The players in D.C. have assembled to act out their allotted roles, with a script that protects the rich while taking away from the poor. But unlike most of the media, Truthout refuses to play along. By not taking any advertising, we make sure no one can tell us what our assigned role should be. To do this, we need your support now more than ever - can you make a tax-deductible donation today? Click here to donate. (Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641) You can also donate by check, made payable to: Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827 (Please include your email address on your check.) Or call in your donation: 213.489.1971 The Age of Hyper-Racism: White Supremacy as the White Knight of Capitalism Michael Ortiz, Truthout: White supremacy is a fluid social framework that has morphed from the system of slavery to the system of Jim Crow, ultimately to the contemporary system of color-blind racism and mass incarceration, changing form but not the intensity of racial power. Read the Article Snack Food Companies Face Scrutiny in Campaign Against Unsustainable Palm Oil Martha Sorren, Truthout: Rainforest Action Network's new campaign against unsustainable palm oil production has called out 20 snack food companies in the hope that their power and influence can bring a change to their sector of palm oil consumption. Read the Article Iran Cooties: Will Obama Meet With Rouhani Tuesday? Robert Naiman, Truthout: The world is watching to see if President Obama will break through the "cooties" quarantine Iran has been placed in by US foreign policy to greet and meet with Iran's newly elected, pragmatic, pro-diplomacy President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations. Read the Article Neoliberalism Plays Key Role in Economically Forced Mexican Migration to US Mark Karlin, Truthout: Truthout speaks with David Bacon, author of "The Right to Stay Home," about how much of the Mexican migration to the United States comes about in dire response to profiteering economic and nation-state strategies. Read the Article Eugene Robinson | Obama Needs to Stand His Ground Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: Republicans in the House are like a bunch of 3-year-olds playing with matches. Their hapless leaders don't have the sense to scold them and send them to their rooms - which means President Obama has to be the disciplinarian in this dysfunctional family. Read the Article On Reinventing the Meaning of Politics and What Needs to Be Done Henry A Giroux, Truthout: On Monday, August 19, 2013 McMaster University Professor Henry Giroux spoke at the Third Ontario Common Front General Assembly. These excerpts are from his keynote address. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Chemical Weapons, Then Nuclear Weapons David Krieger, Truthout: US-Russian cooperation on achieving the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons is an exciting first step in the direction of a more decent world order. Read the Article The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-and-Switch on the Budget Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: This bait-and-switch offer from Republicans to keep the government running will raise unemployment, hurt businesses, cut the economy, harm families and could destroy the recovery. Read the Article How Fake Second Amendment History Kills Robert Parry, Consortium News: A key reason why the nation is frozen in a shocking paralysis, unable to protect even little children, is that the American Right has sold much of the country on a false history regarding the Second Amendment. Read the Article Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive? Shamus Cooke, Workers Action: The international game of geopolitics mirrors the corporate competition for international markets; with each country the United States dominates politically - through war - US corporations are able to profit through being the primary lender. Read the Article Jim Hightower | Squeezing More Profits from Crummy Tomatoes Jim Hightower, OtherWords: Bland, mass-produced tomatoes doused with pesticides, machine harvested while green, and shipped across country are only ideal for the maximization of corporate profits. Read the Article |
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