NEWS/VIEWS
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Volume XX Number 4 January 22, 2012
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Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Truth Out - January 15, 2012
http://www.truth-out.org/stop-school-prison-pipeline/1326636604
Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Truth Out - January 15, 2012 - Jeff Nall
http://www.truth-out.org/combating-slavery-coffee-and-chocolate-production/1326641187
Herding Americans to War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 13, 2012 - Robert Parry
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/290-139/9421-herding-americans-to-war-with-iran
US Ranks 27th in Social Justice
Truth Out - January 16, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822
Close the Guantánamo Gulag
Truth Out - January 17, 2012 - Marjorie Cohn
http://www.truth-out.org/close-guantanamo-gulag/1326813677
Lending to Repression, Again
IPS News - January 18, 2012 - Cam McGrath
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106467
Business is Booming for the Prison Profiteers
Counterpunch - January 9, 2012 - James Kilgore
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/09/business-is-booming-for-the-prison-profiteers/
Five Reasons US Must Avoid War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 19, 2012 - L. Bruce Laingen and John Limbert
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/9513-five-reasons-us-must-avoid-war-with-iran
Stop the Corporate Takeover of Democracy
Reader Supported News - January 20, 2012 - Bernie Sanders
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9537-focus-stop-the-corporate-takeover-of-democracy
Paycheck, Not Character, The Measure Of A Man Today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 21, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/opinion/krugman-how-fares-the-dream.html?_r=1&ref=paulkrugman
GOP Anti-Labor Zealotry
The Nation - January 30, 2012 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/article/165592/gop-anti-labor-zealotry
Human Knowledge, Brought To You By ...
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/human-knowledge-brought-to-you-by-/2012/01/06/gIQALP0ofP_story.html
Shoveling Americas Wealth To The Top
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://jimhightower.com/node/7627
Waiting For Mitt The Moderate
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Nicholas Kristof
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/kristof-waiting-for-mitt-the-moderate.html
No Longer A Land Of Opportunity
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Harold Meyerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-longer-the-land-of-opportunity/2012/01/02/gIQAOJVDZP_story.html
It's here - Global centralization of elections, privatized
Global Research - January 18, 2012 - Bev Harris
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28735
World Peace Hanging By A Thread
Global Research - January 22, 2012 - Fidel Castro Ruz
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28791
Truth Out - January 15, 2012
http://www.truth-out.org/stop-school-prison-pipeline/1326636604
Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Truth Out - January 15, 2012 - Jeff Nall
http://www.truth-out.org/combating-slavery-coffee-and-chocolate-production/1326641187
Herding Americans to War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 13, 2012 - Robert Parry
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/290-139/9421-herding-americans-to-war-with-iran
US Ranks 27th in Social Justice
Truth Out - January 16, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822
Close the Guantánamo Gulag
Truth Out - January 17, 2012 - Marjorie Cohn
http://www.truth-out.org/close-guantanamo-gulag/1326813677
Lending to Repression, Again
IPS News - January 18, 2012 - Cam McGrath
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106467
Business is Booming for the Prison Profiteers
Counterpunch - January 9, 2012 - James Kilgore
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/09/business-is-booming-for-the-prison-profiteers/
Five Reasons US Must Avoid War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 19, 2012 - L. Bruce Laingen and John Limbert
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/9513-five-reasons-us-must-avoid-war-with-iran
Stop the Corporate Takeover of Democracy
Reader Supported News - January 20, 2012 - Bernie Sanders
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9537-focus-stop-the-corporate-takeover-of-democracy
Paycheck, Not Character, The Measure Of A Man Today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 21, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/opinion/krugman-how-fares-the-dream.html?_r=1&ref=paulkrugman
GOP Anti-Labor Zealotry
The Nation - January 30, 2012 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/article/165592/gop-anti-labor-zealotry
Human Knowledge, Brought To You By ...
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/human-knowledge-brought-to-you-by-/2012/01/06/gIQALP0ofP_story.html
Shoveling Americas Wealth To The Top
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://jimhightower.com/node/7627
Waiting For Mitt The Moderate
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Nicholas Kristof
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/kristof-waiting-for-mitt-the-moderate.html
No Longer A Land Of Opportunity
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Harold Meyerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-longer-the-land-of-opportunity/2012/01/02/gIQAOJVDZP_story.html
It's here - Global centralization of elections, privatized
Global Research - January 18, 2012 - Bev Harris
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28735
World Peace Hanging By A Thread
Global Research - January 22, 2012 - Fidel Castro Ruz
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28791
Our regular volunteer "clippers":
Jack Malinowski, Nan Pendergrast
Web site: Barry Weinstock
Selections from January 15, 2012
Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’
Democracy in Action - January 8, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/recognizing-unpeople-1326034449
Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Pro Publica - December 29, 2012 - Abraham Lustgarten
http://www.propublica.org/article/fracking-cracks-the-public-consciousness-in-2011
Ending a cruel immigration twist
The Washington Post - January 6, 2012 - editorial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ending-a-cruel-immigration-twist/2012/01/06/gIQA38y8jP_story.html
Republicans Versus Reproductive Rights
The New York Times - January 9, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/opinion/republicans-versus-reproductive-rights.html
Mitt Romney, Job Killer
Think Progress - January 9, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/romney-job-killer/?mobile=nc
Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012
Tom Dispatch - January 10, 2012 - Michael T. Klare
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175487/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_energy_wars_2012/
The Bain of Capitalism
Reader Suported News - January 11, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9377-focus-the-bain-of-capitalism
Mitt Romney and our overdue debate about capitalism
The Washington Post - January 12, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romney-and-our-overdue-debate-about-capitalism/2012/01/11/gIQA0EyxrP_story.html
Super Cuts!
FAIR - January, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4455
Iran: The Neocons Are At It Again
Common Dreams - January 11, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/11-9
War, History, And The Big Lie
Liberal Opinion Week - January 4, 2012 - Robert Koehler
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/the-big-lie-marches-on_b_1163073.html
DEMOCRATIZE BANKING: Occupy the Neighborhood, How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Ellen Brown
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28664
When the World Outlawed War
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Bruce Levine
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28628
KILLER SEEDS: The Devastating Impacts of Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Seeds in India
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Iqbal Ahmed
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28629
Democracy in Action - January 8, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/recognizing-unpeople-1326034449
Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Pro Publica - December 29, 2012 - Abraham Lustgarten
http://www.propublica.org/article/fracking-cracks-the-public-consciousness-in-2011
Ending a cruel immigration twist
The Washington Post - January 6, 2012 - editorial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ending-a-cruel-immigration-twist/2012/01/06/gIQA38y8jP_story.html
Republicans Versus Reproductive Rights
The New York Times - January 9, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/opinion/republicans-versus-reproductive-rights.html
Mitt Romney, Job Killer
Think Progress - January 9, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/romney-job-killer/?mobile=nc
Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012
Tom Dispatch - January 10, 2012 - Michael T. Klare
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175487/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_energy_wars_2012/
The Bain of Capitalism
Reader Suported News - January 11, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9377-focus-the-bain-of-capitalism
Mitt Romney and our overdue debate about capitalism
The Washington Post - January 12, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romney-and-our-overdue-debate-about-capitalism/2012/01/11/gIQA0EyxrP_story.html
Super Cuts!
FAIR - January, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4455
Iran: The Neocons Are At It Again
Common Dreams - January 11, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/11-9
War, History, And The Big Lie
Liberal Opinion Week - January 4, 2012 - Robert Koehler
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/the-big-lie-marches-on_b_1163073.html
DEMOCRATIZE BANKING: Occupy the Neighborhood, How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Ellen Brown
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28664
When the World Outlawed War
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Bruce Levine
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28628
KILLER SEEDS: The Devastating Impacts of Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Seeds in India
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Iqbal Ahmed
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28629
Selections from January 8, 2012
American Paradox: 18.5 Million Vacant Homes and 3.5 Million Homeless
Human Rights Now - January 12, 2012 - Tanuka Loha
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/housing-its-a-wonderful-right/
Nobody Understands Debt
The New York Times - January 12, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html
Group: 162,000 Civilan Deaths in Iraq Since 2003 Invasion
Common Dreams - January 8, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/02-1
Iran and Historical Forgetting
This Can't Be Happening - January 2, 2012 - John Grant
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/986
Where the Real Jobs Are
The New York Times - January 2, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/where-the-real-jobs-are.html
TransCanada Inspector: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
Reader Supported News - January 3, 2012 - Mike Klink
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/9246-transcanada-inspector-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-safe
How can the expectation levels of this two party duopoly sink any lower?
Op Ed News - January 3, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-can-the-expectation-le-by-Ralph-Nader-120103-790.html
Forced Military Testing in America's Schools
Common Dreams - January 4, 2012 - Pat Elder
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/04-0
The Pentagon's Biggest Overrun: Way Too Many Generals
Truth Out - January 5, 2012 - Dina Rasor
http://www.truth-out.org/pentagons-biggest-overrun-way-too-many-generals/1325776008
End of the pro-democracy pretense
Salon - January 2, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/02/end_of_the_pro_democracy_pretense/singleton/
The Decline of the Public Good
Reader Supported News - January 5, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/9283-focus-the-decline-of-the-public-good
Time Cheers the Drone War
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - January 3, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/01/03/time-cheers-the-drone-war/
Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima
Truth Out - January 7, 2012 - Gayle Greene
http://www.truth-out.org/science-skew-nuclear-power-industry-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/1325956958
Is The World Really Safer Without The Soviet Union?
The Nation - January 9/16, 2012 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union
Obama's New Military Strategy: Targeting Nations which Challenge US Hegemony
Global Research - January 7, 2012 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28527
Human Rights Now - January 12, 2012 - Tanuka Loha
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/housing-its-a-wonderful-right/
Nobody Understands Debt
The New York Times - January 12, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html
Group: 162,000 Civilan Deaths in Iraq Since 2003 Invasion
Common Dreams - January 8, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/02-1
Iran and Historical Forgetting
This Can't Be Happening - January 2, 2012 - John Grant
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/986
Where the Real Jobs Are
The New York Times - January 2, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/where-the-real-jobs-are.html
TransCanada Inspector: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
Reader Supported News - January 3, 2012 - Mike Klink
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/9246-transcanada-inspector-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-safe
How can the expectation levels of this two party duopoly sink any lower?
Op Ed News - January 3, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-can-the-expectation-le-by-Ralph-Nader-120103-790.html
Forced Military Testing in America's Schools
Common Dreams - January 4, 2012 - Pat Elder
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/04-0
The Pentagon's Biggest Overrun: Way Too Many Generals
Truth Out - January 5, 2012 - Dina Rasor
http://www.truth-out.org/pentagons-biggest-overrun-way-too-many-generals/1325776008
End of the pro-democracy pretense
Salon - January 2, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/02/end_of_the_pro_democracy_pretense/singleton/
The Decline of the Public Good
Reader Supported News - January 5, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/9283-focus-the-decline-of-the-public-good
Time Cheers the Drone War
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - January 3, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/01/03/time-cheers-the-drone-war/
Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima
Truth Out - January 7, 2012 - Gayle Greene
http://www.truth-out.org/science-skew-nuclear-power-industry-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/1325956958
Is The World Really Safer Without The Soviet Union?
The Nation - January 9/16, 2012 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union
Obama's New Military Strategy: Targeting Nations which Challenge US Hegemony
Global Research - January 7, 2012 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28527
Selections from January 1, 2012
The Book of Jobs
Vanity Fair - December 25, 2011 - Joseph E. Stiglitz
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/01/stiglitz-depression-201201
Springtime for Toxics
The New York Times - December 26, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/krugman-springtime-for-toxics.html
Controlling Wolves: War on Wildlife or Basic Necessity?
Los Angeles Times - December 8, 2011 - opinion
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/12/controlling-wolves-war-on-wildlife-or-basic-necessity-most-commented-.html
The Bi-Partisan Attack on Medicare
Counterpunch - December 26, 2011 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/26/the-bi-partisan-attack-on-medicare/
Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
The Nation - December 21, 2011 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union
Occupy the P.U.-litzers!
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - December 27, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4451
Eight States Raise Minimum Wage for New Year
Truthout - December 28, 2011 - Dick Meister
http://www.truth-out.org/eight-states-raise-minimum-wage-new-year/1325085353
Palestine, a history rich and deep
The Washington Post - December 27, 2011 - Maen Rashid Areikat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/palestine-a-history-rich-and-deep/2011/12/21/gIQALJ6GLP_story.html
Half of America In Poverty? The Facts Say It's True
Common Dreams - December 27, 2011 - Paul Buchheit
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-0
Why attacking Iran is still a bad idea
Foreign Policy Magazine - December 27, 2011 - Stephen M. Walt
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/27/why_attacking_iran_is_still_a_bad_idea
Iraqi arms deal stokes fears of civil war
Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt - December 30, 2011 - Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt
http://www.smh.com.au/world/iraqi-arms-deal-stokes-fears-of-civil-war-20111229-1pe9a.html
United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder
Common Dreams - December 29, 2011 - The Guardian Editorial
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/29-1
Torn Apart: US Government Separates Parents and Children
In These Times - December 20, 2011 - Aaron Nelson
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12424/torn_apart_how_the_federal_government_separates_parents_and_children
Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Truthout - December 31, 2011 - Abrahm Lustgarten
http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-cracks-public-consciousness-2011/1325354500
Lawmakers Like That We Don't Speak Their Language
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 31, 2011 - Amity Shlaes
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/new-political-buzzwords-obscure-same-problems-commentary-by-amity-shlaes.html
One Day Children Will Ask... "What is War" ... A Message of Hope for 2012
Global Research - December 31, 2011 - Martin Luther King
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28422
The Rights of the "Human" over the "Non-Human": The Undeclared World War of Human Rights versus Corporate Rights.
Gobal Research - December 31, 2011 - Prof. John McMurtry
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28429
Vanity Fair - December 25, 2011 - Joseph E. Stiglitz
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/01/stiglitz-depression-201201
Springtime for Toxics
The New York Times - December 26, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/krugman-springtime-for-toxics.html
Controlling Wolves: War on Wildlife or Basic Necessity?
Los Angeles Times - December 8, 2011 - opinion
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/12/controlling-wolves-war-on-wildlife-or-basic-necessity-most-commented-.html
The Bi-Partisan Attack on Medicare
Counterpunch - December 26, 2011 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/26/the-bi-partisan-attack-on-medicare/
Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
The Nation - December 21, 2011 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union
Occupy the P.U.-litzers!
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - December 27, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4451
Eight States Raise Minimum Wage for New Year
Truthout - December 28, 2011 - Dick Meister
http://www.truth-out.org/eight-states-raise-minimum-wage-new-year/1325085353
Palestine, a history rich and deep
The Washington Post - December 27, 2011 - Maen Rashid Areikat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/palestine-a-history-rich-and-deep/2011/12/21/gIQALJ6GLP_story.html
Half of America In Poverty? The Facts Say It's True
Common Dreams - December 27, 2011 - Paul Buchheit
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-0
Why attacking Iran is still a bad idea
Foreign Policy Magazine - December 27, 2011 - Stephen M. Walt
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/27/why_attacking_iran_is_still_a_bad_idea
Iraqi arms deal stokes fears of civil war
Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt - December 30, 2011 - Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt
http://www.smh.com.au/world/iraqi-arms-deal-stokes-fears-of-civil-war-20111229-1pe9a.html
United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder
Common Dreams - December 29, 2011 - The Guardian Editorial
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/29-1
Torn Apart: US Government Separates Parents and Children
In These Times - December 20, 2011 - Aaron Nelson
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12424/torn_apart_how_the_federal_government_separates_parents_and_children
Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Truthout - December 31, 2011 - Abrahm Lustgarten
http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-cracks-public-consciousness-2011/1325354500
Lawmakers Like That We Don't Speak Their Language
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 31, 2011 - Amity Shlaes
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/new-political-buzzwords-obscure-same-problems-commentary-by-amity-shlaes.html
One Day Children Will Ask... "What is War" ... A Message of Hope for 2012
Global Research - December 31, 2011 - Martin Luther King
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28422
The Rights of the "Human" over the "Non-Human": The Undeclared World War of Human Rights versus Corporate Rights.
Gobal Research - December 31, 2011 - Prof. John McMurtry
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28429
Selections from December 25, 2011
A Man in Tunisia, a Movement on Wall Street, and the Soldier Who Ignited the Fuse
Open Mike Blog - December 18, 2011 - Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/man-tunisia-movement-wall-street-and-soldier-who-ignited-fuse
The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq marks the end America’s great expectations
The Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2011 - Andrew J. Bacevich
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/withdrawal-from-iraq-marks-the-end-of-an-era-and-americas-great-expectations/485529
A jobs-centered approach to African American community development
Economic Policy Institute - December 14, 2011 - Algernon Austin
http://www.epi.org/publication/bp328-african-american-unemployment/
The Defining Issue: Who Is Government For
Reader Supported News - December 20, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9000-focus-the-defining-issue-who-is-government-for
After Iraq, War Is US
Reader Supported News - December 20, 2011 - Andrew Bacevich
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/424-national-security/9007-after-iraq-war-is-us
The Power of Living in Truth
Nation of Change - December 21, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://www.nationofchange.org/power-living-truth-1324484385
On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy'
Truthdig - December 22, 2011 - Robert Scheer
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/on_to_the_next_bubble_fantasy_20111222/
2011 P.U.-litzers: Journalism That Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - December 22, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4449
Toward Healthier Air
The New York Times - December 22, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/opinion/toward-healthier-air.html
National Arab American organizations refuse Lowe’s donations
Weekly Press - December 15, 2011 - Haywood Brewster
http://weeklypress.com/national-arab-american-organizations-refuse-lowes-donations-p2872-1.htm
The Scrooginess of Congress
Battleground Blog - December 21, 2011 - Jim Hightower
http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2011/12/21/the-poor-rich-and-the-scrooginess-of-congress/
New Labor Vote Rules Adopted
The New York Times - December 21, 2011 - Steven Greenhouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/business/nlrb-adopts-rules-to-speed-unionization-votes.html
Fewer Holiday Fliers, Trade Group Predicts
Associated Press - December 20, 2011 - Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/20/3609026/fewer-fliers-for-holidays-but.html
Social Crisis in America: Uniting Occupy and Labor Over Health Care
Global Research - December 25, 2011 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28346
Open Mike Blog - December 18, 2011 - Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/man-tunisia-movement-wall-street-and-soldier-who-ignited-fuse
The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq marks the end America’s great expectations
The Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2011 - Andrew J. Bacevich
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/withdrawal-from-iraq-marks-the-end-of-an-era-and-americas-great-expectations/485529
A jobs-centered approach to African American community development
Economic Policy Institute - December 14, 2011 - Algernon Austin
http://www.epi.org/publication/bp328-african-american-unemployment/
The Defining Issue: Who Is Government For
Reader Supported News - December 20, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9000-focus-the-defining-issue-who-is-government-for
After Iraq, War Is US
Reader Supported News - December 20, 2011 - Andrew Bacevich
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/424-national-security/9007-after-iraq-war-is-us
The Power of Living in Truth
Nation of Change - December 21, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://www.nationofchange.org/power-living-truth-1324484385
On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy'
Truthdig - December 22, 2011 - Robert Scheer
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/on_to_the_next_bubble_fantasy_20111222/
2011 P.U.-litzers: Journalism That Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - December 22, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4449
Toward Healthier Air
The New York Times - December 22, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/opinion/toward-healthier-air.html
National Arab American organizations refuse Lowe’s donations
Weekly Press - December 15, 2011 - Haywood Brewster
http://weeklypress.com/national-arab-american-organizations-refuse-lowes-donations-p2872-1.htm
The Scrooginess of Congress
Battleground Blog - December 21, 2011 - Jim Hightower
http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2011/12/21/the-poor-rich-and-the-scrooginess-of-congress/
New Labor Vote Rules Adopted
The New York Times - December 21, 2011 - Steven Greenhouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/business/nlrb-adopts-rules-to-speed-unionization-votes.html
Fewer Holiday Fliers, Trade Group Predicts
Associated Press - December 20, 2011 - Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/20/3609026/fewer-fliers-for-holidays-but.html
Social Crisis in America: Uniting Occupy and Labor Over Health Care
Global Research - December 25, 2011 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28346
Selections from December 18, 2011
Group Urges FDA to Require Front-Label Disclosure of Artificial Colorings
Center for Science in the Public Interest - December 8, 2011
http://www.cspinet.org/new/201112081.html
Wars without victory equal an America without influence
The Independent - December 11, 2011 - Patrick Cockburn
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-cockburn-wars-without-victory-equal-an-america-without-influence-6275461.html
Bankers Are the Dictators of the West
Reader Supported News - December 12, 2011 - Robert Fisk
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/8863-bankers-are-the-dictators-of-the-west
Gas Drilling Doublespeak
Common Dreams - December 12, 2011 - Environmental Working Group (EWG)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/12-0
Campaign Stops: Let's Not Talk About Inequality
The New York Times - December 12, 2011 - Thomas B. Edsall
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/lets-not-talk-about-inequality
The Abu-Jamal Case
The New York Times - December 13, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/opinion/the-abu-jamal-case.html
Military Spending is the Weakest Job Creator
Nation of Change - December 13, 2011 - Miriam Pemberton
http://www.nationofchange.org/military-spending-weakest-job-creator-1323791823
Why School Choice Fails
The New York Times - December 4, 2011 - Natalie Hopkinson
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/opinion/why-school-choice-fails.html
The Bugs That Ate Monsanto
Reader Supported News - December 14, 2011 - Tom Laskawy
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8905-focus-the-bugs-that-ate-monsanto
Pa. bill attacked as being "Islamophobic"
The Philadelphia Inquirer - December 15, 2011 - Michael Matza
http://articles.philly.com/2011-12-15/news/30520720_1_sharia-law-swanger-muslims
The Making of the American 99% And the Collapse of the Middle Class
Tom Dispatch - December 15, 2011 - Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175480/tomgram%3A_barbara_ehrenreich_and_john_ehrenreich%2C
Center for Science in the Public Interest - December 8, 2011
http://www.cspinet.org/new/201112081.html
Wars without victory equal an America without influence
The Independent - December 11, 2011 - Patrick Cockburn
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-cockburn-wars-without-victory-equal-an-america-without-influence-6275461.html
Bankers Are the Dictators of the West
Reader Supported News - December 12, 2011 - Robert Fisk
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/8863-bankers-are-the-dictators-of-the-west
Gas Drilling Doublespeak
Common Dreams - December 12, 2011 - Environmental Working Group (EWG)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/12-0
Campaign Stops: Let's Not Talk About Inequality
The New York Times - December 12, 2011 - Thomas B. Edsall
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/lets-not-talk-about-inequality
The Abu-Jamal Case
The New York Times - December 13, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/opinion/the-abu-jamal-case.html
Military Spending is the Weakest Job Creator
Nation of Change - December 13, 2011 - Miriam Pemberton
http://www.nationofchange.org/military-spending-weakest-job-creator-1323791823
Why School Choice Fails
The New York Times - December 4, 2011 - Natalie Hopkinson
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/opinion/why-school-choice-fails.html
The Bugs That Ate Monsanto
Reader Supported News - December 14, 2011 - Tom Laskawy
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8905-focus-the-bugs-that-ate-monsanto
Pa. bill attacked as being "Islamophobic"
The Philadelphia Inquirer - December 15, 2011 - Michael Matza
http://articles.philly.com/2011-12-15/news/30520720_1_sharia-law-swanger-muslims
The Making of the American 99% And the Collapse of the Middle Class
Tom Dispatch - December 15, 2011 - Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175480/tomgram%3A_barbara_ehrenreich_and_john_ehrenreich%2C
_the_fall_of_the_%22liberal_elite%22/#more
Census: Nearly Half of Americans Are Poor or Low-Income
Reader Supported News - December 15, 2011 - Hope Yen
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8924-census-nearly-half-of-americans-are-poor-or-low-income
G.O.P. Monetary Madness
The New York Times - December 15, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/opinion/gop-monetary-madness.html
The Unpaid Bills of the Iraq War
Reader Supported News - December 17, 2011 - Charles P. Pierce
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/265-34/8946-the-unpaid-bills-of-the-iraq-war
The GOP's Crackpot Agenda
Rolling Stone Magazine - December 7, 2011 - Tim Dickinson
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gops-crackpot-agenda-20111207
White House Shooting
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - Colbert King
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111129/OPINION04/311290021/Colbert-King-White-House-shooting-sparks-grim-questions
Counting Really Small Blessings
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - Gail Collins
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/opinion/collins-counting-really-small-blessings.html
Occupy: Squatting For Glory
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - John Young
http://haysfreepress.com/2011/11/30/occupy-squatting-for-glory/
Emma Occupies Wall Street
The Nation- December 26, 2011 - Vivian Gornick
http://www.thenation.com/article/165037/emma-goldman-occupies-wall-street
What's Race Got To Do With Herman Cain?
The Nation - December 26, 2011 - Gary Younge
http://www.thenation.com/article/165032/whats-race-got-do-herman-cain
Bankers Rule the World: "The Network of Global Corporate Control"
Global Research - December 16, 2011 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28235
Census: Nearly Half of Americans Are Poor or Low-Income
Reader Supported News - December 15, 2011 - Hope Yen
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8924-census-nearly-half-of-americans-are-poor-or-low-income
G.O.P. Monetary Madness
The New York Times - December 15, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/opinion/gop-monetary-madness.html
The Unpaid Bills of the Iraq War
Reader Supported News - December 17, 2011 - Charles P. Pierce
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/265-34/8946-the-unpaid-bills-of-the-iraq-war
The GOP's Crackpot Agenda
Rolling Stone Magazine - December 7, 2011 - Tim Dickinson
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gops-crackpot-agenda-20111207
White House Shooting
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - Colbert King
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111129/OPINION04/311290021/Colbert-King-White-House-shooting-sparks-grim-questions
Counting Really Small Blessings
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - Gail Collins
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/opinion/collins-counting-really-small-blessings.html
Occupy: Squatting For Glory
Liberal Opinion Week - December 7, 2011 - John Young
http://haysfreepress.com/2011/11/30/occupy-squatting-for-glory/
Emma Occupies Wall Street
The Nation- December 26, 2011 - Vivian Gornick
http://www.thenation.com/article/165037/emma-goldman-occupies-wall-street
What's Race Got To Do With Herman Cain?
The Nation - December 26, 2011 - Gary Younge
http://www.thenation.com/article/165032/whats-race-got-do-herman-cain
Bankers Rule the World: "The Network of Global Corporate Control"
Global Research - December 16, 2011 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28235
Selections from December 11, 2011
The Science Is Dire on Carbon Emissions. The Politics Are Worse
Time Magazine - December 5, 2011 - Bryan Walsh
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/12/05/the-science-is-bad-on-carbon-emissions-the-politics-are-worse/?artId=7321?contType=blog_ecocentric?chn=us
Corporate Personhood Update; Supreme Court Justices Are Kings of America
OpEdNews - December 7, 2011 - Thom Hartmann
http://www.opednews.com/Podcast/Thom-Hartmann-Corporate-P-by-Rob-Kall-111205-171.html
A Broken, Dangerous System
The New York Times - December 5, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/opinion/a-broken-dangerous-system.html
Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive
All Africa - December 3, 2011 - Glen Ford
http://allafrica.com/stories/201112060286.html
The Parching of the West
Tomgram - December 4, 2011 - William deBuys
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175475/tomgram%3A_william_debuys%2C_the_parching_of_the_west/
A New Cold War in Asia?
Tomgram - December 6, 2011 - Michael Klare
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175476/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_a_new_cold_war_in_asia/
Wisconsin Voter ID Law may Force 84-Year-Old Woman to Pay $200 to get a Voter ID
Nation of Change - December 6, 2011 - Tanya Somander
http://www.nationofchange.org/wisconsin-voter-id-law-may-force-84-year-old-woman-pay-200-get-voter-id-1323188767
George Orwell on the Evil Iranian Menace
Salon - December 4, 2011 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/04/george_orwell_on_the_evil_iranians/singleton/
Marching off the Cliff
Nation of Change - December 7, 2011 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/marching-cliff-1323280609
Pentagon Offers US Police Full Military Hardware
Reader Supported News - December 6, 2011 - Robert Johnson
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/323-95/8758-focus-pentagon-offers-us-police-full-military-hardware
The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise
The Nation - December 6, 2011 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/blog/164991/postal-service-plots-its-own-demise
At Durban Talks, Government Officials Fiddle as Planet Burns
Truthout - December 7, 2011 - Laura Carlsen
http://www.truth-out.org/fiddling-climate/1323354723
Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars
Reader Supported News - December 9, 2011 - Barry Ritzholz
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8813-focus-bailout-total-29616-trillion-dollars
We Are All Leaders of the Occupy Movement
Nation of Change - December 9, 2011 - Michael Moore
http://www.nationofchange.org/michael-moore-we-are-all-leaders-occupy-movement-1323449388
Jailed Journalists Reflect Greater Struggle for Internet Freedom
Nation of Change - December 10, 2011 - Rosemary D'Amour
http://www.nationofchange.org/jailed-journalists-reflect-greater-struggle-internet-freedom-1323536342
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
OpEdNews - December 9, 2011 - Ellen Brown
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pulling-Back-the-Curtain-o-by-Ellen-Brown-111209-137.html
Huge Numbers of Iraqis Still Adrift Within the Country
Common Dreams - December 11, 2011 - David Enders
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/11-1
Time Magazine - December 5, 2011 - Bryan Walsh
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/12/05/the-science-is-bad-on-carbon-emissions-the-politics-are-worse/?artId=7321?contType=blog_ecocentric?chn=us
Corporate Personhood Update; Supreme Court Justices Are Kings of America
OpEdNews - December 7, 2011 - Thom Hartmann
http://www.opednews.com/Podcast/Thom-Hartmann-Corporate-P-by-Rob-Kall-111205-171.html
A Broken, Dangerous System
The New York Times - December 5, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/opinion/a-broken-dangerous-system.html
Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive
All Africa - December 3, 2011 - Glen Ford
http://allafrica.com/stories/201112060286.html
The Parching of the West
Tomgram - December 4, 2011 - William deBuys
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175475/tomgram%3A_william_debuys%2C_the_parching_of_the_west/
A New Cold War in Asia?
Tomgram - December 6, 2011 - Michael Klare
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175476/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_a_new_cold_war_in_asia/
Wisconsin Voter ID Law may Force 84-Year-Old Woman to Pay $200 to get a Voter ID
Nation of Change - December 6, 2011 - Tanya Somander
http://www.nationofchange.org/wisconsin-voter-id-law-may-force-84-year-old-woman-pay-200-get-voter-id-1323188767
George Orwell on the Evil Iranian Menace
Salon - December 4, 2011 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/04/george_orwell_on_the_evil_iranians/singleton/
Marching off the Cliff
Nation of Change - December 7, 2011 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/marching-cliff-1323280609
Pentagon Offers US Police Full Military Hardware
Reader Supported News - December 6, 2011 - Robert Johnson
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/323-95/8758-focus-pentagon-offers-us-police-full-military-hardware
The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise
The Nation - December 6, 2011 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/blog/164991/postal-service-plots-its-own-demise
At Durban Talks, Government Officials Fiddle as Planet Burns
Truthout - December 7, 2011 - Laura Carlsen
http://www.truth-out.org/fiddling-climate/1323354723
Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars
Reader Supported News - December 9, 2011 - Barry Ritzholz
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8813-focus-bailout-total-29616-trillion-dollars
We Are All Leaders of the Occupy Movement
Nation of Change - December 9, 2011 - Michael Moore
http://www.nationofchange.org/michael-moore-we-are-all-leaders-occupy-movement-1323449388
Jailed Journalists Reflect Greater Struggle for Internet Freedom
Nation of Change - December 10, 2011 - Rosemary D'Amour
http://www.nationofchange.org/jailed-journalists-reflect-greater-struggle-internet-freedom-1323536342
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
OpEdNews - December 9, 2011 - Ellen Brown
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pulling-Back-the-Curtain-o-by-Ellen-Brown-111209-137.html
Huge Numbers of Iraqis Still Adrift Within the Country
Common Dreams - December 11, 2011 - David Enders
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/11-1
Selections from December 4, 2011
Mobilizing Men to End Violence Against Women
Nation of Change - November 27, 2011 - Sandra Siagian
http://www.nationofchange.org/mobilizing-men-end-violence-against-women-1322401549
How gossip took over the news
Salon - November 26, 2011 - Joseph Epstein
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/26/how_gossip_took_over_the_news/
Julian Assange: Internet Has Become 'Surveillance Machine'
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - Agence France-Presse
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/367-wikileaks/8626-julian-assange-internet-has-become-surveillance-machine
And, We Have Gotten Used to It
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - Dan Rather
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/8633-and-we-have-gotten-used-to-it
Locking Up Profits
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - James Ridgeway
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8632-locking-up-profits
As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest
The New York Times - November 29, 2011 - Timothy Williams
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/as-public-sector-sheds-jobs-black-americans-are-hit-hard.html
Line Grows Long for Free Meals at U.S. Schools
The New York Times - November 30, 2011 - Sam Dillon
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/education/surge-in-free-school-lunches-reflects-economic-crisis.html
An Intolerable Burden of Proof
The New York Times - November 29, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/opinion/an-intolerable-burden-of-proof.html
99 Problems (At Least)
Utne Reader - November 23, 2011 - David Doody
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Occupy-Wall-Street-99-Problems-1-Percent.aspx
It Takes People Power to Make Clear That Corporations Are NOT People
Nation of Change - November 30, 2011 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/it-takes-people-power-make-clear-corporations-are-not-people-1322663572
Climate Justice
Nation of Change - December 1, 2011 - Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson
http://www.nationofchange.org/climate-justice-1322760404
CBS Undercounts Iraqi Deaths
FAIR - December 2, 2011
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BdhwW3IVwjrXUrVPz3xtY66iUOE7WS20
At Top Colleges, Anti-Wall St. Fervor Complicates Recruiting
The New York Times - November 28, 2011 - Kevin Roose
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/at-top-colleges-anti-wall-st-fervor-complicates-recruiting/?scp=1&sq=recruitment%20Columbia%20University&st=cse
The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
Nation of Change - December 3, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.nationofchange.org/rebirth-social-darwinism-1322924980
Can An Equity Agenda Spark Economic Growth
Liberal Opinion Week - November 30, 2011 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3038/
Turning Budget 'Failure' Into Success
Liberal Opinion Week - November 30, 2011 - E.J. Dionne, Jr.
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/ej_dionne/e-j-dionne-jr-turning-budget-failure-into-success/article_2d5f62ab-2c0b-5e32-9ba4-e186b33bac3d.html
You Cannot Evict An Idea
The Nation - December 5, 2011 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/164659/you-cannot-evict-idea
The Keystone Victory
The Nation - December 5, 2011 - Mark Hertsgaard
http://www.thenation.com/article/164658/keystone-victory
Palestinians Start To Feel Effect Of Israeli Sanctions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 28, 2011 - Karin Laub & Mohammed Daraghmeh
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/palestinian-pm-israeli-sanctions-starting-bite-15034811
High Stakes In Climate Summit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 28, 2011 - Arthur Max
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/un-climate-conference-2011_n_1115500.html
Nation of Change - November 27, 2011 - Sandra Siagian
http://www.nationofchange.org/mobilizing-men-end-violence-against-women-1322401549
How gossip took over the news
Salon - November 26, 2011 - Joseph Epstein
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/26/how_gossip_took_over_the_news/
Julian Assange: Internet Has Become 'Surveillance Machine'
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - Agence France-Presse
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/367-wikileaks/8626-julian-assange-internet-has-become-surveillance-machine
And, We Have Gotten Used to It
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - Dan Rather
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/8633-and-we-have-gotten-used-to-it
Locking Up Profits
Reader Supported News - November 28, 2011 - James Ridgeway
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8632-locking-up-profits
As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest
The New York Times - November 29, 2011 - Timothy Williams
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/as-public-sector-sheds-jobs-black-americans-are-hit-hard.html
Line Grows Long for Free Meals at U.S. Schools
The New York Times - November 30, 2011 - Sam Dillon
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/education/surge-in-free-school-lunches-reflects-economic-crisis.html
An Intolerable Burden of Proof
The New York Times - November 29, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/opinion/an-intolerable-burden-of-proof.html
99 Problems (At Least)
Utne Reader - November 23, 2011 - David Doody
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Occupy-Wall-Street-99-Problems-1-Percent.aspx
It Takes People Power to Make Clear That Corporations Are NOT People
Nation of Change - November 30, 2011 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/it-takes-people-power-make-clear-corporations-are-not-people-1322663572
Climate Justice
Nation of Change - December 1, 2011 - Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson
http://www.nationofchange.org/climate-justice-1322760404
CBS Undercounts Iraqi Deaths
FAIR - December 2, 2011
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BdhwW3IVwjrXUrVPz3xtY66iUOE7WS20
At Top Colleges, Anti-Wall St. Fervor Complicates Recruiting
The New York Times - November 28, 2011 - Kevin Roose
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/at-top-colleges-anti-wall-st-fervor-complicates-recruiting/?scp=1&sq=recruitment%20Columbia%20University&st=cse
The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
Nation of Change - December 3, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.nationofchange.org/rebirth-social-darwinism-1322924980
Can An Equity Agenda Spark Economic Growth
Liberal Opinion Week - November 30, 2011 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3038/
Turning Budget 'Failure' Into Success
Liberal Opinion Week - November 30, 2011 - E.J. Dionne, Jr.
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/ej_dionne/e-j-dionne-jr-turning-budget-failure-into-success/article_2d5f62ab-2c0b-5e32-9ba4-e186b33bac3d.html
You Cannot Evict An Idea
The Nation - December 5, 2011 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/164659/you-cannot-evict-idea
The Keystone Victory
The Nation - December 5, 2011 - Mark Hertsgaard
http://www.thenation.com/article/164658/keystone-victory
Palestinians Start To Feel Effect Of Israeli Sanctions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 28, 2011 - Karin Laub & Mohammed Daraghmeh
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/palestinian-pm-israeli-sanctions-starting-bite-15034811
High Stakes In Climate Summit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 28, 2011 - Arthur Max
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/un-climate-conference-2011_n_1115500.html
Selections from November 27, 2011
Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose
Nation of Change - November 22, 2011 - Ellen Brown
http://www.nationofchange.org/super-committee-deadlock-heads-they-win-tails-we-lose-1321799027
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
Michael Moore Blog - November 22, 2011
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/where-does-occupy-wall-street-go-here
No Country For Young Children
Campaign for America's Future - November 22, 2011 - Jeff Bryant
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011114722/no-country-young-children
Why We Must Occupy Democracy
Reader Supported News - November 23, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8547-why-we-must-occupy-democracy
Penn State's Inquiry
The New York Times - November 23, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/opinion/penn-states-inquiry.html
Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions
Truthout - November 23, 2011 - William Yardley
http://www.truth-out.org/oregon-governor-says-he-will-block-executions/1322057541
The Poor, the Near Poor and You
The New York Times - November 24, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/opinion/the-poor-the-near-poor-and-you.html
Big Carbon's Sock Puppets Declare War
Reader Supported News - November 25, 2011 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8580-focus-big-carbons-sock-puppets-declare-war
Don't Kill the Internet
The Daily Beast - November 25, 2011 - David Sohn
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/23/internet-anti-piracy-bill-would-chill-free-expression.html
Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End
Nation of Change - November 25, 2011 - Tom Hayden
http://www.nationofchange.org/why-pepper-spray-spree-should-end-1322240821
A Country of Inmates
Bloomberg News - November 20, 2011 - Albert Hunt
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-20/bulging-jails-are-the-other-american-exception-commentary-by-albert-hunt.html
Iraq's War Widows Find Little Comfort
The New York Times - November 25, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/world/middleeast/iraqi-widows-numbers-have-grown-but-aid-lags.html
The Shocking Truth About the Crackdown on Occupy
Guardian UK - November 26, 2011 - Naomi Wolf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy
America Has Become a Fascist Police State
Reader Supported News - November 26, 2011 - Carl Gibson
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8599-carl-gibson-america-has-become-a-fascist-police-state
US Social Crisis: 25 Million Unemployed and Underemployed Making No Effective Protest, Economist Says
Global Research - November 27, 2011 - Sherwood Ross
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27888
Congress to Vote on EXPLICITLY Creating a Police State
Global Research - November 27, 2011 - Washington's Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27886
Nation of Change - November 22, 2011 - Ellen Brown
http://www.nationofchange.org/super-committee-deadlock-heads-they-win-tails-we-lose-1321799027
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
Michael Moore Blog - November 22, 2011
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/where-does-occupy-wall-street-go-here
No Country For Young Children
Campaign for America's Future - November 22, 2011 - Jeff Bryant
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011114722/no-country-young-children
Why We Must Occupy Democracy
Reader Supported News - November 23, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8547-why-we-must-occupy-democracy
Penn State's Inquiry
The New York Times - November 23, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/opinion/penn-states-inquiry.html
Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions
Truthout - November 23, 2011 - William Yardley
http://www.truth-out.org/oregon-governor-says-he-will-block-executions/1322057541
The Poor, the Near Poor and You
The New York Times - November 24, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/opinion/the-poor-the-near-poor-and-you.html
Big Carbon's Sock Puppets Declare War
Reader Supported News - November 25, 2011 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8580-focus-big-carbons-sock-puppets-declare-war
Don't Kill the Internet
The Daily Beast - November 25, 2011 - David Sohn
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/23/internet-anti-piracy-bill-would-chill-free-expression.html
Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End
Nation of Change - November 25, 2011 - Tom Hayden
http://www.nationofchange.org/why-pepper-spray-spree-should-end-1322240821
A Country of Inmates
Bloomberg News - November 20, 2011 - Albert Hunt
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-20/bulging-jails-are-the-other-american-exception-commentary-by-albert-hunt.html
Iraq's War Widows Find Little Comfort
The New York Times - November 25, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/world/middleeast/iraqi-widows-numbers-have-grown-but-aid-lags.html
The Shocking Truth About the Crackdown on Occupy
Guardian UK - November 26, 2011 - Naomi Wolf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy
America Has Become a Fascist Police State
Reader Supported News - November 26, 2011 - Carl Gibson
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8599-carl-gibson-america-has-become-a-fascist-police-state
US Social Crisis: 25 Million Unemployed and Underemployed Making No Effective Protest, Economist Says
Global Research - November 27, 2011 - Sherwood Ross
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27888
Congress to Vote on EXPLICITLY Creating a Police State
Global Research - November 27, 2011 - Washington's Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27886
Selections from November 20, 2011
The New Progressive Movement
Reader Supported News - November 13, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/8379-the-new-progressive-movement
Occupiers Occupied: Hijacking the First Amendment
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8434-occupiers-occupied-hijacking-the-first-amendment
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Naomi Klein
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8433-capitalism-vs-the-climate
The Lessons of Ohio
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Richard Trumka
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8436-focus-richard-trumka--the-lessons-of-ohio
The 99%: A Community of Resistance
The Guardian/UK - November 15, 2011 - Angela Davis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/15/99-percent-community-resistance
Middle-Class Areas Shrink as Income Gap Grows, New Report Finds
The New York Times - November 16, 2011 - Sabrina Tavernise
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/middle-class-areas-shrink-as-income-gap-grows-report-finds.html?emc=eta1
Criticism, Violence and Roosting Chickens
TruthOut - November 16, 2011 - Richard D. Wolff
http://www.truth-out.org/criticism-violence-and-roosting-chickens/1321463135
Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism...Iraq all over again?
FAIR - November 16, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4430
"Burn their books, Mayor Bloomberg!"
The Rag Blog - November 16, 2011 - Rabbi Arthur Waskow
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/rabbi-arthur-waskow-burn-their-books.html
How we can save millions of lives
The Washington Post - November 11, 2011 - Paul Farmer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-we-can-save-millions-of-lives/2011/11/11/gIQAf1rBWN_story.html
Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
Fair blog - November 16, 2011 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2011/11/16/crackdown-on-journalists-at-occupy-wall-street/
Andrew Bacevich, The Passing of the Postwar Era
Tom Dispatch - November 13, 2011 - Andrew Bacevich
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175467/tomgram%3A_andrew_bacevich%2C_the_passing_of_the_postwar_era/#more
a few "pre-revolutionary" thoughts I had
OpEdNews - November 19, 2011 - Arundhati Roy
http://www.opednews.com/articles/a-few-pre-revolutionary--by-Arundhati-Roy-111119-729.html
How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich
Rolling Stone - November 9, 2011 - Tim Dickinson
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-gop-became-the-party-of-the-rich-20111109
Rising Cain Reveals Depth Of Anti-Romney Vote
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Margaret Carlson
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/rising-cain-reveals-depth-of-anti-romney-vote-margaret-carlson.html
Obama: Reject The Tar Sands Pipeline
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Andrew Korfhage
http://www.otherwords.org/articles/obama_reject_the_tar_sands_pipeline
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric: Time To 'Cool' It
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3007/
Republicans Determined To Dismantle What Works
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 18, 2011- Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/opinion/krugman-vouchers-for-veterans-and-other-bad-ideas.html
Reforming the U.S. Financial and Tax System
Global Research - November 19, 2011 - Prof. Michael Hudson
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27759
Reader Supported News - November 13, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/8379-the-new-progressive-movement
Occupiers Occupied: Hijacking the First Amendment
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8434-occupiers-occupied-hijacking-the-first-amendment
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Naomi Klein
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/8433-capitalism-vs-the-climate
The Lessons of Ohio
Reader Supported News - November 16, 2011 - Richard Trumka
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/8436-focus-richard-trumka--the-lessons-of-ohio
The 99%: A Community of Resistance
The Guardian/UK - November 15, 2011 - Angela Davis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/15/99-percent-community-resistance
Middle-Class Areas Shrink as Income Gap Grows, New Report Finds
The New York Times - November 16, 2011 - Sabrina Tavernise
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/middle-class-areas-shrink-as-income-gap-grows-report-finds.html?emc=eta1
Criticism, Violence and Roosting Chickens
TruthOut - November 16, 2011 - Richard D. Wolff
http://www.truth-out.org/criticism-violence-and-roosting-chickens/1321463135
Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism...Iraq all over again?
FAIR - November 16, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4430
"Burn their books, Mayor Bloomberg!"
The Rag Blog - November 16, 2011 - Rabbi Arthur Waskow
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/rabbi-arthur-waskow-burn-their-books.html
How we can save millions of lives
The Washington Post - November 11, 2011 - Paul Farmer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-we-can-save-millions-of-lives/2011/11/11/gIQAf1rBWN_story.html
Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
Fair blog - November 16, 2011 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2011/11/16/crackdown-on-journalists-at-occupy-wall-street/
Andrew Bacevich, The Passing of the Postwar Era
Tom Dispatch - November 13, 2011 - Andrew Bacevich
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175467/tomgram%3A_andrew_bacevich%2C_the_passing_of_the_postwar_era/#more
a few "pre-revolutionary" thoughts I had
OpEdNews - November 19, 2011 - Arundhati Roy
http://www.opednews.com/articles/a-few-pre-revolutionary--by-Arundhati-Roy-111119-729.html
How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich
Rolling Stone - November 9, 2011 - Tim Dickinson
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-gop-became-the-party-of-the-rich-20111109
Rising Cain Reveals Depth Of Anti-Romney Vote
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Margaret Carlson
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/rising-cain-reveals-depth-of-anti-romney-vote-margaret-carlson.html
Obama: Reject The Tar Sands Pipeline
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Andrew Korfhage
http://www.otherwords.org/articles/obama_reject_the_tar_sands_pipeline
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric: Time To 'Cool' It
Liberal Opinion Week - November 16, 2011 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3007/
Republicans Determined To Dismantle What Works
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 18, 2011- Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/opinion/krugman-vouchers-for-veterans-and-other-bad-ideas.html
Reforming the U.S. Financial and Tax System
Global Research - November 19, 2011 - Prof. Michael Hudson
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27759
Selections from November 13, 2011
Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?
OpEdNews - November 6, 2011 - Rob Kall
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-Occupy-Wall-Street-Feti-by-Rob-Kall-111106-870.html
Bank Transfer: 650,000 Answer the Call
Reader Supported News - November 6, 2011 - Jon Collins
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8269-bank-transfer-650000-answer-the-call
Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate
The New York Times - November 7, 2011 - Erik Eckholm
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html
Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air
The Huffington Post - November 7, 2011 - Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/many-americans-left-behin_b_1079251.html
The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War
Truth Out - November 7, 2011 - Dean Baker
http://www.truth-out.org/one-percent-turns-class-war-generational-war/1320680738
The Globalisation of Protest
Reader Supported News - November 7, 2011 - Joseph E. Stiglitz
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8295-the-globalisation-of-protest
Scot-Welsh collaboration for Europe's first 100% recycled plastic road bridge
Edie News - October 24, 2011
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=21151&channel=0&title=Wales builds Europe%27s first 100%25 recycled plastic road bridge
Bad Theory, Bad Legislation
The New York Times - November 8, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/opinion/bad-theory-bad-legislation.html
Anti-Union, Abortion Laws Struck Down by Voters
Reader Supported News - November 9, 2011 - Mary Wisniewski
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/8314-anti-union-abortion-laws-struck-down-by-voters
We Have “Learned Nothing” from BP Disaster: Obama Opens More of Arctic to Offshore Drilling
Nation of Change - - Kiley Kroh
http://www.nationofchange.org/we-have-learned-nothing-bp-disaster-obama-opens-more-arctic-offshore-drilling-1320855494
10 Ways the Occupy Movement Changes Everything
Nation of Change - November 10, 2011 - David Korten, Sarah van Gelder and Steve Piersanti
http://www.nationofchange.org/10-ways-occupy-movement-changes-everything-1320943628
How the War on Terror Militarized the Police
Reader Supported News - November 9, 2011 - Arthur Rizer and Joseph Hartman
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/8317-focus-how-the-war-on-terror-militarized-the-police
Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism
Truth Out - November 10, 2011 - Juan Cole
http://www.truth-out.org/protest-planet-how-neoliberal-shell-game-created-age-activism/1320950783
Arms and the Corrupt Man
The New York Times - November 12, 2011 - Andrew Feinstein
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/opinion/arms-and-the-corrupt-man.html
Here Comes the Sun
The New York Times - November 6, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here-comes-solar-energy.html?_r=1&ref=paulkrugman
Commemorating the “Day the Guns fell Silent”. “Let this Silence be a Scream for Peace.”
Global Research - November 13, 2011 - Felicity Arbuthnot
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27641
Protesters Have the Right to Protest … and to Resist Unlawful Arrest
Global Research - November 13, 2011 - Washington Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27639
OpEdNews - November 6, 2011 - Rob Kall
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-Occupy-Wall-Street-Feti-by-Rob-Kall-111106-870.html
Bank Transfer: 650,000 Answer the Call
Reader Supported News - November 6, 2011 - Jon Collins
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8269-bank-transfer-650000-answer-the-call
Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate
The New York Times - November 7, 2011 - Erik Eckholm
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html
Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air
The Huffington Post - November 7, 2011 - Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/many-americans-left-behin_b_1079251.html
The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War
Truth Out - November 7, 2011 - Dean Baker
http://www.truth-out.org/one-percent-turns-class-war-generational-war/1320680738
The Globalisation of Protest
Reader Supported News - November 7, 2011 - Joseph E. Stiglitz
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8295-the-globalisation-of-protest
Scot-Welsh collaboration for Europe's first 100% recycled plastic road bridge
Edie News - October 24, 2011
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=21151&channel=0&title=Wales builds Europe%27s first 100%25 recycled plastic road bridge
Bad Theory, Bad Legislation
The New York Times - November 8, 2011 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/opinion/bad-theory-bad-legislation.html
Anti-Union, Abortion Laws Struck Down by Voters
Reader Supported News - November 9, 2011 - Mary Wisniewski
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/8314-anti-union-abortion-laws-struck-down-by-voters
We Have “Learned Nothing” from BP Disaster: Obama Opens More of Arctic to Offshore Drilling
Nation of Change - - Kiley Kroh
http://www.nationofchange.org/we-have-learned-nothing-bp-disaster-obama-opens-more-arctic-offshore-drilling-1320855494
10 Ways the Occupy Movement Changes Everything
Nation of Change - November 10, 2011 - David Korten, Sarah van Gelder and Steve Piersanti
http://www.nationofchange.org/10-ways-occupy-movement-changes-everything-1320943628
How the War on Terror Militarized the Police
Reader Supported News - November 9, 2011 - Arthur Rizer and Joseph Hartman
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/8317-focus-how-the-war-on-terror-militarized-the-police
Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism
Truth Out - November 10, 2011 - Juan Cole
http://www.truth-out.org/protest-planet-how-neoliberal-shell-game-created-age-activism/1320950783
Arms and the Corrupt Man
The New York Times - November 12, 2011 - Andrew Feinstein
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/opinion/arms-and-the-corrupt-man.html
Here Comes the Sun
The New York Times - November 6, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here-comes-solar-energy.html?_r=1&ref=paulkrugman
Commemorating the “Day the Guns fell Silent”. “Let this Silence be a Scream for Peace.”
Global Research - November 13, 2011 - Felicity Arbuthnot
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27641
Protesters Have the Right to Protest … and to Resist Unlawful Arrest
Global Research - November 13, 2011 - Washington Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27639
Selections from November 6, 2011
Occupy the Banks: Strategies for Transformation
Nation of Change - October 30, 2011 - Gar Alpervitz
http://www.nationofchange.org/occupy-banks-strategies-transformation-1319981929
US Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit From Iraq
Truthout - October 30, 2011 - Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers
http://www.truth-out.org/us-planning-troop-buildup-gulf-after-exit-iraq/1319983484
A Nation of Vidiots
Nation of Change - October 30, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://www.nationofchange.org/nation-vidiots-1319988324
Why Occupy Wall Street Has Left Washington Behind
The Nation - October 26, 2011 - Gordon Lafer
http://www.thenation.com/print/article/164207/why-occupy-wall-street-has-left-washington-behind
Bombs, Bridges and Jobs
The New York Times - October 31, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/bombs-bridges-and-jobs.html
Michael Moore on 'Occupy Oakland'
Consortium News - November 1, 2011 - Davey D and Dennis Bernstein
http://consortiumnews.com/2011/10/31/michael-moore-on-occupy-oakland/
Bank of America Drops Plan for Debit Card Fee
The New York Times - November 1, 2011 - Tara Siegel Bernard
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/business/bank-of-america-drops-plan-for-debit-card-fee.html
Middle East Propaganda 101
Common Dreams - November 1, 2011 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/01-3
Occupy The Treasury! Reclaim The Monetary System With The Need Act - HR 2990
OpEdNews - November 3, 2011 - Nilli Alexander
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-The-Treasury-Recla-by-Nikki-Alexander-111102-518.html
Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy
Truth Out - November 3, 2011 - Bill Moyers
http://www.truth-out.org/how-did-happen/1320278111
The Birth Control Solution
The New York Times - November 3, 2011 - Nicholas D. Kristof
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/opinion/kristof-the-birth-control-solution.html
US Poorest Poor at Record Highs
Reader Supported News - November 4, 2011 - Hope Yen and Laura Wides-Munoz
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8235-us-poorest-poor-at-record-highs
"Great Game' Can Be Played Different Ways
My Digital FC Chronicle - November 5, 2011 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.mydigitalfc.com/views/more-one-way-play-great-game-947
Another Factory Is Possible
The Nation - November 7, 2011 - Peter Dreier
http://www.thenation.com/article/164072/perfect-factory-possible
Austerity vs. Accountability
The Nation - November 7, 2011 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/164079/ows-supercommittee-accountability-not-austerity
Anita Hill Talks 20 Years Later
Liberal Opinion Week - November 2, 2011 - Susan Antilla
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/no-slut-or-nut-anita-hill-talks-in-20-years-commentary-by-susan-antilla.html
Climate Change Just Got Hotter
Indianapolis Star - November 2, 2011 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.indystar.com/article/20111029/OPINION12/110290301/Eugene-Robinson-Climate-change-just-got-hotter
Where Not To Cut The Budget
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 5, 2011 - Lois Frank
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/where-not-to-cut-1217766.html
Solutions to the Global Economic Crisis: Keynesian Myths, Hopes and Illusions
Global Research - November 5, 2011 - by Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27492
Nation of Change - October 30, 2011 - Gar Alpervitz
http://www.nationofchange.org/occupy-banks-strategies-transformation-1319981929
US Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit From Iraq
Truthout - October 30, 2011 - Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers
http://www.truth-out.org/us-planning-troop-buildup-gulf-after-exit-iraq/1319983484
A Nation of Vidiots
Nation of Change - October 30, 2011 - Jeffrey D. Sachs
http://www.nationofchange.org/nation-vidiots-1319988324
Why Occupy Wall Street Has Left Washington Behind
The Nation - October 26, 2011 - Gordon Lafer
http://www.thenation.com/print/article/164207/why-occupy-wall-street-has-left-washington-behind
Bombs, Bridges and Jobs
The New York Times - October 31, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/bombs-bridges-and-jobs.html
Michael Moore on 'Occupy Oakland'
Consortium News - November 1, 2011 - Davey D and Dennis Bernstein
http://consortiumnews.com/2011/10/31/michael-moore-on-occupy-oakland/
Bank of America Drops Plan for Debit Card Fee
The New York Times - November 1, 2011 - Tara Siegel Bernard
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/business/bank-of-america-drops-plan-for-debit-card-fee.html
Middle East Propaganda 101
Common Dreams - November 1, 2011 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/01-3
Occupy The Treasury! Reclaim The Monetary System With The Need Act - HR 2990
OpEdNews - November 3, 2011 - Nilli Alexander
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-The-Treasury-Recla-by-Nikki-Alexander-111102-518.html
Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy
Truth Out - November 3, 2011 - Bill Moyers
http://www.truth-out.org/how-did-happen/1320278111
The Birth Control Solution
The New York Times - November 3, 2011 - Nicholas D. Kristof
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/opinion/kristof-the-birth-control-solution.html
US Poorest Poor at Record Highs
Reader Supported News - November 4, 2011 - Hope Yen and Laura Wides-Munoz
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8235-us-poorest-poor-at-record-highs
"Great Game' Can Be Played Different Ways
My Digital FC Chronicle - November 5, 2011 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.mydigitalfc.com/views/more-one-way-play-great-game-947
Another Factory Is Possible
The Nation - November 7, 2011 - Peter Dreier
http://www.thenation.com/article/164072/perfect-factory-possible
Austerity vs. Accountability
The Nation - November 7, 2011 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/164079/ows-supercommittee-accountability-not-austerity
Anita Hill Talks 20 Years Later
Liberal Opinion Week - November 2, 2011 - Susan Antilla
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/no-slut-or-nut-anita-hill-talks-in-20-years-commentary-by-susan-antilla.html
Climate Change Just Got Hotter
Indianapolis Star - November 2, 2011 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.indystar.com/article/20111029/OPINION12/110290301/Eugene-Robinson-Climate-change-just-got-hotter
Where Not To Cut The Budget
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 5, 2011 - Lois Frank
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/where-not-to-cut-1217766.html
Solutions to the Global Economic Crisis: Keynesian Myths, Hopes and Illusions
Global Research - November 5, 2011 - by Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27492
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