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TRNN This Week September 23 - September 28

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TRNN This Week September 23 - September 28
September 28, 2012
Judges to Review Constitutionality of NDAA Military Detention Legislation
Chris Hedges: We filed our lawsuit because this legislation threatens basic democratic rights allowing for indefinite military detention to repress domestic protest
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Egypt's Morsi Takes UN Center Stage on Syria and Palestine
President Morsi attempts to play broker of the Syrian conflict, including Iran in a contact group; pressures US on Palestine
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Black Financial and Fraud Report
London and Wall St. in a dangerous competition to create a more unregulated environment for finance
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September 27

Spanish Police Crack Down on Protesters Surrounding the Parliament
Anti-austerity rage intensified in Madrid, as protesters surrounded the parliament Tuesday night in a sign of mounting frustration towards the right-wing government.
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The ANC and the South African Deal with Monopoly Capitalism
Vishwas Satgar: At the heart of the bargain with monopoly capital was we will globalize, we will embrace neoliberal globalized economics, while you de-racialize the structures of the South African economy which led to black economic empowerment and the creation of a class of super-rich blacks
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September 26

UK's Poorest Families hit Hardest by Recession and Austerity
A leading British charity warns that 3.5 million children in the United Kingdom are growing up below the poverty line, while the divide between rich and poor continues to accelerate faster than anywhere else in the developed world.
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The German Economy and the Crisis in Europe
German Left Party Vice-President Wagenknecht on wage repression in Germany and the European Stability Mechanism
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September 25

South African Platinum Miners Win Pay Raise
Vishwas Satgar: After bloody struggle, breakthrough on wages is an inspiring message to all South African miners and a challenge to ANC and official miners union
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Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Market 20 Times Global GDP
Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences
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The Crisis and Who Has Power
Leo Panitch and Sam GIndin PT2: Major structural change or effective short term reforms requires addressing democratic decision making starting with making banks a public utility
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September 24

Will Obama, the Fed's QE3 or Romney's "Smaller Government" Create Jobs?
Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin: As long as effective demand remains low and banks demand austerity to protect their assets, the crisis will deepen
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New Quebec Government Cancels Tuition Hike
Richard Fidler: CLASSE student organization sets its sights on free university tuition
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Iran and the "Red Line" Debate
Jonathan Schell: Netanyahu's real objective is to influence the outcome of the US elections
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September 23

Mexican Drug War Victims Denounce US Complicity
Mexican Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity visit New York. The movement started in 2011 when a well known Mexican Poet, Javier Sicilia, lost his young son to Narco related violence and declared he had enough. Members of this movement have now taken their criticism north to denounce US government complicity in the violence both by exporting weapons and also a model of militarization that targets all sectors of society.
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QE3 Another Fed Give Away to the Banks
Michael Hudson: Shoveling money to the banks not meant to create jobs, it's a way to give banks even more speculative capital and prepare them for another meltdown
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Taking Stock of the Occupy Movement
VJ Prashad: With the 99% slogan, the Occupy movement raises the issue of inequality in a profound way
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The Promise
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The Occupy Movement


Budget cuts target Greece's most vulnerable

Protesters Peppered WITH MONEY!

Madrid protests: Indignados intend to return to the plaza today

One Billion Rising: Jane Fonda on why she is joining Eve Ensler's campaign

1 Billion Rising: Eve Ensler, Activists Worldwide Plan Event End Violence Against Women

Best of the web


Living Under Drones

The United States of ALEC: Bill Moyers on the Corporate-Legislative Body Writing Our Laws

Bill Maher: Taxes, Romney & The War on Drugs

Julian Assange UN Address: End "Regime of Secrecy"

Vadana Shiva: Fanaticism and Politics

Political Humor


This Week in Unnecessary Censorship

JK Rowling Vs Mitt Romney On Taxes

Samuel L Jackson to voters: Wake The F*ck Up

The Daily Show: 9/26/12 Recap

The Colbert Report: 9/26/12 Recap

Global Warning


Nauru asks UN to fight climate change

Thousands displaced by Nigeria floods

Philippines flooding

Ban in India's tiger reserves hits tourism

Weird Fish Marine Reserve

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