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1.1"><strong>C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout:</strong> As a politically, =
economically and socially underdeveloped Balkan country in which corruption=
, cronyism and clientelism largely constitute the driving forces of "develo=
pment," "social mobility" and "social progress," Greece's only hope of revi=
val from its moral and social morass is a unified left.</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=3DZ4fAPGc67ExL1EqyVuFr3aonfTVpUWCQ"><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=3DfVyYi%2BPrtTddg2SxYFQucqonfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Super PA=
Cs Exploit Disclosure Loophole</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>Dave Levinthal, The Center for Public Integrity:</strong>=
0;Thanks to a contentious quirk in federal law, at least six new super PACs=
may hide their funders from public scrutiny until early December, no matte=
r how much money they raise or spend from now until Election Day.</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=3D842OSMbA8vx6ooVSGfbrnqonfTVpUWCQ"><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=3DVMXIUMg5tFI%2BxEnEPEdpx9goqHDEv%2FJc"><strong>The St=
ealth Campaign to Buy US Courts</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>Zoë Carpenter, The Nation:</strong> With ideologica=
l groups increasingly eager to buy seats on state-level benches, judges are=
forced to act more like politicians, turning to lawyers and other parties =
who may later appear before them in court to raise campaign cash.</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=3DTppyl7dUf1ubx9O6z9iOO6onfTVpUWCQ"><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=3Dj%2BXnM0VHvbau7WeyGIyZD9goqHDEv%2FJc"><strong>Trutho=
ut Interviews William Rivers Pitt on Chemical Weapons in Iraq</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> William Rivers Pitt di=
scusses a recent New York Times piece on chemical weapons found in Iraq bet=
ween 2004 and 2011 - and Bush administration efforts to silence news of the=
ir discovery.</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=3DMokPZslM7TXD3%2BNQth7Nn6onfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Watc=
h 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=3DlLaIXbQlhxWcCYTKlyCnIdgoqHDEv%2FJc"><strong>The Seco=
nd American Revolution Is Brewing in Oregon</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>Evaggelos Vallianatos, Truthout:</strong> In Oregon, the=
capture of local government by the timber industry results in the destruct=
ion of the natural world and the poisoning of the populace, but a Josephine=
County ballot initiative would ban tree spraying by corporations and gover=
nment entities.</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=3DLSJjzx0osMpuPz3aips4RNgoqHDEv%2FJc"><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=3DMrL4epXlQHZs5RcmROCI0aonfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Victims of=
Domestic Violence Getting Longer Prison Sentences Than Their Children's Ab=
users?</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>Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet:</strong> At least 29 states h=
ave failure-to-protect laws, such as injury to a child "by omission," by "p=
ermitting child abuse" or "enabling child abuse." Maximum prison sentences =
for breaking these laws vary from one year to life, and in some states, the=
y carry the same sentence as child abuse itself.</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=3DPyYq2nN9Lgw4dVs63%2Fl1CqonfTVpUWCQ"><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=3DL8q%2B%2B%2FnQULwV0aYihvKIxqonfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Japa=
nese Wartime Medical Orderly on Army's Role in Maintaining "Comfort Women" =
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>David McNeill, The Asia-Pacific Journal:</strong> Matsum=
oto Masayoshi, a former medical orderly with the Japanese army, has spoken =
out this year. In this disturbing interview, he says during World War II, K=
orean women were used like public toilets, with soldiers lining up to rape =
them.</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=3D5CkiyPemJtsIqy6diibC0KonfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Read t=
he Article and Watch 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=3Da9Imc6gQFDofQm1M%2FrKm1dgoqHDEv%2FJc"><strong>Sticki=
ng Texas-Sized Hurdles on the Path to Polls</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>Marc Morial, OtherWords:</strong> Voter suppression and =
disenfranchisement far outweigh any trumped up and spurious claims of Elect=
ion Day confusion. Don't let anything keep you from the polls on November -=
even if you're a Texas voter.</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=3DlzfSig2sW0%2FCc%2FeE4R7EUqonfTVpUWCQ"><strong>Re=
ad 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=3D%2FB4OcntSWSauBJPsygp%2BM6onfTVpUWCQ"><strong>This w=
eek in Speakout:</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1">On the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, <b>David Kraus=
e</b> memorializes its impact on homelessness; <b>Josephine Simmons</b> des=
cribes corruption in Greek soccer; the <b>Drug Policy Alliance</b> reports =
that marijuana arrests in Bill de Blasio's New York have not only increased=
, but also continue disproportionately to target people of color; <b>Ann Wr=
ight</b> lauds the young people who have spearheaded ongoing protests over =
police violence and racial discrimination in Ferguson; <b>David Swanson</b>=
comes out in defense of the free speech of prisoners; <b>Dr. Hakim</b> dis=
cusses the heartbreaking story of Imal, an Afghan child whose father was ki=
lled by a US drone; high school senior <b>Giovani Serrano</b> considers the=
causes and impacts of poverty; <b>Reprieve</b> reports GCHQ has demanded t=
he British government stay in compliance with international law on its dron=
e program; <b>Dean Baker</b> criticizes The Washington Post's efforts at do=
wnplaying crack rolled into Los Angeles streets by the CIA; <b>John Boik an=
d Lorenzo Fioramonti</b> propose a framework to end poverty and maximize we=
ll-being; and more.</p>
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