations-minuscule
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: When John DeLong, the top NSA official in charge of making sure that NSA analysts comply with rules and regulations protecting the privacy of Americans, calls these violations "minuscule," we must never forget that "no one is above the law."
If We Cut Aid to Egypt's Military, Would We Die?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18284-if-we-cut-aid-to-egypts-military-would-we-die
Robert Naiman, Truthout: As the government decides whether it is worth the "risk" to cut off foreign aid to Egypt, given the military coup that overthrew Egypt's democratically elected president, the real question is not about what the US is sacrificing, but why we are not doing all that we can to encourage peace in the region?
Dean Baker | The Big Silicon Valley Super Powerball Lottery
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18269-dean-baker-the-big-silicon-valley-super-powerball-lottery
Dean Baker, Truthout: New tech startups in Silicon Valley are falling prey to the same unethical tactics as Wall Street, where the well connected make millions by ripping off the hard work of smaller, more industrious, companies.
How Billionaire "Philanthropy" Is Fueling Inequality and Helping to Destroy the Country
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18279-how-billionaire-philanthropy-is-fueling-inequality-and-helping-to-destroy-the-country
Prashanth Kamalakanthan, AlterNet: The "charitable-industrial complex," where the wealthy set up philanthropic efforts with little or no knowledge of the structural issues within this country, continues the cycle of inequality under the guise of charity.
Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18270-marshall-ganz-on-making-social-movements-matter
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz, who worked with Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers and volunteered during Mississippi's Freedom Summer of 1964, joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Chamber of Commerce Isn't Getting Much Return for the Money It Invested in Republican Candidates, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18281-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-us-chamber-of-commerce-isnt-getting-much-return-for-the-money-they-invested-in-republican-candidates
In today's On the News segment: A new report from the Huffington Post found that the US Chamber of Commerce isn't getting much return for the $69.5 million dollars it invested in Republican candidates in the last two elections; scientists may have figured out how to repair damaged DNA; Arlington County in Virginia spent $13,000 for a traffic sign that reads, "Don't hit the car in front of you"; and more.
Movements Without Leaders: What to Make of Change on an Overheating Planet
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18271-movements-without-leaders-what-to-make-of-change-on-an-overheating-planet
Bill McKibben, TomDispatch: Bill McKibben reflects on the environmental movement and observes that it might be the lack of a discernible leader, creating an equal open dialogue between activists, that makes the movement so successful.
Worker "Disloyalty" Leads to Discharge; Employer Disloyalty Is Good for Business
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18273-employee-disloyalty-leads-to-discharge-employer-disloyalty-is-good-for-business
Ellen Dannin and Ann C. Hodges, Truthout: Making employee disloyalty a firing offense is perhaps the most egregious example of judicial overreach affecting the National Labor Relations Act.
Distorted Supply Chain Caused by MNCs Manufacturing Abroad and How to Restore Its Legitimacy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18140-distorted-supply-chain-caused-by-mncs-manufacturing-abroad-and-how-to-restore-its-legitimacy
Dhanjoo Ghista and Apek Mulay, Truthout: Corporations that manufacture offshore and import their own goods duty-free distort the supply chain. Economic reforms, including a proposed cooperative business managerial system, could repair the damage done in the name of "free trade."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Glenn Greenwald Defiantly Hints of More Illegal Spying Revelations After Maladroit US/UK Effort to Intimidate Him
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained at Heathrow airport for possible links to terrorism. The thuggish attempt to intimidate Greenwald looks like it will backfire big time.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary:
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18149-gleen-greenwald-defiantly-hints-of-more-illegal-spying-revelations-after-maladroit-us-uk-effort-to-intimidate-him
Is Charles Koch the Scariest Man in the World?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18148-is-charles-koch-the-scariest-man-in-the-world
Paul Krugman: One Reform, Indivisible
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/opinion/krugman-one-reform-indivisible.html?_r=0
US Maintains Aid for Contractors in Egypt, Despite Massacre
Read the Article CorpWatch
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15863
Illinois Law Closes Background Check Loophole for Private Gun Purchases
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/illinois-law-closes-background-check-loophole-for-gun?ref=fpb
California Mayor Appeals to Bank CEO's "Conscience" to Help Struggling Homeowners
Read the Article at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/richmond-california-eminent-domain-mortgages_n_3758680.html?utm_hp_ref=san-francisco&ir=San%20Francisco
Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175775/domestic-worker-labor-leader-one-most-significant-victories-low-wage-workers-administrat#
Chicago Requests More Charter Schools After Massive Wave of Public School Closings
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/chicago-charter-schools_n_3757911.html
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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>Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained at Heathrow airport for possible links to terrorism. The thuggish attempt to intimidate Greenwald looks like it will backfire big time.</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>Is Charles Koch the Scariest Man in the World?</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>US Maintains Aid for Contractors in Egypt, Despite Massacre</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>Illinois Law Closes Background Check Loophole for Private Gun Purchases</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=rh7DXWZF7EDMwa7w3%2FJYaxKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>California Mayor Appeals to Bank CEO's "Conscience" to Help Struggling Homeowners</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>Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight</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=sMNPKMJQzlxShLVCO4UWshKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chicago Requests More Charter Schools After Massive Wave of Public School Closings</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>Cliff DuRand, Truthout:</strong> "Corporate-led neoliberal globalization [have transformed] nation-states into globalized states that serve the interests of transnational capital above the interests of national populations," writes DuRand about policies like the TransPacific Partnership.</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=l7axX7mgGZX0MU3IqBbf3hKfzjDN7rCh"><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=qxkni4RXER3b8LgVpJZZCxKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Marijuana Industry Eager to Pay Taxes - and Cash in on Deductions</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>Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> Marijuana dispensaries look to benefit from tax deductions while also arguing that taxing their product could add millions of dollars to the federal treasury.</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=AjHKcwdgGuedVtyhCJiZZhKfzjDN7rCh"><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=Ky7Cqv%2F3b0eDAVEYzJUMxRKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Are Shoplifting and Parking Violations Less "Minuscule" Than NSA Privacy Violations?</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> When John DeLong, the top NSA official in charge of making sure that NSA analysts comply with rules and regulations protecting the privacy of Americans, calls these violations "minuscule," we must never forget that "no one is above the law."</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=84CX8uoiiLQghKtJ3e6tZxKfzjDN7rCh"><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=JwX63iGUanK9n931Q9LHWhKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>If We Cut Aid to Egypt's Military, Would We Die?</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> As the government decides whether it is worth the "risk" to cut off foreign aid to Egypt, given the military coup that overthrew Egypt's democratically elected president, the real question is not about what the US is sacrificing, but why we are not doing all that we can to encourage peace in the region?</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=tHj5794pmIV6EzKUr3phXRKfzjDN7rCh"><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=ggL%2B6fFMtOHWP41gpLhjDRKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Dean Baker | The Big Silicon Valley Super Powerball Lottery</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>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> New tech startups in Silicon Valley are falling prey to the same unethical tactics as Wall Street, where the well connected make millions by ripping off the hard work of smaller, more industrious, companies.</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=%2BFuTOUGrBJ6FNUf3mRVyTRKfzjDN7rCh"><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=zsqu6AhrRCMSXSMb3XDAOjng2AlkDiFa"><strong>How Billionaire "Philanthropy" Is Fueling Inequality and Helping to Destroy the Country</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>Prashanth Kamalakanthan, AlterNet:</strong> The "charitable-industrial complex," where the wealthy set up philanthropic efforts with little or no knowledge of the structural issues within this country, continues the cycle of inequality under the guise of charity.</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=a%2FI3uVZYYzWcbzzXcwe3BBKfzjDN7rCh"><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=KrV%2FC%2FC1jEnHwZi8h5G8BBKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter</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>Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company:</strong> Veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz, who worked with Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers and volunteered during Mississippi's Freedom Summer of 1964, joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful change.</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=HTH2tKjAqt%2FwpuF%2B04sTthKfzjDN7rCh"><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=yo6LaHxtzueZRpg7po43sxKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Chamber of Commerce Isn't Getting Much Return for the Money It Invested in Republican Candidates, 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> A new report from the Huffington Post found that the US Chamber of Commerce isn't getting much return for the $69.5 million dollars it invested in Republican candidates in the last two elections; scientists may have figured out how to repair damaged DNA; Arlington County in Virginia spent $13,000 for a traffic sign that reads, "Don't hit the car in front of you"; 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=0GRTe%2BEpbWlrm1459P96OhKfzjDN7rCh"><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=WKtogSpWfcYwO%2Bpo1MJGOhKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Movements Without Leaders: What to Make of Change on an Overheating Planet</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>Bill McKibben, TomDispatch:</strong> Bill McKibben reflects on the environmental movement and observes that it might be the lack of a discernible leader, creating an equal open dialogue between activists, that makes the movement so successful.</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=yrn%2FrbZNL1BvvvNK3AFIQxKfzjDN7rCh"><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=z3mtvEaeAYzTex8wEGEa2hKfzjDN7rCh"><strong>Worker "Disloyalty" Leads to Discharge; Employer Disloyalty Is Good for Business</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> Making employee disloyalty a firing offense is perhaps the most egregious example of judicial overreach affecting the National Labor Relations Act.</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=L7sSeZ6ky89OYzTJ38r%2F4BKfzjDN7rCh"><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=WroePi1Q17IPYuQiGF7UOjng2AlkDiFa"><strong>Distorted Supply Chain Caused by MNCs Manufacturing Abroad and How to Restore Its Legitimacy</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>Dhanjoo Ghista and Apek Mulay, Truthout:</strong> Corporations that manufacture offshore and import their own goods duty-free distort the supply chain. Economic reforms, including a proposed cooperative business managerial system, could repair the damage done in the name of "free trade."</p>
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