[198410] in Zephyr_Bugs
A Brief History of the "Testocracy," Standardized Testing and
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Wed Mar 25 16:34:48 2015
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:34:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: t r u t h o u t <messenger@truthout.org>
Reply-To: messenger@truthout.org
To: zephyr-bugs@mit.edu
Message-ID: <2448845902.-1589227024@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_17748084_1014713451.1427315686394"
Envelope-From: <2448845902-1325042-org2-org2DB@bounces.salsalabs.net>
------=_Part_17748084_1014713451.1427315686394
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
t r u t h o u t | The stories Truthout publishes are the result of dogged r=
eporting, rigorous thinking and editors poring over copy until they have ey=
e strain. The secret ingredient is your support - without it, Truthout simp=
ly couldn't exist. We must raise over $28,000 more in just a couple of days=
. Will you pitch in to support our work today?
http://truth-out.org/members/donate
You can also donate by check, made payable to:
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827
(Please include your email address on your check.)
Or call in your donation:
213.489.1971
03.25
A Brief History of the "Testocracy," Standardized Testing and Test-Defying
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/29847-a-brief-history-of-the-tes=
tocracy-standardized-testing-and-test-defying
Jesse Hagopian, Haymarket Books: In this excerpt from "More Than a Score," =
Jesse Hagopian explains who the "testocracy" are, what they want - for ever=
ybody else's children and for their own - and why more people than ever bef=
ore are resisting tests and working collectively to reclaim public educatio=
n.
Venezuela Wrongly Accused of Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29782-venezuela-wrongly-accused-of-weapon=
s-of-mass-destruction
Roger D. Harris, Truthout: US Senate hearings raise the old canard of weapo=
ns of mass destruction in Venezuela, following enormous international blowb=
ack to President Obama's latest round of sanctions against the Maduro gover=
nment.
=20
Marjorie Cohn | Israel's Blatant Flouting of International Law Requires Pre=
sidential Response
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29843-israel-s-blatant-flouting-of-internati=
onal-law-requires-presidential-response
Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Following Israel's elections - and re-elected Prim=
e Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's admission that he won't support the creatio=
n of a Palestinian state - President Obama must use this opportunity to hal=
t the longstanding US policy of turning a blind eye to Israel's many legal =
violations.
The World Bank, Poverty Creation and the Banality of Evil
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29851-the-world-bank-poverty-creation-and-th=
e-banality-of-evil
Alnoor Ladha, Truthout: The World Bank's neoliberal policies and internal c=
ulture have led to land grabs, mass displacement and poverty creation aroun=
d the world. Now civil society groups are denouncing the institution's 16th=
annual Conference on Land and Poverty.
=20
Ellen Brown | California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29849-california-water-wars-another-form-of-=
asset-stripping
Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog: In California's epic drought, wars over =
water rights continue, while innovative alternatives for increasing the ava=
ilable water supply go untapped. Skeptical observers note that water is bei=
ng called the next commodity boom.
NYU Professor Barred From Researching in UAE, Where NYU Has a Campus
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29846-nyu-professor-barred-from-researching-=
in-uae-where-nyu-has-a-campus
Michelle Chen, The Nation: The abrupt refusal to allow New York University =
professor Andrew Ross on a flight earlier this month suggests he is one of =
many activists who've gotten on the United Arab Emirates' bad side for scru=
tinizing its human rights record.
=20
ALEC Pushes to Repeal "Prevailing Wage" Laws
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29848-alec-pushes-to-repeal-prevailing-wage-=
laws
Jody Knauss, PR Watch: The American Legislative Exchange Council and its al=
lies have opened another front in their war on good jobs. Targeted this tim=
e are state prevailing wage laws, which require public construction project=
s to support local wage standards instead of undercutting them.
Secretive and Seedy: How Aid Donors Are Opening the Agribusiness Flood Gate=
s
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29852-secretive-and-seedy-how-aid-donors-=
are-opening-the-agribusiness-flood-gates
Ian Fitzpatrick, Open Democracy: When seed markets are dominated by a handf=
ul of companies selling their patented seeds - and Big Ag teams up with int=
ernational aid organizations - farmers' ability to save, exchange and sell =
their own seed varieties is threatened and everyone loses.
This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29861-this-trade-deal-will-make-you-sick
Anna Meyer, OtherWords: The Trans-Pacific Partnership treats food as just a=
nother global commodity to be traded and exchanged. This approach completel=
y overlooks its vital importance to human life and would jeopardize the foo=
d systems that sustain people around the world.
Private Prisons for Immigrant Families Grow, Despite Court Ruling Against "=
Detention as Deterrence"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29854-private-prisons-for-immigrant-families=
-grow-despite-court-ruling-against-detention-as-deterrence
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: The Obama administratio=
n continues to expand its controversial practice of detaining mothers and t=
heir children despite a judge's order that using it to deter mass migration=
is illegal.
Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance "Essential" for Paris Agreement
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29853-pacific-islanders-say-climate-finance-=
essential-for-paris-agreement
Catherine Wilson, Inter Press Service: The Pacific Islands contribute a neg=
ligible 0.03 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet are the first =
to suffer the worst impacts of global warming. Funding aimed at developing =
local climate change expertise and institutional capacity is vital to safeg=
uarding the survival and autonomy of these countries.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The NRA Push for Allowing Guns on Campus Is a Recipe for Violence
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/nra-successful-push-for-allowing-=
guns-on-campuses-is-a-recipe-for-death
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Students have the right to a safe envir=
onment free from the presence of guns on campus, and universities and colle=
ges have the right to ensure such security by making a choice to make place=
s of higher education gun-free.
Don't Frack With Denton: A Community's Fight to Defend Home Rule
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/don-t-frack-with-denton-a-com=
munity-s-fight-to-defend-home-rule
Cutting Through the Fog of Ted Cruz to Find His Deep Connections to the Chr=
istian Dominionist Right=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/fog-ted-cruz-deep-connections=
-christian-dominionist-right
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
AP Investigation: Slavery Taints Global Supply of Seafood
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150325/seafood_from_slaves-abridged-ed2b=
540427.html
If Republicans Did Get Intel From Israeli Spies, They Could Be Charged Unde=
r Espionage Act
Read the Article at Addicting Info
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/24/if-republicans-did-get-intel-from-i=
sraeli-spies-they-could-be-charged-under-espionage-act/
Georgia "Patriot" Reportedly Planted Pipe Bombs in Park to Sow Fear of Musl=
ims
Read the Article at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/georgia-patriot-reportedly-planted-pipe-=
bombs-in-park-to-sow-fear-of-muslims/
Seymour M. Hersh: The Scene of the Crime - My Return to My Lai
Read the Article at The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/the-scene-of-the-crime
In New Hampshire, a Sad Civics Lesson
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/03/23/needs-lawmakers-wh=
o-treat-citizens-with-respect/oOsoYaRYH8hXxXAx5ARXNJ/story.html
-----------
Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation by clicking here: https://m=
embers.truth-out.org/donate
To ensure you receive our messages please add the following address to your=
email address book: messenger@truthout.org
If you are having trouble with this, read our guide: http://truth-out.org/w=
hitelisting
Thank you!
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Click to UNSUBSCRIBE -> http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6694/p/salsa/supporter/=
unsubscribe/public/?Email=3Dzephyr-bugs@mit.edu&email_blast_KEY=3D1325042
Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org
Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://www.truth-out.org/about-us/newsletter-signup
Our Privacy Policy -> http://truth-out.org/privacy
------=_Part_17748084_1014713451.1427315686394
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<html dir="ltr">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><table width="600" cellspacing="15" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #000000">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="64">
<table width="64" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><img height="100" width="64" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_t_100.gif" alt="t" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width="40"> </td>
<td width="300">
<table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em 0;font-size: small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wednesday, 25 March 2015
<p></p>
<img height="40" width="236" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_logo_40.png" alt="t r u t h o u t" /></h2>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width="165" align="right">
<table width="165" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style="text-align:right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N4jxk7BPWEal%2BG23U%2BOSjC4XC6WyLqFb" style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none">View Recent Newsletters</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
<h2 style="text-align:right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GyIa36OVGGSkC9bq7fI01i4XC6WyLqFb" style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none">Tell a friend about Truthout!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#910000" align="center">
<h2 style="margin: .5em .5em; text-align:center; font-size: large;!important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LrzHApm1a7OVddY0Gjwz8y4XC6WyLqFb" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; text-align:center">Donate Today!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: xx-small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1"> </p>
<p style="text-align:right; margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 7px;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1">Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="180" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="15"> </td>
<td width="165" bgcolor="#e4e2d7">
<table width="165" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h1 style="font-size: x-large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">BuzzFlash</h1>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The NRA Push for Allowing Guns on Campus Is a Recipe for Violence </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>Students have the right to a safe environment free from the presence of guns on campus, and universities and colleges have the right to ensure such security by making a choice to make places of higher education gun-free.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=FwZWeOY%2B%2FsejRcZFixxhIy4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Don't Frack With Denton: A Community's Fight to Defend Home Rule</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=5mqIgRbUeufbGPFxJB%2FGvvYU0C7ryvPq"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Cutting Through the Fog of Ted Cruz to Find His Deep Connections to the Christian Dominionist Right</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=%2FKniFEA3bO%2BKAQh%2FUytkOS4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>AP Investigation: Slavery Taints Global Supply of Seafood</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=rlYSLO9hqVIXDzoarmzDgS4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at the Associated Press</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>If Republicans Did Get Intel From Israeli Spies, They Could Be Charged Under Espionage Act</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=UoLabx7X7dZq%2BQxaIQiqIS4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at Addicting Info</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Georgia "Patriot" Reportedly Planted Pipe Bombs in Park to Sow Fear of Muslims</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=7uBfCk9m5dIxgaGJyJ5a2S4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at Raw Story</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Seymour M. Hersh: The Scene of the Crime - My Return to My Lai</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=Djp2OvibMF1hCodseeCkMi4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at The New Yorker</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>In New Hampshire, a Sad Civics Lesson</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=6RNobNZO7NRPLRerIzQ54C4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Globe</strong></a></p>
   </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<em>
<p style="font-size:110%">The stories Truthout publishes are the result of dogged reporting, rigorous thinking and editors poring over copy until they have eye strain. The secret ingredient is your support - without it, Truthout simply couldn’t exist. <b>We must raise over $28,000 more in just a couple of days.</b> Will you pitch in to support our work today?</p>
<center>
<p style="font-size:110%"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=A1W2CFoV%2BgwBosYLf8isUC4XC6WyLqFb"><img alt="Click here
to donate." src="http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/buttonred.gif" /></a><br />
<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jq4i5J5pdZINTLZz5sdS9y4XC6WyLqFb"><font color="#cc0000">Click here to donate.</font></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">(Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641)</span></p>
</center>
<p style="font-size:110%"><b>You can also donate by check, made payable to:</b><br />
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827<br />
(Please include your email address on your check.)</p>
<p style="font-size: 110%"><b>Or call in your donation:</b><br />
213.489.1971</p>
</em>
<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=NNNQ42t6p4u60SbsmX5lMC4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>A Brief History of the "Testocracy," Standardized Testing and Test-Defying</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>Jesse Hagopian, Haymarket Books:</strong> In this excerpt from <i>More Than a Score</i>, Jesse Hagopian explains who the "testocracy" are, what they want - for everybody else's children and for their own - and why more people than ever before are resisting tests and working collectively to reclaim public education.</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=KSjI3T6zzY3%2BF3QNj18uky4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Excerpt</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=vRSL9Y4h%2FbwaZ04iAI8wwy4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Venezuela Wrongly Accused of Weapons of Mass Destruction</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>Roger D. Harris, Truthout:</strong> US Senate hearings raise the old canard of weapons of mass destruction in Venezuela, following enormous international blowback to President Obama's latest round of sanctions against the Maduro government.</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=G1ZPX4vlff5Nw6iLtiP3Ei4XC6WyLqFb"><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=%2FuDlViXz6GdTbJBvzd66KC4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Marjorie Cohn | Israel's Blatant Flouting of International Law Requires Presidential Response</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>Marjorie Cohn, Truthout:</strong> Following Israel's elections - and re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's admission that he won't support the creation of a Palestinian state - President Obama must use this opportunity to halt the longstanding US policy of turning a blind eye to Israel's many legal violations.</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=0bKS1gv1DHD%2Ft0A5XU2tdC4XC6WyLqFb"><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=lzi%2BeJDiaq3LxPWRfTGhOy4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>The World Bank, Poverty Creation and the Banality of Evil</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>Alnoor Ladha, Truthout:</strong> The World Bank's neoliberal policies and internal culture have led to land grabs, mass displacement and poverty creation around the world. Now civil society groups are denouncing the institution's 16th annual Conference on Land and Poverty.</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=0WNJi03DN3Y3e9E4dOyfEi4XC6WyLqFb"><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=1JWdI0fOM3dt%2BJJlFK%2BuWi4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Ellen Brown | California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?</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>Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog:</strong> In California's epic drought, wars over water rights continue, while innovative alternatives for increasing the available water supply go untapped. Skeptical observers note that water is being called the next commodity boom.</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=YR%2BkuhQkoFkNeBrOwwCI6i4XC6WyLqFb"><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=bHZ6ORdCQewHIokrMuIx%2Fy4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>NYU Professor Barred From Researching in UAE, Where NYU Has a Campus</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>Michelle Chen, The Nation:</strong> The abrupt refusal to allow New York University professor Andrew Ross on a flight earlier this month suggests he is one of many activists who've gotten on the United Arab Emirates' bad side for scrutinizing its human rights record.</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=jCCFS8%2FQ2MqzKRIO8FZK4C4XC6WyLqFb"><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=j0PfW3YirGsWZGsUkH2ixi4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>ALEC Pushes to Repeal "Prevailing Wage" Laws</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>Jody Knauss, PR Watch:</strong> The American Legislative Exchange Council and its allies have opened another front in their war on good jobs. Targeted this time are state prevailing wage laws, which require public construction projects to support local wage standards instead of undercutting them.</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=IU%2Fl5EWHJ1dDP225ELSl%2Fy4XC6WyLqFb"><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=YD8uAgbf1Y0suSgFmhRvEC4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Secretive and Seedy: How Aid Donors Are Opening the Agribusiness Flood Gates</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>Ian Fitzpatrick, Open Democracy:</strong> When seed markets are dominated by a handful of companies selling their patented seeds - and Big Ag teams up with international aid organizations - farmers' ability to save, exchange and sell their own seed varieties is threatened and everyone loses.</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=LvBNY27iEMlAmTRJ%2Bk2EUy4XC6WyLqFb"><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=%2FnD7dG4uQYTudnKYq1RGbfYU0C7ryvPq"><strong>This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick</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>Anna Meyer, OtherWords:</strong> The Trans-Pacific Partnership treats food as just another global commodity to be traded and exchanged. This approach completely overlooks its vital importance to human life and would jeopardize the food systems that sustain people around the world.</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=dK166GwF88WTSt5ETao0BC4XC6WyLqFb"><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=SEfpDQWRjOyaEuFaeLjUfy4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Private Prisons for Immigrant Families Grow, Despite Court Ruling Against "Detention as Deterrence"</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>Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> The Obama administration continues to expand its controversial practice of detaining mothers and their children despite a judge's order that using it to deter mass migration is illegal.</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=EANhRt%2BYFa60m5w%2F1IP2ty4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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=tszVmWxdloc4Nl7H97e0CC4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance "Essential" for Paris Agreement</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>Catherine Wilson, Inter Press Service:</strong> The Pacific Islands contribute a negligible 0.03 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet are the first to suffer the worst impacts of global warming. Funding aimed at developing local climate change expertise and institutional capacity is vital to safeguarding the survival and autonomy of these countries.</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=%2FedlTxCj88K3HeD%2BKuJn4S4XC6WyLqFb"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="400">
<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.8em 0;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XLtNkZ5T0R9CK0tskxJnwS4XC6WyLqFb">Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation </a>
<p></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: x-small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.6">Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages<br />
Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 <br />
<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b5b0qKsYsTNhfXjbAOVVEy4XC6WyLqFb">Subscribe</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fGpE5%2BpVWp1ig%2B6duRGKki4XC6WyLqFb">Unsubscribe</a><br />
<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=THpUwur8zmvHINBJsJn2zi4XC6WyLqFb">Privacy Policy</a><br />
 </p>
</h2>
</td>
<td width="110"><img height="111" width="110" style="display: block" alt="The Newspaper Guild" src="http://truth-out.org/images/newspaper_guild.jpg" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
</body>
</html><img width=1 height=1 src="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/TrackImage?key=2448845902"><diaEmailID='2448845902' thread=4086 />
------=_Part_17748084_1014713451.1427315686394--
