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US is Faced With a Feverish Populism of Anger and Hatred

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US is Faced With a Feverish Populism of Anger and Hatred
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20211-united-states-is-faced-with-a-fever=
ish-populism-of-anger-and-hatred
Michael Kimmel, Nation Books: In an excerpt from his book "Angry White Men:=
 American Masculinity at the End of an Era," Michael Kimmell examines the a=
ngry white male as a major force in the ferocious efforts to return the Uni=
ted States to a patriarchal society.

Land to be Usurped and Votes to be Bought: The Pre-Election Honduran Landsc=
ape
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20197-land-to-be-usurped-and-votes-to-be-bou=
ght-the-pre-election-honduran-landscape
Andalusia Knoll, Truthout: Ahead of Honduras' first legitimate election sin=
ce 2005, Andalusia Knoll takes a look at the country embroiled in violence =
- particularly against indigenous people - since a 2008 coup.

Paradise Lost: Truthout Interviews Mike Ludwig on Hawaii's Fight Against GM=
Os
http://truth-out.org/video/item/20228-truthout-interviews-featuring-mike-lu=
dwig-on-gmos
Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Mike Ludwig discusses his latest article on geneti=
cally modified organisms and how Hawaii is fighting against being a laborat=
ory for the biotech industry.

Obama Hails Geneva Accord as First in Decade to Roll Back Iran's Nuclear Pr=
ogram
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20223-obama-hails-geneva-accord-as-first-in-=
decade-to-roll-back-iran%E2%80%99s-nuclear-program
Anita Kumar and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: Iran and six worl=
d powers announced they had reached an interim agreement that would for the=
 first time roll back portions of Iran's nuclear program on the promise tha=
t some economic sanctions against Iran would be eased.

ALEC's "Nuclear Option" to Kill the Affordable Care Act
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20224-alecs-nuclear-option-to-kill-the-affor=
dable-care-act
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)=
 is pushing a new "Obamacare kill bill" to thwart implementation of the Aff=
ordable Care Act on the state level by threatening to strip insurers of the=
ir licenses if they accept the federal subsidies to which they are entitled=
.

Why African Farmers Do Not Want GMOs
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Million Belay and Bern Guri, Truthout: Agribusinesses and allies call for s=
preading GMOs in Africa to address hunger. The Alliance for Food Sovereignt=
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Fact Check: Social Security Does Not Increase the Deficit
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20227-fact-check-social-security-does-not-in=
crease-the-deficit
Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: While the American people have stood their ground=
 against Social Security cuts, Washington has still not gotten the message.=
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Learning to Live in the Anthropocene
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 sustainable and democratic future are needed...The Anthropocene Epoch dema=
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so demands that the voices of billions of poor and working peoples who stan=
d on the front lines of climate change be heard," writes Rugh on the future=
 of the Environmental movement.

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how citizens can fight drone warfare - which affects us all here and abroad=
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cknowledge its "military occupation where systemic discrimination and persi=
stent human rights violations are deeply entrenched and impunity reigns;"  =
Paul N. Avakian gives a satirical look at the mass genocide case against Ef=
ra=C3=ADn R=C3=ADos Mont in Guatemala; and more.
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City, State Seek to Shut Down Petcoke Pile
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Seniors Are Getting Systematically Screwed By How We Pay Social Security - =
And It's Been Happening For Years
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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>Brendan Fischer, PR Watch:</strong>&nbsp;The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is pushing a new "Obamacare kill bill" to thwart implementation of the Affordable Care Act on the state level by threatening to strip insurers of their licenses if they accept the federal subsidies to which they are entitled.</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=6smK1dLrdRklrSMCADONnujLgjWzoyJa" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a>&nbsp;</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>Lynn Parramore, AlterNet:</strong>&nbsp;While the American people have stood their ground against Social Security cuts, Washington has still not gotten the message. Lynne Paramore debunks the so called "facts" about Social Security&rsquo;s affect on our national debt.</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=m1%2B%2BqZkXsbI6qH5EkABIGujLgjWzoyJa"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Learning to Live in the Anthropocene</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>Peter Rugh, Occupy.com:</strong>&nbsp;"Movements that push for an alternative, more just, sustainable and democratic future are needed...The Anthropocene Epoch demands that we learn to live without killing and exploiting each other...It also demands that the voices of billions of poor and working peoples who stand on the front lines of climate change be heard," writes Rugh on the future of the Environmental movement.</p>
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