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t r u t h o u t | 04.03

Five Reasons Why San Francisco Must Not Give Up Public Land for Market-Rate=
 Development=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org/news/item/29885-chasing-unicorns-=
5-reasons-why-san-francisco-is-delusional-giving-up-public-land-for-market-=
rate-development=E2=80=A8Joseph Smooke and Dyan Ruiz, Truthout: With a dire=
 need for housing for its lower-income residents, San Francisco's plan to u=
se any public land for market-rate housing just doesn't make economic sense=
. This piece - the first in a two-part series - explores the city's despera=
te need for affordable spaces.

Imagining Social Justice as a Communal Process=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org=
/progressivepicks/item/30015-imagining-social-justice-as-a-communal-process=
=E2=80=A8Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski, Beacon Press: Transformative cha=
nge can only occur by first understanding how "hate" is inextricably bound =
to broader social and political systems.

In Greece, New Commission Will Audit All National Debt=E2=80=A8http://truth=
-out.org/news/item/29936-interview-eric-toussaint-of-the-committee-for-the-=
abolition-of-third-world-debt-discusses-greece-s-new-debt-audit-commission=
=E2=80=A8Michael Nevradakis, Truthout: Eric Toussaint of the Committee for =
the Abolition of Third-World Debt discusses a new commission to audit Greec=
e's public debt to determine which parts are illegal, illegitimate, unsusta=
inable or odious.

How the Public Can Shape the Future of Drone Use=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.o=
rg/opinion/item/29873-what-color-is-your-drone-how-the-public-can-shape-the=
-future-of-drone-use=E2=80=A8George M. Moore, Truthout: The private use of =
drones, as well as police and military use domestically, needs to be contro=
lled from a public safety standpoint, from a public security standpoint and=
 from a privacy standpoint. The public must take advantage of the present m=
oment to shape how that control functions.

Plutocracy the First Time Around: Revisiting the Great Upheaval and the Fir=
st Gilded Age=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org/news/item/30016-plutocracy-the-f=
irst-time-around-revisiting-the-great-upheaval-and-the-first-gilded-age=E2=
=80=A8Steve Fraser, TomDispatch: Americans of the 19th century managed to m=
ount a sustained economic, political and cultural resistance to plutocratic=
 rule that is simply unimaginable today. Masses of people refused to accept=
 that tooth-and-claw capitalism was their fate.

Former Iranian Ambassador: Historic Nuclear Deal Has Prevented a New War in=
 the Middle East=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org/news/item/30023-former-irania=
n-ambassador-historic-nuclear-deal-has-prevented-a-new-war-in-the-middle-ea=
st=E2=80=A8Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: After eight =
days of talks in Switzerland, Iran and world powers have reached a framewor=
k agreement on curbing Iran's nuclear program for at least a decade. In ret=
urn, the United States and Europe plan to lift economic sanctions on Iran.

In a Win for Opponents of Mountaintop Removal, West Virginia Will Study Hea=
lth Impacts=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org/news/item/30019-in-a-win-for-oppon=
ents-of-mountaintop-removal-west-virginia-government-will-study-health-impa=
cts=E2=80=A8Laura Michele Diener, YES! Magazine: The shift in approach in W=
est Virginia is good news for those who blame the health disparities of sou=
thern West Virginia on mountaintop removal mining. It's also good news for =
environmentalists worldwide, who want to see more urgency in transitioning =
society away from fossil fuels.

The Silence Surrounding Alabama's Debtors' Prisons=E2=80=A8http://truth-out=
.org/opinion/item/30018-the-silence-surrounding-alabama-s-debtors-prisons=
=E2=80=A8Andrew Cohen, Brennan Center for Justice: You can draw a line from=
 a brilliant expos=C3=A9 of Alabama's private probation industry last June =
to the recent filing of a federal civil rights complaint alleging a rackete=
ering conspiracy between a probation company and officials in the Alabama c=
ity of Clanton. What lies between is Ferguson, Missouri.

"Biden Plan" for Central America Continues the Crackdown on Kids=E2=80=A8ht=
tp://truth-out.org/news/item/30020-biden-plan-for-central-america-continues=
-the-crackdown-on-kids=E2=80=A8Laura Carlsen, Foreign Policy in Focus: Wash=
ington's policy response to the crisis of unaccompanied minors migrating to=
 the United States purports to address the root causes of migration, but ac=
tually mirrors - and in many ways intensifies - the causes that forced so m=
any to flee.

Rousseff's Brazil: No Country for the Landless=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org=
/news/item/30017-rousseff-s-brazil-no-country-for-the-landless=E2=80=A8Fabi=
ola Ortiz, Inter Press Service: In Brazil, one of the countries with the hi=
ghest concentration of land ownership in the world, some 200,000 peasant fa=
rmers still have no plot of their own to farm - a problem that the first ad=
ministration of President Dilma Rousseff did little to resolve.

Richard D. Wolff | Economic Update: Economic Change and Personal Life Crise=
s=E2=80=A8http://truth-out.org/news/item/30013-economic-update-economic-cha=
nge-and-personal-life-crises=E2=80=A8Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episo=
de provides updates on the car parts industry, how Russia's economy is grow=
ing despite sanctions, declining US teaching positions for new PhDs in huma=
nities and huge Mexican strikes against Driscoll berries. We also respond t=
o questions on countries' currency manipulations and the role of unions in =
workers' co-ops.


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