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t r u t h o u t | 11.06
Out of Hurricane Sandy Devastation, Free Photographic Book Combines Art Wit=
h Generosity
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19835-out-of-hurricane-sandy-devastation-eme=
rges-a-stunning-free-photographic-book-combining-art-with-generosity-to-tho=
se-in-need
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Since 2008, Concord Free Press has printed free limi=
ted-edition books that have resulted in more than $325,000 of donations to =
causes. The current Concord book, The Rockaways, is a stunning archival wit=
ness to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
Trans-Pacific Partnership: "We Will Not Obey"; Building a Global Resistance=
Movement
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19843-trans-pacific-partnership-we-will-n=
ot-obey-building-a-global-resistance-movement-to-transnational-corporate-po=
wer
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: We must build a broad-based, mo=
vement of movements that sends a clear message to Washington, DC: "If you p=
ass the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we will not obey."
Monsanto and Junk Food Companies Spend Millions to Fight GMO Labeling in Co=
ngress
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19853-monsanto-and-junk-food-companies-also-=
spend-millions-to-fight-gmo-labeling-in-congress
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The biggest names in biotechnology and processed foo=
d products have spent millions of dollars fighting efforts in Washington an=
d California to label genetically engineered foods, and they are spending b=
ig to fight labeling efforts in Congress as well.
Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Citizens and Hibakusha
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19738-delegitimizing-nuclear-weapons-the-=
role-of-citizens-and-hibakusha
David Krieger, Truthout: At the fifth Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly fo=
r the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, David Krieger described h=
ow nuclear weapons have been legitimized, the new ethic required to ensure =
planetary security and what can be accomplished by anti-nuclear activism.
NY Judge Renews "Order of Protection" Barring Drone Protesters From Air Bas=
e
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19849-new-york-state-judge-renews-order-of-p=
rotection-against-drone-protesters-barring-them-from-air-base
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Typically an "Order of Protection" is used in dome=
stic violence cases,
but a judge in DeWitt, New York, recently renewed 17 activists' "Orders of =
Protection," which bar them from the Hancock Air Base, where they were arre=
sted last year during a protest over military drones.
Does Germany's New Law About "No Gender" Babies Go Far Enough?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19847-does-germanys-new-law-about-no-gender-=
babies-go-far-enough
Kristina Chew, Care2: Germany has become the first country in Europe to all=
ow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both genders =
as being neither male nor female. But banning cosmetic genital surgeries fo=
r newborns is really the issue that needs to be addressed.
Privatizing Our Vote: The Ultimate Crime
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19874-privatizing-our-vote-the-ultimate-c=
rime
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Over the past decade or so our e=
lected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide ou=
r elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corpora=
tions. And they've done so by giving them the right to count our votes.
Dark Money's New Frontier: State Judicial Elections
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19859-dark-moneys-new-frontier-state-judicia=
l-elections
John Light, Moyers & Company: In America, we expect that our courts are fai=
r and impartial. But increasingly, state high courts are falling prey to th=
e same out-of-control, post-Citizens United election spending that has plag=
ued legislative and executive races during the past two election cycles.
Six Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here's What We S=
till Don't Know
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19860-six-months-after-obama-promised-to-div=
ulge-more-on-drones-heres-what-we-still-dont-know
Cora Currier, ProPublica: Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised m=
ore transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. In a speech=
, Obama vowed that the United States would use force against only a "contin=
uing and imminent threat to the American people." How much has changed sinc=
e the president's speech?
What Happens When Parents Stand Up and Say No to Testing?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19863-what-happens-when-parents-stand-up-and=
-say-no-to-testing
Elizabeth Hines, AlterNet: Parents in one New York City school have decided=
to do more than complain about the perils of testing young children. They'=
re taking action, en masse, and getting results.
Take Roots Action:
We stopped the missiles, but we haven't stopped the guns flowing into Syria=
from the US government under the label of "military aid." And we haven't s=
ent humanitarian aid at nearly the levels needed. (Email Congress, the pres=
ident and the United Nations now! http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/=
common/public/?action_KEY=3D8739)
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Median Wage Falls to Lowest Level Since 2008 as Incomes at the Top Soar
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18298-median-wage-falls-=
to-lowest-level-since-2008-as-incomes-at-the-top-soar
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Yes, the rich are getting richer as mos=
t Americans are stuck in a quagmire of stagnant or falling wages. For many =
workers, the only thing soaring is debt.
Jim Hightower | Can Wall Street Buy Redemption?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18297-jim-hightower-can-=
wall-street-buy-redemption
Warming Gases Reach Record High
Read the Article at BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24833148
Obama White House Sees "No Alternative" to NSA's "Collect It All" Approach
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/world/as-us-weighs-spying-changes-officia=
ls-say-data-sweeps-must-continue.html?hp&_r=3D0
ALEC Agenda Reveals Anti-Renewable-Energy Strategies for December Summit
Read the Article at EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/06/alec-agenda-anti-renewable-energy-strategies=
-december-summit/
Debt Collectors Face New Rules Under Proposal From Consumer Financial Prote=
ction Bureau
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cfpb-proposes-new-rule-to-go=
vern-debt-collectors/2013/11/05/ef920b86-462a-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.=
html?wpisrc=3Dnl_headlines
Richard D. Wolff | The Great Austerity Shell Game
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/great-austerity-shell-=
game
We're About to Lose Net Neutrality =E2=80=A6 and the Internet as We Know It
Read the Article at Wired
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/so-the-internets-about-to-lose-its-net=
-neutrality/
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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>Median Wage Falls to Lowest Level Since 2008 as Incomes at the Top Soar
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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>Yes, the rich are getting richer as most Americans are stuck in a quagmire of stagnant or falling wages. For many workers, the only thing soaring is debt.</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=WlC5p3o4wF8vVJJzl4MHX8W2kj3eEvip" 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>Jim Hightower | Can Wall Street Buy Redemption?</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hw2GBsHcaV82Cp%2BVsWr4wyjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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>Warming Gases Reach Record High</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rmI7BmzWL21p5epKqWGY5ijSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BBC News</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama White House Sees "No Alternative" to NSA's "Collect It All" Approach</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PKiix9U0xKGCXgtKcU%2B7WyjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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>ALEC Agenda Reveals Anti-Renewable-Energy Strategies for December Summit</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EJonXTyTMNEM8JhxLJ38hCjSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at EcoWatch</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Debt Collectors Face New Rules Under Proposal From Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FvkFdGGNlFcwPnXCzahh8CjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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>Richard D. Wolff | The Great Austerity Shell Game</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MCVIXezk0M46pZYZqDi3GSjSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>We're About to Lose Net Neutrality … and the Internet as We Know It</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8ks7KsjV4gsINTjMesnS0yjSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Wired</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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P52cKDWybGNOvRJFDsAf4CjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Out of Hurricane Sandy Devastation, Free Photographic Book Combines Art With Generosity</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Since 2008, Concord Free Press has printed free limited-edition books that have resulted in more than $325,000 of donations to causes. The current Concord book, <em>The Rockaways</em>, is a stunning archival witness to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.</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=y6WlT7evfiQMtBtI13uN3ijSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=%2B0Mt0qXZpLs5CU63SKkB%2FSjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Trans-Pacific Partnership: "We Will Not Obey"; Building a Global Resistance Movement</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>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> We must build a broad-based, movement of movements that sends a clear message to Washington, DC: "If you pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we will not obey."</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=sNDglckVkTj1jWj5%2B3EzcyjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=Ju9EYuO8SBoor8tXk2J1USjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Monsanto and Junk Food Companies Spend Millions to Fight GMO Labeling in Congress</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> The biggest names in biotechnology and processed food products have spent millions of dollars fighting efforts in Washington and California to label genetically engineered foods, and they are spending big to fight labeling efforts in Congress as well.</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=d1j3%2FmklgKcgOvsbfwLbESjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=WqoFt5vDlWHYD77gSO2fSSjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Citizens and Hibakusha</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>David Krieger, Truthout:</strong> At the fifth Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, David Krieger described how nuclear weapons have been legitimized, the new ethic required to ensure planetary security and what can be accomplished by anti-nuclear activism.</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=D%2FHY5tcSkKhqYI%2F%2BTZ5VfCjSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Statement</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=qF6eqH%2BKGvujUGQL%2Bs79wCjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>NY Judge Renews "Order of Protection" Barring Drone Protesters From Air Base</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> Typically an "Order of Protection" is used in domestic violence cases,
but a judge in DeWitt, New York, recently renewed 17 activists' "Orders of Protection," which bar them from the Hancock Air Base, where they were arrested last year during a protest over military drones.</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=Vr4oyz3%2BBRLgyQ6VczLhcyjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=aepjZpAsLLAhDsNfRjph8SjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Does Germany's New Law About "No Gender" Babies Go Far Enough?</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>Kristina Chew, Care2:</strong> Germany has become the first country in Europe to allow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both genders as being neither male nor female. But banning cosmetic genital surgeries for newborns is really the issue that needs to be addressed.</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=FWRvAIFIRSS1DOr8vm94QMW2kj3eEvip" 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=jBwDU2QgjUCnsy5R078%2FYsW2kj3eEvip"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Privatizing Our Vote: The Ultimate Crime</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> Over the past decade or so our elected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide our elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corporations. And they've done so by giving them the right to count our votes.</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=V2GDdwTumwUjfGG2OInrxCjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=QmNTgzMSMiyv0FEgmMovOCjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dark Money's New Frontier: State Judicial Elections</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>John Light, Moyers & Company:</strong> In America, we expect that our courts are fair and impartial. But increasingly, state high courts are falling prey to the same out-of-control, post-<em>Citizens United</em> election spending that has plagued legislative and executive races during the past two election cycles.</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=BNbKG6dfGjbr540n41HDO8W2kj3eEvip" 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=sHC1OvI88kbMOMwq%2FWAkbyjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Six Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here's What We Still Don't Know</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>Cora Currier, ProPublica:</strong> Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. In a speech, Obama vowed that the United States would use force against only a "continuing and imminent threat to the American people." How much has changed since the president's speech?</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=ZlAmLQKDQ%2FvsREfpVJ3tfSjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=NiIGUdv2sOAwxGwqYCEjrSjSFm4W4eb%2F"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What Happens When Parents Stand Up and Say No to Testing?</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>Elizabeth Hines, AlterNet:</strong> Parents in one New York City school have decided to do more than complain about the perils of testing young children. They're taking action, en masse, and getting results.</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=z5ZJpb%2BJEcsbcBO7yKRLKyjSFm4W4eb%2F" 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=M67CbUnynrWnauD26VOet8W2kj3eEvip"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Take Roots Action:</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"><em>We stopped the missiles, but we haven't stopped the guns flowing into Syria from the US government under the label of "military aid." And we haven't sent humanitarian aid at nearly the levels needed.</em></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=83vC%2F3OPCaBXPKtR7xRe5ijSFm4W4eb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong><em>(Email Congress, the president and the United Nations now!)</em></strong></a> </p>
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