11.30
McCain Drops ‘Maverick’ Facade to Deliver Massive Gift to Rich, Strip Healthcare from Millions
Arizona senator is a “maverick, except when Wall Street calls”
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
Saudi Arabia’s Lebanon gamble may pay off
by James M. Dorsey
Gulf Crisis Creates Opportunity for Asian Nations
The rift between the Gulf countries and Qatar has created a space for Asian countries to step in to engage with the small peninsular state
by James M. Dorsey
An Escalating Afghan Crisis of ‘Profit’ Over ‘Life’
by Dr. Hakim Young
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/an-escalating-afghan-crisis-of-profit-over-life
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The Real News Network
Police Rising
Detective Dawnyell Taylor and the missing center of HBO’s “Baltimore RIsing”
by Baynard Woods
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20608:Police-Rising
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Did Trump Greenlight Neoconservative Takeover Of State Dept. And CIA?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/did-trump-greenlight-neoconservative-takeover-of-state-dept-and-cia
Are Sexual Predators Enabled by Secrecy Agreements?
*The shadows silence the screams
http://www.accuracy.org/release/are-sexual-predators-enabled-by-secrecy-agreements
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FAIR
NYT Corrects Its Ed Herman Obit
by Jim Naureckas
http://fair.org/home/nyt-corrects-its-ed-herman-obi
11.29
Former KKK Leader David Duke Says ‘Thank God for Trump’ After President Shares Anti-Muslim Tweets From UK
“Trump has legitimized the far right in his own country, now he’s trying to do it in ours”
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Common Dreams
*The most baleful of bird calls from Citizen KKKane
Inside the Pity-Our-Farmers Tax ‘Reform’ Scam
No farm families, repeat no farm families, are losing their family farms to the federal estate tax
by Bob Lord
*Plenty of manure fertilizing this faux family farm defense
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/29/inside-pity-our-farmers-tax-reform-scam
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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Federal Judge In Arkansas Dismisses Case Brought By Private Probation Company
Civil Rights Advocates Applaud Decision, Call For An End To Privatization Of The Criminal Justice System And Termination Of Policies That Harm Racial Minorities
The Real News Network
Cities Offer Amazon Dangerous Incentives
Amazon has received 238 bids from North American cities vying to host its new headquarters, and some are offering the company extreme incentives that undermine democracy, says economist Dean Baker
*Whatever Cali gummint’s “relatively progressive” on
It ain’t got a goddamn thing to do with downsizing Silicon Valley’s dominion, do it?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20595:Cities-Offer-Amazon-Dangerous-Incentives
Trump Plans to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem
Max Blumenthal and Paul Jay on Mike Pence’s announcement that Donald Trump is actively planning to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, going against decades of US policy
*Much more than the topic listed – an overview of developments in the region, and their possible consequences
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20580:Trump-Plans-to-Move-US-Embassy-to-Jerusalem
CNN Crusades Against Slave Trade in Libya, but Knew About It for Years
U.S. corporate media “does not report on the slaughter and the persecution of people by these U.S.-backed governments until most of them are dead,” says Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford
Real Media: Ineos Vs. The People
Talk Fracking founder, Joe Corre, talks about challenging a wide-ranging legal injunction brought by the huge chemical company, Ineos, in order to prevent protest and comment on their fracking activities across England
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20585:Real-Media%3A-Ineos-Vs.-The-People
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FAIR
Backlash Against Russian ‘Fake News’ Is Shutting Down Debate for Real
by Robin Andersen
http://fair.org/home/backlash-against-russian-fake-news-is-shutting-down-debate-for-real
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Institute for Public Accuracy
GOP’s “Tax Cut Bonanza is a Major Attack on Medicare”
http://www.accuracy.org/release/gops-tax-cut-bonanza-is-a-major-attack-on-medicare
11.28
Koch Latino Front Group Instructs Arizona Moms About School Vouchers
Two of the richest men in the world believe that transforming the public school system into for-profit money making operations is the “choice” Arizona moms should be making
by Mary Bottari
The Real News Network
Cyntoia Brown and The Flawed Juvenile Criminal System
In an interview, documentary filmmaker Daniel Birman discusses his work following Cyntoia Brown through the criminal justice system since she was arrested
by Michael Sainato
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20579:Cyntoia-Brown-and-The-Flawed-Juvenile-Criminal-System
Trump’s Coup on Consumer Protection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in limbo as two people claim to be its new acting director. The outgoing head tapped Leandra English as his successor, but Donald Trump then appointed Mick Mulvaney, who has called the CFPB a “sick, sad” joke
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20572:Trump%27s-Coup-on-Consumer-Protection
Opposition Wins Honduras Presidential Race, But Problems Lie Ahead
Honduras’ incumbent President Hernandez has not conceded the election, and President-elect Salvador Nasralla faces many obstacles implementing a left-of-center and anti-corruption agenda, as his supporters would like. Prof. Adrienne Pine of American University explains
FAIR
Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya
by Ben Norton
*”Bringing light to the world”
By setting it aflame
http://fair.org/home/media-nato-regime-change-war-libya-slave-markets
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Tax Plan: Goldman Always Wins
http://www.accuracy.org/release/tax-plan-goldman-always-wins
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Democracy Now!
As Accusations Stack Up, A Look at the Onerous Process of Reporting Sexual Abuse on Capitol Hill
*I’d like to say it’s amusing to watch these bastards calculate how to manage this to protect their political asses
But there’s nothing in the least bit humorous about it, is there?
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/28/as_accusations_stack_up_a_look
Floating Guantánamos: How the Coast Guard Uses Indefinite Detention to Wage “War on Drugs” at Sea
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/28/floating_guantanamos_how_the_coast_guard
11.27
How Can We Combat Wage Theft And Protect Immigrant Workers?
Every year, millions of workers suffer from wage theft when employers or companies do not pay them what they are owed
by Rachel Deutsch
The New York Immigration Coalition
NYIC Submits FOIA For Operation Matador
LI Law Enforcement Program Appears to Profile Immigrants
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/11/27/nyic-submits-foia-operation-matador
Friends of the Earth
EU Fails To Seize Opportunity To End Glyphosate
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/11/27/eu-fails-seize-opportunity-end-glyphosate
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The Real News Network
Resolution Pushed For Democrats to Return Money From Wealthy Donor Involved In Death of Black Male Escort
California Democratic Party African-American Caucus is pushing for the party to adopt a resolution to return donations from wealthy donor after black male escort died in his home from a drug overdose
by Michael Sainato
Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt – Chris Hedges on RAI (3/3)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Chris Hedges and Paul Jay discuss the role of violence in revolution and the Bernie Sanders campaign
*I can’t see mentioning persons like Sanders, Nader and Kucinich in the same breath as “revolution”. They have no transformative vision, futilely seeking to fashion chicken salad out of the chicken shit of capitalism.
If they’re the artists of the possible, then life as we know it will no longer be.
Our only hope exists in solidarity among the exploited, which is goddamn hard to do when you’re valuing some lives over others. Folks don’t cotton to being told “pragmatism” demands they suffer and die.
The same applies to the use of force. We have a right to defend ourselves and others. That force has to be principled and disciplined to be both effective and morally valid, but I can’t tell someone to not fight back when their body and their breath are on the line.
What I believe is vital is an articulation of just why those means are necessary. There is no glory in violence. Killing the most vile of our oppressors should bring no joy for its own sake. It’s a means to an end, and that end should always be placed in the context of a defense of our dignity, our right to live without fear and misery.
That fealty to principle could well help precipitate what Hedges speaks to regarding the loss of will to defend the exploitocracy. Knowing that they would be treated humanely, that their humanity would be respected, should they lay down their arms may have a salient effect on the Praetoriani.
Nothing is certain, except the abyss, should we continue to delude ourselves that there’s a way to drain the swamp while swimming around in it.
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=14200
How Neoliberal Law Enforcement Policies Broke Black Communities by Targeting Women
In an interview with Andrea Ritchie, author of “Invisible No More”, she explains how police strategies like ‘zero tolerance’ implemented by purportedly liberal states have wreaked havoc on the lives of black women
Empire Files: What the Russian Revolution Proved Possible
Nov. 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the seizure of power by workers and peasants in the Russian Revolution, regarded as the most world-altering event in the history of civilization. Abby Martin talks to Brian Becker, socialist organizer and co-author of the book “Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World.”
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20407:Empire-Files%3A-What-the-Russian-Revolution-Proved-Possible
Europe’s White Supremacists Have Powerful Allies
After a massive neo-fascist march in Poland and new reports of neo-Nazi influence in Ukraine, Lev Golinkin, an author who fled then-Soviet Ukraine as a child, says both the US and Russia have troubling ties to Europe’s far-right
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20525:Europe%27s-White-Supremacists-Have-Powerful-Allies
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Can Post-Coup Honduras Have a Fair Election?
*Another of Madame Mayhem’s “signal foreign policy accomplishments”
http://www.accuracy.org/release/can-post-coup-honduras-have-a-fair-election-interviews-available
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FAIR
Without Public Editor, NYT Ducks and Dismisses Criticism of Its Sympathetic Nazi Profile
by Reed Richardson
*Funny how the humanizing never extends to those who truly stand for humanity, and not simply pose as its defenders
And I don’t view that as being “lazy” or “blind”.
NYT’s Obit for Ed Herman Requires a Correction
by Jim Naureckas
http://fair.org/home/nyts-obit-for-ed-herman-requires-a-correction
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Democracy Now!
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Mosque Attack Comes As Egypt Faces “Wave of Repression” on Political Freedoms
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/27/sharif_abdel_kouddous_mosque_attack_comes
11.24
In Puerto Rico, the ‘Natural Disaster’ Is the US Government
Conscious of its own role in creating “disasters,” the U.S. must also tailor aid to local conditions, and to respond to an injured community with an appreciation of its history and foreseeable future
by Yxta Maya Murray
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/24/puerto-rico-natural-disaster-us-government
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Averting the Apocalypse: Lessons from Costa Rica
“If we want to have any hope of averting catastrophe, we’re going to have to do something about our addiction to growth”
by Jason Hickel
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/24/averting-apocalypse-lessons-costa-rica
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As Flynn Cuts Off WH, Top 4 Alleged Crimes He Could Sink Trump With
“Remember, it isn’t the crime that usually gets them but the cover-up”
by Juan Cole
*The rat deserts
But is the ship sinking?
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/24/flynn-cuts-wh-top-4-alleged-crimes-he-could-sink-trump
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FAIR
Trump Administration Plays Media Like Fiddle on Iran/HBO Hacking Story
by Adam Johnson
*Bileful bitumen flowing through the hypeline from power to press
http://fair.org/home/trump-administration-plays-media-like-fiddle-on-iran-hbo-hacking-story
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Petition
Keep the teacher’s tax deduction in our federal taxes
by Sarah Friedman
11.23
The ‘Opposite’ of Leadership: Anita Hill Says Joe Biden Apology Not Good Enough
Hill, who famously testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her, said the former vice president and then-committee chair should have shown leadership but “did just the opposite”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Pilate on the Potomac
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Anti-Choice Law That Critics Warned Endangered Women
“The court’s decision once again makes clear that politicians cannot force their way into private medical decisions that should stay between patients and physicians. Access to vital reproductive health services should not depend on a woman’s zip code.”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
Every Friday Is Black Friday: Why Our Addiction to Consumption and Growth Is Killing Us
Our behaviour within the system cannot change the outcomes of the system. It is the system itself that needs to change
by George Monbiot
*The bigger we are
The harder we fall
Thanksgiving Is a Tradition. It’s Also a Lie
Sure, it’s a tradition. So is the Confederate flag.
by Tommy Orange
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/23/thanksgiving-tradition-its-also-lie
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Commercial terms call into question China’s win-win Belt and Road initiative
by James M. Dorsey
*Playing hard ball with soft power
Web of secret money hides one mega-donor funding conservative court
by Robert Maguire
The Real News Network
Trump’s FCC Goes to War on Net Neutrality
A new plan unveiled by Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai would repeal hard-fought net neutrality rules that uphold equal internet access. Can Pai’s effort be stopped?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20534:Trump%27s-FCC-Goes-to-War-on-Net-Neutrality
After Collapse of Coalition Talks, What’s Next for Germany?
“The problem is that many people in Germany are really sick of all the old parties; they don’t believe any of them, they’re unhappy and dissatisfied,” says author and journalist Victor Grossman
Gobble, Gobble: Investigation Reveals Cannibalism, Hepatitis at Major Turkey Supplier Turkey Supplier
Direct Action Everywhere released findings of abhorrent conditions at an industrial farm that supplies of one of the country’s largest turkey sellers
by Michael Sainato and Chelsea Skojec
What Happened To Farm Workers Unionization In California
Frank Bardacke: Farm workers unions became dependent on Democratic Party politics
*A cautionary tale about taking a cautious (and ultimately corrupting) route to political power
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:7628:What-Happened-To-Farm-Workers-Unionization-In-California
11.22
Naomi Klein: Trump’s Treatment of Haitians Portends Brutal Future for World’s Climate Refugees
“This isn’t only about Trump’s antipathy toward non-white immigrants,” she writes. “We may also be witnessing a particularly brutal form of climate change adaptation.”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
FCC Under Fire for Ignoring ‘Massive Scheme to Corrupt’ Net Neutrality Comment Process
Amid widespread outrage over the agency’s proposed internet rule changes, NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s says chairman has refused to cooperate with probe into fake posts
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
To Stop Keystone XL, 8,000 People in Just 24 Hours Make ‘Promise to Protect’
“TransCanada has many hurdles still ahead on Keystone XL, and if they ever run out, thousands of people have promised to be the biggest one”
by Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
‘Valve-Turners’ Putting Lives On the Line For Our Climate Emergency
“Our lives are at stake. But people won’t understand that until some of us demonstrate we’re indeed fighting for our lives”
by Leonard Higgins
*The necessity of defense of the planet
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/22/valve-turners-putting-lives-line-our-climate-emergency
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With Few Watching, Republicans Have Put in Place New Poll Tax to Disenfranchise Voters
Preventing people from voting because they owe legal fees or court fines muzzle low-income Americans at a time in our nation’s history when the rich have more political power than ever
by Robert Reich
*Priced out of the polling booth
The Real News Network
Standing Rock Water Protectors Deliver Petition to Drop Remaining NoDAPL Charges
Standing Rock leaders delivered a petition of 55,000 signatures to the Morton County State Attorney Office this week
by Michael Sainato
J20 Defendant’s Diary: Day 1
On November 20, prosecutors and defense made opening remarks; manager of Au Bon Pain, bike cop testify
by Elizabeth Lagesse
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20529
Activists Crash Press Conference to Challenge Trudeau on Climate Policy
Former Trudeau supporters Hayley Zacks and Jake Hubley were arrested after confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his support of the Alberta tar sands and approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, despite posturing as a ‘climate crusader’
*”Liberal” limberness
Patting you on the head
While kicking you in the crotch
Trump Raises Fears About Nukes, But US Anti-War Movement Is Lacking
‘It’s not that Americans are less intelligent than other people, it’s that the U.S. imperial system is accepted by most Americans without them really thinking about the nature of that system,’ says Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford
Activists Rally for $12M Youth Fund for Black-Led Groups Fighting Inequity
At a time of record violence, the proposal would award millions annually to community-led organizations working to uplift Baltimore youth and address the root causes of violence
Democracy Now!
Expert: President Trump Calling His Accusers “Liars” Confirms Women’s Fears of Not Being Believed
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/22/expert_president_trump_calling_his_accusers
Rebecca Solnit: Ending Sexual Harassment Means Changing Masculinity & Undermining Misogynist Culture
*”Run by women” would be better than men, assuredly, but a focus on gender leads us to the likes of Madame Mayhem and ilk, doesn’t it?
We need women, men and every other permutation who “get it”
And are determined to change “it”.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/22/rebecca_solnit_ending_sexual_harassment_means
Haitians Denied Protected Status Face Deportation to “Nation in Turmoil” After Earthquake, Hurricane
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/22/haitians_denied_protected_status_face_deportation
11.21
‘Women Are Very Special,’ Says Trump, But Roy Moore ‘Totally Denies It’ and ‘We Don’t Need a Liberal Person in There’
Many viewed the president’s comments as an endorsement of a candidate who has been accused by nearly ten women of sexual misconduct
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Predators of a feather stick together
And what’s he wearing … his “breast cancer” tie?
Out of Spotlight and Across Industries, Surveys Reveal Pervasive Sexual Harassment of Women
National surveys show more than a third of women across America are abused by bosses, colleagues, and customers while on the job
by Common Dreams staff
New Report Details ’13 Terrible Things’ About Senate GOP Tax Plan
Americans for Tax Fairness warns that the bill gives most of the tax cuts to the richest 1%, makes 82 million middle-class families pay more in taxes, and endangers funding for public services
by Common Dreams staff
Amid Russian Denials, Greenpeace Demands Probe into Source of Nuclear Radiation
Kremlin admits detecting increased radioactivity but denies that Mayak plant, the scene of earlier disaster, is the source
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Renewable ravagement
Trump’s “Frightening” Pick for Top Census Job Thinks “Competitive Elections Are Bad for America”
Thomas Brunell is a political science professor with no government experience, and would politicize the agency tasked with counting every resident of the U.S.
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Count on connivance
In America and Around the World, the Poor Will Pay for the GOP Tax Plan
A large cut in corporate rate in the U.S. would be perceived internationally as a full throttle acceleration of the global race to the bottom on corporate taxation
by Léonce Ndikumana
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/21/america-and-around-world-poor-will-pay-gop-tax-plan
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What You Need to Know About the Trump FCC’s Plan to End Net Neutrality
The details of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to destroy Net Neutrality are out. And they’re even worse than expected.
by Candace Clement
Here’s What Your Workplace Can Do about Sexual Harassment
Bringing these conversations to your school or workplace is a massive disruption to business as usual, and that’s exactly what we need
by Gina Scaramella
*Impugning the impunity
Transition in the Middle East: Transition to what?
by James M. Dorsey
FIFA on Trial: Qatar’s World Cup back in the firing line
by James M. Dorsey
The Real News Network
Russiagate ‘Experts’ Include Bigots and Frauds
Max Blumenthal of Alternet’s Grayzone Project reveals that several influential so-called “experts” on Russiagate have sketchy pasts and an agenda to silence dissenting voices
*Feeding garbage to the scapegoaters
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20505:Russiagate-%27Experts%27-Include-Bigots-and-Frauds
Saudi Financial Crisis at Heart of Princely Rage
The severe financial crisis and foreign policy failures are making Prince Mohammed bin Salman increasingly belligerent, says Vijay Prashad
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20508:Saudi-Financial-Crisis-at-Heart-of-Princely-Rage
Democracy in Crisis: A Global Antifascist Movement
Heather Heyer and Pavlos Fyssas are heroes to European antifascists. Why not here?
by Baynard Woods
*A “#Resistance” to a dire reality
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20517:Democracy-in-Crisis%3A-A-Global-Antifascist-Movement
Why is Police Brutality Against Women So Often Overlooked?
Women’s experiences with police violence are often absent from the discussion about police brutality. TRNN’s Taya Graham and Stephen Janis discuss the issue with attendees of the National Women’s Studies Association Conference in Baltimore
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20516:Why-is-Police-Brutality-Against-Women-So-Often-Overlooked%3F
At First J20 Trial, Prosecution Falls Flat
At the first mass trial of some 200 people over the J20 anti-Trump Inauguration Day protest, the prosecutor acknowledged that there is no evidence that the six defendants damaged property. So why do they face 60 years behind bars?
*At the risk (well, certainty) of repeating myself
A police state of mind
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20514:At-First-J20-Trial%2C-Prosecution-Falls-Flat
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Petition
Justice for Port Drivers
Help us pass the Port Drivers Bill of Rights Act through Congress!
https://act.democrataction.com/port-drivers-bill-of-rights-j4pd
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Net Neutrality Protests to Hit Verizon Stores During Holiday Shopping Season
11.20
FDA Raids in Florida Suggest Trump Admin. Policy Change That Benefits Big Pharma
News of the raids follows the president’s nomination of a former drug company executive to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Pro PhRMA
As Support Grows for Ban on Killer Robots, Viral ‘Slaughterbots’ Video Warns of Threat to Humans
AI’s “potential to benefit humanity is enormous, even in defense, but allowing machines to choose to kill humans will be devastating to our security and freedom”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
*The mindless from the soulless
Or vice versa
Experts Warn It Would Take More Than One General to Thwart “Illegal” Nuclear Strike
“What would happen if a president ordered a nuclear strike, but the commanding general refused, believing it to be illegal? The truth is, no one knows.”
by Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Failed safe
Inequality Out of Control: The Average 1% Household Made Over $2.5 Million in the Past Year
“Inequality, like a malignant tumor, is growing out of control, and the only response from Congress is to make it even worse”
by Paul Buchheit
*Suggested edit
“[w]e may never _____ be an equitable and functional society.”
In Defense of Millennial Politics
We are practicing freedom in new and profound ways
by Derek Denman and Maria Adelmann
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/20/defense-millennial-politics
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Washington’s War on Poor Grad Students
Imagine having to pay thousands of dollars of taxes on virtually no income
by Jill Richardson
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/20/washingtons-war-poor-grad-students
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‘Hot Potato’ Shows Why Workers Won’t Benefit From Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut
Who will be left holding the potato?
by Steven Pressman
*Why did “mashers” pop into my head?
Saudi-UAE push to mobilize tribes against Qatari emir
by James M. Dorsey
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Two Years After Historic Settlement Ending Indefinite Solitary Confinement in CA, CCR Details Ongoing Violations, Releases Report Showing Lasting Consequences of SHU Post-Release
New Filing Seeks One-Year Extension of Court Monitoring Based on Violations
The Real News Network
Digital Superpowers Poised To Increase Global Inequities Under the Label of E-Commerce
Public forum sheds light on dangers ahead for most countries from the push for comprehensive deregulation backed by big players at the forefront of new technologies like Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Seven J20 Activists go to Trial This Week
Executive Producer Eddie Conway speaks with Industrial Workers of the World organizers about the current status of their court case dealing with protests at Trump’s inauguration
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20504:Seven-J20-Activists-go-to-Trial-This-Week
Turmoil in Zimbabwe May Present New Opportunities
The military coup in Zimbabwe and a leadership crisis within the ruling party has created an opportunity for a “national transitional authority,” which may be the best option for long-oppressed Zimbabweans, says Horace Campbell of the University of Ghana
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20494:Turmoil-in-Zimbabwe-May-Present-New-Opportunities
Collective Action Key to Fighting Sexual Harassment
When women organize to fight back against sexual harassment, they’re more effective and better protected than when they go it alone, says Jacobin’s Alex Press
*Do we agree that how we work with each other in a group must reflect what we claim to be working for in the wider world?
If so, any contradiction in that commitment diminishes our ability to effect sociopolitical change, and there’s no place for “relativism” that subordinates that basic precept to “the greater struggle”.
The principle of treating others as you’d wish to be treated is central to any notion of justice and active humanity.
Merely paying lip service to it is a certain sign of a hypocrisy that vitiates any claim to integrity.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20501:Collective-Action-Key-to-Fighting-Sexual-Harassment
As US Fuels War Crimes in Yemen, House Says US Involvement is Unauthorized
Overwhelming support for the nonbinding resolution, which passed the House 366-30, shows opposition to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen is growing, but more pressure is needed to stop U.S. involvement, explains economist Mark Weisbrot of CEPR
FAIR
Ignoring Washington’s Role in Yemen Carnage, 60 Minutes Paints US as Savior
by Adam Johnson
http://fair.org/home/ignoring-washingtons-role-in-yemen-carnage-60-minutes-paints-us-as-savior
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Institute for Public Accuracy
“60 Minutes” Highlights Saudi Atrocity in Yemen, Ignores U.S. Role in it
*”60 Minutes” of silence on US savagery
http://www.accuracy.org/release/62859
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FAIR
‘Tolerance of Violence in Homes Is the Necessary Precursor to Public Violence’
CounterSpin interview with Soraya Chemaly on domestic violence and mass shootings
by Janine Jackson
*The corpress will never “diversify its own management”, which is why we need alternative media outlets
But it is true that “it’s hard for (any) media to critique itself”, and unless that’s a central principle for those alternative sources, their benefit to us will always be limited.
http://fair.org/home/tolerance-of-violence-in-homes-is-the-necessary-precursor-to-public-violence
11.17
‘These Will Be Weapons of Mass Destruction’: Warnings About Killer Robots After UN Talks
While support builds for an outright ban of autonomous weapons, powerful nations with large technology industries are resistant to imposing expansive limitations
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
Corporate Power, E-Commerce, and the World Trade Organization
Ahead of upcoming summit, the world’s most powerful tech companies are angling to maintain their dominance
by Deborah James
Popular Thanksgiving Turkey Brand Comes with a Side of Antibiotics?
According to testing conducted under the USDA protocols, samples of Diestel Turkey products tested positive for numerous drug and antibiotic residues
by Katherine Paul
*Taking us for Whole Fools
Friends of the Earth
Major Grocery Retailers Across North America Reject Genetically Engineered Fish
The Real News Network
Barghouti: Cambridge’s Interference in BDS Event is ‘Ludicrous’
Cambridge University threatened to shut down an event about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, citing concerns about the Palestinian moderator’s neutrality. BDS founder Omar Barghouti says it’s a “slippery slope towards McCarthyism on campus”
Brazilian Women Protest Legislation that Could Ban Abortion
A constitutional amendment in Brazil has passed a key committee in the legislature and, if passed, would criminalize all abortions, even in cases of rape and risk to the mother’s life
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20476:Brazilian-Women-Protest-Legislation-that-Could-Ban-Abortion
Wasserman Schultz Ally Resigns Amid Allegations of Creating ‘Creepy’ Work Environment for Women
Billionaire donor, Florida Democratic Party Chair Stephen Bittel, resigns from position he won in controversial election
by Michael Sainato
*But … but …
He backed Hillary (see Weinstein, Harvey)
And she’s a “feminist”!
I’m so confused …
Harvey Weinstein Hired Israeli Spies to Silence His Victims
The disgraced film producer contracted the firm Israeli firm Black Cube to spy on his accusers. Journalist and best-selling author Max Blumenthal says that’s no surprise given Israel’s role as a “leading expert on repression”
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20487:Harvey-Weinstein-Hired-Israeli-Spies-to-Silence-His-Victims
Trump’s CFPB Pick Will Likely Spell Bad News for Consumers
The good news is that President Trump has been slow to nominate heads for regulatory agencies, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black. The bad news is that Trump will pick someone eventually to replace Richard Cordray
*Every day a bank holiday if His Travesty and the bipartisanistas have their way
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20481:Trump%27s-CFPB-Pick-Will-Likely-Spell-Bad-News-for-Consumers
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FAIR
Guardian, NYT Paint Power-Grabbing Saudi Dictator as Roguish, Visionary ‘Reformer’
by Adam Johnson
*Not hard to suss what it’s “The Guardian” of, is it just?
http://fair.org/home/guardian-nyt-paint-power-grabbing-saudi-dictator-as-roguish-visionary-reformer
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Democracy Now!
Activists Condemn Failure of COP23 to Address Interrelated Crises of Climate, Energy & Inequality
*”The one eyed man is king”
Thankfully, not for this segment, but all too often on this program, he or she is also a respected guest.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/17/activists_condemn_failure_of_cop23_to
Tom Goldtooth: Carbon Trading is “Fraudulent” Scheme to Privatize Air & Forests to Permit Pollution
*Buy the sky and sell the sky
And bleed the sky and tell the sky
Don’t fall on me
– “Fall on Me” by R.E.M.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/17/tom_goldtooth_carbon_trading_is_fraudulent
Migration Advocate Calls on Delegates at COP23 to Address Climate Change Displacement
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/17/migration_advocate_calls_on_delegates_at
11.16
Supreme Court Will Decide If Women Can Join Together To Fight Sexual Harassment At Work
24.7 million American workers have been forced to sign contracts that, as a condition of employment, require them to waive their rights to joining a class action lawsuit to address sexual harassment and other workplace disputes
by Celine McNicholas
Whither Catalonia?
Josep María Antentas interviewed by Dan La Botz
The Real News Network
Democrats Push to Help Predatory Payday Lenders
A bipartisan bill being pushed by Democrats in the House and Senate would help payday lenders circumvent state regulations on interest rates
by Michael Sainato
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20492:Democrats-Push-to-Help-Predatory-Payday-Lenders
Trump’s Crackdown on RT Met by Media, NGO Silence
The Justice Department’s move forcing RT America to register as a foreign agent has received little to no criticism, or in some cases notice, from prominent media outlets and civil liberties groups. We speak to author and journalist Max Blumenthal
*A flexible fealty to free speech
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20486:Trump%27s-Crackdown-on-RT-Met-by-Media%2C-NGO-Silence
Can Congress Stop Trump From Going Nuclear?
The Senate has held a hearing on a topic it hasn’t taken up in more than four decades: the President’s authority to launch nuclear war. William Hartung of the Center for International Policy discusses nuclear policy in the Trump era
*Nuclear weapons, by definition, have always been in the hands of lunatics
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20485:Can-Congress-Stop-Trump-From-Going-Nuclear%3F
Police Shootings of Native Americans are Underreported and Rising
The Native American population suffers from higher rates of police shootings, but this is generally underreported because the incidents often occur in remote areas, explains Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report
Petition
Justice for Port Drivers
End exploitation of workers on LA City property!
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-exploitation-on-city-property
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Facebook or Russia: Who’s the Real Threat?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/facebook-or-russia-whos-the-real-threat
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FAIR
‘There’s All Kinds of People Who Have Their Snouts in the Trough Here’
CounterSpin interview with James Henry on the Paradise Papers
by Janine Jackson
http://fair.org/home/theres-all-kinds-of-people-who-have-their-snouts-in-the-trough-here
Spinning E-Commerce as Rust Belt’s Salvation
by Eoin Higgins
*It goes without saying that these joblets are non union
And so the corpress does just that.
http://fair.org/home/spinning-e-commerce-as-rust-belts-salvation
The Pathological Refusal to Report the Simple Truth About Presidential Lying
by Reed Richardson
*Why would you expect liars to call out their kin?
http://fair.org/home/the-pathological-refusal-to-report-the-simple-truth-about-presidential-lying
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Democracy Now!
Zimbabwe in Limbo as Military Seizes Control & Places President Mugabe Under House Arrest
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/16/zimbabwe_in_limbo_as_military_seizes
Nigerian Environmental Activist: Displacement from Climate Change Contributed to Rise of Boko Haram
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/16/nigerian_environmental_activist_displacement_from_climate
Activists at COP23 Decry Companies & Corporate Sponsors Pushing Fossil Fuel as Energy Solution
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/16/activists_at_cop23_decry_companies_corporate
Migration Expert Urges Immediate Action as Millions Are Already Displaced by Climate Change
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/16/migration_expert_urges_immediate_action_as
11.15
Don’t Fall for AT&T’s Billion-Dollar Swindle
Have I got a deal for you
by S. Derek Turner
*Telecon
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/15/dont-fall-atts-billion-dollar-swindle
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Capitalism Is Not the Only Choice
We have opportunities every day to build economies that lift each
other up and spread joy
by Penn Loh
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/15/capitalism-not-only-choice
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon: A moment of truth
by James M. Dorsey
A Just Transition From Climate Change and Unemployment
by Joseph Mathunjwa
The Real News Network
Is Greek Democracy Dead?
Panagiotis Lafazanis, former leader of Syriza’s Left Platform and current leader of Popular Unity, says Greece has become a protectorate of the Troika
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20427:Is-Greek-Democracy-Dead%3F
Spreading The Word
Mothers Of Murdered Sons And Daughters offers space to deal with grief
by Eze Jackson
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20482:Spreading-The-Word
House Democrats Help Republicans Pass $700B in Military Spending
A record spending bill overwhelmingly approved by the House on Tuesday
authorizes $700 billion for the U.S. military
*No gridlock on the door to death and destruction
FAIR
NYT’s Campus Free Speech Coverage Focuses 7-to-1 on Plight of Right
by Adam Johnson
*Clutching pearls for swine
http://fair.org/home/nyts-campus-free-speech-coverage-focuses-7-to-1-on-plight-of-right
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Democracy Now!
Pacific Climate Warriors Roll Out Anti-Coal “Red Carpet” for Angela
Merkel at U.N. Climate Talks
*We’ll see just who is “actually here to make a change”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/15/pacific_climate_warriors_roll_out_anti
Special Report from the Occupied Forest: Meet Activists Fighting
Europe’s Largest Open-Pit Coal Mine
*Politically committed action speaks louder than politically calculated words
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/15/special_report_from_the_occupied_forest
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BPA: still a big deal
Bisphenol A is everywhere. And research suggests that it’s not doing
your health any favors
by Caitlin Dow
https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/food-safety/bpa-still-a-big-deal
11.14
The Real News Network
Congress and Oil Industry Collude to Charge Anti-Pipeline Activists With Terrorism
The American Petroleum Institute has crafted a letter, signed by 84 members of Congress, suggesting that anti-pipeline activists should be charged with domestic terrorism. DeSmog Blog’s Steve Horn says it’s just one of many instances of a government-industry alliance against green activists
*Oiling the skids for a police state
Activists Disrupt White House’s Pro-Coal Panel at Bonn Climate Summit
Investigative journalist Steve Horn breaks down the special interests behind the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel presentation at COP23
*What’s the environmental impact of snake oil?
Institute for Public Accuracy
“McCarthyism Inc: Hyping Russian Threats”
*From communism to terrorism to Putinism, the pimping of an external “threat” has always served to enable repression of any incipient internal one.
http://www.accuracy.org/release/mccarthyism-inc-hyping-russian-threats
11.13
Roy Moore Backers Circle the Wagons as Second Woman Steps Forward With Assault Allegations
Beverly Young Nelson says she was 16 when the Alabama Senate candidate attempted to rape her and then threatened her
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Can a fictional godhead sue for defamation of character?
Fight the Disease, Not the Symptoms
If we can mount sustained acts of defiance in the face of severe state repression, we have a chance
by Chris Hedges
*Know your enemy, but every bit as essentially
Know your “friends”
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/13/fight-disease-not-symptoms
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The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
by Sarah Darer Littman
Canada’s Pro-Israel Lobby Uses Fake News and Specious Assumptions to ‘Demonize and Delegitimize’ the BDS Movement
by Dimitri Lascaris
Arab media: Saudi purge promises tighter control
by James M. Dorsey
Just a john? Pornography and men’s choices
Reading the news the past few week about men’s routine abuse and exploitation of women led be back to “Just a john? Pornography and men’s choices,” a talk I gave in 2005 to a men’s group. Some of the details of the pornography industry have changed since then, but the questions I ask are still relevant.
by Robert Jensen
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/Porn/jensonjohns.html
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Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That Are False
by Glenn Greenwald
*Swallowing bite sized pieces of perfidy
New Mass Resistance as Spanish State Jails Catalan Ministers
by Dick Nichols
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/3374
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Urgent Action needed in support of Shahabi & Salehi; Salehi is close to death!
by the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran
The Real News Network
Democracy in Crisis: Conspiracy Theories
The government’s case sets lowbar for conspiracy charges on eve of this week’s J20 trial
by Baynard Woods
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20454:Democracy-in-Crisis%3A-Conspiracy-Theories
Alexandr Buzgalin On The Centenary of the Russian Revolution
The spirit of the revolution is still alive and the centenary is being celebrated in Russia by the democratic left, convening people from the former soviet republics and the world
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20316:Alexandr-Buzgalin-On-The-Centenary-of-the-Russian-Revolution
Is Waiting for Coal Jobs a Mistake?
President Trump has repeatedly promised to bring back coal jobs, and as a result, some miners are holding off on retraining programs. But is there a future for coal? We speak to economist Bob Pollin of PERI
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20440:Is-Waiting-for-Coal-Jobs-a-Mistake%3F
US Sanctions on Venezuela: ‘Attempt to Destroy the Economy’
Venezuela’s recession is making it difficult for the country to meet its debt payments, but US sanctions are making a difficult task almost impossible, explains CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot
Saudi’s ‘War on Lebanon’ Backfires
After being accused of forcing him to resign, Saudi Arabia’s apparent detention of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has boosted support for Hezbollah, says author and professor Amal Saad
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20435:Saudi%27s-%27War-on-Lebanon%27-Backfires
Join The Dots: Data WTF?
Kam Sandhu and Matt Kennard discuss the ways in which our data is being used by data brokers, tech elites and financial technology companies in order to make assessments of us. Is all data credit data?
*Using our footprints to keep theirs on our necks
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20409:Join-The-Dots%3A-Data-WTF%3F
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Alex Azar at HHS: “Big Pharma’s Coup”
*It’s a swamp thing
http://www.accuracy.org/release/alex-azar-at-hhs-big-pharmas-coup
Not Kremlin Propaganda: Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
http://www.accuracy.org/release/not-kremlin-propaganda-neo-nazis-in-ukraine-interviews-available
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FAIR
Media Who Went to Bat for Shut-Out Critics Should Also Stand Up for Targeted Copwatchers
*A false front on having backs
Democracy Now!
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Tells Indigenous Activists Protesting Fracking He’ll Put Them “In the Ground”
*Jerry Brown is a true “liberal”
And I mean that in the worst way possible.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/13/ca_gov_jerry_brown_tells_indigenous
Thousands Protest in Manila as Trump Hails “Great Relationship” with Philippines President Duterte
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/13/thousands_protest_in_manila_as_trump
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Breast Cancer Signs: 5 Rarely Discussed Early Warning Signs
by Ty Bollinger
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/5-early-warning-breast-cancer-signs
The ins and outs of osteoarthritis
Here’s the latest on how to protect your joints and what to do if you develop osteoarthritis
by Caitlin Dow
https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/exercise-for-health/the-ins-and-outs-of-osteoarthritis
11.10
Don’t Worry, Europe, Radioactive Cloud Likely From Nuclear Facility Accident Deemed ‘Harmless’
Ruthenium-106 was detected “in the atmosphere of the majority of European countries” beginning late September, French officials said
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
Critics Slam Roy Moore’s “Disgusting” Fundraiser Based on Sexual Abuse Allegations
In wake of accusations he molested 14-year-old girl, GOP candidate asked supporters to stand with him against “an all-out war on our conservative values”
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*God, guns and gonads
Making Puerto Rico the New New Orleans – Steal the Schools and Give Them to Big Business to Run For Profit
Celebrating teachers who refuse to back down despite the forces of prejudice and commerce stacked against them
by Steven Singer
*Mass ignorance is the oligarchy’s bliss
The Real News Network
Burn Pits and Betrayal: How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans
As the U.S. marks Veterans Day, the documentary ‘Delay, Deny, Hope You Die’ explores how the Pentagon and its contractors have neglected soldiers poisoned by toxins on military bases overseas
*Patriotic poison is the refuse of scoundrels
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20418:Burn-Pits-and-Betrayal%3A-How-the-U.S.-Poisoned-its-Veterans
Trump Admin Pushes Work Requirements on Medicaid Recipients
The Trump administration will back efforts to impose work requirements on Medicaid participants, creating a new obstacle to healthcare for vulnerable people, says Michael Lighty of National Nurses United
*Arbeit macht frei
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20430:Trump-Admin-Pushes-Work-Requirements-on-Medicaid-Recipients
Richest Arabian Arms Dealer and Arrested Prince Unveiled
Prince Al-Waleed is one of Saudi Arabia’s richest princes and profited enormously from Saudi arms purchases. Andrew Feinstein, author of ‘Shadow Wars’, on the legal risks of corrupt arms dealing
*Which flows faster
The money
Or the blood?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20420:Richest-Arabian-Arms-Dealer-and-Arrested-Prince-Unveiled
German Green Party Abandons Key Demands to Join Conservative Coalition
Initial coalition negotiations in Germany between the Christian Democrats, the economic liberals (FDP), and the Green Party indicate that the Green Party has decided to abandon specific target dates for the phasing out of combustion engines and coal mining
*Is politics the art of the possible
Or the artifice of certain betrayal?
Free Press
Help Save the Lifeline Program: Call the FCC Today
http://act.freepress.net/call/internet_lifeline/?t=2&akid=7164%2E9217552%2EcKtSvV
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Are Saudia Arabia, Israel and the U.S. Trying to Destabalize Lebanon?
http://www.accuracy.org/release/are-saudia-arabia-israel-and-the-u-s-trying-to-destabalize-lebanon
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FAIR
What Corporate Media Failed to Learn About Canadian Single-Payer
Media responded to Bernie Sanders’ hospital tour of Canada with predictable dismissiveness
by Michael Corcoran
*Odd … no mention in these pieces of Article 25 of the UDHR, and US’ commitment to same.
An inadvertent oversight, surely.
http://fair.org/home/what-corporate-media-failed-to-learn-about-canadian-single-payer
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Democracy Now!
Will Trump Challenge Philippines President Duterte’s Deadly Drug War When They Meet in Manila?
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/10/will_trump_challenge_philippines_president_dutertes
On Asia Trip, Trump Met by Protests Calling on U.S. to Open Diplomatic Relations with North Korea
*”[T]he backbone of U.S. global influence” is its money and its military might, and rueing the “near collapse” of its diplomatic corps, which works hand in glove with same, is an odd view to take for a program that bills itself as “the exception to the rulers”, don’t you think?
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/10/on_asia_trip_trump_met_by
11.9
#WorldWithoutWalls: A Global Demand From Palestine to Mexico and Beyond
Demonstrations across the globe denounce walls erected by powerful governments as “monuments of expulsion, exclusion, oppression, discrimination, and exploitation”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
Despite ‘Misinformation’ Campaign by Telecom Industry, Municipal Broadband Wins in Colorado
One city approved a ballot measure to invest $150 million to establish a local broadband utility, while 19 communities voted in favor of exploring similar options
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
A Texas Church Massacre and the Illusion of Armed Salvation
We need to start envisioning a world beyond mass murder: a world where rage and hatred are not armed and, indeed, where our most volatile emotions can find release long before they become lethal
by Robert C. Koehler
*Haplessness is a warm gun
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/09/texas-church-massacre-and-illusion-armed-salvation
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Center for Biological Diversity
New Report: California Oil Among World’s Dirtiest
Rampant Oil Production Undermines State’s Climate Leadership
*Fool’s Golden State
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/11/09/new-report-california-oil-among-worlds-dirtiest
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The Real News Network
Iran Accused of Using Afghan Child Soldiers in Syria
Human Rights Watch says Iran has sent thousands of Afghan refugees to fight in Syria, including children as young as 14. We speak to journalist and author Emran Feroz
*I appreciate Maté’s efforts to put this in context, although I think he was unnecessarily confrontational in doing so.
Of course, if Feroz is interviewed by the corpress, there’ll be no worries about such matters, will there?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20403:Iran-Accused-of-Using-Afghan-Child-Soldiers-in-Syria
Residents March Through City Hall to Demand Affordable Housing Funds
Advocates delivered a petition to Baltimore finance officials to demand $40 million per year to fund affordable housing and fix blight, part of plan they say will restore equity to a city that has doled out big tax breaks to wealthy developers
*What a revolting “development”
Institute for Public Accuracy
U.S. Backing Saudi Escalation of Starvation in Yemen
http://www.accuracy.org/release/u-s-backing-saudi-escalation-of-starvation-in-yemen
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FAIR
NBC News’ Breezy Whitewash of White Supremacist Group
by Adam Johnson
*Perhaps not “naïve” or “gullible”
But simply appealing to a trending demographic?
http://fair.org/home/nbc-news-breezy-whitewash-of-white-supremacist-group
‘We Need a Fundamental Shift in the Way We Frame Drug Issues’
CounterSpin Interview with Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno on U.S Drug Policy
by Janine Jackson
http://fair.org/home/we-need-a-fundamental-shift-in-the-way-we-frame-drug-issues
‘Title IX Requires Schools to Handle All Allegations Promptly and Equitably’
CounterSpin interview with Alyssa Peterson on campus sexual assault
by Janine Jackson
http://fair.org/home/title-ix-requires-schools-to-handle-all-allegations-promptly-and-equitably
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Democracy Now!
Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia’s Total Blockade on Yemen is “Death Sentence” for All
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/9/yemeni_journalist_saudi_arabias_total_blockade
Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman Consolidates Power & Purges Rivals Under “Anti-Corruption” Pretense
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/9/saudi_prince_mohammad_bin_salman_consolidates
11.8
‘Amazing News’: Rights Groups Celebrate After Italy Bans Use of Circus Animals
Advocates for animal welfare praised the Italian parliament while calling on other nations, including the United States, to follow suit
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
To Fight Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance, WHO Issues First-Ever Guidelines to Curb Use
Experts warn without urgent action on a global scale, “by 2050, almost all current antibiotics will be ineffective in preventing and treating human disease”
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Common Dreams
Holding onto Your Humanity in Solitary Confinement
On the pain and the pathology of the Security Housing Unit
by Cynthia Kaufman and Ifoma Modibo Kambon
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/08/holding-your-humanity-solitary-confinement
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Earthjustice
SECURE Act is a Public Lands and Waters Giveaway to Dirty Industry
The Real News Network
Empire Files: Trump Expands Police-State Crackdown on the Left
At Trump’s inauguration, around 200 protesters and journalists were mass arrested and now face up to 70 years in prison on baseless charges. Many other legal assaults on civil liberties are in the works around the country, from treating anti-fascists as “domestic terrorists”, to legislation protecting drivers who run over peaceful marchers
*No “gridlock” when it comes to locking up those both sides of the aisle fear
Congress’ ‘Show Trial’ of Big Tech over Russia
Twitter, Facebook, and Google were brought before Congress last week over claims about Russian use of their platforms to influence the 2016 election. We speak to Yasha Levine, author of the forthcoming “Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet”
*Exhuming McCarthy, as the song goes
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20408:Congress%27s-%27Show-Trial%27-of-Big-Tech-over-Russia
Spain Is Turning the Political Problem of Catalan Independence into a Judicial Issue
As Spain issues European arrest warrants for Catalan independence leaders who are in Belgium, the conflict is becoming a judicial matter when it really should be political, says Sebastian Faber
Vijay Prashad at Code Pink Summit: The Trump Presidency May Be the Last Presidency
President Trump’s presidency is so “annihilatonist” that it may very well be the last presidency of the United States says Professor Vijay Prashad at the Code Pink Summit
*Righteous rant, but we won’t get to where we have to go as long as we’re traveling in a clunker called “The Democratic Party”
No matter who’s at its wheel.
FAIR
Ramsey Orta Can’t Breathe
The only one punished since Eric Garner’s killing is the citizen-journalist who recorded it
by Josmar Trujillo
*For the denizens of the darkness
The highest crime is shining a light
http://fair.org/home/ramsey-orta-cant-breathe
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Democracy Now!
Billionaire GOP Backer Robert Mercer Used Offshore Profits to Fund Breitbart & Attacks on Clinton
*Ask the people of Haiti about the Clintons’ “good work” in their shattered nation.
Whatever lies (add “Pizzagate” to the putrid pile) Bannon and his ilk may propagate about her, the truth is more than enough to “tarnish” her in the eyes of anyone with a fealty to peace and justice.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/8/billionaire_gop_backer_robert_mercer_used
Paradise Papers Expose “Cleverest Ways of Exploiting” Offshore Tax Havens by GOP & Democratic Donors
*A unified theory of greed
Regardless of posture
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/8/paradise_papers_expose_cleverest_ways_of
11.7
AFL-CIO Must Shine Light on Past Foreign Policy, Activists Say
by Larry Sillanpa
*Burying the past
Digs a grave for the future
Good guys and bad guys
by Robert Jensen
*Domination is a multitasking monster, rampaging across the range of socioeconomic life.
A clear view of its head sharpens our focus on its tentacles.
http://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/11/06/good-guys-bad-guys
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Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
New Research Shows The Industrial Livestock Industry Is Creating A Climate Crisis
The top five mega-corporations responsible for factory-farmed meat and dairy are responsible for emitting more combined greenhouse gases (GHGs) than Exxon, or Shell, or BP
*The methane in their madness
The Real News Network
The Link Between Saudi Prince’s Power Grab and DC Corruption
The power moves by the Saudi kingdom at home and in Lebanon were made easier by buying influence in powerful circles of Washington, DC, says The Intercept’s Ryan Grim
*No histrionic hearings on Gulf (or Israeli) “undermining of American democracy”
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20394:The-Link-Between-Saudi-Prince%27s-Power-Grab-and-DC-Corruption
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (3/3)
Nixon’s embrace of ‘black capitalism’ continues to this day while the roots of the racial wealth have never been addressed, says Mehrsa Baradaran of the University of Georgia
*The barefoot have no bootstraps
Saudi Prince Salman’s Chess Game with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Prince Salman’s counter coup d’etat in Saudi Arabia has resulted in the forced resignation of Prime Minister Hariri in Lebanon, says Vijay Prashad
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20393:Saudi-Prince-Salman%27s-Chess-Game-with-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon
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Democracy Now!
How Domestic Violence and Militarism “Open the Floodgates” to Mass Shootings Like the Texas Massacre
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/how_domestic_violence_and_militarism_open
As NYPD Officers Are Charged with Rape of Teenager, Advocates Call for End to Mass Sexual Violence
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/advocates_end_to_mass_sexual_violence
Acclaimed Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Death of Pablo Neruda, the 1973 Chilean Coup & Trump
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/acclaimed_chilean_writer_isabel_allende_on
Chilean Writer Isabel Allende’s New Novel, “In the Midst of Winter,” Examines Immigrant Lives & Love
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/chilean_writer_isabel_allendes_new_novel
11.6
Analysis Shows How #TrumpTaxScam Stiffs Middle Class While Giveaways to 1% Grow Over Time
Meager cuts to working people will be temporary, gradually turning into tax hikes, but the benefits to the wealthiest only getting better
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
‘I Made This… But Didn’t Get Paid’: Garment Workers Appeal Directly to Shoppers
Factory workers draw attention to mistreatment and unpaid wages with notes hidden inside clothing items
by Julia Conley, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Making the chic
Getting the shaft
Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists
Conditions getting better? Only in the minds of capitalists who don’t want their comfortable lives disrupted by a rebellion among their billions of victims
by Paul Buchheit
*The poor will always be with us
Until the rich are not
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/06/extreme-poverty-cut-half-only-minds-capitalists
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Saudi crackdown raises spectre of wider spread dissent
by James M. Dorsey
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/3367
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Earthjustice
Menominee Tribe Takes Action to Protect Its Namesake River
Lawsuit Aims to Ensure Clean Water Act Protections for Regionally and Nationally Important Waters
The Real News Network
22 Years After Rabin’s Murder, Israel Even Further From Peace
On the 22nd anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s murder by a far-right Israeli, journalist Gideon Levy says Israel has become even more hostile to a just peace — one that Rabin himself was never willing to offer
Baltimore Activists Hold Second CeaseFire Weekend
As Baltimore passes 300 murders in 2017, CeaseFire 365 activists hold a second 72-hour killing-free weekend
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20387:Baltimore-Activists-Hold-Second-CeaseFire-Weekend
Did the Saudis Force Lebanese PM to Resign?
Scholar Rania Masri says it’s clear from a number of factors–from the dialect of his resignation speech to the location where delivered it–that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was forced by the Saudi Arabian government to resign
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20389:Did-the-Saudis-Force-Lebanese-PM-to-Resign%3F
Are Body Cameras Nothing More Than PR for Police Departments?
Baynard Woods speaks with an activist and public defenders about body cameras having little effect on the use of force by police officers
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (2/3)
Mehrsa Baradaran details how government policy created white middle class wealth while simultaneously impoverishing African Americans
*New Deal
From the bottom of the deck
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (1/3)
A major compromise to white supremacy after Civil War was abandoning reparations and creating Black banks, argues Mehrsa Baradaran
*An object lesson in lionizing “leaders”
Rattling the Bars: Herman Bell
In this episode of “Rattling the Bars”, Eddie Conway looks at the motivations behind the brutal assault on Herman Bell, a 69-year old political prisoner incarcerated since 1973
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20377:Rattling-the-Bars%3A-Herman-Bell
Democracy in Crisis: Why We Don’t Call Vanguard America Terrorists
Trump’s response to two different terror attacks shows the reach of white supremacy
by Baynard Woods
*The protofascists may be the perps
But the “lib’rul media” are the something other than “gullible” enablers
UK Interest Rate Hike Ignores Equitable Policy Options
In order to slow inflation, the Bank of England is raising interest rates for the first time in a decade–but this move ignores policy options that could potentially ease high levels of inequality in the UK, explains Positive Money’s Ed Smythe
*Nothing sweet about fudging these numbers
Documents Raise Fears of Pentagon Domestic Spying
Newly revealed documents tie the Pentagon to widespread warrantless surveillance of US citizens and non-citizen residents, a major threat to constitutional rights, says Sarah St. Vincent of Human Rights Watch
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20358:Documents-Raise-Fears-of-Pentagon-Domestic-Spying
5 Years Later, Have We Learned from Superstorm Sandy?
For many, Superstorm Sandy was a wake-up call on the dangers of human-driven climate change and the disparate impact of its effects. On Sandy’s fifth anniversary, we discuss whether the lessons have been learned
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20314
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Institute for Public Accuracy
DNC Chair Perez’s “Disingenuous” Responses to Brazile
http://www.accuracy.org/release/dnc-chair-perezs-disingenuous-responses-to-brazile
* Asia * Saudi * Lebanon
http://www.accuracy.org/release/asia-saudi-lebanon
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Democracy Now!
Suspect in Texas Church Massacre was Thrown Out of Air Force & Jailed for Assaulting Wife & Child
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/suspect_in_texas_church_massacre_was
Texans Decry “Extremist” Gun Lobby & Inadequate Background Checks After Mass Shooting Kills 26
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/texans_decry_extremist_gun_lobby_inadequate
After Texas Massacre, Drexel Prof. Asks: “What Makes White Men So Prone to This Kind of Behavior?”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/after_texas_massacre_drexel_prof_asks
Why Did Media Overlook Sept. Shooting in Plano, Texas When Estranged Husband Killed Wife & 7 Others?
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/why_did_media_overlook_sept_shooting
Paradise Papers: Millions of Leaked Docs Reveal Shady Ties & Tax Evasion by Trump’s Inner Circle
*Avarice is no stranger in paradise
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/paradise_papers_millions_of_leaked_docs
11.3
Gulf Crisis: Soccer Trumps Politics
by James M. Dorsey
The Real News Network
Spanish Judge Orders Arrests of Catalan Independence Leadership
A Spanish judge has detained eight former Catalan ministers and issued arrest warrants for Catalan leader Carles Puidgemont and his cabinet. Protesters have taken to the streets to demand their release. Professor Sebastiaan Faber has more from Madrid
Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger
In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is making a $66 billion bid to buy Aetna. We discuss the merger’s potential consequences with author and professor Bill Black
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20356:Fragmented-Health-System-Paves-Way-for-CVS-Aetna-Merger
Who Funds the World’s Dirtiest Energy Projects?
International big banks are ramping up Alberta oil sands projects even though scientists warn it could spell “game over” for human civilization, says Rainforest Action Network’s Alison Kirsch
*It doesn’t matter if a filthy, stinking corpse is filthy, stinking rich, does it?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20368:Who-Funds-the-World%27s-Dirtiest-Energy-Projects%3F
Billionaire Backer of the Alt-Right Sells Stake in Breitbart
Wil Hylton says Robert Mercer’s attempt to distance himself from the alt-right is about PR, not policy
*Please be aware that we’re talking about differences of degree, not kind.
“Boring conservatism”, with possible rare exceptions, is at heart is about profit über alles and power projected globally, with the death and destruction that comes with that.
Some may be more strategic and prudent than others in their pursuit of those aims, but there should be no mistaking the intent extant.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20363:Billionaire-Backer-of-the-Alt-Right-Sells-Stake-in-Breitbart
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Institute for Public Accuracy
“Why the Papadopoulos Plea Isn’t a Smoking Gun”
http://www.accuracy.org/release/why-the-papadopoulos-plea-isnt-a-smoking-gun
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FAIR
Media Make Excuses for Bush Sr.’s ‘Cop-a-Feel’ Assaults
by Tegan Jones
http://fair.org/home/media-make-excuses-for-bush-sr-s-cop-a-feel-assaults
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Democracy Now!
In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty & Austerity
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/3/in_puerto_ricos_highlands_hurricane_maria
Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/3/economist_yanis_varoufakis_puerto_ricans_deserve
Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the Poor
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/3/yanis_varoufakis_on_global_capitalism_how
Greek Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves Donald Trump”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/3/fmr_greek_finance_min_yanis_varoufakis
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Do Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Lead to Over-Diagnosis?
by Sayer Ji
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/breast-cancer-screening-guidelines-video
11.2
Why the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Won the Regional Election
The Left won the battle for now but the war continues
by James Petras
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20360
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The Real News Network
The Balfour Declaration: How 67 Words Shaped the Middle East
One hundred years after the Balfour Declaration, Britain’s colonial legacy endures, says TRNN’s Shir Hever
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20353:The-Balfour-Declaration%3A-How-67-Words-Shaped-the-Middle-East
Donna Brazile Confesses that DNC Rigged Primaries
Former DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile confirms money laundering scheme between the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign
By Michael Sainato
*So, if Brazile told Sanders about this, why hasn’t he exposed it?
And if she’s lying, you’d think he’ll say she is.
We’ll see …
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20361:Donna-Brazile-Confesses-that-DNC-Rigged-Primaries
Indigenous Activists Fight the ‘Standing Rock of the North’
The proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion would run through 518 kilometers of Secwepemc territory. Kanahus Manuel of the Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society discusses Indigenous activists’ struggle to stop the expansion
FAIR
Media Spent Months Lionizing General Who Defended Slaveholders’ Revolt
by Ben Norton
*Hail to the chief enabler
(And Lee spilled the blood of those he enslaved, as well)
http://fair.org/home/john-kelly-robert-e-lee-confederacy-media-moderate
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Democracy Now!
“Send Him to Gitmo”: Trump Urges Execution of Saipov After Defending “Both Sides” in Charlottesville
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/2/send_him_to_gitmo_trump_urges
Advocates: Make “Low-Tech” Car Attacks Less Deadly by Putting Barriers on Bicycle & Pedestrian Paths
*Such a move would evince a desire to deter these attacks, so it seems a no brainer
Until you consider just who benefits from their continuation.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/2/advocates_make_low_tech_car_attacks
Uzbekistan Cooperated with CIA Rendition & Torture Post-9/11, as Gov’t Boiled Dissidents Alive
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/2/experts_uzbekistan_hosted_cia_black_sites
11.1
*I don’t know that I know that much, but I do know that dogma is friend to no one but the dominator, and despises those who question contradictions.
Witness the opprobrium unleashed toward those who look askance at the cockassuredness of the Russia to Judgement ™.
If two plus two keeps coming out seven, it may not be your math.
We humans can be intellectually lax, which often leads to being morally slack, because we “want to believe”, to be part of something larger than ourselves, in an effort to validate our existence
But at what cost?
When a political personality or movement supersedes the principles they or it claim to represent, dogma has triumphed, as was the case a century ago in Russia.
And as we question the contradictions of others, we must also be ever alert to our own, else we fall victim to a self made ideological rigidity that consigns our criticisms to the realm of hypocrisy.
I hope that makes some sense.*
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Flying Under Radar of Trump Chaos, GOP Set to Confirm Slew of ‘Extremist’ Judges
“These nominees’ collective records reveal the disturbing truth that this administration does not just tolerate radical anti-equality views among its judicial nominees, but requires them”
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Common Dreams
*Kaine … Kaine …
Where have I heard that name before?
Maybe I should ask “archfeminist” Ms. Clinton?
Want To Prevent Sexual Harassment And Assault? Start By Teaching Kids
Prevention needs to begin in early childhood and continue for life
by Poco Kernsmith, Joanne Smith-Darden and Megan Hicks
Fossil Fuels Are Killing Us. So What’s The Plan?
Why we can’t hide from the discussion about a managed decline of fossil fuel production
by Hannah McKinnon
*A “green” economy dominated by corporations isn’t the future we should be working for.
“In Musk We Trust” is a motto for a failed vision of a healthy planet, and a just world.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/01/fossil-fuels-are-killing-us-so-whats-plan
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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Election Protection Offering Live Assistance To Voters In States Across The Country
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) Available Now Through Election Day
The Real News Network
Climate Emergency: Greenhouse Gas Levels Surge to Historic Levels
Distinguished Senior Scientist, Dr. Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, discusses the World Meteorological Organization’s important new report on how concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a unprecedented speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years
Jumping the Gun on a Russiagate Smoking Gun
Russiagate is a purported attempt to uncover the alleged subversion of U.S. democracy, but it’s creating dangers of its own, says former FBI Special Agent Colleen Rowley
*No smoking gun
But that doesn’t stop interested parties from shooting off their mouths, does it?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20350:Jumping-the-Gun-on-a-Russiagate-Smoking-Gun
Did John Kelly Attend History Class?
In defending Gen. Kelly’s praise for Robert E. Lee and his view that the Civil War arose from “the lack of an ability to compromise,” the White House’s white supremacist sympathies are again on display. We speak to historian Gerald Horne
*History doesn’t repeat itself without a whole lotta help
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20352:Did-John-Kelly-Attend-History-Class%3F
Xi Jinping: China’s ‘Chairman of Everything’
China’s President Xi Jinping has been incorporated into the communist party’s constitution, during the 19th party congress. This puts him at a far higher level than China’s previous two leaders, on a par with Mao and Deng Xiaoping, explains Prof. Jeff Wasserstrom of UC Irvine
*The CCP is as committed to the core tenets of socialism as institutionalized Christianity is to the teachings of Jesus (or his various ghostwriters).
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20347:Xi-Jinping%3A-China%27s-%27Chairman-of-Everything%27
What Will Cutting ‘Quantitative Easing’ Mean for Europe?
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will reduce its cash injection program, known as quantitative easing, in half. Economist Heiner Flashback discusses the consequences this will have for Europe’s struggling economy
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20348:What-Will-Cutting-%27Quantitative-Easing%27-Mean-for-Europe%3F
#SaveAmna Campaign Emerges After Saudi Woman Disappears
A Saudi woman’s video asking for help from an abusive home environment goes viral as womens’ rights activists continue fighting for the end of male guardianship in Saudi Arabia
by Michael Sainato
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20351:%23SaveAmna-Campaign-Emerges-After-Saudi-Woman-Disappears
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Petition
Public Citizen
Tell Vanguard to Support Transparency at First Shareholder Meeting Since Citizens United
http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=13639
Let Pregnant Students Complete their Education!
by Petrider Paul
Justice for Port Drivers
Port Truck Drivers Take Fight for Rights to DC
Center for Media and Democracy
Koch Demands Corporate Welfare from One of America’s Poorest Cities
The Koch Brothers talk a good game against “corporate welfare,” but have received some $363 million in taxpayer subsidies
by Don Wiener
Consumer Product Safety Commission Cracks Down on Flame Retardants Linked to Health Problems
by Mary Bottari and Rebekah Wilce
Democracy Now!
Shocking New Investigation Links Berta Cáceres’ Assassination to Executives at Honduran Dam Company
*The narrative that is always constructed when these horrors can’t be denied is that they are aberrations from the intended operation of capitalism
But the reality is that they are its logical outcomes.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/1/shocking_new_investigation_links_berta_caceress
Puerto Rico: As Whitefish Contract Faces Scrutiny, Fluor and Other Companies Move to Privatize Water
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/1/puerto_rico_as_whitefish_contract_faces
As Elon Musk Proposes Taking Over Power Authority, Puerto Ricans Demand Community-Owned Solar Power
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/1/as_elon_musk_proposes_taking_over
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