TRNN This Week May 12 - May 17

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TRNN This Week May 12 - May 17 May 18, 2013 May 17 Seizure of AP Phone Records Continues Obama Admin's Attack on Whistleblowers Mark Seibel (McClatchy Newspapers): Seizure of a news organization's phone records should be illegal as it limits the ability of journalists to investigate and report - something guaranteed by the Constitution Go to story | Go to homepage 80% of Gitmo Prisoners on Hunger Strike for 100 Days Group calls for cleared detainees to be released Go to story | Go to homepage Taxing Corporate Profits will Force Investment Heiner Flassbeck: Corporations are sitting on mountains of cash and are unwilling to invest in the real economy - only high taxes on profit will make them do so Go to story | Go to homepage May 16 Palestinians Mark 65th Anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe of 1948) On Nakba day, Palestinians commemorate the annual anniversary by holding rallies asserting their right of return. 65 years have passed since historic Palestine was occupied in 1948 Go to story | Go to homepage Hundreds Take Part in "Poor People's March" Against Unemployment and Austerity Hundreds mark 45th anniversary of Dr. King's "Poor People's March" to highlight ongoing fight against inequality and high unemployment Go to story | Go to homepage Systemic Malfunctioning of the Labor and Financial Markets Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: Government has to step in and correct the imbalances of low wages and unregulated financial markets or a deeper recession and crisis is inevitable Go to story | Go to homepage May 15 Apres Moi, Le Deluge - Make Money Now To Hell With Tomorrow Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: We're in worse shape now than in 2008 because at least then there was hope governments would face up to the situation Go to story | Go to homepage Revolutionary Culture in Cairo Creative and cultural resistance has played a major role in Egypt's ongoing Revolution Go to story | Go to homepage Skateboarding: Gaza's newly established leisure sport Gaza's young population in isolated Gaza connect with other young people worldwide through sport, this time through "skateboarding" but border restrictions and measures imposed by the local authorities in Gaza is a challenge Go to story | Go to homepage May 14 From Capital Punishment to Guns, Old Fears Weigh Like a Nightmare on Today's Debate Stephen John Hartnett (author of Executing Democracy): The roots of today's debate about capital punishment, prisons and guns goes back to pre-civil war religious ideas that slaves must be terrorized and God must be appeased Go to story | Go to homepage California Domestic Workers Demand Bill of Rights Workers and advocates host Mother's Day brunch with legislators to urge passage of bill Go to story | Go to homepage Christianity of the Inquisition in the US Army Larry Wilkerson: Evangelical Christianity is spreading with official support throughout the US armed forces, including the persecution of "non-believers" Go to story | Go to homepage May 13 Hawking and the Growing Israel Boycott Movement BDS activists in Gaza (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction) consider renowned physicist Stephen Hawking's decision to cancel his participation in an upcoming conference in Israel as part of an academic boycott "a huge victory for the BDS movement" Go to story | Go to homepage Obama Nominates Cable Industry Lobbyist and Campaign Bundler New Head of FCC Nicholas Johnson: Nomination of Tom Wheeler shows Obama wants an FCC that manages monopoly competition - not a defender of public interest; Wheeler on President's intelligence advisory board, not likely to defend right to privacy Go to story | Go to homepage Drums Beat for US Military Intervention in Syria but Israel finds a Weakened Assad "Convenient" Phyllis Bennis: The humanitarian disaster in Syria is mostly ignored as external powers vie for position to control outcome of civil war Go to story | Go to homepage Poor People's March from Baltimore to DC A Collection of Photos by Jenna Pope Go to story | Go to homepage Hawking's Boycott and Israeli Propaganda Tactics Mike Cushman: Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott the Israeli Presidential Conference is of great significance in exposing Israel's apartheid regime Go to story | Go to homepage Indian Elections and a Third Front Vijay Prashad: The two major parties offer right-wing cultural values and neoliberal economics 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 → "Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe The Hollowing-Out of Government with Robert Reich Sheila Krumholz and Danielle Brian on How Money Rules Washington The Other IRS Scandal: David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax-Exemption The U.S. Deficit Drops Sharply: Rana Foroohar Explains Best of the Web: The Occupy Movement see all → Biggest Scandal in Canadian History? 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