Our stand against NATO
Link: http://socialistworker.org/2012/05/18/our-stand-against-nato
Malalai Joya is a courageous opponent of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, of the corrupt regime presided over by President Hamid Karzai--and of the Taliban and other conservative Islamist forces battling U.S. and Afghan government troops. She was elected to parliament in 2005, but was suspended after she denounced the presence of representatives she called "warlords" and "war criminals."
PermalinkThe Commencement Address That Won’t Be Given
Link: http://robertreich.org/post/23301640941
As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today. You’re f*cked.
A New Politics That Rejects Austerity and Wars of Whim
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/18-1
There's something sick about a politics that tells children to give up their lunch money so that billionaire speculators can avoid paying taxes. And that sickness will only be cured by a new politics.
Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging?
Link: http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/05/18/are-americans-catching-on-waking-up-unplugging/
In response to the question in the title I can report that most of my readers are. Almost everyone got the point of the last column. They see the absurdity of the government’s claim that the identity of the tough, macho Navy Seals, who allegedly murdered Osama bin Laden, has to be kept secret in order to protect our fierce warriors from reprisals from Muslim terrorists, while those government officials responsible for the torture and deaths of large numbers of Muslims can walk around, identity known, unprotected and safe.
Washington’s lethal intervention in Syria
Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/pers-m18.shtml
While publicly insisting that it is only providing “non-lethal” aid to elements seeking the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria, Washington is coordinating the shipment of arms into the country and working to expand the deadly conflict.
4-year-old Texas girl taken from parents and heavily drugged by Child Protective Services
Link: http://rt.com/usa/news/parents-child-daughter-rachel-619/
The parents of a 4-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was placed under the care of Child Protective Services and then heavily medicated with psychotropic drugs. Christina and David Harrison were heartbroken when Child Protective Services took away their daughter, Rachel, when she was only three. At the time, authorities suspended their parental rights after the child’s mother tested positive for cocaine, something she now says she heavily regrets. When she finally got to see her daughter again, however, she noticed some serious changes with Rachel.
Iraq, Afghanistan vets to hand back medals at NATO summit
Link: http://www.federaljack.com/?p=175068
Thirty to 50 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars may have fought hard for or suffered for their medals, but this weekend, they plan to hand those medals back during the NATO summit in Chicago, MSNBC reports. The group will stage the demonstration in protest of the war on terror, according to the itinerary for Sunday published on the blog Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Spain crisis rocks Europe as Moody's downgrades banks including Santander
The flames of the eurozone crisis leapt higher yesterday, as fears spread about the state of the Continent's most vulnerable banks.
Gunter: International effort must now be mounted to prevent further catastrophe at Fukushima — Japan yet to ask for outside help - Video
Concerns focused on any number of problems that could start a cascade of events at Fukushima. Former ambassador to Japan to Switzerland has warned of basically a civilization ending event for Japan.
Where are the Missing Five Million Workers?
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/18-4
“In the past two years, the number of people in the U.S. who are older than 16 (and not in the military or prison) has grown by 5.4 million. The number of people working or looking for work hasn't grown at all.”
The Organic Watergate: Alarming Report Reveals USDA's Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in 'Organics'
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/18-5
Today, the Cornucopia Institute released a report titled The Organic Watergate, revealing widespread corruption in the USDA's organic food monitoring panel -- the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
Congress still okay with indefinite detention and torture of Americans - Video
Link: http://rt.com/usa/news/detention-amendment-ndaa-rep-599/
Even after a federal court deemed the NDAA unconstitutional, the US House of Representatives refused to exclude indefinite detention provisions from the infamous defense spending bill during a vote on Friday. An attempt to strike down any provisions allowing for the US military to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge from next year’s National Defense Authorization Act was shot down Friday morning in the House of Representatives.
From Mubarak to Worse
Link: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107827
More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse now than they were in the Mubarak era.
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