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Bernie Sanders and the Limits of Electoral Politics
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t r u t h o u t | 12.10
Bernie Sanders and the Limits of Electoral Politics
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33980-bernie-sanders-and-the-limits-of-electoral-politics
Michael Corcoran, Truthout: The Bernie Sanders campaign has created a surge of populist energy and has to some extent disrupted the pattern of US presidential elections. Bernie 2016 also has progressives wondering if his campaign can serve to build a broader, working-class movement in the long-term.
Economic Elites Will Only Give Up Power and Wealth When Forced to Do So
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/33960-economic-elites-will-only-give-up-power-and-wealth-when-forced-to-do-so
Les Leopold, Labor Institute Press: How can the US be so rich and still have such poor services, so much debt and such stagnant incomes? The answer: runaway inequality - the ever-increasing gap in income and wealth between the super-rich and the rest of us.
Freeing Killer Cops and Caging Domestic Violence Survivors: Do Black Lives Matter in Chicago?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33988-freeing-killer-cops-and-caging-domestic-violence-survivors-do-black-lives-matter-in-chicago
Kelly Hayes, Truthout: While the Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald was recently released on bail, people like Naomi Freeman, a domestic violence survivor who has been imprisoned after defending herself against her abuser, remain behind bars while awaiting trial.
US Ground War in Syria? What Would Robert Gates Say?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33979-us-ground-war-in-syria-what-would-robert-gates-say
Robert Naiman, Truthout: If the Syrian civil war is not resolved diplomatically before President Obama leaves office, a US ground war in Syria is the "alternative" that is waiting in the wings. We must push for a UN-monitored cease-fire by January 1, 2016.
Whose Lives Matter? A Crisis of Solidarity at the Climate Talks in Paris
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33983-whose-lives-matter-a-crisis-of-solidarity-at-the-climate-talks-in-paris
David Ciplet, Truthout: Climate change is not primarily an institutional, technological or scientific problem; it is a crisis of solidarity between nations and peoples globally. In Paris, a just international climate agreement would ensure that the lives of people in poorer nations aren't valued less than others.
Imprisoned Immigrant Hunger Strikers Face Abuse as Their Health Deteriorates
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33981-imprisoned-immigrant-hunger-strikers-face-abuse-as-their-health-deteriorates
Tekendra Parmar, Waging Nonviolence: On the evening before Thanksgiving, more than 100 asylum seekers began a hunger strike protesting conditions in detention centers across the United States. These immigrants are being detained for prolonged periods of time without parole in detention centers that often violate their basic human rights.
Hundreds Protest "Unacceptable" Draft Climate Accord Inside COP21
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33987-hundreds-protest-unacceptable-draft-climate-accord-inside-cop21
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: It's the final stretch of negotiations at the United Nations climate change summit. A draft text released Wednesday has nearly 100 outstanding points of disagreement that still need to be resolved. Civil society groups attending the summit erupted in protest over the draft, saying it will not go far enough to prevent catastrophic global warming.
Washington to Whomever: Please Fight ISIS for Us
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33985-washington-to-whomever-please-fight-isis-for-us
Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch: US policy makers seem to have lost their bearings in the Middle East, imagining a war and a set of "allies" that functionally don't exist. One thing is clear, however: Washington's policy in Syria and Iraq is bound to fail, no matter who does the fighting.
Pro-Logging "Rider" Bill Would Allow Clear-Cutting in US National Forests
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33984-pro-logging-rider-bill-would-allow-clearcutting-in-our-national-forests
Chad Hanson, Earth Island Journal: Republicans in the Senate are using the upcoming December 11 government-funding deadline and fear and misinformation about wildfires in US forests to push a dangerous logging bill that would be attached as a "rider" to the omnibus appropriations act.
The Cops of COP21: Arrests at the Paris Climate Talks
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33982-the-cops-of-cop21-arrests-at-the-paris-climate-talks
Danica Jorden, Z Communications: COP21 saw the arrival of an unprecedented 147 heads of state to the French capital, ostensibly gathering to discuss how to combat climate change. The climate summit was quickly reorganized to exclude the presence of civil society in the name of "security," resulting in hundreds of activists being arrested.
The EU-Africa Malta Conference: African Refugees Left Out in the Cold
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33989-negroes-need-not-apply-the-eu-africa-malta-conference
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Black Agenda Report: Recently, leaders from European and African countries met to determine the fate of African refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. The European Union agreed to offer African countries $1.9 billion in exchange for the deportation of "unwanted" migrants.
Saudi Women Take to the Political Arena - Even if It Means Sitting in the Back Seat
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33986-saudi-women-take-to-the-political-arena-even-if-it-means-sitting-in-the-back-seat
Ilina Talwar, Solutions Journal: On December 12, Saudi Arabia will have its third round of elections in the history of its kingdom - and the first where women will be allowed to participate. Although the granting of voting rights to women should not go unrecognized, structural exclusion runs rampant.
End War(ming): We Need System Change, Not Climate Change
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33991-end-war-ming-we-need-system-change-not-climate-change
Shawna Foster, New Internationalist Blog: Following the British parliamentary vote to bomb Syria, the author, an Iraq war veteran and peace activist, explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Those Who Champion the "American Dream" Are Leading Us Into a Nightmare
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/trump-turns-the-notion-of-an-american-dream-into-a-nightmare
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Donald Trump seeks to manipulate the myth of the "American dream" by rocket-fueling it with hate.
Federal Judge Denies Texas Request to Block Entry of Nine Syrian Refugees
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-syrian-refugees-block_5668d4a2e4b009377b23ce75
Ted Cruz Offers Al Gore Some "Inconvenient Truths" in Most Outrageous Climate Denier Stunt Yet
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ted-cruz-offers-al-gore-some-inconvenient-truths-in-most-outrageous-climate-denier-stunt-yet
Nearly a Quarter of Florida's Black Citizens Can't Vote
Read the Article at The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/2015/12/09/floridas-ex-felons-struggle-to-regain-their-voting-rights/
Donald Trump Unleashes the Horror Show of the US Id
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/donald-trump-unleashes-the-horror-show-of-the-us-id
Abigail Fisher: The Aggrieved White Woman Who Could Destroy Affirmative Action
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/12/09/abigail-fisher-aggrieved-white-woman-destroy-affirmative-action/?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reality&utm_content=12+-+Abigail+Fisher+The+Aggrieved+White+Woman&utm_campaign=daily-enews-12-10-2015&source=daily-enews-12-10-2015
A Closer Look at Poverty Across the United States
Read the Article at Pacific Standard
http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/poverty-across-the-united-states-in-pictures?utm_source=Pacific%20Standard%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b4c4004e41-daily-rss-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4fd1bcb7e-b4c4004e41-80564241
Shipping Emissions Must Be Tackled at COP21 With Advances Such as Sail Power
Read the Article at Sail Transport Network
http://www.sailtransportnetwork.org/node/956
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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>Nearly a Quarter of Florida's Black Citizens Can't Vote</strong></p>
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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>Donald Trump Unleashes the Horror Show of the US Id</strong></p>
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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>Abigail Fisher: The Aggrieved White Woman Who Could Destroy Affirmative Action</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=1DXDKOASkPxECkb25hxlJrDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Read the Article at RH Reality Check</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A Closer Look at Poverty Across the United States</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=qYm7GC0MhcL%2BIVQlXgCv97DZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Read the Article at Pacific Standard</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Shipping Emissions Must Be Tackled at COP21 With Advances Such as Sail Power</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=MG%2BaLeUQUwaS2z%2FxP23f1LDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Read the Article at Sail Transport Network</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>Michael Corcoran, Truthout:</strong> The Bernie Sanders campaign has created a surge of populist energy and has to some extent disrupted the pattern of US presidential elections. Bernie 2016 also has progressives wondering if his campaign can serve to build a broader, working-class movement in the long-term.</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=VkV5WBI4kRazXGRQ2r5VDbDZgtOI0wx3"><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=4ZeKrlxcDGfFCmHD8Hq63rDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Economic Elites Will Only Give Up Power and Wealth When Forced to Do So</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>Les Leopold, Labor Institute Press:</strong> How can the US be so rich and still have such poor services, so much debt and such stagnant incomes? The answer: runaway inequality - the ever-increasing gap in income and wealth between the super-rich and the rest of us.</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=pb1M0acobkXvzHibhrF%2FrbDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Read the Book 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=3tl%2FB%2FDXPQEPCu3zFLQuJLDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Freeing Killer Cops and Caging Domestic Violence Survivors: Do Black Lives Matter in Chicago?</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>Kelly Hayes, Truthout:</strong> While the Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald was recently released on bail, people like Naomi Freeman, a domestic violence survivor who has been imprisoned after defending herself against her abuser, remain behind bars while awaiting trial.</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=a7LxuWu%2Flzaa3lf5oP2iC7DZgtOI0wx3"><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=MS%2FelTuB%2Bhi6hCVhh3fRurDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>US Ground War in Syria? What Would Robert Gates Say?</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> If the Syrian civil war is not resolved diplomatically before President Obama leaves office, a US ground war in Syria is the "alternative" that is waiting in the wings. We must push for a UN-monitored cease-fire by January 1, 2016.</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=UsGbewvsCk63AIMJ375RT7DZgtOI0wx3"><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=2LEsEL5BVjLadeO45e9J47DZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Whose Lives Matter? A Crisis of Solidarity at the Climate Talks in Paris</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 Ciplet, Truthout:</strong> Climate change is not primarily an institutional, technological or scientific problem; it is a crisis of solidarity between nations and peoples globally. In Paris, a just international climate agreement would ensure that the lives of people in poorer nations aren't valued less than others.</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=7e61qpoWIuPRyzUdikK6u7DZgtOI0wx3"><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=d%2BwZ8j6xKYnDH%2FjpF6s7X7DZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Imprisoned Immigrant Hunger Strikers Face Abuse as Their Health Deteriorates</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>Tekendra Parmar, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> On the evening before Thanksgiving, more than 100 asylum seekers began a hunger strike protesting conditions in detention centers across the United States. These immigrants are being detained for prolonged periods of time without parole in detention centers that often violate their basic human rights.</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=c0AMZEP44J%2Fkukl2%2BDif07DZgtOI0wx3"><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=yiGyeawrBRjx%2FXoBAVjFmrDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Hundreds Protest "Unacceptable" Draft Climate Accord Inside COP21</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, Democracy Now!:</strong> It's the final stretch of negotiations at the United Nations climate change summit. A draft text released Wednesday has nearly 100 outstanding points of disagreement that still need to be resolved. Civil society groups attending the summit erupted in protest over the draft, saying it will not go far enough to prevent catastrophic global warming.</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=EeTgx10iemrjcpLGXCtnkrDZgtOI0wx3"><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=U1SpRfdeP9GPW0S6wlTjqZ72hbPYWvh5"><strong>Washington to Whomever: Please Fight ISIS for Us</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>Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch:</strong> US policy makers seem to have lost their bearings in the Middle East, imagining a war and a set of "allies" that functionally don't exist. One thing is clear, however: Washington's policy in Syria and Iraq is bound to fail, no matter who does the fighting.</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=3JaAWflbyfNQS35bkD2Wxp72hbPYWvh5"><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=7FXJeytErpjGR%2FmdTWQi4bDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Pro-Logging "Rider" Bill Would Allow Clear-Cutting in US National Forests</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>Chad Hanson, Earth Island Journal:</strong> Republicans in the Senate are using the upcoming December 11 government-funding deadline and fear and misinformation about wildfires in US forests to push a dangerous logging bill that would be attached as a "rider" to the omnibus appropriations act.</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=3LrIZ45IY04fD4HJcXla17DZgtOI0wx3"><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=QzwPAvD7Cjl40WwEHwlOD7DZgtOI0wx3"><strong>The Cops of COP21: Arrests at the Paris Climate Talks</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>Danica Jorden, Z Communications:</strong> COP21 saw the arrival of an unprecedented 147 heads of state to the French capital, ostensibly gathering to discuss how to combat climate change. The climate summit was quickly reorganized to exclude the presence of civil society in the name of "security," resulting in hundreds of activists being arrested.</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=vKbuaEaWZLWfxMd5d1pxB7DZgtOI0wx3"><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=lI24vfcFZnfD8J7JEdT8gbDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>The EU-Africa Malta Conference: African Refugees Left Out in the Cold</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>Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Black Agenda Report:</strong> Recently, leaders from European and African countries met to determine the fate of African refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. The European Union agreed to offer African countries $1.9 billion in exchange for the deportation of "unwanted" migrants.</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=6eDOBI%2B6Von3IuQM6Sy6%2BLDZgtOI0wx3"><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=VkV5WBI4kRaJiYC7SxyRnrDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Saudi Women Take to the Political Arena - Even if It Means Sitting in the Back Seat</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>Ilina Talwar, Solutions Journal:</strong> On December 12, Saudi Arabia will have its third round of elections in the history of its kingdom - and the first where women will be allowed to participate. Although the granting of voting rights to women should not go unrecognized, structural exclusion runs rampant.</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=B9Lc5%2B1HKYKxLTP8pl3RyLDZgtOI0wx3"><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=sAatWawtBlUAJg4P%2Byx6sLDZgtOI0wx3"><strong>End War(ming): We Need System Change, Not Climate Change </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>Shawna Foster, New Internationalist Blog:</strong> Following the British parliamentary vote to bomb Syria, the author, an Iraq war veteran and peace activist, explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.</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=0RkLpFdx5IX33JfsQ1JWY7DZgtOI0wx3"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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