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Hawaiian Activists Confront Agrichemical Giant Syngenta on Its Home
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t r u t h o u t | 05.13
In the Belly of the Chemical Beast: Hawaiian Activists Confront Syngenta on=
Its Home Turf
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30750-in-the-belly-of-the-chemical-beast=
-hawaiian-activists-confront-syngenta-on-its-home-turf
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Recently embedded in Basel, Switzerland, Truthout's =
Mike Ludwig joined a delegation of activists from Hawai'i who traveled to S=
yngenta's global headquarters to demand that the agrichemical giant stop sp=
raying poisons (which are banned in Europe) on their island.
For Those Who've Considered Drowning
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30694-for-those-who-ve-considered-drowni=
ng
William C. Anderson, Truthout: More than a century after the transatlantic =
slave trade ended - though circumstances have shifted - we are still faced =
with the pervasiveness of the drowning Black body. We must all be conscious=
of the ways in which we are letting others drown.
Financial Exploitation of Women in the Workplace Is the Canary in the Coal =
Mine
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/30751-financial-exploitation=
-of-women-in-the-workplace-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Caroline Fredrickson, author of "Under the Bus: How =
Working Women Are Being Run Over," recently shared her findings with Trutho=
ut on how female workers - particularly in labor-intensive jobs - continue =
to be economically shortchanged in the United States.
Forty-Four Hours in a Baltimore Jail for Filming the Police
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30753-forty-four-hours-in-a-baltimore-ja=
il-for-filming-the-police
Karen Houppert, The Nation: Along with hundreds of other protesters and bys=
tanders in Baltimore, Geremy Faulkner was swept up in one of the haphazard =
mass arrests that continue to overwhelm the courts. Many, like Faulkner, ha=
d never been charged with a crime.
Punishing Another Whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30754-punishing-another-whistleblower-je=
ffrey-sterling
Ray McGovern, Consortium News: Just weeks after ex-CIA Director David Petra=
eus got a no-jail-time wrist slap for divulging secrets to his biographer a=
nd lover, ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling got 42 months in prison for alleg=
edly alerting a US journalist to a dubious covert op. This is a double stan=
dard of justice.
Why We Should Be Skeptical of a No-Fly Zone in Syria
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30712-why-we-should-be-skeptical-of-a-no=
-fly-zone-in-syria
Darius Shahtahmasebi, Truthout: As seen in Libya and Ukraine, US, NATO and =
regional allies' military actions - billed as humanitarian intervention - o=
ften have more to do with geostrategic concerns than international goodwill=
. One should question Western motives and consider the possibility that mor=
e outside involvement in Syria could result in further chaos.
Revolt Over TPP: Senate Dems Rebuke Obama by Blocking Debate on Secretive T=
rade Deal
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30766-revolt-over-tpp-senate-dems-rebuke=
-obama-by-blocking-debate-on-secretive-trade-deal
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: While Senate Democrats =
blocked debate on a bill that would have given the president fast-track aut=
hority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, author Lori Wallach, who=
is also director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, says it's going t=
o come back up for another repackaging.
The GOP's Food Stamp Hypocrisy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30752-the-gop-s-food-stamp-hypocrisy
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: While Wisconsin Republicans=
are clamping down on the apparent plague of lobster-eating poor people tha=
t's ravaging their state, they're also happily promoting a failed Scott Wal=
ker corporate welfare scheme that's already wasted tens of millions of taxp=
ayer dollars, and is set to waste even more.
How Banks Did More Damage to Baltimore Than Protesters
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30759-how-banks-did-more-damage-to-balti=
more-than-protestors
Emily Foster, Campaign for America's Future: The deregulation and minimal g=
overnment oversight that allowed the banks' discriminatory and unfair actio=
ns during the foreclosure crisis are responsible for many of the city's har=
dships.
The Misleading Arguments Propelling "Right-to-Work" Laws
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30758-the-misleading-arguments-propel=
ling-right-to-work-laws
Tamara Kay, The Conversation: The results of the "right-to-work" war on wor=
kers may vary from state to state, but the genesis of these salvos and the =
misleading arguments used to muscle them through legislatures are the same.=
A careful analysis reveals their scientific and intellectual flaws.
Laura Flanders | Boycott From Within: Interview With Activists Ronnie Barka=
n and Haidar Eid
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30765-boycott-from-within-ronnie-barkan-=
and-haidar-eid
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: This week's episode airs 67 years after the foundin=
g of the State of Israel, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or tragedy. T=
o mark the occasion, GRITtv speaks to both Israeli and Palestinian activist=
s. Laura Flanders also discusses Gaza's missing millions.
Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom; Will She Change Her Mind on W=
elfare Reform?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30761-clinton-wants-to-help-families-=
at-the-bottom-will-she-change-her-mind-about-welfare-reform
Bryce Covert, The Nation: Women, and particularly women of color, are more =
likely than men to live in poverty, and single mothers are particularly in =
need of support. These are the very people Clinton wants to vote for her. B=
ut what help can she offer those who aren't even able to access the threadb=
are lifeline that is welfare assistance?
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The One Detail We Know About the TPP: Obama Won't Reveal What's In It
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-one-detail-we-know-about-=
the-tpp-obama-won-t-reveal-what-s-in-it-1
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: President Obama's patronizing criticism=
of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's ongoing critique of the still officially secret=
Trans-Pacific Partnership was as illogical as it was sexist.
Incarcerating People With Mental Illness Helps Neither Them Nor the Public
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/incarcerating-people-with-men=
tal-illnesses-helps-neither-them-nor-the-public
Vatican Recognizes "State of Palestine" in New Treaty
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/vatican-recognizes-palestine-treaty
US Congress to Vote on Bill Banning NSA From Bulk-Collecting Phone Calls
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/13/bill-banning-nsa-from-bulk-c=
ollecting-phone-calls-goes-to-vote?CMP=3Dema_565
President Obama on How Fox News Teaches the Middle Class to Demonize the Po=
or
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/12/president-obama-=
on-how-fox-news-teaches-the-middle-class-to-demonize-the-poor/?tid=3Dpm_bus=
iness_pop_b
Extremists Have Weaponized Jesus: How the Religious Right Hijacked Christia=
nity
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/13/wingnuts_have_weaponized_jesus_how_the_reli=
gious_right_hijacked_christianity/?source=3Dnewsletter
GOP Ramps Up Abortion Fight
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/241848-gop-ramps-up-abortion-fight
Paul Wolfowitz: The Jeb Bush Adviser Who Should Scare You
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/jeb-bush-adviser-paul-wolfowitz
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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>President Obama on How Fox News Teaches the Middle Class to Demonize the Poor</strong></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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Recently embedded in Basel, Switzerland, Truthout's Mike Ludwig joined a delegation of activists from Hawai'i who traveled to Syngenta's global headquarters to demand that the agrichemical giant stop spraying poisons (which are banned in Europe) on their island.</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 C. Anderson, Truthout:</strong> More than a century after the transatlantic slave trade ended - though circumstances have shifted - we are still faced with the pervasiveness of the drowning Black body. We must all be conscious of the ways in which we are letting others drown.</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=%2FNrJ6Gea3dUKdfjErRXXo2DTJsur6LLk"><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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Caroline Fredrickson, author of <i>Under the Bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over,</i> recently shared her findings with Truthout on how female workers - particularly in labor-intensive jobs - continue to be economically shortchanged in the United States.</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>Karen Houppert, The Nation:</strong> Along with hundreds of other protesters and bystanders in Baltimore, Geremy Faulkner was swept up in one of the haphazard mass arrests that continue to overwhelm the courts. Many, like Faulkner, had never been charged with a crime.</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=TJbYpa2jQb6udlGt7ujYdGDTJsur6LLk"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</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=7z9v%2FaR6t6Uh71YsY6xnXWDTJsur6LLk"><strong>Punishing Another Whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling</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>Ray McGovern, Consortium News:</strong> Just weeks after ex-CIA Director David Petraeus got a no-jail-time wrist slap for divulging secrets to his biographer and lover, ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling got 42 months in prison for allegedly alerting a US journalist to a dubious covert op. This is a double standard of justice.</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>Darius Shahtahmasebi, Truthout:</strong> As seen in Libya and Ukraine, US, NATO and regional allies' military actions - billed as humanitarian intervention - often have more to do with geostrategic concerns than international goodwill. One should question Western motives and consider the possibility that more outside involvement in Syria could result in further chaos.</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>Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> While Senate Democrats blocked debate on a bill that would have given the president fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, author Lori Wallach, who is also director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, says it's going to come back up for another repackaging.</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=17afL561cb1zgyIFv2bvVWDTJsur6LLk"><strong>The GOP's Food Stamp Hypocrisy</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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> While Wisconsin Republicans are clamping down on the apparent plague of lobster-eating poor people that's ravaging their state, they're also happily promoting a failed Scott Walker corporate welfare scheme that's already wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and is set to waste even more.</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>Emily Foster, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> The deregulation and minimal government oversight that allowed the banks' discriminatory and unfair actions during the foreclosure crisis are responsible for many of the city's hardships.</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>Tamara Kay, The Conversation:</strong> The results of the "right-to-work" war on workers may vary from state to state, but the genesis of these salvos and the misleading arguments used to muscle them through legislatures are the same. A careful analysis reveals their scientific and intellectual flaws.</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>Laura Flanders, GRITtv:</strong> This week's episode airs 67 years after the founding of the State of Israel, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or tragedy. To mark the occasion, GRITtv speaks to both Israeli and Palestinian activists. Laura Flanders also discusses Gaza's missing millions.</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>Bryce Covert, The Nation:</strong> Women, and particularly women of color, are more likely than men to live in poverty, and single mothers are particularly in need of support. These are the very people Clinton wants to vote for her. But what help can she offer those who aren't even able to access the threadbare lifeline that is welfare assistance?</p>
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