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Tuesday, 08 November 2011
An All-American Nightmare
Tom Engelhardt, Op-Ed: “How about a moment of silence for the passing of the American Dream? M.R.I.C. (May it rest in carnage.) I’m talking about George W. Bush’s American Dream. If people here remember the invasion of Iraq -- and most Americans would undoubtedly prefer to forget it -- what’s recalled is kited intelligence, Saddam Hussein’s nonexistent nuclear arsenal, dumb and even dumber decisions, a bloody civil war, dead Americans, crony corporations, a trillion or more taxpayer dollars flushed down the toilet... well, you know the story.”
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Cornel West and Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial
Video Feature: The People vs. Goldman Sachs mock trial people’s hearing held at Liberty aka Zuccotti Park with fiery commentary by Dr. Cornel West, eloquence by Chris Hedges, and testimonies from people directly affected by Goldman Sach policies. Chris Headges states: “Goldman Sachs, which received more subsidies and bailout related funds than any other investment bank because the Federal Reserve permitted it to become a bank holding company under it’s emergency situation has used billions in tax payer money to enrich itself and reward its top executives.”
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The Great Money Migration
Mark Engler, News Analysis: “While it’s hard to tell precisely how many people followed through on their threats to close accounts on Saturday itself, over the past month credit unions have added 650,000 new members (as opposed to 80,000 in a regular month), resulting in more than $4.5 billion in new deposits. As Sarah Jaffe at Alternet noted, ABC News aired a remarkable report calling the exodus of customers a ‘bank revolt’ and stating, ‘as of today, 1 million consumers are hurling a lightning-bolt warning at the big banks, moving their money out in protest.’”
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Dean Baker | The One Percent Turns Class War into Generational War
Dean Baker, Op-Ed: “Major news outlets like the Washington Post and National Public Radio constantly bombard us with news pieces on the budget deficit. Invariably these stories focus on the cost of ‘entitlements,’ which most of us know as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The story pounded home in these pieces – often explicitly – is that these programs, that primarily benefit the elderly, are creating the basis for a generational war between the young and the old.”
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“Who Lost Iraq” Debate Fails to get Traction
Jim Lobe, News Analysis: “Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next month, a familiar clutch of neo-conservative hawks and prominent Republicans are blaming the president for ‘losing’ the Middle Eastern country to its neighbour and long-time Washington nemesis, Iran. But their effort is failing to gain traction, in part due to the public’s war fatigue, as well as some pushback by critics who argue that the withdrawal could work to Washington's long-term strategic advantage.”
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The Devil in the Tar Sands
Desmond Tutu and Jody Williams, Op-Ed: “On Sunday, November 6, thousands of people encircled the White House as part of the ongoing effort to press US President Barack Obama to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. If the nearly 1,700-mile pipeline were to be built, it would run from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, through the heartland of the US, all the way to the Texas coast on the Gulf of Mexico. Should the project go ahead, Obama will have made one of the single most disastrous decisions of his presidency concerning climate change and the very future of our planet.”
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4th Woman Publicly Alleges that Cain Harassed Her
David Goldstein, News Report: “A Chicago woman accused Herman Cain on Monday of sexual aggression in July 1997 after she asked for his help in getting a job. Sharon Bialek, who'd worked at a National Restaurant Association affiliate when Cain was its chief executive, offered a graphic account at a New York news conference of her encounter with Cain.”
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Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Flotilla; Dozens Remain Detained
Video Interview: Israeli forces intercepted two Gaza-bound boats in international waters on Friday to prevent the boats from breaking the naval blockade of Gaza. The Canadian and Irish boats made up the “Freedom Waves to Gaza” flotilla. Israel detained the 27 activists on board, as well as all of the journalists — including Democracy Now! correspondent Jihan Hafiz. According to flotilla organizers, 21 people remain in Israeli custody, including Hafiz.
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Occupy the Polls: Tuesday’s Critical Tests of Political Power
John Nichols, Op-Ed: “Americans who are frustrated with the broken politics of the moment will have plenty of opportunities to Occupy the Polls on Tuesday. There are big issues, big races and big tests of the political potency of organized labor, social movements and progressive politics playing out this Tuesday, on the busiest election day of 2011. In some cases, voting offers an opportunity to make an affirmative statement on behalf of a change in priorities.”
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Day 34: Live Coverage of October 2011 Protests in Freedom Plaza
Special Coverage: This month of October 2011 marks the eleventh year of our country’s longest war in Afghanistan and the onset of the 2012 US federal budget, which provides unlimited funds for war and corporate greed, while withholding funds for basic human needs. On October 6th, a protest assembled at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. with the goal of “nonviolently resisting the corporate machine by occupying Freedom Plaza to demand that America's resources be invested in human needs and environmental protection instead of war and exploitation.”
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Panel Recommends New Agency to Regulate Safety of Health Information Technology
Kimberly Leonard , News Report: “Health information technology has been touted as crucial to better health care, but a new report says an entirely new regulatory agency is needed to oversee this largely unregulated sector, which can also injure or kill patients if it’s not operating properly. In pushing for a new oversight body, the respected Institute of Medicine, an independent research and advisory organization, is explicitly advising that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not be tasked with the job — a recommendation that is bound to be controversial.”
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Day 51: Live Coverage of the Wall Street Occupation
Special Coverage: As we enter Day 51 of the Wall Street Occupation the movement we see how the movement has spread not only across the country but all over the globe. Thousands of activists have descended on Wall Street these past weeks as part of the #OccupyWallStreet protest organized by several action groups. What follows is a live video stream and live Twitter feed of this event.
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Election 2012’s Great Religious Divide
E.J. Dionne Jr., Op-Ed: “We have embarked on yet another presidential campaign in which religion will play an important role without any agreement over what the ground rules for that engagement should be. And here’s the hardest part: We all have to ask ourselves whether what we claim to be hearing as the voice of faith (or of God) may in fact be nothing more than the voice of our ideology or political party. We should also ask whether candidates are merely exploiting religion to rally some part of the electorate to their side.”
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Chris Hedges | Finding Freedom in Handcuffs
Chris Hedges, Truthdig Report: “I carry these faces. They do not leave me. I look at my own children and cannot forget them, these other children who never had a chance. War brings with it a host of horrors, including famine, but the worst is always the human detritus that war and famine leave behind, the small, frail bodies whose tangled limbs and vacant eyes condemn us all.”
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As Political Groups Push Envelope, FEC Gridlock Gives ‘De Facto Green Light’
Marian Wang, News Analysis: “As the presidential campaign swings into high gear, rivers of cash are flowing in to support the candidates, and experts are predicting billions will be raised [1] by next fall. The likely record-breaking donations are thanks in large part to new groups that are taking in unlimited dollars and exploring the outer limits of campaign finance law. Yet amid this flurry of activity, one player has stayed hands-off: the Federal Election Commission, the agency tasked with ensuring that campaigns and contributors play by the rules.”
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Black, Asian Teens less Likely than Whites to Abuse Drugs, Duke Study Concludes
Jay Price, News Report: “Black and Asian adolescents are much less likely than their white peers to abuse or become dependent on drugs and alcohol, according to a Duke University-led study based on an unusually large sample from all 50 states. ‘There is certainly still a myth out there that black kids are more likely to have problems with drugs than white kids, and this documents as clearly as any study we’re aware of that the rate of . . . substance-related disorders among African American youths is significantly lower,’ said Dr. Dan Blazer.”
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FROM AROUND THE WEB
Ohio Union Bill
Ohio’s Union-Busting Bill Is on the Ropes
It is D-Day for Gov. John Kasich’s anti-union law.
Immigration
Alabama Immigrants Organize to Fight HB 56
Undocumented immigrants in Alabama are fighting back against the state’s harsh immigration law—by getting organized.
Politics
Wisconsin Politicians
Wisconsin politicians face a threat of fresh recall votes
Greek Financial Crisis
Papdemos Set to Lead Greek Government
Former head of the Greek central bank to take over as debt-crippled country’s interim prime minister.
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