[193277] in Zephyr_Bugs
The Internet Debate Pits Local Communities Against Broadband Giants
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Sun Sep 21 16:33:09 2014
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 16:33:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: t r u t h o u t <messenger@truthout.org>
Reply-To: messenger@truthout.org
To: zephyr-bugs@mit.edu
Message-ID: <2252425056.721820954@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_11142778_1805444539.1411331587225"
Envelope-From: <2252425056-1306483-org2-org2DB@bounces.salsalabs.net>
------=_Part_11142778_1805444539.1411331587225
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
t r u t h o u t | 09.21
A Digital Desert: The Internet Debate Pits Local Communities Against Broadb=
and Giants
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26272-a-digital-desert-the-internet-deba=
te-pits-local-communities-against-broadband-giants=20
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Internet service with modern connection speeds is no=
t available in much of Bradley County, Tennessee. Some parts have no intern=
et service at all. But local advocates and lawmakers are pushing the FCC to=
intervene on their behalf - against major broadband companies and their lo=
bbyists.
The Vietnam War Presaged the War in Afghanistan: Civilians Endlessly Suffer
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/26306-the-vietnam-war-presag=
ed-the-war-in-afghanistan-civilians-endlessly-suffer=20
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Author Anand Gopal discusses his riveting book, No G=
ood Men Among the Living, which offers an intimate portrait of Afghans as t=
hey see the US presence in their country - and how history and the most rec=
ent invasion of Afghanistan impact their everyday lives.
Violence Directed at Anbar University Students From All Sides
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26277-violence-directed-at-anbar-univers=
ity-students-from-all-sides=20
Sawsan al-Assaf and Matthew Schweitzer, Truthout: Students at Anbar Univers=
ity in Iraq are caught between a Shiite government that treats them like tr=
aitors and ISIS fighters who consider their studies proof of their support =
for Baghdad. Meanwhile, factional fighting has reduced the university to ru=
ins and terrorized academics.
The Charitable Society or "How to Avoid the Poor and Perpetuate the Wealth =
Gap"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26320-the-charitable-society-or-how-to-av=
oid-the-poor-and-perpetuate-the-wealth-gap=20
Fred Guerin, Truthout: A society that genuinely cares for its citizens' wel=
l-being has little need for manufactured, top-down charity because such a s=
ociety builds institutions that democratically enable all citizens to parti=
cipate in a shared commons where no one need suffer the indignity of gross =
injustice, burdensome debt or soul-destroying poverty.
Cecily McMillan: On Being a Woman Inside and Outside of the Criminal Justic=
e System
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26321-cecily-mcmillan-on-being-a-woman-i=
nside-and-outside-of-the-criminal-justice-system=20
Anna Lekas Miller, Waging Nonviolence: Occupy activist Cecily McMillan disc=
usses her activism, her experiences with the criminal justice system and th=
e ways in which gender shaped both her own experiences and those of incarce=
rated women.
Truthout Interviews Marjorie Cohn on Racial Discrimination and Perpetual Wa=
r
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26337-truthout-interviews-marjorie-cohn-=
on-racial-discrimination-and-perpetual-war=20
Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Truthout columnist and law professor Marjorie Cohn=
talks about the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination r=
eport which criticizes the United States' failure to honor its legal obliga=
tions to eliminate forms of racial discrimination. Cohn also discusses the =
impending military action against Islamic State militants.
While We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26334-while-we-march-for-the-climate-=
governments-meet-with-polluters=20
Janet Redman, Foreign Policy in Focus / The Nation: As climate activists co=
nverge on New York for the People's Climate March Sunday, world leaders wil=
l meet behind closed doors with corporate honchos who bank on fossil fuels.
Worried About Climate Change? Ban Fracking on Federal Lands
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26322-worried-about-climate-change-ba=
n-fracking-on-federal-lands=20
Wenonah Hauter, OtherWords: While the UN has the power to help forge a worl=
d with good jobs, clean air and water and healthy communities, there's one =
step that federal officials here in the United States can take on their own=
to curb climate change: They can ban fracking on federal lands.
The GOP Social Security Deception Game Is On - Here's How to Fight Back
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26339-the-gop-social-security-deception-g=
ame-is-on-heres-how-to-fight-back=20
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: The Social Security decepti=
on game that Republicans have played in recent election cycles is back. But=
Sen. Elizabeth Warren showed how candidates and activists can be true cham=
pions of strengthening Social Security.
Can "Womenomics" Stem the Feminization of Poverty in Japan?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26340-can-womenomics-stem-the-feminizati=
on-of-poverty-in-japan=20
Suvendrini Kakuchi, Inter Press Service: Japan, the world's third-largest e=
conomy and fastest-aging society, is seeing rising poverty among women, who=
now comprise the majority of the poor and elderly. Can a sweeping package =
of reforms introduced earlier this year reverse the trend?
Afghanistan Survival Skills
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/26341-afghanistan-survival-skill=
s=20
Rory Fanning, Truthout: Former US Army Ranger and conscientious objector Ro=
ry Fanning says Anand Gopal's book answers the questions that haunted him b=
oth during and after his tours, such as "Was it Islam that was creating ter=
rorists - or was it US imperialism?"
This week in Speakout: Ben Ptashnik propounds solidarity and effectiveness =
for the People's Climate March; ecology professor Virginia Arthur posits th=
e difficulty of discussing the truth of our future with aspiring students; =
Andrew Smolski reports on the benefits of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (E=
SOP) - specifically at New Belgium Brewing Company; Dr. James Zogby analyze=
s why Ted Cruz failed so spectacularly when talking to Arab Christians abou=
t Israel; the Brennan Center for Justice exposes the new burdens placed pri=
marily on minority voters due to new rules; Ann Wright reports back from th=
e Nordic Women's Conference about the regression of women's status globally=
; David Swanson gives a peek into how most of the world's population views =
the US and its wars; Paul Rogat Loeb says even though we're surrounded by b=
ad news, we can and should continue to push for change - and that means vot=
ing; Daniel Hong provides a run-down of Occupy's ongoing accomplishments on=
its three-year anniversary; the Drug Policy Alliance discusses its board m=
ember, neuroscientist Carl Hart's recent talk on surprising factors in drug=
use; David Krause reports on the controversy over the building of a homele=
ss shelter in the San Francisco district of Bayview; Mathias Quackenbush cr=
iticizes the stance of so-called "humanitarian interventionists" in the Mid=
dle East who promote military action in the region; in a three part series=
, Virginia Young exposes misunderstandings of policy proposals for American=
education; John LaForge excoriates cheating by Air Force staff with access=
to nuclear weapons; Dean Baker questions The Washington Post and The New Y=
ork Times' positive treatment of Rhode Island breaking its contract with pu=
blic sector workers; and more.=20
http://www.truth-out.org/speakout
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Buzzflash commentary for Truthout will return soon.
The People's Climate March: The Largest Climate March in History
Read the Article at MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/largest-climate-march-history-kicks-new-york=20
Scientists Report Global Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/science/earth/scientists-report-global-ri=
se-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?&hp&action=3Dclick&pgtype=3DHomepage&ve=
rsion=3DHpSum&module=3Da-lede-package-region®ion=3Dtop-news&WT.nav=3Dtop=
-news=20
Powerful NSA Official Potentially Self-Dealing With Defense Contractor
Read the Article at The Intercept
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/19/powerful-nsa-official-involve=
d-potential-self-dealing-defense-contractor/
Hidden Source of Industry Influence Threatens Toxic Chemical Regulations
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/industry-toxic-chemicals-funding-c=
onflicts-of-interest_n_5837968.html=20
Desmond Tutu | We Fought Apartheid - Now Climate Change Is Our Global Enemy
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/21/desmond-tutu-climate-c=
hange-is-the-global-enemy=20
With Ebola Crippling the Health System, Liberians Die of Routine Medical Pr=
oblems
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/with-ebola-crippling-the-health-=
system-liberians-die-of-routine-medical-problems/2014/09/20/727dcfbe-400b-1=
1e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html?wpisrc=3Dnl-headlines&wpmm=3D1
Professors on Food Stamps: The Shocking True Story of Academia in 2014
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/21/professors_on_food_stamps_the_shocking_true=
_story_of_academia_in_2014/
-----------
Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation by clicking here: https://m=
embers.truth-out.org/donate
To ensure you receive our messages please add the following address to your=
email address book: messenger@truthout.org
If you are having trouble with this, read our guide: http://truth-out.org/w=
hitelisting
Thank you!
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Click to UNSUBSCRIBE -> http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6694/p/salsa/supporter/=
unsubscribe/public/?Email=3Dzephyr-bugs@mit.edu&email_blast_KEY=3D1306483
Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org
Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6694/p/salsa/web/common/p=
ublic/signup?signup_page_KEY=3D2160
Our Privacy Policy -> http://truth-out.org/privacy
------=_Part_11142778_1805444539.1411331587225
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<html dir=3D"ltr">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name=3D"content" --><table width=3D"600"=
cellspacing=3D"15" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" alig=
n=3D"center" style=3D"border: 1px solid #000000">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
<table width=3D"570" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=
=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width=3D"64">
<table width=3D"64" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" border=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><img width=3D"64" height=3D"100" sr=
c=3D"http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_t_100.gif" alt=3D"t" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width=3D"40"> </td>
<td width=3D"300">
<table width=3D"300" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" border=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em 0;font-s=
ize: small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif">Sunday, 21 September 2014
<p></p>
<img width=3D"236" height=3D"40" src=3D=
"http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_logo_40.png" alt=3D"t r u t h o u t" =
/></h2>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width=3D"165" align=3D"right">
<table width=3D"165" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" border=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style=3D"text-align:right; margin: =
0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial=
, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp=
?v=3D2&c=3DrMJyriF5j5KzO9VEB3b735V71duUaWAy" style=3D"color: #910000; text-=
decoration:none">View Recent Newsletters</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
<h2 style=3D"text-align:right; margin: =
0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial=
, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp=
?v=3D2&c=3DKSBS0t%2ByGtQuQJiJjMwrKybfx2jWXGjn" style=3D"color: #910000; tex=
t-decoration:none">Tell a friend about Truthout!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=3D"#910000" align=3D"center=
">
<h2 style=3D"margin: .5em .5em; text-a=
lign:center; font-size: large;!important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, san=
s-serif;"><a href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D711V=
ybMD85f1DomVB%2BePVibfx2jWXGjn" style=3D"color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:no=
ne; text-align:center">Donate Today!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-s=
ize: xx-small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif;line-height: 1"> </p>
<p style=3D"text-align:right; margin: 0=
;padding: 0;font-size: 7px;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helve=
tica, sans-serif;line-height: 1">Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organizati=
on; donations are tax deductible.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
<table width=3D"570" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=
=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table width=3D"180" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" border=3D"0" align=3D"right">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width=3D"15"> </td>
<td width=3D"165" bgcolor=3D"#e4e2d7">
<table width=3D"165" cellspacing=3D"0" =
cellpadding=3D"15" border=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h1 style=3D"font-size: x-l=
arge;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B=
uzzFlash</h1>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;paddi=
ng: 0;font-size: small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>The BuzzFlash commentary for Truthou=
t will return soon.</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;paddi=
ng: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetic=
a, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>The People's Climate March: The Largest Climate Ma=
rch in History</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DjX%2FJRFUjjkhRJNAr%2FI%2F5M=
ibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at MSNBC</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Scientists Report Global Rise in Greenhouse Gas Em=
issions</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DHzrBUHA1WUVYjzTJI6gV%2FCbfx=
2jWXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Powerful NSA Official Potentially Self-Dealing Wit=
h Defense Contractor</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dy2i1EZryhoaYMuuvljBleybfx2j=
WXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at The Intercept</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Hidden Source of Industry Influence Threatens Toxi=
c Chemical Regulations</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DEGuF521m%2B5mmRjsCd5FDCibfx=
2jWXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Desmond Tutu | We Fought Apartheid - Now Climate C=
hange Is Our Global Enemy</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DdeJfYuMhOH1RnWwGEVTFoCbfx2j=
WXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>With Ebola Crippling the Health System, Liberians =
Die of Routine Medical Problems</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Db2MFgxnTSbNy6gg8Cp1WTibfx2j=
WXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Professors on Food Stamps: The Shocking True Story=
of Academia in 2014</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.1=
em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DCxWr5Nqu%2FBz8I1h%2FvmfDQyb=
fx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
  &#=
160;</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DJImeJe2cI%2FjtEaXHPDFy9ybfx2jWXGjn"><strong>A Digita=
l Desert: The Internet Debate Pits Local Communities Against Broadband Gian=
ts</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Internet service with mo=
dern connection speeds is not available in much of Bradley County, Tennesse=
e. Some parts have no internet service at all. But local advocates and lawm=
akers are pushing the FCC to intervene on their behalf - against major broa=
dband companies and their lobbyists.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DSjeHtvaaUCNPH5J1zh6BGibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6E7qAk9nlIGxkaFMF%2BkysSbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>The Viet=
nam War Presaged the War in Afghanistan: Civilians Endlessly Suffer</strong=
></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Author Anand Gopal discu=
sses his riveting book, <em>No Good Men Among the Living</em>, which offers=
an intimate portrait of Afghans as they see the US presence in their count=
ry - and how history and the most recent invasion of Afghanistan impact the=
ir everyday lives.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DBzcaS1j3k4X%2FvOsWRjlWTSbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read=
the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D1t%2FQgzbpqXYnBUKTDVYmlibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Violence=
Directed at Anbar University Students From All Sides</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Sawsan al-Assaf and Matthew Schweitzer, Truthout:</strong>=
60;Students at Anbar University in Iraq are caught between a Shiite governm=
ent that treats them like traitors and ISIS fighters who consider their stu=
dies proof of their support for Baghdad. Meanwhile, factional fighting has =
reduced the university to ruins and terrorized academics.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DgAk9rVTG8z61P7tmhk68LCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D9dHcx%2FcAUKYPIlRXq%2BDQwybfx2jWXGjn"><strong>The Ch=
aritable Society or "How to Avoid the Poor and Perpetuate the Wealth Gap"</=
strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Fred Guerin, Truthout:</strong> A society that genuinely=
cares for its citizens' well-being has little need for manufactured, top-d=
own charity because such a society builds institutions that democratically =
enable all citizens to participate in a shared commons where no one need su=
ffer the indignity of gross injustice, burdensome debt or soul-destroying p=
overty.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DC%2FACAyUVaoPBPKcXPi03MCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read=
the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DCCl2v40rMrR2LDklX8qaoCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Cecily McM=
illan: On Being a Woman Inside and Outside of the Criminal Justice System</=
strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Anna Lekas Miller, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Occupy a=
ctivist Cecily McMillan discusses her activism, her experiences with the cr=
iminal justice system and the ways in which gender shaped both her own expe=
riences and those of incarcerated women.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dz%2FpnF6cm1Uj7JKKEK2LS0jGgvfJv%2BFgl"><strong>Re=
ad the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DsRLabPyf4gE4sitPuntQQCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Truthout I=
nterviews Marjorie Cohn on Racial Discrimination and Perpetual War</strong>=
</a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Ted Asregadoo, Truthout:</strong> Truthout columnist and=
law professor Marjorie Cohn talks about the UN Committee on the Eliminatio=
n of Racial Discrimination report which criticizes the United States' failu=
re to honor its legal obligations to eliminate forms of racial discriminati=
on. Cohn also discusses the impending military action against Islamic State=
militants.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Di2jFlGKQFWFLXWOMyZ1jOibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Watch =
the Video</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DytFfw3FeaObz3ghT42Wy0Sbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>While We M=
arch for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Janet Redman, Foreign Policy in Focus / The Nation:</strong>&=
#160;As climate activists converge on New York for the People's Climate Mar=
ch Sunday, world leaders will meet behind closed doors with corporate honch=
os who bank on fossil fuels.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dp%2Fxa9MFtlt0ktjBnfkaggibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read=
the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DKq4eh2z6jZLdGHKhtvlF%2FCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Worried =
About Climate Change? Ban Fracking on Federal Lands</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Wenonah Hauter, OtherWords:</strong> While the UN has th=
e power to help forge a world with good jobs, clean air and water and healt=
hy communities, there's one step that federal officials here in the United =
States can take on their own to curb climate change: They can ban fracking =
on federal lands.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DUJwFD9pK7pPtXOs9eo1cbybfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DH8X%2BUBYbWT9srFdy1HdZoCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>The GOP =
Social Security Deception Game Is On - Here's How to Fight Back</strong></a=
></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> =
;The Social Security deception game that Republicans have played in recent =
election cycles is back. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren showed how candidates an=
d activists can be true champions of strengthening Social Security.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6FsRjoyOQn93MVnIDXLJkCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Article and Watch the Video</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DV3ZhgYxphKVJOIt0TZsNEibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Can "Women=
omics" Stem the Feminization of Poverty in Japan?</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Suvendrini Kakuchi, Inter Press Service:</strong> Japan,=
the world's third-largest economy and fastest-aging society, is seeing ris=
ing poverty among women, who now comprise the majority of the poor and elde=
rly. Can a sweeping package of reforms introduced earlier this year reverse=
the trend?</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dfcay%2Bdq879fYcjdcK3vbQCbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read=
the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DWiMNSvTySEOq6rysmqizvjGgvfJv%2BFgl"><strong>Afghanis=
tan Survival Skills</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Rory Fanning, Truthout:</strong> Former US Army Ranger a=
nd conscientious objector Rory Fanning says Anand Gopal's book answers the =
questions that haunted him both during and after his tours, such as "Was it=
Islam that was creating terrorists - or was it US imperialism?"</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D207M75d9xy5vv9Pb0GVjoSbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Review</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dxn5ySvoRFCeIdXVDZXMqLibfx2jWXGjn"><strong>This week =
in Speakout:</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><b>Ben Ptashnik</b> propounds solidarity and effectiveness for the Pe=
ople's Climate March; ecology professor <b>Virginia Arthur</b> posits the d=
ifficulty of discussing the truth of our future with aspiring students; <b>=
Andrew Smolski</b> reports on the benefits of Employee Stock Ownership Plan=
s (ESOP) - specifically at New Belgium Brewing Company; <b>Dr. James Zogby<=
/b> analyzes why Ted Cruz failed so spectacularly when talking to Arab Chri=
stians about Israel; <b>the Brennan Center for Justice</b> exposes the new =
burdens placed primarily on minority voters due to new rules; <b>Ann Wright=
</b> reports back from the Nordic Women's Conference about the regression o=
f women's status globally; <b>David Swanson</b> gives a peek into how most =
of the world's population views the US and its wars; <b>Paul Rogat Loeb</b>=
says even though we're surrounded by bad news, we can and should continue =
to push for change - and that means voting; <b>Daniel Hong</b> provides a r=
un-down of Occupy's ongoing accomplishments on its three-year anniversary; =
<b>the Drug Policy Alliance</b> discusses its board member, neuroscientist =
<b>Carl Hart's</b> recent talk on surprising factors in drug use; <b>David =
Krause</b> reports on the controversy over the building of a homeless shelt=
er in the San Francisco district of Bayview; <b>Mathias Quackenbush</b> cri=
ticizes the stance of so-called "humanitarian interventionists" in the Midd=
le East who promote military action in the region; in a three part series,=
<b>Virginia Young</b> exposes misunderstandings of policy proposals for Am=
erican education; <b>John LaForge</b> excoriates cheating by Air Force staf=
f with access to nuclear weapons; <b>Dean Baker</b> questions The Washingto=
n Post and The New York Times' positive treatment of Rhode Island breaking =
its contract with public sector workers; and more.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DLUeKEdoJODHLDVBOhKTOVSbfx2jWXGjn"><strong>Read t=
he Articles</strong></a> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
<table width=3D"570" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=
=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width=3D"400">
<h2 style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.8em 0;font-size: large;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"color: #910000; text-decoration:none" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.co=
m/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dd6k05wvBF0GT7pAceL24Fibfx2jWXGjn">Support Truthou=
t with a tax-deductible donation </a>
<p></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: x-small=
;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-heig=
ht: 1.6">Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messa=
ges<br />
Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/C=
WA, Local 36047 <br />
<a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" =
href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6E7qAk9nlIF1JWc1T=
eHpWybfx2jWXGjn">Subscribe</a> | <a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: =
#910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D3I2spQKK=
ceyId5byfpo24ibfx2jWXGjn">Unsubscribe</a><br />
<a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" =
href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D0CLWLtfPsJDOKig3x=
Az3Uibfx2jWXGjn">Privacy Policy</a><br />
 </p>
</h2>
</td>
<td width=3D"110"><img width=3D"110" height=3D"111"=
style=3D"display: block" alt=3D"The Newspaper Guild" src=3D"http://truth-o=
ut.org/images/newspaper_guild.jpg" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
</body>
</html><img width=3D1 height=3D1 src=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/Track=
Image?key=3D2252425056"><diaEmailID=3D'2252425056' thread=3D3740 />
------=_Part_11142778_1805444539.1411331587225--
