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Policing for Wealth
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09.28
Policing for Wealth
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26416-policing-for-wealth
Aaron Cant=C3=BA, Truthout: When proponents claim that the broken windows p=
olicing strategy reduces crime, they overlook that it has marshaled state p=
ower for a very unfair model of urban development in every city it has been=
applied.
The Book of Trans-Genesis: Protecting the World's Seeds
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26402-the-book-of-trans-genesis-protecti=
ng-the-world-s-seeds
Roberto Rodriguez, Truthout: At the recent international "Justice Begins Wi=
th Seeds" Biosafety Alliance conference in Portland, Oregon, people with bi=
ological and scientific backgrounds, educators, attorneys, human rights act=
ivists and organic farmers contrasted the apocalyptic consequences of genet=
ically modified crop cultivation and people's preference for non-GMO food.
We Must Demand the Impossible to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/26396-naomi-klein-we-must-de=
mand-the-impossible-to-prevent-catastrophic-climate-change
Naomi Klein, Truthout: Klein's new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalis=
m vs. The Climate, resets the debate over global warming by focusing on how=
it is integrally related to the current economic system that spans the glo=
be.
For Oil and Gas Companies, Rigging Seems to Involve Wages, Too
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26472-for-oil-and-gas-companies-rigging-seem=
s-to-involve-wages-too
Naveena Sadasivam, ProPublica: US Department of Labor investigations have u=
ncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas workers, many involved in d=
angerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings.
Truthout Interviews Featuring Paul Armentano on Marijuana, Alcohol, and the=
Law
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26477-truthout-interviews-featuring-paul=
-armentano-on-marijuana-alcohol-and-the-law
Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Ted Asregadoo talks to Deputy Director of the Nati=
onal Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Paul Armentano about the=
health impacts of marijuana (cannabis) and alcohol and the way alcohol is =
exempt from Drug Enforcement Administration regulations while cannabis is c=
lassified under the strictest enforcement category.
Fact-Checking Feinstein on the Assault Weapons Ban
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26473-fact-checking-feinstein-on-the-ass=
ault-weapons-ban
Lois Beckett, ProPublica: The senator says "the evidence is clear: the ban =
worked." Except there's no evidence it saved lives - and the researcher beh=
ind the key statistic Feinstein cites says it's an outdated figure that was=
based on a false assumption.
Pledges Can Work, But It Will Take International Law to Fight Climate Chang=
e
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26476-pledges-can-work-but-it-will-ta=
ke-international-law-to-fight-climate-change
Luke Kemp, The Conversation: The choice the world now faces is whether to a=
ccept a useful, yet likely insufficient, pledge-based approach, or find a w=
ay of having a climate treaty without US ratification.
Uruguay's Legalization of Marijuana Makes Sense in a Senseless Drug War
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26478-uruguay-s-legalization-of-marijuan=
a-makes-sense-in-a-senseless-drug-war
Benjamin Dangl, teleSUR: In December of last year, Uruguay became the first=
country in the world to fully legalize and regulate the cultivation, sale,=
distribution and use of marijuana.
Some Arguments Deserve to Be Uncivil
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26441-some-arguments-deserve-to-be-uncivi=
l
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Civility is a gesture of respect, and the loud=
est demands for civility come from those who have done nothing to earn it. =
Uncivil remarks by people like, well, me, you'll find are similarly aimed a=
t people arguing in bad faith.
This week in Speakout: Victoria Young discusses the failures of education =
"reforms" in the third installment of her series "Thirty Years Adrift on an=
Ocean of Reforms"; William C. Baker reveals what life is like in Chesapeak=
e Bay, the "front line" of climate change; Darius Shahtahmasebi points out =
the continuity between the foreign policies of Presidents George W. Bush an=
d Obama; Roberto (Dr. Cintli) Rodriguez reflects on his book, Our Sacred Ma=
=C3=ADz Is Our Mother, which was banned by Arizona schools as part of the s=
tate's racist push to eliminate Raza Studies programs; Sarah Blum criticize=
s the NFL's history of silently allowing and covering up domestic violence =
by its team members; Lawrence Davidson describes how educational elites hav=
e yet to catch up with Israel's loss of popular support globally; Bill Hend=
erson declares that since politicians refuse to lead on climate change, act=
ivists must step up to the plate; Shepherd Bliss reports back from the Vill=
age Building Convergence in Sebastopol, Northern California; and more.
http://truth-out.org/speakout
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The Economic Case for Paternity Leave
Read the Article at The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/the-economic-case-for-p=
aternity-leave/380716/
Bay Area Activists Again Prevent Unloading of Israeli Ship
Read the Article at Electronic Intifada
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/bay-area-activists-aga=
in-prevent-unloading-israeli-ship
Police Officer Shot in Ferguson as Protests Continue
Read the Article at Crooks and Liars
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/police-officer-shot-ferguson-protests?utm=
_source=3DCrooks+and+Liars+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3Dfe3b0e1bfa-RSS_E=
MAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_d4904be7bc-fe3b0e1bfa-3301353=
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Hong Kong Police Use Teargas and Pepper Spray to Disperse Protesters
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/kong-kong-police-teargas-peppe=
r-spray-pro-democracy-protesters
Dozens of Hikers Apparently Dead Near Peak of Erupted Volcano in Japan
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/world/asia/hikers-found-on-japanese-volca=
no-are-feared-dead.html
Why Obama's Assurance of "No Boots on the Ground" Isn't So Reassuring
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-obamas-assurance-of-no-boots-on-=
the-ground-isnt-so-reassuring/2014/09/26/c56d859e-44bf-11e4-9a15-137aa01535=
27_story.html?hpid=3Dz2
US-Led Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Near Syria-Turkey Border
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-us-islamic-state-syria-turkey=
-20140927-story.html
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1.1"><strong>Roberto Rodriguez, Truthout:</strong> At the recent inte=
rnational "Justice Begins With Seeds" Biosafety Alliance conference in Port=
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attorneys, human rights activists and organic farmers contrasted the apoca=
lyptic consequences of genetically modified crop cultivation and people's p=
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1.1"><strong>Naomi Klein, Truthout:</strong> Klein's new book, <em>Th=
is Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate</em>, resets the debate o=
ver global warming by focusing on how it is integrally related to the curre=
nt economic system that spans the globe.</p>
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om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DUkjWR7wlhzFBndzLt%2FwNcFol2tEcJCor"><strong>Read=
the Excerpt</strong></a> </p>
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: #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=3DY49tp3iEYiyXMcFG5GzrRz091WQ%2Fxunf"><strong>For Oil =
and Gas Companies, Rigging Seems to Involve Wages, Too</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>Naveena Sadasivam, ProPublica:</strong> US Department of=
Labor investigations have uncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas=
workers, many involved in dangerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings.</=
p>
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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=3DsscpNsidlrbmWRV6q3I0Z1ol2tEcJCor"><strong>Read t=
he Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #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=3DQ9I9Q7ym7dxC2YSzbNYB7Fol2tEcJCor"><strong>Truthout I=
nterviews Featuring Paul Armentano on Marijuana, Alcohol, and the Law</stro=
ng></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> Ted Asregadoo talks to=
Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana L=
aws Paul Armentano about the health impacts of marijuana (cannabis) and alc=
ohol and the way alcohol is exempt from Drug Enforcement Administration reg=
ulations while cannabis is classified under the strictest enforcement categ=
ory.</p>
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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=3D17MrQ4IlsaJUIhs9ZF96b1ol2tEcJCor"><strong>Watch =
the Video</strong></a> </p>
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: #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=3DtcNlZJheOeU783VMHn%2B4MFol2tEcJCor"><strong>Fact-Che=
cking Feinstein on the Assault Weapons Ban</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>Lois Beckett, ProPublica:</strong> The senator says "the=
evidence is clear: the ban worked." Except there's no evidence it saved li=
ves - and the researcher behind the key statistic Feinstein cites says it's=
an outdated figure that was based on a false assumption.</p>
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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=3DklNOQJq2RV3svl7ijp%2BEyFol2tEcJCor"><strong>Read=
the Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #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=3DIytM34iJ2I6Ce%2FEH6Sxgc1ol2tEcJCor"><strong>Pledges =
Can Work, But It Will Take International Law to Fight Climate Change</stron=
g></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Luke Kemp, The Conversation:</strong> The choice the wor=
ld now faces is whether to accept a useful, yet likely insufficient, pledge=
-based approach, or find a way of having a climate treaty without US ratifi=
cation.</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=3DZ6D5WloVNAqJHiRQzJdc%2FVol2tEcJCor"><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=3DFKV1xOXEkAgzHF10w3NWzlol2tEcJCor"><strong>Uruguay's =
Legalization of Marijuana Makes Sense in a Senseless Drug 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>Benjamin Dangl, teleSUR:</strong> In December of last ye=
ar, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize and reg=
ulate the cultivation, sale, distribution and use of marijuana.</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=3DmH9GXQV%2BBci%2BU3MPbPlxCFol2tEcJCor"><strong>Re=
ad 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=3DQRc7yoQZHe0wyL1lecNJ9Vol2tEcJCor"><strong>Some Argum=
ents Deserve to Be Uncivil</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Civility is a =
gesture of respect, and the loudest demands for civility come from those wh=
o have done nothing to earn it. Uncivil remarks by people like, well, me, y=
ou'll find are similarly aimed at people arguing in bad faith.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
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ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DHS867bQHV1tDUTo1C9twBVol2tEcJCor"><strong>This week =
in Speakout:</strong></a></p>
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1.1"><b>Victoria Young</b> discusses the failures of education "reforms" =
in the third installment of her series "Thirty Years Adrift on an Ocean of =
Reforms"; <b>William C. Baker</b> reveals what life is like in Chesapeake B=
ay, the "front line" of climate change; <b>Darius Shahtahmasebi</b> points =
out the continuity between the foreign policies of Presidents George W. Bus=
h and Obama; <b>Roberto (Dr. Cintli) Rodriguez</b> reflects on his book, <e=
m>Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother</em>, which was banned by Arizona sc=
hools as part of the state's racist push to eliminate Raza Studies programs=
; <b>Sarah Blum</b> criticizes the NFL's history of silently allowing and c=
overing up domestic violence by its team members; <b>Lawrence Davidson</b> =
describes how educational elites have yet to catch up with Israel's loss of=
popular support globally; <b>Bill Henderson</b> declares that since politi=
cians refuse to lead on climate change, activists must step up to the plate=
; <b>Shepherd Bliss</b> reports back from the Village Building Convergence =
in Sebastopol, Northern California; and more.</p>
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