| Richard D. Wolff | Obama's Economic Significance Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: President Obama's proven reliability as outsider president extraordinaire - putting a disarming smiley face on capitalism's depredations - is his administration's economic significance. Read the Article A Militarism We Call Patriotism Matthew Brian Goldman, Truthout: The president's most recent State of the Union speech, as well as his 2012 address, reflect a creeping American militarism, for which we are all culpable and which poses grave potential threats. Read the Article Attacks on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Backfire Sam Gilbert, Truthout: While the movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions does not yet have widespread US public support, proposed reactionary legislation against it has given the campaign exposure that it otherwise was unlikely to achieve. Read the Article Paul Buhle on His "Big and Useful" New Collaboration, Radical Jesus Leslie Thatcher, Truthout: Paul Buhle talks to Truthout about his new collaboration and "graphic history of faith," Radical Jesus, and its ties to current activism. Read the Interview Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Genetic and Cultural DNA Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Who are we? Where do we come from? How do we construct our identity? Eisa Ulen discusses how we determine "who" we are. Watch the Video US Plans to Speed Poultry Slaughtering, Cut Inspections Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service: The government is weighing approval for an overhaul of regulations governing the country’s poultry industry that would see processing speeds increase substantially even while responsibility for oversight would be largely given over to plant employees. Read the Article Senators Block Bill to Remove Sex Assault Cases From Military Chain of Command Lindsay Wise, McClatchy Newspapers: The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation that would have stripped military commanders of the power to prosecute sexual assaults and other major crimes. The bill’s supporters said the only way to restore trust in the military justice system was to allow independent prosecutors - not commanders - to decide whether a case should go to trial. Read the Article John Lewis' Moving Graphic Novel Brings the Civil Rights Struggle to a New Generation Valerie Schloredt, Yes! Magazine: In the tradition of Maus and Persepolis, March tells the story of young African-Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights. Read the Review Zombie Super PACs Face Termination Dave Levinthal, The Center for Public Integrity: A legion of zombie super PACs - they exist on paper but barely engage in politics, if at all - face "administrative termination" by federal regulators for failing to file mandatory financial disclosures. Read the Article New ILO Animation Explores Forced Labor Staff, Migrant Rights: The International Labour Organization (ILO) released a video to demonstrate the many ways individuals can get trapped into forced labor, including misleading recruitment practices, harmful working conditions, substandard living conditions, in-kind payment and passport confiscation. Read the Article and Watch the Video This Week in SpeakOut: Alyce Santoro interviews John P. Clark on the revolutionary eco-anarchism of Elisée Reclus; Adam Parsons invites us to participate in Viva la #SharingSpring!; Karen Rybold Chin interviews Mark Shepard about restoration agriculture; Tatiana Makovkin discusses activist art as an answer to oppression; Boyce Brown suggests using the "Washington Rules" will not be helpful for understanding Russia's interests in the Ukraine; Evelyn Galindo-Doucette considers the difficulty of lending credence to the final round of El Salvador's presidential election; Raj Jayadev discusses new efforts to stop mass incarceration in the US; Rowan Wolf considers the curious persistence of red-baiting; Mark Brenner and Jane Slaughter pitch a new book that demonstrates the strike remains labor's most powerful weapon; Jasiri X sings an apology to Marissa Alexander; and more. Read the Articles | 
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