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How Many Children Could You Kill? The GOP Debates in Brief
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34059-how-many-children-could-you-kil=
l-the-gop-debates-in-brief
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: The Republican presidential candidates were =
in a Las Vegas casino last night for a twin-bill CNN debate slate that bent=
the fabric of morality into bold new shapes. A debate moderator sought to =
test a candidate's qualifications on the basis of how many children that ca=
ndidate is willing to kill.
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Corporate Media Ignore Economic Justice in the 2016 Election
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34057-the-media-is-ignoring-economic-=
justice-in-the-2016-election
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: What really keeps most Amer=
icans up at night is money, or the lack of it. But you wouldn't know that f=
rom the corporate media's election coverage, particularly the scant attenti=
on they've given Bernie Sanders.
The Struggle for Hawaiian Education
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n
Sarah Rosenblatt, Truthout: The movement for Hawaiian education is agitatin=
g for Native Hawaiian self-determination; for the Hawaiian language to be a=
llowed in public schools; and for the creation of independent schools based=
on philosophies and politics of Hawaiian culture, land and resilience.
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Global Populism Takes a Blow as a Neoliberal President Takes Office in Arge=
ntina
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neoliberal-president-takes-office-in-argentina
Michael Meurer, Truthout: For more than a decade, Argentina has been the la=
rgest economic power in the world holding out against financial capitalism.=
Now, the country has elected a multimillionaire businessman as president a=
nd is set to begin welcoming multinational corporate investors and banks.
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Major Summit Could Put World's Poorest Inhabitants on Corporate Chopping Bl=
ock
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poorest-inhabitants-on-corporate-chopping-block
Deborah James, AlterNet: After 20 years of the World Trade Organization's (=
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in the past two years.
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democratic mandate.
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trength
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lands-reviving-seeds-culture-and-african-strength
Gathuru Mburu, Other Worlds: Recolonization is happening, not just in Afric=
a, but across the global South. Agricultural corporations are leading the e=
ffort this time around. We need to battle this assault collectively. We fir=
st have to decolonize our minds because we are still carrying the shame of =
our ancestry. Unless we are able to shed this, our efforts are futile.
Democracy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes: Bob Herbert on Sheldon Adels=
on-Backed GOP Debate
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34066-democracy-is-being-dismantled-befo=
re-our-eyes-bob-herbert-on-sheldon-adelson-backed-gop-debate
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Last night's debate was=
held in Las Vegas at the Venetian casino, owned by billionaire Republican =
backer Sheldon Adelson. Adelson and fellow billionaire Donald Trump held a =
private meeting before the event. The only thing debated last night, says f=
ormer New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, was how we can erode our democr=
acy further.
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Quantum Republican Universe
http://www.truth-out.org/art/item/34064-quantum-republican-universe
Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World: In the quantum Republican universe, the tr=
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e able to construct entirely self-contained realities through the sheer pow=
er of their verbiage.
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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>Deborah James, AlterNet:</strong> After 20 years of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) corporate model, and the massive displacement of farmers, increased inequality, financial crises and massive climate crises, civil society is clear: The current WTO cannot be allowed to continue in terms of business as usual.</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>Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog:</strong> The catastrophic failures of the Western banking system mandate a new vision. Countries like Ecuador and Iceland are working to eliminate the risks that have devastated individuals and governments, to democratize money and to promote sustainable and prosperous economies.</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=DFpcZHW7reCMj6LmH96aU3eAksHzuxgQ"><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=lVLrcNFElyR7h%2Bz59WFCDHeAksHzuxgQ"><strong>The Market Has Spoken: Funders Flee "Free-Market" Climate Denial Group</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>Nick Surgey, PR Watch:</strong> Funding for climate change denial is drying up. The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, a US climate change denial group that espouses the "free market," has lost more than two-thirds of its funding in the past two years.</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=ot9G%2BrsXALnVg%2FVSX%2B5ME3eAksHzuxgQ"><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=E7h8KO3A9iBCC3Fs0njj8HeAksHzuxgQ"><strong>Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?</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>Natalie Miller, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> Haitians voted on nearly 5,000 political positions, including the presidency, in October. However, a runoff vote is scheduled this month, and evidence of fraud has discredited the earlier election. Haiti could have yet another US-backed president with a weak democratic mandate.</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=5d1vWD9MAy9do1aaPt0xwneAksHzuxgQ"><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=MEwfAcm2V4cR3aB6PFHI6neAksHzuxgQ"><strong>Decolonizing Our Minds and Our Lands: Reviving Seeds, Culture and African Strength</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>Gathuru Mburu, Other Worlds:</strong> Recolonization is happening, not just in Africa, but across the global South. Agricultural corporations are leading the effort this time around. We need to battle this assault collectively. We first have to decolonize our minds because we are still carrying the shame of our ancestry. Unless we are able to shed this, our efforts are futile.</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=7YrJ4jeAhmuIEhYTxXcji8l3rjxSnLl6"><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=G0xMxk%2BBwVwJ91MsqguxMXeAksHzuxgQ"><strong>Democracy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes: Bob Herbert on Sheldon Adelson-Backed GOP Debate</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 and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> Last night's debate was held in Las Vegas at the Venetian casino, owned by billionaire Republican backer Sheldon Adelson. Adelson and fellow billionaire Donald Trump held a private meeting before the event. The only thing debated last night, says former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, was how we can erode our democracy further.</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=bKOwuY0IaRZ%2F%2F%2FxmePtE5neAksHzuxgQ"><strong>Quantum Republican Universe</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 Tomorrow, This Modern World:</strong> In the quantum Republican universe, the traditional laws of cause and effect no longer apply, and some inhabitants are able to construct entirely self-contained realities through the sheer power of their verbiage.</p>
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