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William Rivers Pitt | Merry Iconoclastic Christmas
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t r u t h o u t | 25.12
Merry Iconoclastic Christmas
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28200-merry-iconoclastic-christmas
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: There may very well have been a guy born in =
Bethlehem who spent three years preaching against the order of his day unti=
l he was executed for it, but the gross manipulation of that alleged event =
definitely happened at the hands of people not seeking piety but power. So =
much of our culture has been shaped by the aftermath of the arrogance of th=
e righteous, and we are all the poorer for it.
Video Games Gave Cultural Cachet =E2=80=93 so Recognize Their Place in Soci=
ety and History
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28199-video-games-gave-cultural-cachet-so=
-recognise-their-place-in-society-and-history
Ashok Ranchhod and Vanissa Wanick Vieira, The Conversation: The UK's video =
games trade association has called for the products to be treated like othe=
r creative industries rather than mere "software," and there is a good argu=
ment for this. Games have been part of human civilization for thousands of =
years.
Anti-Black Racism and the Task of White Anti-Racists in This Historic Momen=
t
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28128-anti-black-racism-and-the-task-of-w=
hite-anti-racists-in-this-historic-moment
Chris Crass, Truthout: The task for all who want to move white people into =
anti-racist consciousness and actions is to learn from the history of white=
anti-racists and continue generating positive identities rooted in challen=
ging, not sidestepping, structural oppression.
What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28201-what-would-you-have-eaten-for-chri=
stmas-in-medieval-times
Iona McCleery, The Conversation: If you were preparing a festive meal 600 y=
ears ago you'd have far more on your plate. Here are the details on what yo=
u would have eaten, depending on your wealth.
Engineering Chestnut Trees? Biotechnology Takes a Walk in the Woods
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28189-engineering-chestnut-trees-biot=
echnology-takes-a-walk-in-the-woods
Rachel Smolker, Truthout: GMO chestnuts appear to be a ''Trojan horse'' int=
ended to win over a public averse to GMO trees. They should be resisted.
Non-Violence and the Lost Message of Jesus
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28206-non-violence-and-the-lost-messa=
ge-of-jesus
Mairead Maguire, Inter Press Service: In a world that has moved far from Ch=
rist's preaching of non-violence, a clear message and unambiguous proclamat=
ion is needed from spiritual or religious leaders that armaments, nuclear w=
eapons, militarism and war must be abolished.
Bankers Brought Rating Agencies "to Their Knees" on Tobacco Bonds
http://truth-out.org/news/item/28202-bankers-brought-rating-agencies-to-the=
ir-knees-on-tobacco-bonds
Cezary Podkul, ProPublica: Wall Street pressed S&P, Moody's and Fitch to as=
sign more favorable credit ratings to their deals and bragged that the rate=
rs complied. Now many of the bonds are headed for default.
Even With Ban, New York Can't Escape Effects of Fracking
http://truth-out.org/news/item/28203-even-with-ban-new-york-can-t-escape-ef=
fects-of-fracking
Anne Meador, Cetology: Just because New York banned fracking, and even thou=
gh more than 150 New York municipalities have banned fracking using local z=
oning laws, the state won't escape its effects.
Immigration Enforcement: A Tool to Silence Workers?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28204-immigration-enforcement-a-tool-=
to-silence-workers
Steven Wishnia, Defending Dissent: How employers use immigration laws again=
st workers who speak out on the job is murky. It's not as black-and-white a=
s it was under George W. Bush, when massive ICE raids often coincided with =
union campaigns. The Obama administration has used more administrative meas=
ures =E2=80=93 with the same results.
From the ER to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients'=
Wages
http://truth-out.org/news/item/28205-from-the-er-to-the-courtroom-how-nonpr=
ofit-hospitals-are-seizing-patients-wages
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: One Missouri hospital has sued thousands of uninsure=
d patients who couldn't pay for their care, then grabbed a hefty portion of=
their paychecks to cover the bills. "We will be paying them off until we d=
ie," one debtor said.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
On Christmas, It Is Hypocritical for the US to Close Its Borders to Migrant=
s in Need of Shelter
Michael Seifert, Buzzflash at Truthout
Along the southern border, tens of thousands of families, fleeing the horro=
r of gang violence in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, crossed=
into the United States - a contemporary way of knocking on a stranger's do=
or seeking help.
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/on-christmas-it-is-hypocritic=
al-for-the-us-to-close-its-borders-to-migrants-in-need-of-shelter
Police Officer Kills Black Man Near Ferguson; Video Captured Incident
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-missouri-police-shooting-2014=
1224-story.html
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
Pope Singles Out Refugees, Hostages in Christmas Message
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/25/pope-christmas-message_n_6379694.h=
tml
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
Protests Erupt in Nicaragua Over Interoceanic Canal
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/24/nicaragua-protests-interoceani=
c-canal-rivas
Read the Article at The Guardian
Saudi Terrorism Court "to Try Women Drivers"
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30602155
Read the Article at the BBC
Protecting Our Waterways When Disaster Strikes
http://ecowatch.com/2014/12/24/protecting-waterways-disaster-strikes/
Read the Article at EcoWatch
The United States Needs Another Civil Rights Movement
http://www.mintpressnews.com/america-needs-another-civil-rights-movement/20=
0136/
Read the Article at MintPress News
Mexicans Fight Back Over Their Missing
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/11/mexicans-fight-back-over-=
their-missing-2014117181823659961.html
Read the Article at Al Jazeera English
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Michael Seifert, Buzzflash at Truthout: </strong>Along the southern border, tens of thousands of families, fleeing the horror of gang violence in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, crossed into the United States - a contemporary way of knocking on a stranger's door seeking help.</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> There may very well have been a guy born in Bethlehem who spent three years preaching against the order of his day until he was executed for it, but the gross manipulation of that alleged event definitely happened at the hands of people not seeking piety but power. So much of our culture has been shaped by the aftermath of the arrogance of the righteous, and we are all the poorer for it.</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=cF7KLIRCgUAlmr4GoM542GYCKfuJ8sbM" 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=EsLBFSK%2BrYPaZkLrNNjuz2YCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Video Games Gave Cultural Cachet – so Recognize Their Place in Society and History</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>Ashok Ranchhod and Vanissa Wanick Vieira, The Conversation:</strong> The UK's video games trade association has called for the products to be treated like other creative industries rather than mere "software," and there is a good argument for this. Games have been part of human civilization for thousands of years.</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=ak2Lt8%2BMcbfTM3RkR2drvuU7hFU0yOYT" 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>Chris Crass, Truthout:</strong> The task for all who want to move white people into anti-racist consciousness and actions is to learn from the history of white anti-racists and continue generating positive identities rooted in challenging, not sidestepping, structural oppression.</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=UTGuhf0b4BlxxfQDGBoA9GYCKfuJ8sbM" 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=dvBEoengtZHpTxpIiZ0xlmYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?</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>Iona McCleery, The Conversation:</strong> If you were preparing a festive meal 600 years ago you'd have far more on your plate. Here are the details on what you would have eaten, depending on your wealth.</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=bVsK6K7EAqyxuPsSwkxFLGYCKfuJ8sbM" 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=rJOhvwv7rc%2FltN7zmJ7vMGYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Engineering Chestnut Trees? Biotechnology Takes a Walk in the Woods</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>Rachel Smolker, Truthout:</strong> GMO chestnuts appear to be a ''Trojan horse'' intended to win over a public averse to GMO trees. They should be resisted.</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=GD6KWwBN0mUzLNK6YRyyP%2BU7hFU0yOYT" 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=Pwj5JNVjQfPlYiJF%2FprtqmYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Non-Violence and the Lost Message of Jesus</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>Mairead Maguire, Inter Press Service:</strong> In a world that has moved far from Christ's preaching of non-violence, a clear message and unambiguous proclamation is needed from spiritual or religious leaders that armaments, nuclear weapons, militarism and war must be abolished.</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=pzHS1MOXTC3suKwBgXVqKmYCKfuJ8sbM" 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=rL3mUNYJjuk1uNsjbJCplWYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bankers Brought Rating Agencies "to Their Knees" on Tobacco Bonds</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>Cezary Podkul, ProPublica:</strong> Wall Street pressed S&P, Moody's and Fitch to assign more favorable credit ratings to their deals and bragged that the raters complied. Now many of the bonds are headed for default.</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=1D%2B1Ag%2FcS2I0qCWd6ffRF2YCKfuJ8sbM" 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=%2Bd4YQaZmwk7Z0TbTJYpI4GYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Even With Ban, New York Can't Escape Effects of Fracking</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>Anne Meador, Cetology:</strong> Just because New York banned fracking, and even though more than 150 New York municipalities have banned fracking using local zoning laws, the state won't escape its effects.</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=X99WiJ%2BJkWb9qUnSTHKGZ2YCKfuJ8sbM" 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>Steven Wishnia, Defending Dissent:</strong> How employers use immigration laws against workers who speak out on the job is murky. It's not as black-and-white as it was under George W. Bush, when massive ICE raids often coincided with union campaigns. The Obama administration has used more administrative measures – with the same results.</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=BY%2FzqjvXsTrN364X5ixS12YCKfuJ8sbM" 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=jMSVpLMLvDkszIzMLk7owGYCKfuJ8sbM" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>From the ER to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients' Wages</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>Paul Kiel, ProPublica:</strong> One Missouri hospital has sued thousands of uninsured patients who couldn't pay for their care, then grabbed a hefty portion of their paychecks to cover the bills. "We will be paying them off until we die," one debtor said.</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=WfpRcsjUJpdFAr5FqxbxwOU7hFU0yOYT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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