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William Rivers Pitt | Break the "Defense" Industry Across the Knee

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t r u t h o u t | 06.14

William Rivers Pitt | Break the "Defense" Industry Across the Knee of Democ=
racy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31361-break-the-defense-industry-acro=
ss-the-knee-of-democracy
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: People in the US have been hypnotized into t=
hinking war is some magical nowhere-land where soldiers win glory for the S=
tars and Bars ... and it all just kinda happens, or something. No. Emphatic=
ally, no.

The Story of Levi Dehmann: Police Violence in Small-Town America
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31328-the-story-of-levi-dehmann-police-v=
iolence-in-small-town-america
Jack Shuler, Truthout: While the national narrative, for good reason, is ab=
out white cops versus Black men, the death of David Levi Dehmann April 23, =
after having been body-slammed by a sheriff's deputy in Ohio, underscores t=
he wider problem of police violence and impunity.

Urbanologist Grades Government's Response to Katrina With an "F"
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/31334-urbanologist-grades-go=
vernment-s-response-to-katrina-with-an-f
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Officials treated Hurricane Katrina's devastation in=
 New Orleans as "nothing but an opportunity to give out outrageous contract=
s to campaign donors," says Roberta Brandes Gratz, author of "We're Still H=
ere Ya Bastards".

Beyond "Comprehensive Immigration Reform": The Case for an Open Border Poli=
cy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31321-beyond-comprehensive-immigratio=
n-reform-the-case-for-an-open-border-policy
Frank Seo, Truthout: The Obama administration's refusal to fight for the pr=
esident's own executive plan on immigration in the courts demonstrates the =
need for immigrant rights groups to go beyond comprehensive immigration ref=
orm and work for open borders and equality.

News for Peace Advocates: AIPAC Crushed in House Trade Vote
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31364-news-for-peace-advocates-aipac-cru=
shed-in-house-trade-vote=20
Robert Naiman, Truthout: The Senate's version of fast track trade negotiati=
ng authority contained an AIPAC-sponsored provision making it US policy to =
oppose European restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in t=
he Palestinian West Bank. So when fast track was defeated in the House, AIP=
AC was defeated in the House.

Inter-Ethnic Summit Brings Together 25 Indigenous Nations to Strengthen Res=
istance
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31362-inter-ethnic-summit-brings-togethe=
r-25-indigenous-nations-to-strengthen-resistance
Fionuala Cregan, IC Magazine: Indigenous leaders from across Argentina's 17=
 provinces met in Buenos Aires and presented dramatic testimonies of human =
rights violations and dispossession from their ancestral lands. In all corn=
ers of the country, these Indigenous Peoples have found themselves at the f=
orefront of a battle.

Yale Divinity Threatens to Withhold Degree From Pro-Palestinian Protester
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31363-yale-divinity-threatens-to-with=
hold-degree-from-pro-palestinian-protester
Hillary Brownsmith, The Hampton Institute: "I ask, what does it say about y=
our community that you feel threatened by two nonviolent protesters testify=
ing to the violence of that racist ideology called Zionism?" wrote Gregory =
Williams, whose degree was almost withheld by the school.

Ex-Chief of Nuclear Forces General Lee Butler Still Dismayed by Deterrence =
Theory and Missiles on Hair-Trigger Alert
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31366-ex-chief-of-nuclear-forces-gene=
ral-lee-butler-still-dismayed-by-deterrence-theory-and-missiles-on-hair-tri=
gger-alert
Robert Kazel, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: In a wide-ranging interview at =
his house recently, General Lee Butler spoke with Nuclear Age Peace Foundat=
ion about the perils of nuclear weapons that arose during and just after th=
e Cold War, and why the dangers continue.

Defending Life in Ecuadorian Resource Politics
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31365-defending-life-in-ecuadorian-resou=
rce-politics
Teresa A. Vel=C3=A1squez, NACLA: The turn towards the language of indigenou=
s environmentalism - a simultaneous global and local construction - provide=
d farmers with a new way of imagining their watershed and participating in =
a globalized environmental movement.

Welcome to the Wild World of Rhino Conservation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31318-welcome-to-the-wild-world-of-rhino=
-conservation
Adam Welz, Ensia: We're charging headlong into an era in which new technolo=
gy may allow us to save species once considered doomed, but also in which t=
hreats come in previously unimaginable forms. The Nile rhino, having suffer=
ed decades of poaching, is on the very edge of extinction.=20

This week in Speakout: Nick Fillmore reviews the failures of the G7's "fals=
e commitments" on air pollution; Matthew Kovac argues that white complicity=
 in police violence against people of color must end; John Geyman reviews H=
illary Clinton's long and undistinguished record in healthcare insurance is=
sues; Lee Camp fills us in on the single topic most censored by the mainstr=
eam media; Dan Bacher reports on the resignation following a RICO suit of C=
alifornia's top oil regulator; Lawrence Wittner shares the history of Democ=
ratic Socialism in the US; James Dorsey analyzes the governance requirement=
s to keep corruption out of soccer; David Swanson examines the myriad ways =
the US fails at democracy at home and in the empire; the Center for Biologi=
cal Diversity rejects "fixes" that make Santa Barbara vulnerable to other n=
ew oil spills; and more.
http://www.truth-out.org/speakout


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Tamir Rice Report: Witnesses Contradict Officer on Warning to Boy Shot Dead
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Pentagon Admits That War Is Illegal
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
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soldiers win glory for the Stars and Bars ... and it all just kinda happens=
, or something. No. Emphatically, no.</p>
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tive, for good reason, is about white cops versus Black men, the death of D=
avid Levi Dehmann April 23, after having been body-slammed by a sheriff's d=
eputy in Ohio, underscores the wider problem of police violence and impunit=
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