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The Militarized Pacific: An Anniversary Without End
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t r u t h o u t | 05.14
The Militarized Pacific: An Anniversary Without End
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23688-the-militarized-pacific-an-anniversary-without-end
Jon Letman, Truthout: To an extent rarely realized in the US, the Pacific remains a region scarred by militarism, colonialism and an ongoing legacy of racism and war without end.
Death to the Death Penalty
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23685-death-to-the-death-penalty
Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: The problems with capital punishment go beyond innocent people executed, its dubious constitutionality and racism in its application and imposition. Premeditated killing by the state is just plain wrong.
Glenn Greenwald's New Book: No Place to Hide
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/23683-glenn-greenwalds-new-book-no-place-to-hide
Jonathan Franklin, Truthout: Journalist Glenn Greenwald has just released a new 350-page book recompiling the ongoing saga of the "tens of thousands" of secret NSA documents given to him by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Challenging Bullets, Not Boycotts: Education Under Occupation in Palestine
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23684-challenging-bullets-not-boycotts-education-under-occupation-in-palestine
Kristian Davis Bailey, Truthout: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement at American university campuses most focus on the Israeli military's attacks on Palestinian academic freedom.
The Fools of Fascism
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23689-fools-of-fascism
Manash Bhattacharjee, Truthout: As India's general elections come to a close with right-wing parties tipped to win, poet Manash Bhattacharjee considers the characteristics of fascism that make it so attractive and dangerous.
Ruling Class Racketeers
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23700-ruling-class-racketeers
Karen Garcia, Sardonicky: When it comes to the perpetual enrichment of the ruling class at the expense of the poor, bipartisanship always has a way of magically breaking through the fake Congressional gridlock.
The Mitch McConnell VA Scandal
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23708-the-mitch-mcconnell-va-scandal
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The Republican Chaos Strategy is working like a charm, and now the GOP is trying to make everyone forget who the real villains are when it comes to denying benefits to our veterans.
How Not to "Bring Back Our Girls"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23698-freedom-rider-how-not-to-bring-back-our-girls
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report: Because Western nations continue to interfere in Africa's affairs and place compliant "strong men" in power, nearly every government on that continent is weak. So the well-meaning hashtag "bring back our girls" won't achieve the goals its users hope.
Governments Crushing Their Own
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23496-governments-crushing-their-own
Catherine Wilson, Inter Press Service: The global specter of state violence against political dissent is daily news. But in some developing countries, the police are being used to put down indigenous opposition to the alliance of state and corporate power over resource extraction.
Liberal Outside Money Groups Spend Big in North Carolina
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23704-liberal-outside-money-groups-spend-big-in-north-carolina
Theodoric Meyer and Kim Barker, ProPublica: An early look at spending on television ads in North Carolina, home to a number of competitive state races, shows that liberals are spending almost as much as conservatives in the Senate race and pouring funds into state contests that conservatives haven't yet spent a cent on.
Myanmar Wakes Up to Climate Change
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23694-myanmar-wakes-up-to-climate-change
Amantha Perera, Inter Press Service: Myanmar has been vulnerable to increasing extreme weather events like many of its neighbors. But an extensive analysis last year of the nation's disaster-preparedness levels shows the dangers have been amplified because the country has been slow to take remedial measures against changing climate patterns.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Austerity Measures Are a Bad Idea, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23709-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-austerity-measures-are-a-bad-idea-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Austerity measures are a death sentence for those they impact; low-wage workers will stage the largest strike in fast food history; billionaires' grip on the nation will get stronger; investing in our nation's infrastructure would be a great economic stimulus; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Next Newark Mayor Elected on Anti-Charter School Platform
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: A Newark principal campaigned for keeping public schools public and won decisively. "They are saying we're going to get rid of your neighborhood schools," Mayor-elect Ras Baraka said of privatized education proponents.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/next-newark-mayor-elected-on-anti-charter-school-platform
"No Hope": Death Toll Surpasses 200 in Turkish Coal Mine Tragedy; More Than 100 Still Trapped
Read the Article at Al Jazeera America
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/shock-as-hundredsperishinturkishcoalminetragedy.html
Jim Hightower | The Power of Organizing
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/jim-hightower-the-power-of-organizing
The New York Times and the Justice Department Are Under Fire for Concealing Info on NSA Snooping
Read the Article at RT News
http://rt.com/usa/158780-nyt-justice-withheld-nsa-info/
Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/us/politics/climate-change-deemed-growing-security-threat-by-military-researchers.html
Too Young to Smoke, but Not Too Young to Pick: US Child Workers "Endangered" by Nicotine Exposure in Tobacco Fields
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/14/us-tobacco-fields-child-workers-nicotine-danger
"No Turning Back": Mexico's Looming Fracking and Offshore Oil and Gas Bonanza
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/05/12/no-turning-back-mexico-looming-fracking-and-offshore-oil-and-gas-bonanza
Read the Article at DeSmogBlog
HGTV Cancels Benham Brothers' Program Over Virulent Homophobic Comments
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/hgtv-cancels-benham-brothers-program-over-virulent-homophobic-comments
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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>Jon Letman, Truthout:</strong> To an extent rarely realized in the US, the Pacific remains a region scarred by militarism, colonialism and an ongoing legacy of racism and war without end.</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=L5a4FOcfypjefRACK3lIcPBzIP4lCCgo" 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=XjuOMGIQ7ekK98HRBZpVGvBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Death to the Death Penalty</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>Marjorie Cohn, Truthout:</strong> The problems with capital punishment go beyond innocent people executed, its dubious constitutionality and racism in its application and imposition. Premeditated killing by the state is just plain wrong.</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=Mw%2FxlvIRcIcRQDn7yQO8c%2FBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The Republican Chaos Strategy is working like a charm, and now the GOP is trying to make everyone forget who the real villains are when it comes to denying benefits to our veterans.</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=VhxeGUePJGHUlZ7FenZXE%2FBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Not to "Bring Back Our Girls"</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>Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report:</strong> Because Western nations continue to interfere in Africa's affairs and place compliant "strong men" in power, nearly every government on that continent is weak. So the well-meaning hashtag "bring back our girls" won't achieve the goals its users hope.</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=jR1YxmZiGNB3ynURYXe0N%2FBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Governments Crushing Their Own</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>Catherine Wilson, Inter Press Service:</strong> The global specter of state violence against political dissent is daily news. But in some developing countries, the police are being used to put down indigenous opposition to the alliance of state and corporate power over resource extraction.</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=AnhOj7qFU1YfpwSRd6YjzfBzIP4lCCgo" 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=2SjzHwHquE0tmZCrDK8AR%2FBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Liberal Outside Money Groups Spend Big in 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>Theodoric Meyer and Kim Barker, ProPublica:</strong> An early look at spending on television ads in North Carolina, home to a number of competitive state races, shows that liberals are spending almost as much as conservatives in the Senate race and pouring funds into state contests that conservatives haven't yet spent a cent on.</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=AXuZDYp%2FB5jIhIr38DoFpPBzIP4lCCgo" 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=MNYwNj3JysIJ7aeVWX8nEvBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Myanmar Wakes Up to Climate Change</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>Amantha Perera, Inter Press Service:</strong> Myanmar has been vulnerable to increasing extreme weather events like many of its neighbors. But an extensive analysis last year of the nation's disaster-preparedness levels shows the dangers have been amplified because the country has been slow to take remedial measures against changing climate patterns.</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=%2BJcDZlhs%2B4Mcq2oMEOQvGfBzIP4lCCgo" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Austerity Measures Are a Bad Idea, 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> Austerity measures are a death sentence for those they impact; low-wage workers will stage the largest strike in fast food history; billionaires' grip on the nation will get stronger; investing in our nation's infrastructure would be a great economic stimulus; and more.</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">The US government is insisting that <em>The New York Times</em> reporter James Risen reveal a confidential source - or go to jail. Risen says he won't capitulate.</p>
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