| Today, on May Day, many of us are celebrating the past and present struggles of working people - we owe them a lot. At Truthout, we also owe you, our readers: thanks to you, we just managed to meet our fundraising goal in the small hours of last night! Your ongoing support is vital for Truthout to not only survive, but grow and become stronger. If you can, please consider signing up to give a recurring monthly donation. Declaration: An Excerpt Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Argo-Navis Publishing: The authors of Declaration, seen as an insightful and path-breaking book by Henry A. Giroux, examine injustices that democracy has wrought and share an excerpt. Read the Excerpt Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests Allison Kilkenny, The Nation: Though there is considerably less press coverage of this year's May Day in comparison to last year's events, now is actually the time when the most exciting grassroots workers' actions are taking place. Read the Article President Obama's Law Day Proclamation Rings Hollow So Long as Torturers Go Unpunished Stephen F. Rohde, Truthout: If Obama truly believes in upholding our proud legal tradition, he needs to immediately instruct his Justice Department to investigate and prosecute any government official who broke the law. Read the Article Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout: On Earth Day, a new alternative government, the Green Shadow Cabinet, was announced. Its over 80 members are leaders in their fields, from medicine to art to activism, and will advocate for the popular solutions the corporate duopoly ignores. Read the Article Angela Davis: The Iconic "Sweet Black Angel" at l'Humanité Rosa Moussaoui, L'Humanite in English: Here's a look back at the work of the remarkable activist, Angela Davis, who is still engaged in the struggle for human emancipation. Read the Article This May Day in Berlin: 7,000 Imported Police, With Marching Routes Exposed Matt Carter, Occupy.com: This May Day, protests in Berlin are centered on the EU crisis, which it seems may finally be reaching Germany. In response, the city government brought in an estimated 7,000 auxiliary officials from across Germany to aid in controlling the action. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Want to Eliminate Your Overtime Pay, and More In today's On the News segment: Republicans want to eliminate your overtime pay; a Bloomberg analysis indicates that everyday employees are the only ones who are not benefiting from the historic profits seen since the 2008 economic meltdown; the Florida legislature is working to fast-track executions in the state, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript The Lesson of WMDs: Obama and US Military Divided Over Syria Shamus Cooke, Counterpunch: The US government's internal squabbling over whether the Syrian government used chemical weapons is really an argument on whether the US should invade Syria, and the mainstream media is playing into this discourse. Read the Article Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa's Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of Mountaintop Removal Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: Despite an 18-month moratorium on frac sand extraction in Allamakee, Iowa, county residents see evidence the industry is creeping in. Mining corporations have adopted a method of mountaintop removal to extract the resource, at the expense of the citizens. Read the Article Bush's Legacy Ought to Be on Trial; Instead, It's Put on Display Jodie Evans and Charles Davis, Code Pink: "Kill a few, they call you a murderer. Kill tens of thousands, they give you $500 million for a granite vanity project and a glossy 30-page supplement in the local paper." Read the Article Fukushima: A Dire SOS Message The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Nuclear power lobbyists claim that nuclear power is one of cleanest forms of energy out there. But there is nothing clean, carbon-wise, about nuclear power, and the only thing green about it is the glowing radioactivity. Read the Article Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now!: Private First Class Kimberly Rivera - a conscientious objector and pregnant mother of four - has just been sentenced to military prison for refusing to serve in the Iraq War. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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