TRNN This Week April 28 - May 3

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TRNN This Week April 28 - May 3 May 4, 2013 may 3 Obama Visits Mexico - US Policy Helped Create a Land of Government Corruption and Narco Gangs While the media concentrates on energy, trade talks and securing the border, the real issue is Mexico's descent into a narco-state Go to story | Go to homepage US Syria Policy Promotes Endless Civil War Omar Dahi: Daniel Pipes, neo-con and ultra Zionist, spells out US policy towards Syria - let both sides destroy each other Go to story | Go to homepage May 2 Global May Day Protests Against Austerity and Deaths of Bangladeshi Workers May Day marches in major cities around the world demand an end to austerity policies and support of workers' rights Go to story | Go to homepage The War on Wages and The Road to Bangladesh Bill Black: In the name of competitiveness, the criminal conditions that led to the deaths and injuries of thousands of workers in Bangladesh, are being created around the world in a race to lower wages and working conditions Go to story | Go to homepage May 1 "Generation Without Fear" Demands Free Education in Chile A massive student demonstration raises demand to end economic policies created under Pinochet Dictatorship Go to story | Go to homepage Why Are People with Health Insurance Going Bankrupt? Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese: Obama care will not put an end to medical bankruptcies - 80% of people going bankrupt due to healthcare costs had insurance Go to story | Go to homepage Palestinian Children Routinely Detained and Arrested By Israeli Authorities Gavan Kelly Pt.2: International solidarity plays a key role in helping Palestinian prisoners fight for their rights, in the face of an arbitrary Israeli military court system Go to story | Go to homepage April 30 Only 6 Percent of Child Trafficking Cases in India Result in Prosecutions In three years a total of 452679 victims of child trafficking cases were reported but number of prosecutions was only 25006 - 6% of the cases being reported Go to story | Go to homepage High Unemployment Due to Lack of Demand, Not Lack of Skills or Education Jesse Rothstein: Low wages and lack of purchasing power the real structural problem, skills training and more education is not the critical solution Go to story | Go to homepage Israel Breaks Signed Agreement to End Prisoner Hunger Strikes Gavan Kelly: This year's Prisoner Day marked by hunger strikes of Palestinian prisoners who pay a heavy price in order to raise awareness of their plight Go to story | Go to homepage April 29 Hundreds Die in Bangladesh Factory Collapse As Retailers Reject Better Safety Standards Western retailers refuse to fund independent safety inspections after 300 die in Bangladesh factory collapse and 5 months after 112 die in factory fire Go to story | Go to homepage Walmart Workers Protest Cuts to Hours and Scheduling Policy Josh Eidelson: Workers say Walmart scheduling consigns workers to poverty through insufficient hours and wreaks havoc on their personal lives Go to story | Go to homepage April 28 52% of Americans Favor Legalization of Marijuana Neill Franklin: While 45 percent of Americans oppose legal marijuana, 70 percent think enforcing federal drug laws is a waste of money Go to story | Go to homepage Recession and Austerity Good for the Rich James Henry: The top 7 percent of households, about 8 million people, have seen their net worth increase to a mean of about $3.2 million in the last three years Go to story | Go to homepage Does Public Debt Restrict Growth? Joseph Minarik and Bob Pollin debate recent PERI report that debunked economic theory that supported austerity policies 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 Best of the Web: News and Analysis see all → Inside Story - The dark side of austerity Gauging Hezbollah's role in Syria As U.S. Moves to Arm Syrian Rebels, Questions Raised About Reports of Chemical Weapons Attack U.S. Faces 'Real-Time Experiment' in Economic Recovery Obama Vows to Seek Guantánamo Closure, But Immediate Action Could Prevent Hunger Strikers' Deaths Best of the Web: The Occupy Movement see all → Bangladesh: Sanctions for safety Rep. Jose Serrano: Critical Latino Vote Has Changed the Equation in Washington's Immigration Debate Protecting Unions & Worker Rights "Is the Fight of Our Lives" Says Labor Activist Charlie Kernaghan How North Americans Can Help Prevent the Next Bangladeshi Garment Factory Tragedy Country Musician Willie Nelson Turns 80: "One Person Carrying A Message Can Change the World" Best of the Web: Global Warming see all → UN says Somalia famine killed nearly 260,000 Solar-powered plane set to fly across US Punishing Vieques: Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy Hawaii rallies to 'Evict Monsanto' Papantonio: The Dirty Truth About Keystone XL Best of the Web: Political Humor see all → John Fugelsang asks God to explain John Boehner Why You Should Care About The Massive Guantanamo Hunger Strike The Daily Show Obama's Red Lines The Colbert Report Spreadable Sharia Hell Rejects Margaret Thatcher Latest Blogs While Media Looks for Encampments, Occupy Helps Build the Popular Resistance The Broader Costs of Lethal Lemons: "We Have so Many Ranas" Putting People and the Planet Before Profits Economics for the 99%: Unemployment Falling in the United States? 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