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Henry A. Giroux | Hollywood Heroism in the Age of Empire
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Hollywood Heroism in the Age of Empire: From "Citizenfour" and "Selma" to "=
American Sniper"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29175-hollywood-heroism-in-the-age-of-empire=
-from-citizenfour-and-selma-to-american-sniper
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: In a culture that glorifies violence, it is no w=
onder that "American Sniper" became more popular than other recent films li=
ke "Citizenfour" and "Selma," which feature heroes who resist state violenc=
e, specifically government surveillance and brutalizing racism, rather than=
encourage and perpetrate it.
Jail Video Visits Are No Substitute for the Real Thing
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29163-jail-video-visits-are-no-substitute-fo=
r-the-real-thing
Maya Schenwar, Truthout: Video visitation in jails around the country is pa=
dding the pockets of private companies at the expense of people of color an=
d the poor. The video "visits" often replace in-person visits in order to m=
aximize profits for the companies providing the technology.
The Boston Globe Covers Up for Wall Street, Ignores Swaps Losses in Coverag=
e of MBTA Turmoil
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29167-the-boston-globe-covers-up-for-wall-st=
reet-ignores-swaps-losses-in-coverage-of-mbta-turmoil
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: A new Boston Globe story doesn't mention huge=
losses that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority made on swap tr=
ansactions that went massively against them in an environment of seemingly =
permanent low interest rates.
Thirteen Theses on the Still Unfolding Greek Debt Drama
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29165-thirteen-theses-on-the-still-unfol=
ding-greek-debt-drama
C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: As Germany's pressure on the new Greek governm=
ent increases in the aftermath of the collapse of the latest talks in Bruss=
els, there are several things worth highlighting about Greece's problems an=
d challenges, and the political economy of the eurozone.
A Global Day of Action in Support of the Right to Strike
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29178-a-global-day-of-action-in-support-=
of-the-right-to-strike
John Logan, Truthout: Labor unions have called for a global day of action i=
n support of the right to strike, as international employer groups attempt =
to undermine the legal basis for that right, claiming it is not enshrined w=
ithin existing international labor laws.
Bernie Sanders | The Pro-Worker, Pro-Growth Experiment in Greece Is Under T=
hreat
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29169-the-pro-worker-pro-growth-experimen=
t-in-greece-is-under-threat
Bernie Sanders, The Guardian: Right-wing governments in Europe's periphery =
are terrified of a Greek success at the negotiating table. Powerful interna=
tional interests are putting the pro-growth, pro-worker progressive democra=
cy experiment in grave danger.
UN Grills Mexico Over Handling of 43 Missing Students
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29177-un-grills-mexico-over-handling-of-=
43-missing-students
Jen Wilton, Latino Rebels: A large contingent traveled from Mexico to Genev=
a to draw attention to the plight of 43 missing students, kidnapped from Ig=
uala. Several family members of missing young Mexicans were also at the hea=
ring.
"Drastic Decline" Seen in World Press Freedom
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29170-drastic-decline-seen-in-world-press-fr=
eedom
Leila Lemghalef, Inter Press Service: Reporters Without Borders warns of a =
"worldwide deterioration in freedom of information" in 2014. Out of the 180=
countries surveyed, two-thirds have slipped in press freedom standards com=
pared to the previous year.
A "Grand Alliance" to Save Our Public Postal Service
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29176-a-grand-alliance-to-save-our-public=
-postal-service
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: The conservative anti-governme=
nt strategy is to set government up to fail. Then they point to the resulti=
ng "crisis" they created and say it proves that government doesn't work so =
we should "privatize" it. Their current target is the US Postal Service.
"Realists" Warn Against Ukraine Escalation
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/29171-realists-warn-against-ukraine-e=
scalation
Robert Parry, Consortium News: The neocons' war-and-more-war bandwagon is l=
oaded up again and rolling downhill as "everyone who matters" in Washington=
is talking up sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev to escalate Ukraine's =
civil war. Some "realists," an endangered species in US foreign policy, dis=
sent.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
US Government and NRA Both Use Fear to Achieve Policy Objectives
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/us-government-and-nra-both-us=
e-fear-to-achieve-policy-objectives
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Since 9/11, the US government has been =
masterful at using fear to manipulate voters into supporting large-scale mi=
litary intervention and intrusive surveillance policies.
Guant=C3=A1namo Torturer Led Brutal Chicago Regime of Shackling and Confess=
ion
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/18/guantanamo-torture-chicago-p=
olice-brutality
Eric Holder Calls for a National Moratorium on the Death Penalty Until the =
Supreme Court Weighs In
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/232979-holder-calls-for-halt-t=
o-us-executions
How "Omnipotent" Hackers Tied to the NSA Hid for 14 Years - and Were Found =
at Last
Read the Article at Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-=
nsa-hid-for-14-years-and-were-found-at-last/
The Dinosaurs Who Want to Discriminate Against People Based on Gender Prefe=
rence
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-dinosaurs-who-want-to-dis=
criminate-against-people-based-on-gender-preference
Federal Government Can Read Any Emails More Than Six Months Old Without a W=
arrant
Read the Article at McClatchy DC
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/02/11/256304/government-wonders-whats-in-yo=
ur.html
How Insurers Can Hit You With $10,000 Health-Care Bills - Even When You're =
Covered
Read the Article at Kaiser Health News
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/even-insured-consumers-get-hit-with-unexpe=
ctedly-large-medical-bills/
Top Ohio Court Takes Away Local Power to Ban Fracking
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/18/tragic-decision-top-ohio-court-=
takes-away-local-power-ban-fracking
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Dinosaurs Who Want to Discriminate Against People Based on Gender Preference</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Federal Government Can Read Any Emails More Than Six Months Old Without a Warrant</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How Insurers Can Hit You With $10,000 Health-Care Bills - Even When You're Covered</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Top Ohio Court Takes Away Local Power to Ban Fracking</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zNXtF4kXPQK7pTkUqJAeLb7ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>Hollywood Heroism in the Age of Empire: From <i>Citizenfour</i> and <i>Selma</i> to <i>American Sniper</i></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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> In a culture that glorifies violence, it is no wonder that <i>American Sniper</i> became more popular than other recent films like <i>Citizenfour</i> and <i>Selma</i>, which feature heroes who resist state violence, specifically government surveillance and brutalizing racism, rather than encourage and perpetrate it.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9P4vVMLonuer8NfhqM9Rlb7ZdAMvdf4X"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K7aruS%2BqiwpTVLRjCpXG%2Fr7ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>Jail Video Visits Are No Substitute for the Real Thing</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>Maya Schenwar, Truthout:</strong> Video visitation in jails around the country is padding the pockets of private companies at the expense of people of color and the poor. The video "visits" often replace in-person visits in order to maximize profits for the companies providing the technology.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o4%2F9D2KfmfbZQENjdUeJMr7ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Videos</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nouRgoygUTdhmMHPdxmX8b7ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>The Boston Globe Covers Up for Wall Street, Ignores Swaps Losses in Coverage of MBTA Turmoil</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>Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism:</strong> A new Boston Globe story doesn't mention huge losses that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority made on swap transactions that went massively against them in an environment of seemingly permanent low interest rates.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lL51A%2B6D9Xs06dcGWomG%2Fr7ZdAMvdf4X"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KaONwd7qGrNKI7fa%2Bi8di96CwZVqUHzP"><strong>Thirteen Theses on the Still Unfolding Greek Debt Drama</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>C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout:</strong> As Germany's pressure on the new Greek government increases in the aftermath of the collapse of the latest talks in Brussels, there are several things worth highlighting about Greece's problems and challenges, and the political economy of the eurozone.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W7f8BV6WHOZqepxdgj1kO77ZdAMvdf4X"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9ylWm%2BkCcFIOl2iOkwv3tL7ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>A Global Day of Action in Support of the Right to Strike</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>John Logan, Truthout:</strong> Labor unions have called for a global day of action in support of the right to strike, as international employer groups attempt to undermine the legal basis for that right, claiming it is not enshrined within existing international labor laws.</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>Bernie Sanders, The Guardian:</strong> Right-wing governments in Europe's periphery are terrified of a Greek success at the negotiating table. Powerful international interests are putting the pro-growth, pro-worker progressive democracy experiment in grave danger.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cOZLFF2iERvjsAoQFGBtQ77ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>UN Grills Mexico Over Handling of 43 Missing Students</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>Jen Wilton, Latino Rebels:</strong> A large contingent traveled from Mexico to Geneva to draw attention to the plight of 43 missing students, kidnapped from Iguala. Several family members of missing young Mexicans were also at the hearing.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lHoPE8rnXIdbJrCuDhXpg77ZdAMvdf4X"><strong>"Drastic Decline" Seen in World Press Freedom</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>Leila Lemghalef, Inter Press Service:</strong> Reporters Without Borders warns of a "worldwide deterioration in freedom of information" in 2014. Out of the 180 countries surveyed, two-thirds have slipped in press freedom standards compared to the previous year.</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>Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> The conservative anti-government strategy is to set government up to fail. Then they point to the resulting "crisis" they created and say it proves that government doesn't work so we should "privatize" it. Their current target is the US Postal Service.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qFiS%2BJaXSahNpbMDF8vZer7ZdAMvdf4X"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ionuhLInoNTeaWFqSyRq7t6CwZVqUHzP"><strong>"Realists" Warn Against Ukraine Escalation</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>Robert Parry, Consortium News:</strong> The neocons' war-and-more-war bandwagon is loaded up again and rolling downhill as "everyone who matters" in Washington is talking up sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev to escalate Ukraine's civil war. Some "realists," an endangered species in US foreign policy, dissent.</p>
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