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to Truthout about his aims in writing <em>Worth Fighting For: An Army Rang=
er's Journey Out of the Military and Across America</em>, the meaning of Pa=
t Tillman and how to engage with war resisters in the military.</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=3DXe0vORdxtOYmZZs9%2F44rHddDij2kjXYK"><strong>Read=
the Interview</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=3DT6nuFgVWkf8%2FethcP6c2%2BNdDij2kjXYK"><strong>Utah L=
and Defenders Stand Up to Dirty Politics</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 Simonton, Oil Change International:</strong> The Ui=
nta Basin region of Utah has transformed over the past decade to one in whi=
ch drill rigs are more common than cattle herds, and methane emissions have=
degraded the air quality in this wilderness region to rival that of Los An=
geles. Activists, however, are fighting back.</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=3DQzIF0u4yYbUojX%2FpJwv1ztdDij2kjXYK"><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=3DeNSNGnkncPp4eN0MPIG0WddDij2kjXYK"><strong>Ferguson R=
everberates Around the World</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>Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report:</strong> The Fe=
rguson protests seized the attention of people all over the world and gave =
them a sense of the unvarnished truth of Black American life.</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=3DHr%2FL3k8u49ZEEsvvEm%2BCbtdDij2kjXYK"><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=3DAHOZU1b0QfpXGm858FhpBSO1JqC%2BHm7O"><strong>Hollywoo=
d, the Police and the Poor</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>John Steppling, Truthout:</strong> Dan Gilroy's new film=
<em>Nightcrawler</em> is garnering rave reviews and is indeed beautifully =
photographed, well-made and entertaining. But the reviews, like the movie i=
tself, erase entire chunks of our society and its reality.</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=3DkDXt6l%2Fs7UU3ukyoi97%2F1tdDij2kjXYK"><strong>Re=
ad the 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=3D2BqeWFiS%2FzFhunCqFFiYzCO1JqC%2BHm7O"><strong>Trutho=
ut Interviews Michael Meurer on Torture Photos and Uruguay Thwarting Supply=
-Side Austerity Policies</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 contributor M=
ichael Meurer talks about the release of 2,000 photographs of the US tortur=
e of prisoners and the ways in which Uruguay has drawn neoliberal wrath for=
thwarting supply-side economics and corporate governance.</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=3DTvJAa6oIGkOfmrOekwm8kNdDij2kjXYK"><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=3D3MJ2nerMmFBdsOji%2Fyt9RtdDij2kjXYK"><strong>Take the=
Chains Off: The Struggle for Racial Justice Continues</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>Nicholas Powers, The Indypendent:</strong> The state mai=
ntains law and order in an unequal society, so the contradictions roil it f=
rom inside. It must suppress the very people who are the source of its legi=
timacy, and it does this by shielding its own agents from public accountabi=
lity while demonizing its victims.</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=3DFJkNFjldGAyYin2nlgjCwtdDij2kjXYK"><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=3DwfiQCEj9yUGka4VjNw9VGddDij2kjXYK"><strong>The Unspea=
kable in Afghanistan</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>Pat Kennelly, World Beyond War:</strong> "I have heard o=
rdinary Afghans whisper about Afghanistan as a failing state, even as the m=
edia has touted growth, development and democracy," the author writes. If e=
nergies were focused on peacemaking, however, perhaps people could transfor=
m the Afghan state.</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=3Df1CM5y9ZFH7kLShIczuvNNdDij2kjXYK"><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=3D%2BDtTmVccHsRkl3LLSivJU9dDij2kjXYK"><strong>Why USAI=
D Could Never Spark a Hip Hop Revolution in Cuba</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Sujatha Fernandes, North American Congress on Latin America:<=
/strong> "In a society shaped by successive generations of revolutiona=
ry projects, any attempt to engineer a US-affiliated movement from above is=
destined to be revealed for the farce that it is."</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=3DoQ7ilclt1vr9JjFYFvNxmNdDij2kjXYK"><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=3D8wuYNsKmU%2BAxnUAPyhDMMtdDij2kjXYK"><strong>Four Way=
s 2014 Was a Pivotal Year for the Internet</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>Timothy Karr, OtherWords:</strong> The internet's fate f=
eels distinctly uncertain as 2014 draws to a close. At stake is whether the=
internet remains a democratic, user-powered network - or falls under the c=
ontrol of a few powerful 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=3DrTQskGAJjDjIOpvPy2sp9NdDij2kjXYK"><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=3DsKy7X3hO%2Bw8MJIr7j%2F1wGtdDij2kjXYK"><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"><b>Dr. James Zogby</b> calls on Attorney General Eric Holder to stop =
racial profiling that results in deportations; the <b>Military Religious Fr=
eedom Foundation</b> demands Creech Air Force Base in Nevada remove the Bib=
le from the POW table in its dining hall; <b>Bruce Lesnick</b> promotes a B=
ill of Rights for working people as the "top secret" solution to what ails =
the world; <b>Halyna Mokrushyna</b> reports back from a conference where Ca=
nadian academics discussed the origin of the Ukrainian crisis and the outlo=
ok for reconciliation; the <b>European Center for Constitutional and Human =
Rights</b> (ECCHR) in Berlin lodged criminal complaints against former CIA =
head George Tenet, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other membe=
rs of the administration of former US President George W. Bush; <b>S. M. (M=
ike) Miller</b> calls on Democrats, liberals and progressives to unite in o=
rder to win the 2016 election; the <b>Brennan Center for Justice</b> suppor=
ts an amicus brief filed by the New York University School of Law which sta=
tes the Fourth Amendment should apply to digital documents; <b>Matt Peppe</=
b> reports that Puerto Ricans demand the release of political prisoner Osca=
r López Rivera; <b>Emanuel Garcia</b> offers a new definition of tor=
ture; <b>Ben Norton</b> criticizes CNN for hiring Mark O'Mara, George Zimme=
rman's defense attorney, who is now defending the actions of Darren Wilson;=
<b>Sharon Adams</b> points out that the CIA's torture program resulted in =
unreliable information; <b>Four Arrows</b> discusses the American Psycholog=
ical Association's longstanding role in torture, eugenics and social contro=
l, and suggests a university boycott of the organization may be in order; <=
b>Dr. Justin A. Frank</b> notes the ugly underlying sadism in George W. Bus=
h's presidency; <b>The B<em>Russels</em> Tribunal</b> - led by two former U=
N Assistant Secretaries-General, UN Humanitarian Coordinators for Iraq, Han=
s von Sponeck and Denis Halliday - argues for accountability for torture; <=
b>Roger Annis</b> excoriates mainstream coverage of the crisis in Ukraine; =
and more.</p>
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