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Capitalism, Green or Otherwise, Is "Ecological Suicide"
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t r u t h o u t | 07.21
As Marginalized Communities Face Dearth of Trauma Care, Activists Step in to Fight for Survival
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Maya Dukmasova, Truthout: Activists around the country are drawing attention to trauma care disparities in communities of color. Whether by protesting institutions that fail to serve them or by taking emergency medical situations into their own hands, their social justice campaigns sometimes involve great personal risk.
Capitalism, Green or Otherwise, Is "Ecological Suicide"
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31959-book-review-green-capitalism-the-god-that-failed
David Klein, Truthout: In his new book, "Green Capitalism: The God that Failed," Richard Smith recognizes that building a movement requires more than being against ecocidal destruction; it requires a vision for the future. To that end, he outlines a number of attractive and attainable features of an ecosocialist society.
Would "President" Scott Walker Ask Congress for Authorization Before He Bombed Iran?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31998-will-president-scott-walker-ask-congress-for-authorization-before-he-bombs-iran
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has previously said that he would undo an Iran deal on the first day of his presidency, regardless of what our allies have to say about it, and now says that "the next president could be called to take aggressive actions, including military action, on the first day in office."
Energy Security and the Oil Curse: An Interview With Michael T. Klare
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31978-energy-security-and-the-oil-curse-an-interview-with-michael-t-klare
Dan Falcone, Truthout: The author of "Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency" discusses the current status of peak oil and energy security as it relates to world diplomacy and power politics.
Europe's Next Bad Idea: Bring in the Technocrats
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31977-europe-s-next-bad-idea-bring-in-the-technocrats
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Despite a striking lack of evidence that "structural reform" delivers much of a growth boost, especially in an economy suffering from a huge output gap, Europe's technocrats continue to present structural reform - mainly in the form of disempowering workers - as a sovereign remedy for all ills.
The Case for a "Jazz Revolution" Against Corporate Capitalism
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31975-the-case-for-a-jazz-revolution-against-corporate-capitalism
Keith Harrington, YES! Magazine: Popular uprising, when it comes, will undoubtedly be as spontaneous as Occupy Wall Street. But by the time the feet hit the streets, the legwork that activists are doing now will ensure that our spontaneity flows like jazz toward the new system we want and doesn't collapse into a confused cacophony.
Recession, Not Fracking, Behind Drop in US Carbon Dioxide Emissions
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31983-recession-not-fracking-behind-drop-in-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog: While a drop in carbon emissions happened at roughly the same time as the fracking rush spread, shale gas had relatively little to do with the decline. According to a new paper, 83 percent of the drop in emissions from 2007 to 2009 came as a result of economic factors.
Hot Topics at ALEC's 2015 Meeting in San Diego
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31976-hot-topics-at-alec-s-2015-meeting-in-san-diego
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council will bring together hundreds of corporate lobbyists with state and local politicians at a posh hotel in San Diego for the group's annual meeting. On the agenda is attacks on environmental regulations and amending the US Constitution.
Skyrocketing CEO Pay Is Bad for Our Economy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31986-skyrocketing-ceo-pay-is-bad-for-our-economy
Susan Holmberg, Next New Deal: We have to stop talking about the CEO pay issue in terms of fairness, which usually leads to accusations of envy. This conversation just doesn't get us very far. The truth is that skyrocketing CEO pay is terrible for our economy for two reasons.
India: The Pharmacy of the World, Where Fixed-Dose Combination Drugs Go Unregulated
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31985-india-the-pharmacy-of-the-world-where-fixed-dose-combination-drugs-go-unregulated
Patricia McGettigan, The Conversation: Drug regulation in India, a key international exporter of medicines, needs a major overhaul. Public health, not manufacturers' commercial concerns, should inform the regulation of India's drugs.
Requiem for the Home Front: A Cheer for Irma the Caricaturist
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31993-requiem-for-the-home-front-a-cheer-for-irma-the-caricaturist
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: "When I try to imagine Irma Selz today, in the context of ... endless wars, conflicts, raids and air assassination campaigns, I think of her drawing drones (or their operators) or having to visit a Special Operation ... so secret that no normal American could even know it existed," the author writes of his late mother, who was known for her caricatures during World War II.
State General Assistance Programs Are Weakening Despite Increased Need
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31962-state-general-assistance-programs-are-weakening-despite-increased-need
Misha Hill and Liz Schott, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The federal government has left it up to states to provide basic assistance to childless adults who do not meet the severe disability standard to receive Supplemental Security Income. This limited safety net has weakened significantly over the past 25 years and continues to erode.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Cap-and-Trade Emissions Programs Are Paying Off in the Northeast, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31995-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-cap-and-trade-emissions-programs-are-paying-off-in-the-northeast-us-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Nine Northeastern states are reaping the benefits of their Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; European regulators are being swayed by Big Agriculture; conservative media claim that the world is heading for a "mini ice age," but they are wrong; and more.
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Holder's Pre-DOJ Defense of Company for Ties to Colombian Paramilitary Death Squads Foreshadowed Soft-on-Wall-Street Policy
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/holder-s-pre-doj-defense-of-company-for-ties-to-colombian-paramilitary-death-squads-foreshadowed-soft-on-wall-street-policy
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The Bohemian Club - Where Elite White Males Frolic - Represents Gender, Class and Race Inequality
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-bohemian-club-where-elite-white-males-frolic-represents-gender-class-and-race-inequality
Sandra Bland and the Long History of Racism in Waller County, Texas
Read the Article at The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/sandra-bland-waller-county-racism/398975/
The Fossil Fuel Energy Industry Is Now Entering Terminal Decline
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http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/20/the-fossil-fuel-energy-industry-is-now-entering-terminal-decline/
Keri Russell: We Need to Protect the Arctic for Future Generations
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
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Anti-Iran Deal Groups Backed by $145 Million
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http://www.lobelog.com/anti-iran-deal-groups-backed-by-100-million/
Why the US Is Falling Behind the Rest of the World
Read the Article at TIME
http://time.com/3965586/12-signs-america-decline/
Supreme Court's Unsigned Rulings Show a Narrow View of Prisoners' Rights
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/us/supreme-courts-unsigned-rulings-show-a-narrow-view-of-rights.html?_r=2
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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=TsMDtePjgTIKMqXQOuHqzotFfxa1lbYm"><strong>Capitalism, Green or Otherwise, Is "Ecological Suicide"</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>David Klein, Truthout:</strong> In his new book, <em>Green Capitalism: The God that Failed,</em> Richard Smith recognizes that building a movement requires more than being against ecocidal destruction; it requires a vision for the future. To that end, he outlines a number of attractive and attainable features of an ecosocialist society.</p>
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<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=Lp4B6T00sJkOH0034aGzi4tFfxa1lbYm"><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=Mq%2B%2FZYMUlSUrQOSQ3JlJhotFfxa1lbYm"><strong>The Case for a "Jazz Revolution" Against Corporate Capitalism</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>Keith Harrington, YES! Magazine:</strong> Popular uprising, when it comes, will undoubtedly be as spontaneous as Occupy Wall Street. But by the time the feet hit the streets, the legwork that activists are doing now will ensure that our spontaneity flows like jazz toward the new system we want and doesn't collapse into a confused cacophony.</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=IDOVnezEZVWia7JYIVJXeotFfxa1lbYm"><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=vjPNrfulu2%2FpCbSWvRbh4otFfxa1lbYm"><strong>Recession, Not Fracking, Behind Drop in US Carbon Dioxide Emissions</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>Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog:</strong> While a drop in carbon emissions happened at roughly the same time as the fracking rush spread, shale gas had relatively little to do with the decline. According to a new paper, 83 percent of the drop in emissions from 2007 to 2009 came as a result of economic factors.</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=GF%2BhRatVd9vfVILmp5Iui4tFfxa1lbYm"><strong>Hot Topics at ALEC's 2015 Meeting in San Diego</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>Brendan Fischer, PR Watch:</strong> This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council will bring together hundreds of corporate lobbyists with state and local politicians at a posh hotel in San Diego for the group's annual meeting. On the agenda is attacks on environmental regulations and amending the US Constitution.</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=BfS2GJ8DHZih8q7Skm2CMotFfxa1lbYm"><strong>Skyrocketing CEO Pay Is Bad for Our Economy</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>Susan Holmberg, Next New Deal:</strong> We have to stop talking about the CEO pay issue in terms of fairness, which usually leads to accusations of envy. This conversation just doesn't get us very far. The truth is that skyrocketing CEO pay is terrible for our economy for two reasons.</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=pf7cb4gb1UD6WjGAbL4iVYtFfxa1lbYm"><strong>India: The Pharmacy of the World, Where Fixed-Dose Combination Drugs Go Unregulated</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>Patricia McGettigan, The Conversation:</strong> Drug regulation in India, a key international exporter of medicines, needs a major overhaul. Public health, not manufacturers' commercial concerns, should inform the regulation of India's drugs.</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=M%2FtYbFkRyfRr5axFpXRKAotFfxa1lbYm"><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=tljzH1ezs%2F9O6RxNZSFVZ4tFfxa1lbYm"><strong>Requiem for the Home Front: A Cheer for Irma the Caricaturist</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>Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch:</strong> "When I try to imagine Irma Selz today, in the context of ... endless wars, conflicts, raids and air assassination campaigns, I think of her drawing drones (or their operators) or having to visit a Special Operation ... so secret that no normal American could even know it existed," the author writes of his late mother, who was known for her caricatures during World War II.</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=lW75ALhfQwYVr9YR4oKJQYtFfxa1lbYm"><strong>State General Assistance Programs Are Weakening Despite Increased Need</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>Misha Hill and Liz Schott, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:</strong>  The federal government has left it up to states to provide basic assistance to childless adults who do not meet the severe disability standard to receive Supplemental Security Income. This limited safety net has weakened significantly over the past 25 years and continues to erode.</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Nine Northeastern states are reaping the benefits of their Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; European regulators are being swayed by Big Agriculture; conservative media claim that the world is heading for a "mini ice age," but they are wrong; and more.</p>
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