NAFTA on Steroids: The TransPacific Partnership and Global Neoliberalism Cliff DuRand, Truthout: "Corporate-led neoliberal globalization [have transformed] nation-states into globalized states that serve the interests of transnational capital above the interests of national populations," writes DuRand about policies like the TransPacific Partnership. Read the Article Marijuana Industry Eager to Pay Taxes - and Cash in on Deductions Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers: Marijuana dispensaries look to benefit from tax deductions while also arguing that taxing their product could add millions of dollars to the federal treasury. Read the Article Are Shoplifting and Parking Violations Less "Minuscule" Than NSA Privacy Violations? The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: When John DeLong, the top NSA official in charge of making sure that NSA analysts comply with rules and regulations protecting the privacy of Americans, calls these violations "minuscule," we must never forget that "no one is above the law." Read the Article If We Cut Aid to Egypt's Military, Would We Die? Robert Naiman, Truthout: As the government decides whether it is worth the "risk" to cut off foreign aid to Egypt, given the military coup that overthrew Egypt's democratically elected president, the real question is not about what the US is sacrificing, but why we are not doing all that we can to encourage peace in the region? Read the Article Dean Baker | The Big Silicon Valley Super Powerball Lottery Dean Baker, Truthout: New tech startups in Silicon Valley are falling prey to the same unethical tactics as Wall Street, where the well connected make millions by ripping off the hard work of smaller, more industrious, companies. Read the Article How Billionaire "Philanthropy" Is Fueling Inequality and Helping to Destroy the Country Prashanth Kamalakanthan, AlterNet: The "charitable-industrial complex," where the wealthy set up philanthropic efforts with little or no knowledge of the structural issues within this country, continues the cycle of inequality under the guise of charity. Read the Article Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz, who worked with Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers and volunteered during Mississippi's Freedom Summer of 1964, joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful change. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Chamber of Commerce Isn't Getting Much Return for the Money It Invested in Republican Candidates, and More In today's On the News segment: A new report from the Huffington Post found that the US Chamber of Commerce isn't getting much return for the $69.5 million dollars it invested in Republican candidates in the last two elections; scientists may have figured out how to repair damaged DNA; Arlington County in Virginia spent $13,000 for a traffic sign that reads, "Don't hit the car in front of you"; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Movements Without Leaders: What to Make of Change on an Overheating Planet Bill McKibben, TomDispatch: Bill McKibben reflects on the environmental movement and observes that it might be the lack of a discernible leader, creating an equal open dialogue between activists, that makes the movement so successful. Read the Article Worker "Disloyalty" Leads to Discharge; Employer Disloyalty Is Good for Business Ellen Dannin and Ann C. Hodges, Truthout: Making employee disloyalty a firing offense is perhaps the most egregious example of judicial overreach affecting the National Labor Relations Act. Read the Article Distorted Supply Chain Caused by MNCs Manufacturing Abroad and How to Restore Its Legitimacy Dhanjoo Ghista and Apek Mulay, Truthout: Corporations that manufacture offshore and import their own goods duty-free distort the supply chain. Economic reforms, including a proposed cooperative business managerial system, could repair the damage done in the name of "free trade." Read the Article |
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