TRNN This Week April 21 - April 26

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TRNN This Week April 21 - April 26 April 27, 2013 April 26 US Lets Swiss Banks, Accused of Aiding Tax Fraud, Avoid Prosecution with Fines James Henry: Swiss banks are negotiating fines to avoid prosecution, while billions of dollars continue to be hidden away from taxes Go to story | Go to homepage Obama "Red Line" on Syria Avoids Dealing with Massive Humanitarian Crisis Rana Khoury: All the outside intervention is ruining the country; a political solution and humanitarian assistance is the only way to stop the killing Go to story | Go to homepage Israeli Authorities Reveal Distribution of West Bank Land State lands in the occupied West Bank were declared by Israel for the use of the local population, but were used mainly for the colonization of the West Bank Go to story | Go to homepage April 25 Mexican Journalists Threatened and Murdered Exposing Official Involvement with Narco Gangs A report on how courageous Mexican journalists are threatened and assassinated while reporting on relationship between senior police and political figures and transnational narco gangs Go to story | Go to homepage UN Sanctioned Congo "Intervention Brigades" Complement US Africa Strategy Maurice Carney: 3,000 member force intervention will further militarize Congo; US has power to sanction rebel-backers Rwanda and Uganda, but will not because they are allies in American AFRICOM strategy Go to story | Go to homepage Putting Water Back in Public Hands Nick Buxton: Paris and other cities have remunicipalised water that had been privatized saving users money and introducing more democracy and transparency Go to story | Go to homepage April 24 Privatizing Europe Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism Go to story | Go to homepage Palestinian Authority Budget 28% for Security Forces - Funded by US Shir Hever: US funds to the PA are earmarked for security forces that control militant opposition to Israel's occupation Go to story | Go to homepage The National Security State with Gore Vidal Watch to find out how to get the DVD The History of the National Security State Go to story | Go to homepage April 23 Study Debunking Austerity Research Sparks Wide Reaction Bob Pollin (Co-Author of Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff): Deficit Hawks still defend conclusions of a study that contained spreadsheet errors and weighted selected countries in an inappropriate way; led to incorrect theory about public debt and growth Go to story | Go to homepage Indigenous Town in Mexico Celebrates Two Years of Autonomy and Defense of their Community Forest After two years of resisting illegal logging and organized crime, indigenous people in the town of Cheran Mexico demand justice for their assassinated community members and respect for their autonomous government Go to story | Go to homepage Exclusive from Bahrain: Interview with Human Rights Activist on Repression Against Formula One Race Protest Sam Husseini interviews Said Yousif al-Muhafda, who was jailed for his twitter activism, about arrests, mass teargassing and use of shotguns to suppress peaceful protest Go to story | Go to homepage April 22 Occupy The Department of Education A four day occupation warns of the privatization of schools turning education into a privilege instead of a right Go to story | Go to homepage Big Commodity Traders Pocketed $250 Billion Profit Gerald Epstein: New FT investigation says big commodity traders earned more profit than banks or auto Go to story | Go to homepage Cyber War Over Facebook Page "I Acknowledge Apartheid Exists" in Israel Derek Hummel: Israel maintains an army of bloggers to attack online criticism Go to story | Go to homepage April 21 Obama Preaches Stimulus to Europe and Practices Austerity at Home Richard Wolff: Low wages, cheap money, and cheap equipment are driving higher profits and the politics of austerity Go to story | Go to homepage Every 28 Hours 2012 Report: Extrajudicial Killings of 313 Black People by Police, Security Guards, and Vigilantes Kali Akuno: Study shows that every 28 hours a Black person is killed in the USA and that only 13 percent were actually involved in an activity that threatened someone's life Go to story | Go to homepage People of the South to the North: Will You Face Up to Climate Catastrophe? Martin Khor (Executive Director of the South Centre): Advanced countries of the North must cut emmisions in ratio to the amount they have polluted and facilitate transfer of green technology to the South or humanity will face calamity Go to story | Go to homepage A Message From Paul Jay If you appreciate The Real News, would like to see us strengthen and expand our work, then we need your financial support view Best of the Web: News and Analysis see all → Phil Donahue: We are Breeding Terrorists Did FBI Focus on Controversial Stings Distract from Pursuit of Tsarnaev Before Boston Attacks? Bill Moyers: Trading Democracy for 'Security' Inside Story - The US Tax Trick Incredible Testimony at Drone Wars Senate Committee Hearing By Yemeni Farea Al-muslimi Best of the Web: The Occupy Movement see all → "Love Has No Color": Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom Workers protest in Dhaka over factory deaths Survivor of Bangladesh's Tazreen Factory Fire Urges U.S. Retailers to Stop Blocking Worker Safety Iraq to investigate killing of protestors Security forces kill dozens of Iraqi protesters Best of the Web: Global Warming see all → Chris Hayes - The untold story of deregulating chemical plants under the Bush administration Floods destroy valuable crop land in US US budget cuts hit hard national parks German 'algae experiment' powers green houses Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America from Monsanto to Wal-Mart Best of the Web: Political Humor see all → Proud Time To Be A Cowering Sack Of Shit As Democrats Back Off Assault Weapons Ban George W Bush's Special Day In 100 Seconds: Drones Are Evicting Foreclosed Families Don't Do Cats (Move To Amend Campaign #6) Susie Sampson for The Tea Party Report: More Bush? 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