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TRNN This Week February 10 - February 15
February 16, 2013
Campaign to recall "America's toughest sheriff"
Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona, accused of brutal law enforcement and racial profiling; faces a recall campaign from an independent coalition.
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Will Feb 17th Protest Stop the XL Pipeline and Shift Climate Debate?
Patrick Bond: A massive protest could push Obama to stop the Tar Sands pipe line and shift climate debate away from market solutions
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LIBOR Scandal More Than Fraud - Whole Game is Rigged
Costas Lapavitsas: From multimillion dollar losses by cities like Baltimore to pension fund losses and much more, the LIBOR interest rate scandal shows that such mechanisms must be taken out of the hands of banks and be run in public interest
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Worker Owned Businesses Point to New Forms of Ownership
Can co-ops come out of the margins of the economy and be part of a larger political project to transform how things are owned?
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Why are Unionization Rates at Historic Low?
Stephanie Luce: Union members earn on average 27% more, yet union density drops; Obama takes labor law reform off his agenda
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South Africa and the Resource Curse
Patrick Bond: Mining interests are a powerful force shaping African politics
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February 13

Will Obama Plan Create a "Rising, Thriving Middle Class"?
Leo Panitch and Jennifer Taub: President Obama's SOTU shows he is far more wedded to private sector, free market solutions than "restoring the bargain" with the middle class
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Obama Avoids War Rhetoric with Iran
Glen Ford: Obama avoided bellicose language towards Iran and Syria but defended drone killings and remains committed to US role as the dominant global military power
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SOTU: Obama Opens Door to Grand Betrayal
Bill Black: President Obama offered up "reform" of medicare and social security, that is cuts at a time of deep recession
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SOTU: Do Policy Proposals Live up to Rhetoric on Wages and Climate Change?
Gerald Epstein: Language on wages and climate change could help shift the debate but policy proposals tied to interests of finance and private sector
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Clashes Erupt as Egyptians Commemorate Mubarak's Ousting
Over a hundred people injured, and one child killed as police violence mars the fall of Mubarak two years ago. Protesters enraged over continued repression vow to stay in the streets.
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February 12

The Legacy of Chile's Pinochet Dictatorship Lives On
State repression of social movements by militarized Carabinero police force draws international condemnation
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Decisive Action Needed to Resolve Food Crisis
Tim Wise and Sophia Murphy: More than a billion people without food security need action on speculation, biofuels, land grabs, climate change and low levels of public food reserves
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CIA Appointee's Statement on Iran Echoes Tenet on Iraq
Lawrence Wilkerson: John Brennan claims Iran pushing towards a nuclear weapon; ignores National Intelligence Estimate which concluded Iran was not
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February 11

Britain's Anti-War Movement looks back on over a Decade of War
Ten years after the largest protest in British history in February 2003, activists examine Britain's legacy in Iraq and the era of continuous warfare
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Hamas Bans Gaza Hip Hop
Gaza rappers use music to oppose Israeli occupation but Hamas sees it as an infiltration of western culture
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Judge Rules Against a Bank - Precedent Could Cost Bank of America Billions
Bill Black: Judge rules that Flagstar, a big mortgage lender that gave "liars loans", is liable to insurance company - same issues at stake in Bank of America case
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February 10

Sexual Harassment of Women is State Sponsored Say Egyptian Women
Systematic attacks targeting female protesters in Tahrir square have forced an ugly epidemic into the national spotlight
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The Cost of Israel's War on Gaza
A month after Israel's last assault on the Gaza strip, the military and civilian costs on both sides are tallied up
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US Economy Contracts - More Cuts Will Mean Even Less Growth
John Weeks: The idea that smaller government leads to more private sector investment is a fairy tale
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The Promise
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The Occupy Movement


The dancing demonstrators of One Billion Rising

Greek pensioners protest against austerity

NAACP: New Election Commission Needed to Address Voter Suppression, Attacks on Voting Rights

Bahrain protesters mark Arab Spring 2nd anniversary

One Billion Rising Music Video: Break the Chain

Best of the web


Five things your doctor should tell you, but won't

Elizabeth Warren Embarrasses Bank Regulators

From Dorner to Waco to MOVE Bombing, Growing Militarization of Domestic Policing

Eliot Spitzer on Historic GOP Hagel Filibuster

MSNBC's Droning Defense of Targeted Assassination

Political Humor


The Pope Rap: A not so fond farewell

The Daily Show: The Week in Review

Politics' Dirty Money All Year Round

Political Valentines to Obama, Boehner & Rubio

Jodie Foster Inspires Teens To Come Out Using Vague, Rambling Riddles

Global Warning


On climate change, executive orders are needed 'to get around a hostile Congress'

Daryl Hannah Arrested Protesting Keystone Pipeline

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: Speech Before Arrest

48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban On Civil Disobedience

Watch a City-Sized Glacier Collapse

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