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Noam Chomsky | The "Axis of Evil" Revisited
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t r u t h o u t | 12.04
Noam Chomsky | The "Axis of Evil" Revisited
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20421-the-axis-of-evil-revisited
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: In mainstream discourse, it is considered natural that Iran alone should make concessions. There is a different perspective, little heard, though it might be worth at least a mention. It begins by rejecting the American assertion that the accord breaks 10 years of unwillingness on Iran's part to address this alleged nuclear threat.
The Facts Are in: Austerity Politics Doesn't Work
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20412-the-facts-are-in-austerity-politics-doesnt-work
Sally Kohn, Yes! Magazine: Facts have been buried in a political era in which partisan ideology overrides reason. Take the case of "austerity politics." There is now conclusive evidence, both practical and theoretical, of the complete failure of austerity politics.
Pension Theft: Class War Goes to the Next Stage
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20433-pension-theft-class-war-goes-to-the-next-stage
Dean Baker, Truthout: Pensions are not gifts bestowed by the government on workers; they are part of workers' pay. But in 21st century America, contracts and the rule of law apparently don't mean anything, at least not if the people at the other end are ordinary workers.
Bernie Sanders on 2016: His Candidacy, Elizabeth Warren and the Clintons
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20409-bernie-sanders-on-2016-his-candidacy-elizabeth-warren-and-the-clintons
Gaius Publius, America Blog: Sen. Bernie Sanders recently announced that he's considering entering the 2016 presidential race if a strong progressive doesn't. He also mentioned that he likes Elizabeth Warren. He's not alone.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: ALEC's 2014 Legislative Agenda, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20435-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-alecs-2014-legislative-agenda-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The American Legislative Exchange Council has one heck of an agenda for 2014; Republicans want to rig the next presidential election, and they won't need to hack voting machines to do it; Massachusetts isn't rich in fossil fuels, but it is going to great lengths to keep the fracking industry out; and more.
The Layers of Unemployment Remain Hidden
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20410-the-layers-of-unemployment-remain-hidden
Chris Williams, Truthout: There is a larger issue looming for unemployed workers. Because of Congressional dysfunction, the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation program will lose its funding if Congress doesn't agree to renew it by the end of this year.
Syria's Criminal Rebels
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20404-syrias-criminal-rebels
Richard Sale, Truthout: With Bashar al-Assad's opponents "more and more using repellent methods," Syria's insurgency is drifting into the kind of organized criminal enterprise that created insolvable insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why the World Should Care About Honduras' Recent Election
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20415-why-the-world-should-care-about-honduras-recent-election
Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian: The response of the international media and observer missions to the Honduran election will be relevant: Will they investigate charges of electoral fraud? Or will they simply watch as the National Party government consolidates itself with repression and support from the United States and its allies?
US Government Has Secret Kill Switch for Communications
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20414-us-government-has-secret-kill-switch-for-communications
Kevin Mathews, Care2: Someday, your cellphone and internet may suddenly go out, but it will have nothing to do with failing to pay your bills. Unknown to most Americans, the president has the authority to shut down everyone's internet and phone service in one fell swoop.
Seattle WTO Collapsed 14 Years Ago: Lessons for Today
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20413-seattle-wto-collapsed-14-years-ago-lessons-for-today
David Solnit, Popular Resistance: Government officials and corporate lobbyists met for the ninth World Trade Organization ministerial yesterday, exactly 14 years after the collapse of the global 1%'s "plan A" to use the WTO to further concentrate their power.
What the Media Isn't Telling You About Detroit's Bankruptcy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20436-what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-about-detroits-bankruptcy
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The death of a great American city is one of the biggest - if not the biggest - news story of the week. But the mainstream media has yet to tell the real story behind the Motor City's decline: the destruction of Detroit by America's bankster-billionaire class.
John Fullerton: Carbon Crisis, Fossil Fuels and Finance
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20425-john-fullerton-carbon-crisis-fossil-fuels-and-finance
Laura Flanders, GritTV: John Fullerton, former oil and gas investor, and president and founder of The Capital Institute, talks about the economic impact of leaving fossil fuel reserves in the ground. If we're serious about saving the planet, he says, energy companies need to agree to take a $20 trillion write-off.
Take Roots Action:
http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8876
Some powerful forces are eager for talks with Iran to collapse - so the US military will attack Iran.
Tell the State Department, Congress and the president: We've had enough wars, and we want peace with Iran.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Chemical and Oil Companies Accused of Using Unsafe Rail Tank Cars
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18350-chemical-and-oil-companies-accused-of-using-unsafe-rail-tank-cars
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The Chicago Tribune charges fossil fuel and chemical companies with knowingly transporting flammable and toxic substances in unsafe railroad tank cars.
Jim Hightower: Billionaires Reap a Cornucopia of Farm Subsidy Cash
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18348-jim-hightower-billionaires-reap-a-cornucopia-of-farm-subsidy-cash
ALEC Facing Funding Crisis From Donor Exodus in Wake of Trayvon Martin Row
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/03/alec-funding-crisis-big-donors-trayvon-martin
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets and Broke the Story of the Year
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/snowden-and-greenwald-the-men-who-leaked-the-secrets-20131204
Life on Another Planet Would Have a Lot to Teach Us
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18349-life-on-another-planet-would-have-a-lot-to-teach-us
Detroit Bankruptcy Bankrupts Democracy
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/177433/detroit-bankruptcy-bankrupts-democracy#
George Monbiot | The Lies Behind This Transatlantic Trade Deal
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/transatlantic-free-trade-deal-regulation-by-lawyers-eu-us
Report: Abrupt Climate Change Tipping Points Could Spell Surprising Disasters for Future
Read the Article at Science World Report
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/11363/20131204/abrupt-climate-change-tipping-points-spell-surprising-disasters-future.htm
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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>Noam Chomsky, Truthout:</strong> In mainstream discourse, it is considered natural that Iran alone should make concessions. There is a different perspective, little heard, though it might be worth at least a mention. It begins by rejecting the American assertion that the accord breaks 10 years of unwillingness on Iran's part to address this alleged nuclear threat.</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=K0y86ypiLkhtBBZnKjJ8synhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Syria's Criminal Rebels</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>Richard Sale, Truthout:</strong> With Bashar al-Assad's opponents "more and more using repellent methods," Syria's insurgency is drifting into the kind of organized criminal enterprise that created insolvable insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.</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=zzZOzITEcRAoqxbtIfkTPinhxpw9CCyK" 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=55VodhlZTYKsh9r%2FzNZh6ynhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why the World Should Care About Honduras' Recent Election</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 Weisbrot, The Guardian:</strong> The response of the international media and observer missions to the Honduran election will be relevant: Will they investigate charges of electoral fraud? Or will they simply watch as the National Party government consolidates itself with repression and support from the United States and its allies?</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=Nt2R59h7QsYb%2BQMow9F%2Fzinhxpw9CCyK" 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=%2B4%2B9Mh%2F9HTWNEcFIPxcpXSnhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Government Has Secret Kill Switch for Communications</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 Mathews, Care2:</strong> Someday, your cellphone and internet may suddenly go out, but it will have nothing to do with failing to pay your bills. Unknown to most Americans, the president has the authority to shut down everyone's internet and phone service in one fell swoop.</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=DCar%2FQm9fIqXqQvfhVArdinhxpw9CCyK" 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=mTmRfCTk0%2F3FHSnTPAR96ynhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Seattle WTO Collapsed 14 Years Ago: Lessons for Today</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 Solnit, Popular Resistance:</strong> Government officials and corporate lobbyists met for the ninth World Trade Organization ministerial yesterday, exactly 14 years after the collapse of the global 1%'s "plan A" to use the WTO to further concentrate their power.</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=SODvkMPNSsGpz77oezjuqinhxpw9CCyK" 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=RmOKzeHiBwwbHYEEyyuL9Cnhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What the Media Isn't Telling You About Detroit's Bankruptcy</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> The death of a great American city is one of the biggest - if not the biggest - news story of the week. But the mainstream media has yet to tell the real story behind the Motor City's decline: the destruction of Detroit by America's bankster-billionaire class.</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=m13r245pST%2FE4PO%2Bf%2BQZDynhxpw9CCyK" 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=wj%2BYHbR76pWbI2vWTpnlzSnhxpw9CCyK"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>John Fullerton: Carbon Crisis, Fossil Fuels and Finance</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>Laura Flanders, GritTV:</strong> John Fullerton, former oil and gas investor, and president and founder of The Capital Institute, talks about the economic impact of leaving fossil fuel reserves in the ground. If we're serious about saving the planet, he says, energy companies need to agree to take a $20 trillion write-off.</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=n8rXOz5C0xDUAyGNChY3Qinhxpw9CCyK" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video</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=HmP5sDV%2BAYa4U3F5c9o76Cnhxpw9CCyK"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">Some powerful forces are eager for talks with Iran to collapse - so the US military will attack Iran.</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=yAzSpMaNAc7IYmEsoS%2BJ8Cnhxpw9CCyK" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Tell the State Department, Congress and the president: We've had enough wars, and we want peace with Iran.</strong></a> </p>
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