Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday 18 May 2013

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
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80% of Gitmo Prisoners on Hunger Strike for 100 Days
Group calls for cleared detainees to be released
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Revolutionary Culture in Cairo
Creative and cultural resistance has played a major role in Egypt's ongoing Revolution
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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
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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
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California Domestic Workers Demand Bill of Rights
Workers and advocates host Mother's Day brunch with legislators to urge passage of bill
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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"
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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"
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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
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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
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Poor People's March from Baltimore to DC
A Collection of Photos by Jenna Pope
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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
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Indian Elections and a Third Front
Vijay Prashad: The two major parties offer right-wing cultural values and neoliberal economics
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