Link: http://naturalsociety.com/monsantos-growth-hormone-rbst-us-milk/

Monsantos Cloned Growth Hormone rBST Still Contaminates US MilkBreast-feeding mothers are often cautioned against eating and drinking certain things; it’s because some of these things can find their way into their breast milk and then their baby. Wouldn’t it make sense, then, that some of the hormones and antibiotics given to dairy cattle would make their way into your milk carton? One hormone, recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rBST, is given to about 20% of dairy cattle in the United States, having unknown effects on individuals

Link: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10107-chris-hedges-time-to-get-crazy

Chief Crazy Horse in profile(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)Native Americans' resistance to the westward expansion of Europeans took two forms. One was violence. The other was accommodation. Neither worked. Their land was stolen, their communities were decimated, their women and children were gunned down and the environment was ravaged. There was no legal recourse. There was no justice. There never is for the oppressed. And as we face similar forces of predatory, unchecked corporate power intent on ruthless exploitation and stripping us of legal and physical protection, we must confront how we will respond.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/syri-j02.shtml

Heavy fighting and mass casualties were reported Sunday in the suburbs of Damascus, the Syrian capital, one day after a conference of major powers in Geneva discussed US demands for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/pers-j02.shtml

The agreement reached at the European Union summit on Friday averted the immediate prospect of a meltdown of the banking system. However, it set in place measures that will see a further intensification of attacks on the social position of the working class across the continent.

Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/02-7

Walmart's explosive growth has gutted two key pillars of the American middle class: small businesses and well-paid manufacturing jobs

Link: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/02-2

Industrial food model and soy-based aquaculture a disaster for fish, environment.
Once grown, the soy feed continues its adverse effects. Not being the natural food for fish, the farmed fish excrete more waste, which pollutes the open waters. In addition, some of these soy-fed fish will escape and breed with wild fish, affecting natural populations. Excess feed will escape as well, causing unknown damage to wild populations.