3.30
Judge Hands ‘Horrifying’ Five-Year Prison Sentence to Woman for the Crime of…Voting
Crystal Mason, a mother of two, says she was never told by her probation officer that she couldn’t vote while on probation
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Jail for voting in an election
Jack for rigging one
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/30/judge-hands-horrifying-five-year-prison-sentence-woman-crime-ofvoting
A Dozen Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham as Parkland Shooting Survivor She Mocked Rejects Her Apology
“She’s only apologizing after a third of her advertisers pulled out,” said David Hogg, who survived the Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead last month
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*These corps’ actions are as insincere as Ingraham’s apology, as they had previously sought to profit off her vitriol vented toward other targets
So let’s not “applaud” them for doing nothing more than being cognizant of their bottom lines.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/30/dozen-advertisers-drop-laura-ingraham-parkland-shooting-survivor-she-mocked-rejects
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Why Focusing on People of Color Will Help the Movement for Gun Control Succeed
“Yes, the March for Our Lives Was About Black People, Too—and It’s About Time”
by Sonali Kolhatkar
*There’s no room to grow in a silo
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/30/why-focusing-people-color-will-help-movement-gun-control-succeed
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A Few Thoughts on the March for Our Lives
If a critical mass of students begins seeing the connections among violence, racism, injustice, capitalism and Washington raining death on people abroad, the MSM will abruptly cease its fawning approval
by Gary Olson
*Damming with feigned praise
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/30/few-thoughts-march-our-lives
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The Real News Network
Big Oil and Climate Science on Trial
Climate change science is the basis of San Francisco’s and Oakland’s legal case against Big Oil companies, to make them pay billions for the rising public cost of rising sea level due to global warming. In a surprise move, Chevron admits humans are causing climate change but say they are not liable
*Snake oil from oily snakes
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21481:Big-Oil-and-Climate-Science-on-Trial
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FAIR
Fear the Fiscal Future, WSJ Warns in New Version of Old Scare Story
by Dean Baker
https://fair.org/home/fear-the-fiscal-future-wsj-warns-in-new-version-of-old-scare-story
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Democracy Now!
David Shulkin’s Firing at the VA Is Latest Step in Trump-Koch Push to Privatize Veterans’ Healthcare
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/30/david_shulkins_firing_at_the_va
Meet the Doctor Suing Trump: Dr. Eugene Gu on Gun Violence, Privatization of VA & White Supremacy
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/30/meet_the_doctor_suing_trump_dr
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The Truth About Pet Cancer
15 Signs Your Dog or Cat May be Sick or in Pain
https://thetruthaboutpetcancer.com/15-signs-dog-cat-sick-in-pain
3.29
ACLU to Cities: Defend Online Privacy, Net Neutrality With Publicly Owned Municipal Broadband
A new report details how local officials can create publicly owned internet programs that not only protect free speech and privacy, but also are accessible and affordable
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Wouldn’t you like to see these mayors put our money where their mouth is?
After spending hours yesterday pingponging between Spectrum and AT&T to get a better deal, I have my hand up.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/29/aclu-cities-defend-online-privacy-net-neutrality-publicly-owned-municipal-broadband
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Will the real Pakistan stand up, please?
by James M. Dorsey
*Regarding the FATF
That’s “political violence” only in developing countries, innit?
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/473-james-m-dorsey/3543-will-the-real-pakistan-stand-up-please
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The Real News Network
Mayor Pugh Signs Landmark Ban on Crude Oil Terminals in Baltimore
Baltimore is the first east coast city to pass a ban of this kind. Advocates say it will protect the city from dangerous crude oil train explosions and help to fight climate change
by Dharna Noor
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21470:Mayor-Pugh-Signs-Landmark-Ban-on-Crude-Oil-Terminals-in-Baltimore
Cambridge Analytica Is Not Alone: i360 and Data Trust Are Disastrous for Democracy
Cambridge Analytica, owned by Robert Mercer, is in the news, but other companies — like the Koch Brothers’ i360 and Karl Rove’s Data Trust — are far more dangerous, says investigative reporter Greg Palast
*You know the Democratic “leadership” will be screaming bloody murder about this, don’t you?
You don’t … ?
Neither do I.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21461:Cambridge-Analytica-Is-Not-Alone%3A-i360-and-Data-Trust-Are-Disastrous-for-Democracy
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FAIR
Evidence of Violent Extremism of Little Interest When Killer Is White
*Color blinded coverage
https://fair.org/home/evidence-of-violent-extremism-of-little-interest-when-killer-is-white
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Democracy Now!
As North Korea Talks with China, South Korea & Japan, Could Bolton Derail Denuclearization Progress?
*I wouldn’t want the US to have normal relations with such a brutal regime, but remember that it already has them with others of the same ilk, making plain its utter hypocrisy.
I want to see change in North Korea, but it will take a changed United States to work for it in any morally legitimate manner.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/29/as_north_korea_talks_with_china
NYC Minister: I’m Willing to Be Arrested If ICE Comes for Immigrant Mother in Sanctuary in My Church
*Some people get the whole “WWJD?” thing
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/29/nyc_minister_im_willing_to_be
3.28
As States Jockey for Most Egregious Attack on Abortion Rights, Warnings Grow Over Sinister Master Plan
“This rash of radically unconstitutional bills is appearing by design”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/28/states-jockey-most-egregious-attack-abortion-rights-warnings-grow-over-sinister
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One No-Brainer Way to Bring Gun Deaths Down
Closing the “boyfriend loophole” would save lives without putting guns in classrooms or taking them off store shelves
by Aniqa Raihan
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/28/one-no-brainer-way-bring-gun-deaths-down
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Tennessee Wants to Use Funding Meant for Poor Families to Kick People Off Medicaid
One would be hard-pressed to cook up a more twisted irony
by Rebecca Vallas
*Robbing Peter to ravage Paul
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/28/tennessee-wants-use-funding-meant-poor-families-kick-people-medicaid
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The Real News Network
Trump Appoints Yet Another Deregulator – This Time to the FDIC
Jelena McWilliams will be the new FDIC director and this will mean a “slaughter” of the remaining banking regulations, which will already be significantly weakened via a new law to be passed soon by Congress, says former financial regulator Bill Black
*Is there any term more drenched in irony than “bank and trust”?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21453:Trump-Appoints-Yet-Another-Deregulator—This-Time-to-the-FDIC
Catalan Independence Leader’s Arrest in Germany Strengthens Rajoy”s Hand
Carles Puigdemont, the former president of Catalonia, was arrested in Germany on a Spanish international arrest warrant. The action will serve to harden positions on both sides of the independence fight in Spain, says Oberlin Prof. Sebastian Faber
*What Podemos could be doing is decrying the draconian actions of the central gummint, and calling for sincere negotiations over the issue, it seems to me.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21452:Catalan-Independence-Leader%92s-Arrest-in-Germany-Strengthens-Rajoy%22s-Hand
Victims of Political Policing Walk Out of Inquiry, Call for Judge’s Resignation
Mohamed Elmaazi follows up with campaigners and victims of political policing who explain why they staged a walkout from the public inquiry into undercover policing at the Royal Courts of Justice
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21450:Victims-of-Political-Policing-Walk-Out-of-Inquiry%2C-Call-for-Judge%27s-Resignation
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FAIR
Media Boosts Obvious Saudi Front Group as Neutral ‘Think Tank’
by Adam Johnson
*Tanks for the props
https://fair.org/home/media-boosts-obvious-saudi-front-group-as-neutral-think-tank
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Democracy Now!
Journalist Ari Berman: If Trump Is Allowed to Rig the Census, Then All of U.S. Democracy Is Rigged
*Deceit, deception, duplicity from The Donald?
Count on it
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/28/journalist_ari_berman_if_trump_is
Killed in Cold Blood: Alton Sterling’s Family Decries Decision Not to Charge Officers for Murder
*This must not be the meaning of “Justice is blind”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/28/killed_in_cold_blood_alton_sterlings
3.27
Net Neutrality Defenders Issue Alert as Telecom Giants Ready to ‘Sic Army of Expensive Lawyers’ on States
Open internet defenders argued the threat underscores the importance of enshrining net neutrality protections in federal law
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*And you wonder why your bill’s so high … ?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/27/net-neutrality-defenders-issue-alert-telecom-giants-ready-sic-army-expensive-lawyers
To Defeat NRA and Curb Gun Violence, Former Supreme Court Justice Says ‘Repeal the 2nd Amendment’
“That simple but dramatic action would move Saturday’s marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Makes perfect sense
So it doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in this hell
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/27/defeat-nra-and-end-gun-violence-former-supreme-court-justice-says-repeal-2nd
Outrage, But Little Surprise, After Police Officers Face No Charges for Killing of Alton Sterling
“Neither Louisiana, nor any other U.S. state, complies with international standards that maintain deadly force can only be used when there is an imminent threat to life or serious injury”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Shoot first
Ask no questions later
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/27/outrage-little-surprise-after-police-officers-face-no-charges-killing-alton-sterling
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Donald Trump and the White Ford Bronco Presidency
Because Big Brother isn’t watching you… you are watching him
by Tom Engelhardt
*The “negative treatment” Killer Clown has received over decades is the reason we’re afflicted by his sociopathy today.
If the corpress had simply covered his criminality, his bigotry and his misogyny in a diligent fashion, if he hadn’t been transformed into a reality show demigod, if he hadn’t been viewed as a cash cow for cable news and print media on the campaign trail, he might well be serving time in an orange jumpsuit to match his mane, or at least consigned to the footnotes of history, alongside the likes of other like minded lechers and con men with delusions of grandeur.
But they didn’t, because in the end he represents an America they may find gauche, but in essence is the essence of the capitalist ethic they hold sacrosanct.
And he’s good copy.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/27/donald-trump-and-white-ford-bronco-presidency
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Gun Violence and Mental Health Are Connected—But Not In The Way You’d Think.
The impulsive nature of teenage suicidality, coupled with the uniquely American easy access to guns, makes it much more likely that suicidal thoughts and behaviors will culminate in death
by Dr. Celine Gounder
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/27/gun-violence-and-mental-health-are-connected-not-way-youd-think
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Natural gas: An underrated driver of Saudi hostility towards Iran and Qatar
by James M. Dorsey
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/473-james-m-dorsey/3542-natural-gas-an-underrated-driver-of-saudi-hostility-towards-iran-and-qatar
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The Real News Network
Former Kinder Morgan Engineer Speaks Out Against Trans Mountain Pipeline
Romilly Cavanaugh, an environmental engineer who worked for Kinder Morgan, was arrested for participating in non-violent protests in Burnaby, British Columbia. She explains why she opposes the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21448:Former-Kinder-Morgan-Engineer-Speaks-Out-Against-Trans-Mountain-Pipeline
Former Black Panther Herman Bell to Be Released After 45 Years in Prison
After the New York State Parole Board determined Herman Bell’s release to be low risk and reasonable, New York police, aligned with tabloid news, went on a racist crusade depicting Bell as a threat
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21451:Former-Black-Panther-Herman-Bell-to-Be-Released-After-45-Years-in-Prison
3.26
‘The Gig Economy’ Is the New Term for Serfdom
The corporate architects of the new economy have no intention of halting the assault
by Chris Hedges
*Driven to despair
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/26/gig-economy-new-term-serfdom
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Tipped Workers Win with Spending Bill
A provision nestled deep in the spending bill prevents employers from taking the tips their employees earn
by Negin Owliaei
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/26/tipped-workers-win-spending-bill
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12 Rules for Spitting on the Poor
Collective action to right wrongs or help the suffering under neoliberal ideology is wrong, unfeasible, or some combination of the two
by Noah Berlatsky
*There is an “I” in “humanity”
And it only has meaning within the whole
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/26/12-rules-spitting-poor
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Friends of the Earth
Trump’s Revisions of U.S. – Korea Trade Deal Promise More Air Pollution and Global Warming
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/26/trumps-revisions-us-korea-trade-deal-promise-more-air-pollution-and-global
Council of Canadians
Trudeau Breaking Another Electoral Reform Promise
*Falsedeau
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/26/trudeau-breaking-another-electoral-reform-promise
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The Real News Network
The Political Currency of Mao’s Little Red Book
Anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism were some of the key points of agreement between Black anti-colonial activists and Chinese Communists, but under what heading is Afro-Asian solidarity expressed today?
*From the Little Red Book to the Big Black Ledger
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21394:The-Political-Currency-of-Mao%27s-Little-Red-Book
Paul Jay: Threats Facing Humanity, Basic Income & Importance of Historical Context
In the second part of the interview with the Senior Editor and founder of The Real News Network, Paul Jay, we continue the discussion on the threats facing humanity today. In addition we talk about whether the basic income could enhance political participation, and the consumption of information produced by independent media outlets. Lastly, we examine the importance of taking into account historical context when relating to current issues
*When history is written by the victors
The victims are written out
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21444:Paul-Jay%3A-Threats-Facing-Humanity%2C-Basic-Income-%26-Importance-of-Historical-Context
Real Media: Trade Secrets, Corporate Accountability & The War On Whistleblowers
Spinwatch’s David Miller explains the impact of the UK’s newly adopted EU directive protecting corporate secrets with no safeguards for journalists and whistleblowers
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21426:Real-Media%3A-Trade-Secrets%2C-Corporate-Accountability-%26-The-War-On-Whistleblowers
Bolton: A One-Man War Cabinet
North Korean peace and the Iran deal are both in serious danger with John Bolton in the White House, says historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21437:Bolton%3A-A-One-Man-War-Cabinet
Puerto Rico’s New Fiscal Plan Will Cause Another ‘Lost Decade’
Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s new fiscal plan – which supposedly takes the hurricane’s devastation into account – will demand citizens pay off debts they cannot possibly repay, leading to deeper economic decline, says CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot
*There is no expectation of “a different result”.
The goal is the maximizing of profit in the here and now
The future is an excised externality.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21433:Puerto-Rico%27s-New-Fiscal-Plan-Will-Cause-Another-%27Lost-Decade%27
Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?
As Trump faces heat for reportedly ignoring instructions to not congratulate newly re-elected Vladimir Putin, professor Stephen F. Cohen asks if anyone in Washington wants to stop the dangerous US-Russia arms race
*Calling Dr. Strangelove
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21428:Who-Will-Stop-the-US-Russia-Arms-Race%3F
President Xi Jinping’s Indefinite Rule Denounced by Chinese Intellectual
National People’s Congress of China re-elected President Xi Jinping to a second term and abolished term limits on the presidency. There were very little dissent allowed resisting the decision, but one critic, intellectual Li Datong, wrote an open letter challenging the decision, says China scholar, professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21425:President-Xi-Jinping%27s-Indefinite-Rule-Denounced-by-Chinese-Intellectual
March For Our Lives Takes Aim at Gun Lobby, Acknowledges Racial Disparity
by Brandon Soderberg
*There will be an intense effort among those in power (including “liberal” Democrats) to divide and thus conquer this movement, using “school security” as a wedge.
Addressing the real fears of students and parents advocating for more cops, while remaining steadfast in an uncompromising stance that it is no more a solution than arming teachers, is the only way I see to get to where we need to be on this, and take it beyond silos to connect all the damnable dots extant.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21442:March-For-Our-Lives-Takes-Aim-at-Gun-Lobby%2C-Acknowledges-Racial-Disparity
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Petition
Color Of Change
Guns Don’t Belong in Schools
*Will this movement make clear that more cops aren’t the answer? We know Dems will push that under the rubric of “school safety”, and I have to wonder how many of these young folks will swallow this caustic Kool-Aid.
https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Keep_Our_Schools_Gun_Free
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Institute for Public Accuracy
“Trump’s Choice of Bolton Satisfies His Biggest Donor”
*Whoever has his ear last
As there’s nothing between them
http://www.accuracy.org/release/trumps-choice-of-bolton-satisfies-his-biggest-donor
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Democracy Now!
WATCH: Parkland Survivor Emma González Stands in 4 Minutes of Silence Heard Around the World
*This silence must end ours
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/26/watch_parkland_survivor_emma_gonzalez_stands
3.23
‘Dangerous’ Decline in Biodiversity Threatening Humanity’s Wellbeing Worldwide
“We must act to halt and reverse the unsustainable use of nature—or risk not only the future we want, but even the lives we currently lead”
byJessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/23/dangerous-decline-biodiversity-threatening-humanitys-wellbeing-worldwide
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Workers Need an Industrial Policy Not Tariffs
by UE General Executive Board
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/364-socialist-project/3539-workers-need-an-industrial-policy-not-tariffs
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Elections in Russia, 2018: Managed Democracy?
by David Mandel
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/765-david-mandel/3537-elections-in-russia-2018-managed-democracy
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The Real News Network
Real Opinions: Students Are Screaming For Change — And It’s Coming
A. H. Berry, a student at Baltimore Polytechnic High School, explains why she joined her school’s walkout to protest gun violence in schools, and why standing in the cold with hundreds of other students gave her hope
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21440:Real-Opinions%3A-Students-Are-Screaming-For-Change—-And-It%27s-Coming
Marching for Their Lives: Students To Demand Gun Reform in DC
TRNN will report from the March For Our Lives and bring you voices of young people from cities like Baltimore who say gun violence has plagued their communities long before Parkland
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21432:Marching-for-Their-Lives%3A-Students-To-Demand-Gun-Reform-in-DC
Aggressive Police Tactics Escalate Against TransMountain Pipeline Protests in Canada
Indigenous environmental activist, Clayton Thomas-Muller of 350.org, says that not only did arrests take place outside exclusion zone, but police are escalating their aggression against non-violent land and water defenders with the aim of criminalizing peaceful dissent
*Dudley Do-Wrongs
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21419:Aggressive-Police-Tactics-Escalate-Against-TransMountain-Pipeline-Protests-in-Canada
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Petition
Tell NYC Mayor to Stop Tolerating Racism in Schools
by Natasha Capers
NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/tell-nyc-mayor-to-stop-tolerating-racism-in-schools
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Bolton’s Falsifications for War
*Warmongerstrosity
http://www.accuracy.org/release/boltons-falsifications-for-war
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FAIR
Journalism of, by and for the Elite
How the New York Times and Wall Street Journal mirror the 1% they cover
by Reed Richardson
*No kudos for this “class act”
https://fair.org/home/journalism-of-by-and-for-the-elite
National Geographic Looks at Its Racism–but Not Too Closely
by Janine Jackson
*A guilt trip to nowhere
https://fair.org/home/national-geographic-looks-at-its-racism-but-not-too-closely
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Democracy Now!
Major New Investigation into Trump Real Estate Deals in India Reveals Corruption, Lawsuits, Fraud
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/23/major_new_investigation_into_trump_real
Meet the American Professor Suing Cambridge Analytica for His Psychographic Profile
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/23/meet_the_american_professor_suing_cambridge
3.22
Uproar After Congress Sneaks Attack on Digital Privacy Rights Into Omnibus Spending Bill
Attaching it to massive spending deal, lawmakers rush through controversial bill that allows law enforcement to hand over personal data without a warrant
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Sneaking the peeking
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/22/uproar-after-congress-sneaks-attack-digital-privacy-rights-omnibus-spending-bill
‘No Justice Under Occupation’: Palestinian Teenager Ahed Tamimi Gets 8 Months in Prison for Slapping Israeli Soldier
“17-year-old Ahed Tamimi will serve 8 months in jail for slapping a soldier who invaded her home. Meanwhile, IDF soldier Elor Azaria will serve 9 months for executing in cold-blood a wounded Palestinian.”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*A slap in the face of justice
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/22/no-justice-under-occupation-palestinian-teenager-ahed-tamimi-gets-8-months-prison
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How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
Tech companies can and should do more to protect users, including giving users far more control over what data is collected and how that data is used
by Gennie Gebhart
*I suppose reposting this on Facebook can be viewed as ironic, but life in late stage capitalism is nothing if not that, innit?
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/22/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing
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From ‘Sea to Shining Sea,’ Industrial Ag Fouls America’s Waterways
Given agriculture’s role in destroying our most precious natural resource, you’d think the U.S. Congress would do everything in its power to protect your water
by Katherine Paul
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/22/sea-shining-sea-industrial-ag-fouls-americas-waterways
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Revealed: Names of ALEC Lobbyist and Legislator Members
by Jamie Corey
*Rats return to a stinking ship
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/09/revealed-names-alec-lobbyist-legislator-members
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FAIR
Exonerating the Empire in Venezuela
by Gregory Shupak
*American excisionalism
https://fair.org/home/exonerating-the-empire-in-venezuela
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Institute for Public Accuracy
The Real Threat: Facebook and Google’s Business Model
*Like parent
Like “prodigy”
http://www.accuracy.org/release/the-real-threat-facebook-and-googles-business-model
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Democracy Now!
Reformer or War Criminal? Saudi Crown Prince Welcomed in U.S. as Trump Touts Weapons Deals
*Red carpet for a carpet bomber
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/22/reformer_or_war_criminal_saudi_crown
Are Israel & Saudi Arabia Pressuring U.S. Toward War with Iran?
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/22/are_israel_saudi_arabia_pressuring_us
3.21
Alarm Sounds After EU Regulators Greenlight Bayer-Monsanto #MergerFromHell
Critics of the deal warn the decision will allow the companies, “together with BASF, to become data giants in agriculture—the ‘Facebooks of farming’—with all the pitfalls that entails”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/21/alarm-sounds-after-eu-regulators-greenlight-bayer-monsanto-mergerfromhell
ACLU Urges Greyhound to Stop Letting Border Agents Use Buses as ‘Rolling Traps’
“Greyhound should be in the business of transporting passengers, but instead is allowing intimidating interrogations and searches”
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/21/aclu-urges-greyhound-stop-letting-border-agents-use-buses-rolling-traps
#ToxicTwitter: Human Rights Group Says Platform Creates Abusive Environment for Women
“Ensuring an internet free from gender-based violence enhances freedom of expression as it allows women to fully participate in all areas of life”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/21/toxictwitter-human-rights-group-says-platform-creates-abusive-environment-women
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Billionaires Won’t Save the World — Just Look at Elon Musk
The “playboy genius” is essentially squandering taxpayer money on pet projects like Mars trips and flamethrowers
by Sam Pizzigati
*The musky smell of snake oil
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/21/billionaires-wont-save-world-just-look-elon-musk
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Survivors Need Shelter, But Shelters Need Legal Protection In Iraq
Despite the unprecedented security crisis, it remains against public policy for Iraqi NGOs to provide shelter for those escaping gender-based violence
by Lisa Davis
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/21/survivors-need-shelter-shelters-need-legal-protection-iraq
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It’s Time to Transform the War Economy
The Poor People’s Campaign offers an antidote to a poisoned and militarized culture that has perverted the national agenda
by Brock McIntosh
*Issue silos can be as deadly as missile silos
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/21/its-time-transform-war-economy
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Amnesty International – USA
Iraq: Alarming Reports of More Than 3,000 People Facing Death Over Terror-Related Offenses
*Life in a liberated land
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/21/iraq-alarming-reports-more-3000-people-facing-death-over-terror-related-offenses
Louisiana Bucket Brigade
St. James Site of 37 Petrochemical Accidents, No Bayou Bridge Jobs
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/21/st-james-site-37-petrochemical-accidents-no-bayou-bridge-jobs
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The Real News Network
Duterte’s Bloody War on Philippines’ Leftists
Increasingly authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte is planning to classify hundreds of leftists as terrorists as he cracks down on the country’s powerful communist movement. We speak to Cristina Palabay, the secretary general of KARAPATAN, and Teddy Casinos, a former congressman and representative of the Bayan Muna party
*Killer Clown’s wet dream
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21411:Duterte%27s-Bloody-War-on-Philippines%27-Leftists
A Rare Glimpse Inside a Police Body-Camera Review Unit
Following the release of controversial footage that showed Baltimore police officers staging the discovery of evidence, The Real News was given exclusive access to the special unit that now reviews all body-cam footage related to upcoming cases
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21396:A-Rare-Glimpse-Inside-a-Police-Body-Camera-Review-Unit
Trump Boasts of Killer Arms Sales in Meeting with Saudi Dictator, Using Cartoonish Charts
Trump kicked off his White House meeting with his authoritarian “good friend” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by pulling out charts listing the weapons the U.S. is selling to Saudi Arabia – Ben Norton reports
*Scorched earth and campaign strategy
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21415:Trump-Boasts-of-Killer-Arms-Sales-in-Meeting-with-Saudi-Dictator%2C-Using-Cartoonish-Charts
Protester Arrested At State House: Gov. Hogan Would Not Drink Water Contaminated by Fracking
Officials have issued a permit for a natural gas pipeline to be routed through Maryland, but opponents say so-called protective measures not enough
by Dharna Noor
*Water torture
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21416:Protester-Arrested-At-State-House%3A-Gov.-Hogan-Would-Not-Drink-Water-Contaminated-by-Fracking
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Democracy Now!
“The Battle for Paradise”: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future
*An island sinking in a sea of snake oil
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/21/the_battle_for_paradise_naomi_klein
Six Months After Maria, Residents Resist Efforts to Turn Island into Privatized Bitcoin Playground
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/21/six_months_after_maria_residents_resist
After Maria, Puerto Ricans Cultivate Food Sovereignty While FEMA Delivered Skittles & Cheez-Its
*Junk food and greenwashed garbage
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/21/after_maria_puerto_ricans_cultivate_food
3.20
As Lawmakers Accuse DeVos of Lack of Regard for Students, Her Own Staffer Admits ‘Things Have Gotten Pretty Awful Here’
“What do you mean, there’s no data?” a lawmaker asked Secretary of Education during tense hearing. “There is study after study after study.”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Cheat notes
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/20/lawmakers-accuse-devos-lack-regard-students-her-own-staffer-admits-things-have
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It’s Not Just Drug Dealers That Need to Worry About Inspiration Trump Took From Duterte
The battle between autocratic leaders and the global movement for environmental justice heats up
by Nick Meynen
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/20/its-not-just-drug-dealers-need-worry-about-inspiration-trump-took-duterte
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The Real News Network
Mercer’s Cambridge Analytica ‘Utterly Sleazy’
Britain’s Channel 4 details the dirty tricks that Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining company owned by billionaire Robert Mercer, uses to sway elections around the world. If the story is true, it would mean the company is not only sleazy, but also blatantly criminal, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21413:Mercer%27s-Cambridge-Analytica-%27Utterly-Sleazy%27
After a Shooting at His School, a Maryland Teacher Speaks Out
Pat Elder, who teaches GED classes at Great Mills High, says to end gun violence America must tackle the militarization of schools and broader society
*As often occurs, a righteous impulse gets siloed into accepted avenues of action. Thus, no mention of militarism.
As well, will the desire for “safer schools” translate into advocacy for more “resource officers”?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21410:After-a-Shooting-at-His-School%2C-a-Maryland-Teacher-Speaks-Out
‘Samantha Em-Powers Genocide in Yemen’: Students Protest US Role in Saudi War
Ex-U.N. ambassador and liberal war hawk Samantha Power faced a protest at Johns Hopkins University over her role overseeing the catastrophic U.S.-Saudi war on Yemen. A student leader speaks about the military-industrial-academic complex – Ben Norton reports.
*An empirical education in empire
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21408:%27Samantha-Em-Powers-Genocide-in-Yemen%27%3A-Students-Protest-US-Role-in-Saudi-War
In Afrin the Turks are Looting and Pillaging with Gunfire
Journalist for the Independent, Patrick Cockburn, returning from Northern Syria, says one of the most peaceful places in the region has turned into a swamp of human misery for the Kurds
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21399:In-Afrin-the-Turks-are-Looting-and-Pillaging-with-Gunfire
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Instructor at Great Mills HS Leads Campaign to Demilitarize Schools
http://www.accuracy.org/release/instructor-at-great-mills-hs-leads-campaign-to-demilitarize-schools
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FAIR
YouTube as Conspiracy Conduit
Video platform enables harassment of shooting survivors
by Justin Anderson
*Why is it that Fox News is almost always one of my “recommended” channels?
I never watch it, and informing YouTube that I’m “not interested” doesn’t do a damn bit of good.
Is Fox paying for placement, or is that a “conspiracy theory”?
https://fair.org/home/youtube-as-conspiracy-conduit
In Run-Up to Vote to End Yemen War, MSNBC Remains Totally Silent
MSNBC outflanked from the left by Breitbart
by Jim Naureckas
*I wouldn’t prefer any network to “lead” “anti-war sentiment”
I’d want them to honestly cover those who honestly seek to end this nightmare.
I know … dream on.
https://fair.org/home/in-run-up-to-vote-to-end-yemen-war-msnbc-remains-totally-silent
Democracy Now!
“It Was a Crime”: 15 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraqis Still Face Trauma, Destruction & Violence
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/a_criminal_war_15_years_after
Undocumented and Unpaid, Until Now: Houston Day Laborers Fight Wage Theft After Hurricane Harvey
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/undocumented_and_unpaid_until_now_houston
Voices from Houston After Harvey: Immigrant Homeowners Say Little to No Help Coming from FEMA
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/voices_from_houston_after_harvey_immigrant
3.19
In ‘Full-on War on Drugs Scare-Fest,’ Trump Proposes Death Penalty and ‘Very, Very Bad’ Commercials
In his speech on the opioid epidemic, the president promoted his plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and suggested that an advertising campaign would keep Americans from using drugs
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*An acute addiction to demagoguery
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/19/full-war-drugs-scare-fest-trump-proposes-death-penalty-and-very-very-bad-commercials
‘Insidious’ and ‘Dangerous’: Digital Privacy Groups Issue Urgent Warning Over CLOUD Act
Critics say the bill, which could be pushed through Congress this week, would enable U.S. authorities to skirt Fourth Amendment rights to collect Americans’ data and use it against them
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/19/insidious-and-dangerous-digital-privacy-groups-issue-urgent-warning-over-cloud-act
Despite Possible Blowback, Snowden Decries Anti-Democratic Forces in Russia
“My friends tell me it is dangerous to criticize the Russian government the same as I criticize my own. But each of us are given a limited number of days to make a difference. Life is a choice to live for something, or to die for nothing.”
by Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
*You can’t stand for your principles on one foot
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/19/despite-possible-blowback-snowden-decries-anti-democratic-forces-russia
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Google, Facebook, Algorithms, and the Building of the Iron Wall
This totalitarianism is being formed incrementally. It begins by silencing the demonized. It ends by silencing everyone.
by Chris Hedges
*Sleepwalking toward a nightmare
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/19/google-facebook-algorithms-and-building-iron-wall
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A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every American Household
Careful analysis reveals a number of excellent arguments for the implementation of a Universal Basic Income
by Paul Buchheit
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/19/2-financial-wealth-tax-would-provide-12000-annual-stipend-every-american-household
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Keeping Power With the People: Puerto Rico’s Energy Future
by Sean Sweeney
*The Musks and Bransons are deeply concerned with “sustainability”
Of their profit margins
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/407-sean-sweeney/3534-keeping-power-with-the-people-puerto-ricos-energy-future
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The CIA’s 60-Year History of Fake News: How the Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers
by Robert Scheer
*The victims can’t rationalize their horror
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/331-robert-scheer/3530-the-cias-60-year-history-of-fake-news-how-the-deep-state-corrupted-many-american-writers
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Racial Justice Groups Sue DHS to Release Contents of Fully Redacted “Race Paper”
Document Raises Questions About Escalating Government Surveillance and Criminalization of Black Activists
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/19/racial-justice-groups-sue-dhs-release-contents-fully-redacted-race-paper
Public Citizen
NIH Officials May Have Violated Policy by Soliciting Donations From Alcohol Industry for Alcohol Study
Public Citizen Urges HHS Inspector General to Launch Formal Investigation
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/19/nih-officials-may-have-violated-policy-soliciting-donations-alcohol-industry
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The Real News Network
Petroleum Executives Visit Trump, Increasing Offshore Oil Drilling
The American Petroleum Industry (API) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) held meetings at the Trump Hotel in DC. At the same time, these associations are also lobbying the Trump administration for an expansion of offshore oil exploration
*Where oil and water malignantly mix
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21389:Petroleum-Executives-Visit-Trump%2C-Increasing-Offshore-Oil-Drilling
Corbyn Allies in Labour Attacked For Supporting Palestinian Struggle
The strategy to undermine Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party includes charging his supporters with anti-Semitism and then suspending them, says Richard Kuper of Jewish Voice for Labour
*It’s unclear to me from this segment what Corbyn’s stance is with regard to this witchhunt. There’s no mention of his speaking out or taking action as party leader to oppose it.
It took a great deal of chutzpah to demand proof of Russian complicity in the nerve agent attack, and he should show the same here. If he isn’t, it’s incumbent on folks like Kuper to call him on it.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21381:Corbyn-Allies-in-Labour-Attacked-For-Supporting-Palestinian-Struggle
Kochs and ALEC Behind Criminalization of Dissent Bills in Five States
Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma,Wyoming, Minnesota and Louisiana have introduced or passed legislation to criminalize environmental dissent. There is evidence that bill mill organizations such as ALEC and the bipartisan group Council of State Governments (CSG) had their hand in shaping these bills, says investigative journalist Steve Horne.
*A pipeline to a police state
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21299:Kochs-and-ALEC-Behind-Criminalization-of-Dissent-Bills-in-Five-States
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FAIR
Copspeak: When Black Children Suddenly Become ‘Juveniles’
by Adam Johnson and Jim Naureckas
https://fair.org/home/copspeak-when-black-children-suddenly-become-juveniles
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Got insomnia?
Who couldn’t use a little more sleep? Or at least a little more good-quality sleep. Here’s what can help…and what’s a waste of money.
by Caitlin Dow
Nutrition Action
https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/dietary-supplements/got-insomnia
3.16
As Trump Fights to Kill Chemical Safety Rule, Workers Injured as Massive Explosion Rocks Texas Chemical Plant
The EPA was in court on Friday to defend against its decision to delay implementation of federal regulations that aim to prevent this type of disaster
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Environmental Proscription Agency
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/16/trump-fights-kill-chemical-safety-rule-workers-injured-massive-explosion-rocks-texas
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The Third Newsletter: Water and Farmers
by Vijay Prashad
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/132-more-blog-posts-from-vijay-prashad/3528-the-third-newsletter-water-and-farmers
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The Real Irish-American History Not Taught in Schools
Sadly, today’s corporate textbook-producers are no more interested in feeding student curiosity about the poverty and inequality that drove the famine than were British landlords interested in feeding Irish peasants
by Bill Bigelow
*A famine of expository facts
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/16/real-irish-american-story-not-taught-schools
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An Open Letter on Behalf of the “English for Reconciliation” Project in Najaf
by Martha Hayward
*A true “humanitarian intervention”
http://vcnv.org/2018/03/14/english-for-reconciliation-in-najaf-martha-hayward
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The Real News Network
West’s Anti-Russian Fervor Will Help Putin Win Elections On Sunday
As Russia heads into a presidential election on Sunday, Vladimir Putin’s popularity soars with every accusation and sanction Western countries hurl against him, says Prof. Alexander Buzgalin
*The irony of false or unproven accusations is that they allow those vilified to dismiss the proof of their actual crimes.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21385:Escalating-Tensions-Between-Russia-and-the-West-Helps-Governments-on-Both-Sides
Corbyn Smeared as ‘Russian Stooge’ for Requesting Evidence on Poisoned Spy
While harshly condemning the Salisbury nerve agent attack, the Labour Party’s leftist leader requested evidence that the Russian government carried it out. A deluge of smears followed.
*Reason is treason
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21380:Corbyn-Smeared-as-%27Russian-Stooge%27-for-Requesting-Evidence-on-Poisoned-Spy
Corbyn Calls for Evidence in Escalating Poison Row
For requesting evidence of Russian culpability in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has been denounced by PM Theresa May and even members of his own party. We discuss the case with Stephen F. Cohen, Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at New York University and Princeton
*Not that I think Corbyn is Jesus on a stick, but Cohen’s spot on in his claim that no pol in the US would have the cojones to do as he has.
That cowardice may lead to catastrophic consequences for us all.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21371:Corbyn-Calls-for-Evidence-in-Escalating-Poison-Row
Sanders Resolution Against War in Yemen Challenged by Mattis
Senators introduced legislation that would undermine the Sanders-Lee resolution to stop US support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. “They’re trying to provide cover for just a handful of senators so they can vote for this instead of the Sanders Lee bill,” says CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot
*While this bill needs to pass, keep in mind the “detail devil” that will allow US troops to remain to “combat Al Qaeda and allied groups”, or however it’s worded.
We know how that facilitates “mission creep”, leaving aside the ethics of the proclaimed mission itself.
Isn’t part of the mission of “alternative” media to pay attention to such “details”, so that their audience will, as well?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21378:Sanders-Resolution-Against-War-in-Yemen-Challenged-by-Mattis
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Democracy Now!
50 Years After My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, Revisiting the Slaughter the U.S. Military Tried to Hide
*Duty
Honor
Country
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/16/50_years_after_my_lai_massacre
The GI Resistance Continues: Vietnam Vets Return to My Lai, Where U.S. Slaughtered 500 Civilians
*These are servicemembers worthy of salute.
No monuments will be erected in their honor.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/16/the_gi_resistance_continues_vietnam_vets
3.15
Breaking the ICE
How far will this go?
by Robert C. Koehler
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/15/breaking-ice
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All Hands on Deck: The West Virginia Teachers’ Strike
by Jane McAlevey
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/764-jane-mcalevey/3527-all-hands-on-deck-the-west-virginia-teachers-strike
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The Real News Network
Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate
New measures added to the financial deregulation bill include the deregulation of commercial real estate, which threatens re-create the conditions that led to the 2008 financial crisis, says Bill Black
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21354:Senate-Expands-%27Lobbyist-Bill%27-to-Deregulate-Real-Estate
Stephen Hawking: The Fighter for Progressive Politics
Scientist Stephen Hawking spoke out against wars, called for action against climate change, and defended socialist programs
*All of which will receive next to no mention, if not complete erasure, in the corpress, as his social conscience is castrated as a condition of iconization.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21376:Stephen-Hawking%3A-The-Fighter-for-Progressive-Politics
Far-Right Ministers in Chile’s New Government Placed in Sensitive Positions
Chile’s newly inaugurated president Sebastian Piñera attempts to move the country to the right, but faces important constraints from social movements that vow to resist his government, explains Prof. Rene Rojas
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21370:Far-Right-Ministers-in-Chile%27s-New-Government-Placed-in-Sensitive-Positions
Trump’s Tariff Travesty Will Not Re-Industrialize the US
Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will only make it more difficult for US producers that depend on these resources, while also initiating trade retaliation from trade partners, says Michael Hudson
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21353:Trump%27s-Tariff-Travesty-Will-Not-Re-Industrialize-the-US
Is Another World Possible? – Leo Panitch on RAI (4/4)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Leo Panitch says it’s a dilemma that the gradualism of European social-democracy and attempts at a more radical transformation have so far both failed; Panitch says a first step towards democratizing the economy is to make finance a public utility – with host Paul Jay
*Is it naïve of me to believe that we have no chance of becoming a truly evolved species – or even simply surviving – if we don’t place a principal priority on giving wings to the better angels of our nature, as well as appealing to our self interest?
Humanity has a seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy, and that actually gives me some hope, as it implies a need to acknowledge a moral imperative.
So how do we move from lip service to putting our muscle behind our mouths?
I suppose asking the question evinces the eternal elusiveness of the answer, but I believe it’s existentially essential to continue to pursue it.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21338:Is-Another-World-Possible%3F—Leo-Panitch-on-RAI-%2844%29
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FAIR
‘A Remarkable Victory for the Labor Movement’
CounterSpin interview with Mike Elk on West Virginia school workers strike
by Janine Jackson
*I’m unclear as to the funding aspect, given what’s claimed in the piece below
https://tinyurl.com/yaaq9mes
I don’t feel you can claim “victory” if it comes at another’s undue expense
So what’s the true skinny here?
https://fair.org/home/a-remarkable-victory-for-the-labor-movement
Liberals, Conservatives Worry About Korean Peace Threat
by Gregory Shupak
*Given the trail of broken promises that litter his lurid career path, I’m more concerned with just how “earnest” Killer Clown will be than Kim.
https://fair.org/home/liberals-conservatives-worry-about-korean-peace-threat
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Democracy Now!
Farmworkers Bring Human Rights Fight to Wendy’s Doorstep, Fasting & Calling for Boycott over Abuses
*Arrogance and avarice
With a side of lies
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/15/farmworkers_bring_human_rights_fight_to
Jeremy Scahill on Trump’s Cabinet Shake-up, the Mueller Probe & the Iraq War 15 Years Later
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/15/jeremy_scahill_on_trump_s_cabinet
3.14
Despite Torture-Loving Pasts, Schumer Not Pushing Democrats to Oppose Pompeo or Haspel
Trump’s nominees for secretary of state and CIA director have alarming pasts, but the Senate Minority Leader isn’t encouraging his party to oppose their nominations
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Common Dreams
*If there were no Democratic Party
The Republicans would have to invent one
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/14/despite-torture-loving-pasts-schumer-not-pushing-democrats-oppose-pompeo-or-haspel
It Is Now Abundantly Clear Why Steve Mnuchin Didn’t Want People to See This Video
Free speech advocates called it “troubling” that a White House official was able to delay release of a video that is, under California law, part of the public record
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/14/it-now-abundantly-clear-why-steve-mnuchin-didnt-want-people-see-video
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Don Blankenship, Dead Miners, Humility, and the Limits of Free Speech in West Virginia
A call came in and there was a man who wanted to know if I had any questions for the former coal CEO and convict now running for U.S. Senate. Turns out I did have one.
by Russell Mokhiber
*Severed connection
Sundered conscience
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/14/don-blankenship-dead-miners-humility-and-limits-free-speech-west-virginia
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Israeli Lawmakers Ban Member of Knesset from American Trip Funded by Jewish Voice for Peace
MK Jabareen invited for series of talks about deterioration of democracy in Israel
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/14/israeli-lawmakers-ban-member-knesset-american-trip-funded-jewish-voice-peace
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The Real News Network
UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions Cause Death in Venezuela
Over 150 intellectuals and activists signed an open letter urging the US and Canada to stop their economic sanctions on Venezuela, which are making the country’s economic problems worse. Special UN Rapporteur Alfred de Zayas is a signer and visited Venezuela late last year
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21343:UN-Rapporteur%3A-US-Sanctions-Cause-Death-in-Venezuela
Anti-Pipeline Indigenous ‘Mass Mobilization’ Has Begun
In what may become the ‘Standing Rock of the North’, thousands protest Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain Pipeline expansion, which would carry more toxic tar sands through First Nation territories
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21366:Anti-Pipeline-Indigenous-%27Mass-Mobilization%27-Has-Begun
Colombia’s Conservatives Make Gains in Congress Vote Amid Fraud Allegations
Low turnout and fraud allegations mar Colombia’s congressional vote, which gave conservatives a greater control over the legislature. If right-wing candidate Ivan Duque also wins the presidency in May, it would spell the end of Colombia’s peace process, explains Mario Murillo
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21341:Colombia%27s-Conservatives-Make-Gains-in-Congress-Vote-Amid-Fraud-Allegations
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Institute for Public Accuracy
“Space Force”: Trump Accelerating Aerospace Goal Targeting China and Russia
*No space for peace
http://www.accuracy.org/release/space-force-trump-accelerating-aerospace-goal-targeting-china-and-russia
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FAIR
WaPo Fails to Disclose Ownership in Puff Piece for Bezos
https://fair.org/home/wapo-fails-to-disclose-ownership-in-puff-piece-for-bezos
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Democracy Now!
Trump’s New CIA Nominee, Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over Torture
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/14/trumps_new_cia_nominee_gina_haspel
Jeremy Scahill: Gina Haspel Should Be Answering for Her Torture Crimes, Not Heading the CIA
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/14/jeremy_scahill_gina_haspel_should_be
Mike Pompeo, Christian Crusader & Koch Brothers Ally, Tapped to Be Trump’s Secretary of State
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/14/mike_pompeo_christian_crusader_koch_brothers
Congresswoman Confirms Erik Prince Tied to Assassination Program Run Out of Dick Cheney’s Office
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/14/congresswoman_confirms_erik_prince_tied_to
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Nutrition Action
How a multivitamin could help if you’re taking a common blood-sugar drug
https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/dietary-supplements/how-a-multivitamin-could-help-if-youre-taking-a-common-blood-sugar-drug
3.13
If We Want to Support Refugees, We Need To End the Wars That Create Them
The sanctuary movement needs an anti-war voice
by Azadeh Shahshahani and Maha Hilal
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/13/if-we-want-support-refugees-we-need-end-wars-create-them
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Talking Sense About Immigration
On the necessity of rejecting the president’s Manichaean worldview
by Aviva Chomsky
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/13/talking-sense-about-immigration
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Turkey’s Privatization of Sugar Factories
by Kubilay Cenk
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/763-kubilay-cenk/3526-turkeys-privatization-of-sugar-factories
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The Real News Network
US Cowardice Prevents Middle East Peace
A majority of United Nations members support a just resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, but U.S. political cowardice and the influential Israel Lobby thwart it, says veteran UN correspondent Ian Williams
*There’s no integrity to voting for something you know won’t pass. I have to wonder how many nations would do so if a “just resolution” were a distinct possibility, rather than some pallid compromise that would please Abu Mazen and rest of the Palestinian “leadership”.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21275:US-Cowardice-Prevents-Middle-East-Peace
Elites Impose Education Policies They Would Never Accept for their Children (4/4)
In the final part of our interview with author Noliwe Rooks, we examine some of the reforms that the likes of Betsy DeVos have mandated for poor children but would never be accepted for the wealthy
*The tests of ill wills
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21349:Elites-Impose-Education-Policies-They-Would-Never-Accept-for-their-Children-%2844%29
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Petition
#Apology4JaneDoe
by Bonnie T
https://www.change.org/p/nypd-apology4janedoe
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FAIR
Republicans Want to Look at Gun Violence in Movies? OK, Let’s Look
by J.F. Sargent
*The bullet pulpit
https://fair.org/home/republicans-want-to-look-at-gun-violence-in-movies-ok-lets-look
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Trump’s Nominees: Pompeo at State, Haspel at CIA: * Targeting Iran * Torture
http://www.accuracy.org/release/trumps-nominees-pompeo-at-state-haspel-at-cia-targeting-iran-torture
Now: “Another Big Bank Bailout”
*Banking on bipartisan blessings
http://www.accuracy.org/release/now-another-big-bank-bailout-interviews-available
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Democracy Now!
Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools
*In Jesus’ name
Mayhem
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/13/charterize_privatize_christianize_the_devos_backed
Critics of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana Decry State & Company Surveillance of Protesters
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/13/critics_of_bayou_bridge_pipeline_in
3.12
Angering Organic Farmers and Advocates, Trump’s USDA Kills Animal Welfare Rule
The rule would have “specified a set of standards for organic livestock and poultry designed to minimize stress, facilitate natural behaviors, and promote well-being”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/12/angering-organic-farmers-and-advocates-trumps-usda-kills-animal-welfare-rule
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Nebraska Is Illegally Obtaining and Storing Execution Drugs in Defiance of Federal Law
“We all have one more reason to conclude that the state has no business executing human beings”
by Danielle Conrad
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/12/nebraska-illegally-obtaining-and-storing-execution-drugs-defiance-federal-law
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The Tide it is a Changin’
Mainstream media starts reporting on the militarization of America’s schools
by Pat Elder
http://worldbeyondwar.org/the-tide-it-is-a-changin
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Amnesty International
Bangladesh: International Support for Rohingya Refugees Is Urgently Needed
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/12/bangladesh-international-support-rohingya-refugees-urgently-needed
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The Real News Network
Democracy in Crisis: Pseudonymous Sex and Anonymous Experts
As Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels prepare to battle over an NDA, federal prosecutors seek anonymity for expert on “black bloc”
by Baynard Woods
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21345:Democracy-in-Crisis%3A-Pseudonymous-Sex-and-Anonymous-Experts
From BDS to the Tamimis, Palestinians Defend Their Rights
The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah says US-backed Israeli efforts to criminalize the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement and to silence protesters like the Tamimi family are backfiring as Palestinians and their allies fight back
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21274:From-BDS-to-the-Tamimis%2C-Palestinians-Defend-Their-Rights
Will Trump Help Saudi Arabia Build a Nuclear Program?
Media reports say the U.S. is considering selling nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. Analyst Ali al-Ahmed is skeptical, and says Trump has just removed the fig leaf of concern for human rights abuses by the Gulf dictatorship
*A nuclear energy program is preferable to a nuclear weapons program
Expect perhaps for the people in places like Chernobyl and Fukushima who pay the true price for it.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21324:Will-Trump-Help-Saudi-Arabia-Build-a-Nuclear-Program%3F
Why the Panic over Korea Peace Talks? (2/2)
As President Trump and Kim Jong-Un agree to historic talks, centrist voices are expressing alarm based on a self-serving and false reading of history, says Timothy Shorrock
*Whatever Killer Clown appears to want, these schmenges will oppose, regardless of the merits of the matter.
Now, what he may actually want is a way to say “We tried. Diplomacy failed. All options are back on the table.”
In which case, he’ll be deemed “Presidential” ™ by these same b*stards, because warmongering is never out of bipartisan style, is it?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21333:Why-the-Panic-over-Korea-Peace-Talks%3F-%2822%29
Israel Lobby Doesn’t Want Al Jazeera to Spill its Secrets
Qatar is under pressure to bury an undercover Al Jazeera documentary that exposes the Israel Lobby in the US. Asa Winstanley of the Electronic Intifada says the film’s key revelations include the close cooperation between the neocon Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Israeli government
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21316:Israel-Lobby-Doesn%27t-Want-Al-Jazeera-to-Spill-its-Secrets
Debate: Syria, Ghouta, and the Left
In a complex proxy war that has killed so many, where should leftists and people of conscience stand? Independent journalist Rania Khalek and scholar Yasser Munif debate the ongoing siege of Eastern Ghouta and the wider Syrian war
*I don’t pretend to have some perfect solution to this horror show. I just try to keep my eyes, mind and heart open, with the people of Syria as my focus, and their tormentors – from any side – as my bane.
What serves no valid purpose is what I see as ad hominem attacks on those with whom we disagree, as I feel Munif has engaged in here. I think he has a point in criticizing Khalek’s diminishment of the brutality of the Assad regime and its allies, but that can be made without such vitriol.
His lip service to opposition of US actions, while all but ignoring it in his analysis, strikes me as disingenuous, as well. Khalek could be cited for similar with regard to Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
All that said, I’d like to think that both seek justice and peace for the people of Syria, and I hope that all others who wish the same can find some way to resolve our differences, and work together to achieve that goal.
Perhaps a forlorn hope, but there it is …
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21337:Debate%3A-Syria%2C-Ghouta%2C-and-the-Left
The Threats, Real and Imagined, of Mexico’s Election
by Mark Weisbrot
*I’d amend the penultimate sentence to read “with a chance to win”, as it ignores the Zapatista candidate, Marichuy, although at least one commenter, diogenes, states that her presence “is simply to make their presence felt in the mainstream, as representatives of the excluded. It’s a middle finger.”
Of course, the EZLN are pursuing something beyond “reform”, aren’t they?
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/3525
Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger (2/2)
As Vladimir Putin unveils new weaponry, MIT Professor Theodore Postol says that the US withdrawal from a key arms control treaty, an increased killing capacity, and Trump’s “dangerous and uninformed” strategy has compounded the nuclear threat
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21331:Putin%2C-Trump%2C-and-the-Nuclear-Danger-%2822%29
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Petition
Take Action to End Exploitation at LA’s port
by Omar Alvarez and Dwayne Wilson
Justice for Port Drivers
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/take-action-to-end-exploitation-at-las-port
Petition
Tell Coca-Cola the NCAA must #PayThePlayers
by Frank Derry
Color of Change
*Flagrant foul
https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/coca-cola-is-putting-stocks-over-students-tell-them-to-stop-funding-the-ncaa
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Trump, Death Penalty and Drug Addiction: What’s at the Root of the Problem?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/drug-addiction-whats-at-the-root-of-the-problem
DeVos’s Record in Michigan
*Choice cuts
http://www.accuracy.org/release/devoss-record-in-michigan
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FAIR
‘Modernization’: Media’s Favorite Euphemism for Military Buildup
by Adam Johnson
*Never gonna fall for “modern” love
https://fair.org/home/modernization-medias-favorite-euphemism-for-military-buildup
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How Does BEC5 Cream Heal Skin Cancer?
by Dr. Gaston Cornu-Labat
*Employ your own best judgment
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/bec5-cream-video
Hyperthermia Therapy: Using Heat to Help Heal Cancer
by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/hyperthermia-treatment
Iodine Deficiency Symptoms (& How to Get Enough Iodine)
by Ty Bollinger
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/iodine-deficiency-symptoms
3.9
Nearly 800 Quebec Doctors Demand Their Pay Raises Go To Nurses, Improving Healthcare Overall
“These increases are all the more shocking because our nurses, clerks, and other professionals face very difficult working conditions, while our patients live with the lack of access to required services because of the drastic cuts in recent years”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/09/nearly-800-quebec-doctors-demand-their-pay-raises-go-nurses-improving-healthcare
Ahead of Major Protest to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Company Files Injunction Against Water Protectors
“Kinder Morgan is intimidating environmentalists who are standing up for B.C. against a dirty tar sands pipeline”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/09/ahead-major-protest-stop-kinder-morgan-pipeline-company-files-injunction-against
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What the Koch Brothers Want Students to Learn About Slavery
The history-teaching wing of the Koch brothers empire is seeking to promote an alternate narrative to slavery
by Adam Sanchez
*A history written in past perfect
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/09/what-koch-brothers-want-students-learn-about-slavery
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Protesters Mark 7th Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster
*A disaster we can’t wait to happen again
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/09/protesters-mark-7th-anniversary-fukushima-disaster
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The Real News Network
Trump’s Monumental Betrayal: Public Antiquities Gutted for Oil Industry
It has been revealed that not only did Trump cut both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments for industry to access fossil fuels but that the President’s announcement came on the heels of one of the rarest finds of Triassic period fossils in an area now excluded from protection, by Trump’s new monument boundaries
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21308:Trump%27s-Monumental-Betrayal%3A-Public-Antiquities-Gutted-for-Oil-Industry
Obama & DeVos: Education Reform Based on ‘Segronomics’ is Doomed to Fail
In Part Four, Noliwe Rooks says data reveals no educational benefit from the billions of stimulus funding poured into schools by the Obama administration and school vouchers championed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
*Getting schooled
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21271:Obama-%26-DeVos%3A-Education-Reform-Based-on-%27Segronomics%27-is-Doomed-to-Fail
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Institute for Public Accuracy
U.S.-North Korea: Victory for President Moon?
*Is this a set up to prove “Diplomacy doesn’t work”?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/u-s-north-korea-victory-for-president-moon
Saudi Arabia Using Law Firm Tied to Trump to Lobby U.S. for Nuclear Deal
http://www.accuracy.org/release/saudi-arabia-using-law-firm-tied-to-trump-to-lobby-u-s-for-nuclear-deal
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Democracy Now!
A Step Toward Peace? South Korea Announces Trump Will Meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
*I would say Killer Clown or Kim receiving a Nobel Peace Prize would make an utter mockery of its purported purpose
But I believe that’s already been amply achieved, don’t you?
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/a_step_toward_peace_south_korea
How an Alabama Town Is Fighting Against Cancerous & Toxic Coal Ash Dumping—No Thanks to Trump’s EPA
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/how_an_alabama_town_is_fighting_against
Toxic Coal Ash Being Dumped in Puerto Rico, Which Already Suffers Worst Drinking Water in the Nation
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in
3.8
Time For Action: Seven Proposals From Sweden For Reducing Sexism and Sexual Violence in the Midst of #MeToo
“OK…now what?”
by Christian Christensen
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/08/time-action-seven-proposals-sweden-reducing-sexism-and-sexual-violence-midst-metoo
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Afro-Colombian Women Mobilize for Justice and Healing on International Women’s Day
In Colombia, women are demanding an end to the impunity, silence and invisibility that fuel attacks on female human rights defenders
by J.M. Kirby
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/08/afro-colombian-women-mobilize-justice-and-healing-international-womens-day
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The Real News Network
Trump’s Tariffs Trade War
The negative reaction to Trump’s tariffs announcement, especially from Republicans and trade partners, has been strong, even prompting the resignation of Trump’s chief economic advisor. Economist and author Heiner Flassbeck discusses possible outcomes
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21315:Trump%27s-Tariffs-Trade-War
US Misses Putin’s Nuclear Message (1/2)
Russian President Vladimir Putin sparked a wave of U.S. media panic with a speech announcing upgrades to his government’s nuclear arsenal. But MIT professor emeritus and missile technology expert Theodore Postol says the reaction missed the real story
*Putin, like every other leader of a world power, doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “sustainable development for human civilization”, but, like every other sane human being (which excludes at least one other “world leader”), he does care about the incineration of the planet.
You can be a heartless bastard, and still understand when the rest of your body’s at mortal risk.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21300:US-Misses-Putin%27s-Nuclear-Message-%2812%29
Will Russiagate Help the Israel Lobby Censor Al Jazeera?
As Qatar faces pressure to suppress an Al Jazeera expose of the Israel lobby, Max Blumenthal and Ali Abunimah discuss how the climate of censorship and fear around Russiagate has empowered those long attacking Palestinian rights
*McCarthy turns in his grave
In anticipation of exhumation
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21276:Will-Russiagate-Help-the-Israel-Lobby-Censor-Al-Jazeera%3F
A New Chapter in China-Africa Relations
The political and economic relationship between China and Africa, which has steadily intensified since the ’90s, is very different than the relationships African countries have had with other capitalist powers. China’s own colonial past is a big factor, says Dr. Zhiqun Zhu of Bucknell University
*Well, that was a puff piece with which Beijing would find favor.
Should I expect better from Conway and TRNN?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21229:A-New-Chapter-in-China-Africa-Relations
From Segregation to Black Independent Schools
In Part Three, Noliwe Rooks says after African Americans were faced with nationwide resistance to integration, groups like the Black Panthers created successful models for black education
*It worked
For the wrong people
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21270:From-Segregation-to-Black-Independent-Schools
The Early History of ‘Segronomics’
In Part Two, Noliwe Rooks says wealthy philanthropists first influenced public education for African Americans in the post-reconstruction South
*As she says, Rooks doesn’t delineate the reasons for the withdrawal of federal troops, but I’d speculate that their presence was designed merely to feign support for lasting change, knowing full well what would occur once that protection was removed.
Call it another broken treaty.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21257:The-Early-History-of-%27Segronomics%27
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Fight for $15
McDonald’s Failed
*Inverting reality along with its logo
https://www.facebook.com/Fightfor15/videos/1854579404572768
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Democracy Now!
In Spain, Women Launch Nationwide Feminist Strike Protesting “Alliance of Patriarchy & Capitalism”
*While it’s heartening to hear this emphasis on capitalism as a bane to feminism, isn’t there a contradiction in then calling for more women in corporate leadership positions?
There’s a faulty math there, innit?
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/8/in_spain_women_launch_nationwide_feminist
On International Women’s Day, Women Declare: Emancipation Comes Through the Rejection of Capitalism
*Re my previous comment
What she said, and I’m glad to hear it.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/8/on_international_womens_day_women_declare
Eve Ensler on International Women’s Day & Her New One-Woman Play “In the Body of the World”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/8/eve_ensler_on_international_women_s
3.7
Schumer Denounced for ‘Absolutely Disgusting’ AIPAC Speech
“At AIPAC, Democrats try to outdo Trump in their devotion to Israel’s oppression of Palestinians”
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*A “#Resistance” to common humanity
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/07/schumer-denounced-absolutely-disgusting-aipac-speech
‘Don’t Be Evil?’: Outrage Over Google’s Secret Program to Bolster Pentagon’s Drone War
“I hadn’t noticed the ‘… but it’s okay to help with drone strikes’ footnote to the ‘don’t be evil’ line in Google’s code of conduct”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*From “Don’t Be Evil”
To “Just Do It”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/07/dont-be-evil-outrage-over-googles-secret-program-bolster-pentagons-drone-war
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Coast Guard Responders ‘Harmed by Chemicals Used to Clean Up BP’s Spill’
Nearly one million gallons of the dispersant was dropped by air and a further 770,000 gallons injected into the well head to try and disperse in excess of 200 million gallons of oil that was spilt by BP in the Gulf of Mexico
by Andy Rowell
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/07/coast-guard-responders-harmed-chemicals-used-clean-bps-spill
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Getting Real About School Safety
Armed adults don’t make kids safer. They put them at greater risk
by Karen Dolan
*It’s not just “conservatives” who are calling for armed guards, is it?
Democrats will pair this with sane approaches to prove their “responsibility”, and be lauded by the corpress for same.
It will be interesting (if that’s the right word) to see how the movement sparked by Parkland survivors reacts to this strategic subterfuge.
I imagine some will be coopted by arguments for “political pragmatism”, and the rest will find themselves no longer a fit subject for the focus of the media spotlight.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/07/getting-real-about-school-safety
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Reprieve
Executions Double Under Saudi Crown Prince
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/07/executions-double-under-saudi-crown-prince
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The Real News Network
Trump Continues War on Science, Axes Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
The cut is “shocking and unprecedented because it’s extremely unusual,” says Baltimore City Health Director Leana Wen. “I’ve never seen it happen that a grant is terminated without justification when the funds are available”
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21306:Trump-Continues-War-on-Science%2C-Axes-Teen-Pregnancy-Prevention-Program
Bill Prohibits Baltimore From Selling Properties for Unpaid Water Bills
Advocates say that the bill, passed unanimously by the House of Delegates, will help protect elderly minorities who are most affected by tax sales
by Dharna Noor
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21307:Bill-Prohibits-Baltimore-From-Selling-Properties-for-Unpaid-Water-Bills
As Eastern Ghouta Besieged, What is the Answer for Syria? (2/2)
The Syrian government has a license to kill in Eastern Ghouta, and the world is failing to act, says Yasser Munif of Emerson University. But is intervention the answer, and what is to done about the right-wing militants trying to topple Assad?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21279:As-Eastern-Ghouta-Besieged%2C-What-is-the-Answer-for-Syria%3F-%2822%29
Violating International Law, Trump Renews Venezuela Sanctions
Trump renewed Obama’s sanctions against Venezuela, declaring it an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the US, violating international law in the process, says CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot. Also, the US threatened the main opposition presidential candidate if he doesn’t boycott the upcoming election
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21291:Violating-International-Law%2C-Trump-Renews-Venezuela-Sanctions
West Virginia Teachers Offer a Lesson in Organizing
With a deal reached in the West Virginia teachers strike, there is talk of revived labor activism nationwide. But is the deal fair to all, and will anti-union forces push back? We speak to West Virginia teacher Brendan Muckian-Bates and education scholar Dr. Curry Malott.
*The devils pen the details
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21294:West-Virginia-Teachers-Offer-a-Lesson-in-Organizing
Financial Deregulation Bill ‘Guts’ Dodd-Frank
Republican Senators – with 12 Democratic co-sponsors – are pushing through a financial deregulation bill that with dismantle the post-financial crisis Dodd-Frank regulations, in the name of helping community banks. But this is just a pretext, says former financial regulator Bill Black
*A bank shot that puts us behind the eight ball
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21286:Financial-Deregulation-Bill-%27Guts%27-Dodd-Frank
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FAIR
Media Erase US Role in Syria’s Misery, Call for US to Inflict More Misery
by Gregory Shupak
*One definition of “humanitarian intervention”
Tear drops call for bomb drops
https://fair.org/home/media-erase-us-role-in-syrias-misery-call-for-us-to-inflict-more-misery
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Democracy Now!
After Victorious Strike, W. Virginia Teacher Sends Message to Oklahoma Educators Poised to Walk Out
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/7/after_victorious_strike_w_virginia_teacher
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Nutrition Action
A single bout of food poisoning can have long-lasting consequences
https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/food-safety/single-bout-food-poisoning-can-long-lasting-consequences
3.6
Russiagate and the New Blacklist
It may have been aimed at Trump to start, but it’s become a way of targeting all dissent
by Matt Taibbi
*Omigod … I’m a Russian agent!
Now I know why I have this inexplicable craving for blinis!
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/06/russiagate-and-new-blacklist
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Global Justice Ecology Project
More than One Thousand Women Take Over Suzano Pulp & Paper Mill to Protest Genetically Engineered Trees and Eucalyptus Plantations
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/06/more-one-thousand-women-take-over-suzano-pulp-paper-mill-protest-genetically
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The Real News Network
Democracy in Crisis: Diarrhea Diaries and Dead Drug Dealers
The dangerous rhetoric and imagery of the “Opioid Crisis”
by Baynard Woods
*The cufflink wearers never get the cuffs
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21295:Democracy-in-Crisis%3A-Diarrhea-Diaries-and-Dead-Drug-Dealers
Italian Government in Chaos as Far-Right Parties Surge
Italy’s election on Sunday didn’t produce a clear winner, making the task of negotiating a coalition government particularly challenging. Raffaele Laudani, professor at the University of Bologna, discusses possible outcomes
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21283:Italian-Government-in-Chaos-as-Far-Right-Parties-Surge
Netanyahu or Not, Israel is Corrupted (1/2)
Israeli society “lives in denial” more than any other society, says Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, referring to the suffering the occupation of Palestine causes
*I’d like Levy to explain why he seems to feel that there needed to be the creation of the state of Israel. That occurred after the Holocaust, so does he believe that it was necessary to protect the Jews who emigrated from what he considers the intense hostility of Palestinians and others in the region to their presence?
If so, it strikes me as a rationalization for Israel’s existence, but I’m certainly no expert, so I’d like to hear his defense of it, and Maté’s reaction to same.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21272:Netanyahu-or-Not%2C-Israel-is-Corrupted-%2812%29
As Eastern Ghouta Besieged, What is the Answer for Syria? (1/2)
The Syrian government has a license to kill in Eastern Ghouta, and the world is failing to act, says Yasser Munif of Emerson University. But is intervention the answer, and what is to done about the right-wing militants trying to topple Assad?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21280:As-Eastern-Ghouta-Besieged%2C-What-is-the-Answer-for-Syria%3F-%2812%29
Clashes Erupt as White Supremacist Richard Spencer Speaks at Michigan State University
The white supremacist Richard Spencer spoke at Michigan State University after defeating a campaign against his appearance. The Rev. David Alexander Bullock of Change Agent Consortium says that Spencer shouldn’t be given a platform to recruit for a violent, racist movement
*As the man said, the “philosophical debate” becomes very real for those with a life and death stake in the outcome, doesn’t it?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21277:Clashes-Erupt-as-White-Supremacist-Richard-Spencer-Speaks-at-Michigan-State-University
Exposing the Risks of Global Finance: Yilmaz Akyuz on ‘Playing with Fire’ (2/2)
South Centre Chief Economist explains the deepened financial integration of the Global South as a mechanism of Northern countries to continue compressing wage income. But the growing and massive accumulation of debt worldwide is making the global economy more vulnerable than ever before
*No, I don’t understand it, but I figure it’s important, so …
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21212:Exposing-the-Risks-of-Global-Finance%3A-Yilmaz-Akyuz-on-%27Playing-with-Fire%27-%2822%29
Three Generations of Apartheid Schooling
In Part One, author Noliwe Rooks discusses how her family’s experience with apartheid and segregated schooling inspired her to write “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education”
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21255:Three-Generations-of-Apartheid-Schooling
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FAIR
Social Media and the Rise of the ‘Consistent Liberal’
by Jim Naureckas
*It’s not an “echo chamber” the corpress objects to
It’s their own lack of reverb within it
https://fair.org/home/social-media-and-the-rise-of-the-consistent-liberal
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Missing in Trade Debate
http://www.accuracy.org/release/missing-in-trade-debate
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Democracy Now!
Lori Wallach and Michael Hudson Debate Trump’s Plan to Impose Steel & Aluminum Tariffs
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/6/lori_wallach_and_michael_hudson_debate
3.5
‘Needless and Ideologically-Driven Cruelty’: Arkansas to Become First State to Implement Trump’s Assault on Medicaid
“In a very real sense, health coverage for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid could be at risk under the agenda Trump is advancing”
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/05/needless-and-ideologically-driven-cruelty-arkansas-become-first-state-implement
Shrouded in Darkness, Just Four People Gave $30 Million to Pro-Trump Group in 2016
Tax return of dark money group shows that just a handful of individual gifts fueled a multi-million-dollar slush fund for far-right forces
by Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/05/shrouded-darkness-just-four-people-gave-30-million-pro-trump-group-2016
The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
by Ryan Gallagher
The Intercept
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/758-ryan-gallagher/3514-the-powerful-global-spy-alliance-you-never-knew-existed
Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons
by Nick Cunningham
Oilprice.com
*”[D]emocratic institutions” translates as the “ability to pass regulatory ‘reforms'” in the oiligarchy’s worldview, don’t it just?
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/389-nick-cunningham/3512-oil-market-fears-war-default-and-nuclear-weapons-
Viola Carofalo: “We are the voice of an Italy that nobody talks about”
Interview with Viola Carofalo, national representative and presidential candidate of the new left-wing movement
by Michele Caltagirone
The Dawn News
*A voice “left” out
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/760-michele-caltagirone/3518-viola-carofalo-we-are-the-voice-of-an-italy-that-nobody-talks-about
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Marking the Anniversary of a Disaster in Iraq
For my part, I think it’s important to try to remember all of it, to remember as much as we can reasonably hold in our hearts and minds
by Claudia Lefko
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/05/al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here-marking-anniversary-disaster-iraq
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West Virginia Frontier Communications Workers on Strike
“What business wants is to hire one half of the working class to kill the other half”
by Russell Mokhiber
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/05/west-virginia-frontier-communications-workers-strike
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The Real News Network
New UN Report Examines Challenges to Sustainable Development in a Warming World
Prof. Petra Tschakert, lead author of a new UN report, explains that climate change adaptation can undermine sustainable development
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21246:New-UN-Report-Examines-Challenges-to-Sustainable-Development-in-a-Warming-World
Daniel Ellsberg Pays Tribute to Katharine Gun, Marking 15 Years Since Her Courageous Leak of NSA Memo
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg recorded this statement in February 2018, shortly before the 15th anniversary of when the Observer newspaper published the explosive March 2, 2003 story “US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war” — based on a leak by GCHQ linguist and analyst Katharine Gun. RootsAction and ExposeFacts produced this story
*Pray your conscience is faster than your fear
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21266:Daniel-Ellsberg-Pays-Tribute-to-Katharine-Gun%2C-Marking-15-Years-Since-Her-Courageous-Leak-of-NSA-M
Exposing the Risks of Global Finance: Peter Dittus on ‘Playing with Fire’ (1/2)
Former BIS chief, author of ‘Revolution Required’, praises the insights of Akyuz’s book ‘Playing with Fire’, notably in uncovering the current state of financial fragility triggered by the G7, worsened by the absence of international mechanisms to recover from systemic debt fall-outs
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21211:Exposing-the-Risks-of-Global-Finance%3A-Peter-Dittus-on-%27Playing-with-Fire%27-%2812%29
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (4/4)
In Part Four, author Noliwe Rooks and Dwight Draughon examine real solutions to educational apartheid
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21250:Cutting-School%3A-Privatization%2C-Segregation%2C-and-the-End-of-Public-Education-%2844%29
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (3/4)
In Part Three, former Teach for America corp member Dwight Draughon says sending inexperienced college graduates to teach in high-need schools will not bring transformative change
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21249:Cutting-School%3A-Privatization%2C-Segregation%2C-and-the-End-of-Public-Education-%2834%29
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (2/4)
In Part Two, author Noliwe Rooks says the privatization movement seeks to profit from educational apartheid under the guise of education reform
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21247:Cutting-School%3A-Privatization%2C-Segregation%2C-and-the-End-of-Public-Education-%2824%29
Israel’s Deepening Involvement in the Syrian War
Israel has recently been intensifying air strikes and the arming of anti-government forces in Syria, some of which are close to Al Qaeda. Professor As’ad AbuKhalil explains how Israel’s activity in Syria is part of a larger pattern of its overall foreign policy engagement around the world
*Opposition to oppression is an indivisible entity
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21226:Israel%27s-Deepening-Involvement-in-the-Syrian-War
Baltimore Councilman Compares Tax Break to ‘Tropical Fruit That I Can’t Pronounce’
The glib remark came during a serious debate over the real cost of tax breaks to developers as the city moves forward with new incentives while state analysts warn the final price tag of these expansive private subsidies is unknown
by Stephen Janis and Taya Graham
*TIF
T ake I t F rom
Us
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21262:Baltimore-Councilman-Compares-Tax-Break-to-%27Tropical-Fruit-That-I-Can%27t-Pronounce%27
Join The Dots Ep 5 – The Air We Breathe
In this episode of Join The Dots, Real Media discusses the health effects of and possible solutions to air pollution as London breaks its annual air pollution limit in just the first month of 2018
*Even if there were no such thing as climate change, isn’t this enough to awaken us from our stultifyingly stupid stupor?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21237:Join-The-Dots-Ep-5—The-Air-We-Breathe
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Institute for Public Accuracy
What’s in Al Jazeera’s Film on Israel Lobby?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/whats-in-al-jazeeras-film-on-israel-lobby
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Democracy Now!
“People Have Just Had Enough”: West Virginia Teachers Continue Historic Strike into Eighth Day
*When our backs are bolstered
Our spines stiffen
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/5/people_have_just_had_enough_west
U.K. University Workers Enter Week 3 of Strike Against Pension Cuts & “Marketization” of Higher Ed
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/5/uk_university_workers_enter_week_3
From Coal Miners to Teachers: West Virginia Continues to Lead Radical Labor Struggle in the U.S.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/5/from_coal_miners_to_teachers_west
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Are beets a circulation superfood?
by Caitlin Dow
https://www.nutritionaction.com/uncategorized/beets-circulation-superfood
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‘Such a Fortunate Coincidence’: Trump Ally Carl Icahn Ditched Steel Stocks Before Tariffs Made Public
“Hmmm, is this a coincidence or did Trump confidant Carl Icahn have insider information?”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/02/such-fortunate-coincidence-trump-ally-carl-icahn-ditched-steel-stocks-tariffs-made
What Does Research That NRA Doesn’t Want Funded Show? That Gun Restrictions Save Lives
A new non-partisan study offers some of the most complete analysis of gun policies in decades—but the effort was frequently hamstrung by the NRA’s stifling of gun control research
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/02/what-does-research-nra-doesnt-want-funded-show-gun-restrictions-save-lives
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Will Lawmakers Again Make Schools The Sacrificial Lamb For Gun Control?
The media’s big lie is that “we’ve done nothing” to address school shootings that continue to plague the nation, when really we’ve just done the wrong things
by Jeff Bryant
*The cure can be worse than the disease
But what about when the cure is the disease?
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/02/will-lawmakers-again-make-schools-sacrificial-lamb-gun-control
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Teen Solidarity Against the Merchants of Death
The outrage now directed toward the National Rifle Association should also challenge all assaults made by the U.S. military
by Kathy Kelly
*Common cause to overcome common carnage
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/02/teen-solidarity-against-merchants-death
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#ArmMeWith Solidarity Against the NRA and Militarizing Our Schools
When we say we oppose access to weapons like the AR-15, we truly mean everyone, including the police
by Jesse Hagopian and Jessie Muldoon
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/02/armmewith-solidarity-against-nra-and-militarizing-our-schools
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Fight for $15
McDonald’s Workers to NLRB: Let the Judge Decide
Days after the NLRB reverses critical employment decision, cooks, cashiers protest, demanding halt to settlement talks in groundbreaking workers’ rights case
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/02/mcdonalds-workers-nlrb-let-judge-decide
Earthjustice
Groundwater Monitoring Reveals Widespread Radioactivity at Duke Energy Coal Plants
Data shows high levels of radioactivity at 11 of 18 plants
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/03/02/groundwater-monitoring-reveals-widespread-radioactivity-duke-energy-coal-plants
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The Real News Network
In a Blow to Transparency, Maryland Courts Remove Police Officer Info From Database
The Maryland Judiciary removed all information about police officers from its searchable database as the new Baltimore Police commissioner pledges transparency in the wake of a vast corruption scandal, causing outrage among attorneys, journalists, and advocates for transparency
by Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg
*The “thin blue line” behind the thick black curtain
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21252:In-a-Blow-to-Transparency%2C-Maryland-Courts-Remove-Police-Officer-Info-From-Database
Canadian Logger Intensifies Persecution of Greenpeace and Stand.Earth
“They have nothing to go on,” says Todd Paglia, executive director of Stand.Earth, one of the defendants in the case filed by Resolute Forest Products, who had previously filed a case that was dismissed under anti-SLAPP legislation
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21244:Canadian-Logger-Intensifies-Persecution-of-Greenpeace-and-Stand.Earth
Brazil’s Military Takeover in Rio Sparks Authoritarian Fears
Deeply unpopular Brazilian President Michel Temer issued a decree to put the military in charge of security in Rio de Janeiro instead of police, dubiously claiming the purpose is to crack down on crime. But many Brazilians worry that it’s the first stage in a return to military rule, explains journalist Brian Mier
*Burying the past
To exhume it
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21251:Brazil%27s-Military-Takeover-in-Rio-Sparks-Authoritarian-Fears
How Did Communist China Become a Capitalist Superpower?
In his new book, “Competing Economic Paradigms in China,” Steve Cohn examines how China’s economic policy went from Maoist to “iron rice bowl” to neoliberal
*For those in power, ideology is a servant, not a master
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21218:How-Did-Communist-China-Become-a-Capitalist-Superpower%3F
Electric Power Companies Top the List of Greenhouse Gas Emitters
The top three companies on the newest edition of PERI’s Greenhouse 100 Index are all electric power generators, and they’re responsible for a full five percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, says researcher Michael Ash
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21238:Electric-Power-Companies-Top-the-List-of-Greenhouse-Gas-Emitters
The Black Disinvestment Crisis: From Dayton, OH to Baltimore, MD (1/2)
In the first of our three part series on the dismantling of West Dayton, a predominantly African-American Community, TRNN talks to Professor Lawrence Brown and activists about how the national move to gentrify cities has left existing black communities vulnerable to disinvestment
by Stephen Janis and Taya Graham
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21242:The-Black-Disinvestment-Crisis%3A-From-Dayton%2C-OH-to-Baltimore%2C-MD-%2812%29
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Illegal West Virginia Wildcat Strike Continues
http://www.accuracy.org/release/illegal-west-virginia-wildcat-strike-continues
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FAIR
MSNBC’s Big Names Completely Ignore West Virginia Teachers Strike
by Adam Johnson
*Actual “#Resistance”?
Eh …
https://fair.org/home/msnbcs-big-names-completely-ignore-west-virginia-teachers-strike
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After Being Told He’s ‘Full of Sh*t’ at School Event, Mnuchin Demands UCLA Suppress Video
In addition to being called out on his “plutocratic BS,” students in attendance attacked the Treasury chief’s record of foreclosing on tens of thousands of Americans
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Toto, we’re not on cable news anymore
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/01/after-being-told-hes-full-sht-school-event-mnuchin-demands-ucla-suppress-video
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The Russians Aren’t The Only Election Hackers
The US has interfered in elections all over the world — and this Russian ‘crisis’ is a big deal about very little
by Reese Erlich
*Yankee disingenuity
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/01/russians-arent-only-election-hackers
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CRA “Reform” Is an Attack on Communities of Color
At a time of record profits for banks and record wealth and income inequality in the U.S., a strong CRA is critical to reaching economic equity for the working class and people of color
by Sharon Velasquez
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/01/cra-reform-attack-communities-color
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The Real News Network
Capital Flight From Africa: How the Poor Finance the Rich
A new World Bank report comparing economic growth among different regions in the world ignores key factors in addressing wealth and inequality in Africa–particularly the wealth that is stashed offshore in developed countries, says economist and author Leonce Ndikumana
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21225:Capital-Flight-From-Africa%3A-How-the-Poor-Finance-the-Rich
As Colombia’s Presidential Campaign Heats Up, Peace Accord Frays
Colombia’s former rebel group FARC suspended its presidential campaign because political violence in Colombia continues unabated. Meanwhile, leftist candidate Gustavo Petro is pulling ahead in the crowded presidential race, explains Prof. Mario Murillo
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21210:As-Colombia%27s-Presidential-Campaign-Heats-Up%2C-Peace-Accord-Frays
Defying Union Leadership, West Virginia Teachers Return to the Picket Lines
Striking teacher Jay O’Neal says the rank and file rejected a deal struck between union leaders and governor Jim Justice because it lacked concrete action on skyrocketing healthcare costs
*Not willing to be “led” on
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21236:Defying-Union-Leadership%2C-West-Virginia-Teachers-Return-to-the-Picket-Lines
Eddie Conway: ‘It’s Not Mass Incarceration, It’s Targeted’
Prisons aren’t “correctional” facilities, because they have no interest in correcting anything; the multibillion-dollar prison industry is interested in profits, and institutional racism keeps the money flowing, says TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21234:Eddie-Conway%3A-%27It%27s-Not-Mass-Incarceration%2C-It%27s-Targeted%27
US Efforts to Sabotage Venezuelan Elections Intensify
The presidential election in Venezuela is now being derailed by the threat of a U.S. oil embargo and the opposition coalition’s call for a boycott. A strong opposition challenger to President Maduro is running anyway
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21219:US-Efforts-to-Sabotage-Venezuelan-Elections-Intensify
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Postol: U.S. Policies Driving Putin Nuclear Statements
http://www.accuracy.org/release/postol-u-s-policies-driving-putin-nuclear-statements
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FAIR
Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’
Well, that settles that.
by Adam Johnson
*So what would be the odds of encountering an honest to godless socialist (you know, one who doesn’t append an adjective to “capitalism” before condemning it) upon such hallowed ground?
https://fair.org/home/top-nyt-editor-we-are-pro-capitalism-the-times-is-in-favor-of-capitalism
Media Parroting ‘$1000 Bonus!’ Stories Helped Give Trump’s Tax Cuts Majority Support
by Adam Johnson
*Let them eat crumb cake
https://fair.org/home/media-parroting-1000-bonus-stories-helped-give-trumps-tax-cuts-majority-support
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Democracy Now!
“Freakishly Warm” Arctic Weather Has Scientists Reconsidering Worst-Case Scenarios on Climate Change
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/1/freakishly_warm_arctic_weather_has_scientists
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Cancer-Causing Toxins Lurking in Household Cleaning Products
by Ty Bollinger
*The dirty truth behind “cleaning”
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/toxic-cleaning-products
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