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New Cases of Corporate Spying Bolster Troubling Trend: What Is

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t r u t h o u t | Tuesday, 4 March 2014

New Cases of Corporate Spying Bolster Troubling Trend: What Is Being Done A=
bout It?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22224-new-cases-of-corporate-spying-bolster-=
troubling-trend-what-is-being-done-about-it
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Cases of corporations and private intelligence fir=
ms spying on truth-tellers - from scientists to activists to journalists - =
continue to trickle out from the media in alarming numbers the past few wee=
ks. With a clear pattern of abuse emerging, is anything being done to prote=
ct dissenters?

Will Massachusetts Build a New Jail or Explore Alternatives to Bail?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22142-will-massachusetts-build-a-new-jail-or=
-explore-alternatives-to-bail
Victoria Law, Truthout: In Massachusetts, women make up 7 percent of state =
prisoners but 33 percent of pretrial detainees. Women are incarcerated at t=
he state's women's prison when they and their families cannot afford to pos=
t bail. Activists are pushing back against proposed prison expansions and a=
dvocating for implementing alternatives to relying on bail and pretrial inc=
arceration.

Unintended - and Anti-Social - Consequences of Social Media Use
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22158-unintended-and-anti-social-consequence=
s-of-social-media-use
Toshio Meronek and Eric A. Stanley, Truthout: Even as social media are depl=
oyed in the service of social justice and consciousness raising, the profit=
s generated contribute to anti-social behavior, including tax avoidance, ge=
ntrification and big bucks to anti-democratic causes.

Climate Activists Must Heed the Lessons of North Carolina
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22222-climate-activists-must-heed-the-les=
sons-of-north-carolina
Joe Wainio, Truthout: Climate change activists should look to North Carolin=
a for lessons on how to build a broad and diverse movement powerful enough =
to challenge the corrupt status quo on several fronts. Single-issue organiz=
ing won't do.

The Stone That Brings Down Goliath? Richmond and Eminent Domain
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22232-the-stone-that-brings-down-goliath-ric=
hmond-and-eminent-domain
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt: Gayle McLaughlin, the bold mayor of Richmond, Cal=
ifornia, has gone where no woman dared go before, threatening to take under=
water mortgages by eminent domain from Wall Street banks and renegotiate th=
em on behalf of beleaguered homeowners.

Between Revolution and Tyranny: A Fluid and Highly Permeable Line
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22248-between-revolution-and-tyranny-a-fl=
uid-and-highly-permeable-line
Musa al-Gharbi, Truthout: Being anti-revolution isn't sexy - but then again=
, neither is watching the intentions, efforts and sacrifices of activists b=
e manipulated in such a way as to give rise to even greater injustice, oppr=
ession and misery, as is often the ultimate fate of revolutions.

Dahr Jamail: Humanitarian Crisis Intensifies in Fallujah as Iraqi Governmen=
t Accused of Killing More Than 100 Civilians
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22242-humanitarian-crisis-intensifies-in-fal=
lujah-as-iraqi-government-accused-of-killing-over-100-civilians
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Dahr Jamail discusses his new Truthout report =
that revealed doctors, residents and non-governmental organization workers =
in Fallujah are accusing the Iraqi government of war crimes and crimes agai=
nst humanity in its ongoing attack against the city.

Sixteen for '16 - Number 2: JOBS, Again
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22226-sixteen-for-16-number-2-jobs-again
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: The 21st century United States doesn't need mo=
re things, but it does need many services the instant-gratification private=
 sector doesn't provide so well, such as preschool and post-secondary educa=
tion and health and dental care. Government has to be part of the solution.

Washington Post "News Article" Slams Obama for Not Bombing Russia
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22241-washington-post-news-article-slams-=
obama-for-not-bombing-russia
Robert Naiman, Truthout: The Washington Post is claiming that the Russian m=
ilitary intervention in Crimea illustrates President Obama is too reluctant=
 to use military force. The Post's underlying grievance, however, isn't wit=
h the president - but with the opinions of the American public.

Chris Hedges | Suffering? Well, You Deserve It
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22225-suffering-well-you-deserve-it
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Economic historian Avner Offer has explored the cav=
ernous gap between our economic and social reality and our ruling economic =
ideology for 25 years. Neoclassical economics, he says, is a "just-world th=
eory," one that posits that not only do good people get what they deserve b=
ut those who suffer deserve to suffer.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Next Report From IPCC Is Due in March, and =
More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22252-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-nex=
t-report-from-the-ipcc-is-due-in-march-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The next report from the Intergovernmental =
Panel on Climate Change is due at the end of March, and we shouldn't expect=
 good news=CD=BE there's a new reason to put down that soft drink=CD=BE the=
 so-=C2=ADcalled mainstream media is finally reporting on radiation from Fu=
kushima hitting the North American coast=CD=BE and more.


TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES


Trans-=C2=ADPacific Partnership Should Prohibit Currency Manipulation That =
Drains Jobs From US
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It may sound wonky. However, the likely=
 failure of the TPP to address currency manipulation by nations will, if th=
e agreement passes, result in more US job losses.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/trans-pacific-partnership-sho=
uld-prohibit-currency-manipulation-that-drains-jobs-from-us

Budget Realignment Reflects Pentagon's Vision of Covert and Endless War
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/budget-realignment-reflects-penta=
gon-s-vision-of-covert-and-endless-war
Read the Article at BuzzFlash

US Activist, CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin Says Egypt Police Have Brok=
en Her Arm in Jail
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-activist-codepink-co-founder-medea-benjamin-=
says-egypt-police-have-broken-her-arm-in-jail/
Read the Article at CBS News

Study Finds Keystone XL Would Have Much Larger Impact Than State Department=
 Suggests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/keystone-xl-emissions-state-depart=
ment_n_4892806.html
Read the Article at The Huffington Post

The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa=
-free-plastic-safe
Read the Article at Mother Jones

Former Senator Tom Daschle Distorts NAFTA Consequences To Sell TPP
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/199595-daschle-distor=
ts-nafta-outcomes-to-sell-tpp#ixzz2v09Oq7aF
Read the Article at The Hill

If He's Sexually Aggressive in Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/03/285307535/mens-drinking-isnt-the=
-driver-of-sexual-aggression-in-bars
Read the Article at NPR

How Grassroots Organizing Came to the Rescue in West Virginia's Water Crisi=
s
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/grassroots-organizing-came-rescue-west=
-virginias-water-crisis/
Read the Article at Waging Nonviolence

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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>Study Finds Keystone XL Would Have Much Larger Impact Than State Department Suggests</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>Former Senator Tom Daschle Distorts NAFTA Consequences To Sell TPP</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>How Grassroots Organizing Came to the Rescue in West Virginia's Water Crisis</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>Victoria Law, Truthout:</strong>&#160;In Massachusetts, women make up 7 percent of state prisoners but 33 percent of pretrial detainees. Women are incarcerated at the state's women's prison when they and their families cannot afford to post bail. Activists are pushing back against proposed prison expansions and advocating for implementing alternatives to relying on bail and pretrial incarceration.</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>Toshio Meronek and Eric A. Stanley, Truthout:</strong>&#160;Even as social media are deployed in the service of social justice and consciousness raising, the profits generated contribute to anti-social behavior, including tax avoidance, gentrification and big bucks to anti-democratic causes.</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=66hByluu6WAeaYiq5wzJFvNFNZfv4%2BHv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a>&#160;</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=r11zZh9GPHLMpPCMXh5H1PNFNZfv4%2BHv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Climate Activists Must Heed the Lessons of North Carolina</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>Joe Wainio, Truthout:</strong>&#160;Climate change activists should look to North Carolina for lessons on how to build a broad and diverse movement powerful enough to challenge the corrupt status quo on several fronts. Single-issue organizing won't do.</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=vuGLnAmCjUL%2Bp23KS%2Bb49fNFNZfv4%2BHv" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a>&#160;</p>
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