TRNN This Week October 7 - October 12

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TRNN This Week October 7 - October 12 October 12, 2012 Leading US Officials Support Terrorist Listed Group with Impunity Michael Ratner Report: Supreme Court finds Telecoms won't be prosecuted for illegal wiretapping Go to story | Go to homepage US and Israel Recognize Iran Not Near a Bomb In spite evidence Iran directing much of its supply of 20% enriched uranium for scientific purposes, "killer" sanctions continue Go to story | Go to homepage The VP Debate: What They Didn't Talk About The moderator didn't question the right of US to project global power; no discussion about the cause of the crash or the the power of the big banks Go to story | Go to homepage Aid Dependency, Unemployment Remain High in Gaza But Some Get Rich For the majority of Gazans, life is unbearable under the Israeli blockade. But there's an emerging wealthy class, a group of new millionaires benefiting from the tunnel smuggling business between the Gaza-Egypt border. Go to story | Go to homepage Neo-Liberal Capitalists Strengthen Control of Chinese Communist Party Minqi Li: Recent struggle in the leadership has been a decisive defeat for forces pushing for more income distribution and social reform Go to story | Go to homepage Sanctions Against Iranian Banks is Economic Warfare Phyllis Bennis: Excluding Iranian banks from the SWIFT system of interbank transfers helped cause a devaluation of Iranian currency and great hardship for ordinary people Go to story | Go to homepage October 10 Gaza's People Blame Poverty on Israeli Blockade and Hamas Leadership For Gazans life remains unbearable, Amnesty International estimates that 70 percent of families live on less than one dollar per person per day Go to story | Go to homepage Fueling the Food Crisis Tim A. Wise: Bio-fuels are driving up the price of food everywhere and costing developing countries billions Go to story | Go to homepage Romney and Obama Policy to Save GM: Lower Wages Romney plan to "restructure" GM essentially the same as the Obama plan Go to story | Go to homepage October 9 Chavez Wins After Massive Voter Turnout A Real News report from Caracas: Venezuelan opposition candidate accepts election results that hand Chavez a 10-point victory with more than 54% of the vote Go to story | Go to homepage Major Challenges Face Chavez in New Term Gregory Wilpert: Many dissatisfied working class youth want solutions to urgent social and economic problems plaguing Venezuela Go to story | Go to homepage US Corporate Media Follows State Department Lead on Chavez Mark Weisbrot: Conservative and liberal corporate media call Chavez "dictator and authoritarian" in spite of multiple electoral victories Go to story | Go to homepage Elections Fair But Venezuela Lacking Independent Media T. M. Scruggs: Presidential election was as Jimmy Carter said "best in the world", but Venezuela needs independent investigative journalism Go to story | Go to homepage October 8 General Strike Solid in Greek Town Chania The first general strike against the new coalition government boosts the confidence of left organisers in the Greek city of Chania Go to story | Go to homepage Obama Lacks Populist Policies Jeff Cohen: The way to defeat Romney is to say he's an agent of the 1 percent. The problem is that Obama's policies for years have really helped the top 1 percent and have not been that great for middle-class Americans Go to story | Go to homepage Debate Showed a Complete Lack of Vision Karen Dolan: Obama didn't refute "trickle down government" and accepted need to cut social security Go to story | Go to homepage October 7 Chavez Supporters Flood Venezuelan Capital as Campaign Closes Chavez warns of opposition plans to not recognize results of Sunday`s presidential election Go to story | Go to homepage Turkey Unlikely to Push Confrontation with Syria Vijay Prashad: Turkey can't live up to its tough rhetoric on Syria as it faces Kurdish resistance and morale crisis in army after 300 officers convicted of treason Go to story | Go to homepage Omar Khadr Returned to Canada After US and Canada Ignored International Law for Years Michael Ratner: The Khadr case and others show how human rights have deteriorated in the US; Assange right to fear extradition Go to story | Go to homepage The Promise What you have been seeing on TRNN is just a taste of what's to come; we need your support now view The Occupy Movement Pam Brown: Occupy Debt Italians campaign to save children's lives Who in Pakistan should have protected Malala? Rights without reservation Wal-Mart Workers in 12 States Stage Historic Strikes, Protests Against Workplace Retaliation Best of the web The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy Don't blame China for US economic woes Expos�: Romney, Bain & Big Tobacco Dennis Kucinich: Weapons of Mass Destraction Will US voter ID laws affect the presidency? Political Humor Burn Your Money... Or Maybe Just Put It Away The Debate In 100 Seconds: The Vice Presidents Willard's World Romney Still In Hot Water After Reading GOP Platform Verbatim Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rule - Iffy Pop Global Warning Renegade Architect's Radical Sustainable Homes Birthplace of Atomic Bomb, New Mexico Remains Center of Massive US Nuclear Arsenal Shell faces Dutch court over Nigeria spills Filipino illegal loggers pose deadly threat As Texas Pipeline Blockade Continues, Activists Challenge First US Tar Sands Mine in Utah You received this message because you or someone using this email address requested it via a form at therealnews.com or via some other communication with The Real News Network. If you do not want to receive further updates from us, unsubscribe here.