Thursday, March 12, 2015

RSN: Fukushima's Anniversary Should Remind Us Nuclear Power Poses Threat to Human Survival, End Israel's Violations of International Law in Gaza




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Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson | End Israel's Violations of International Law in Gaza
Jimmy Carter displaying his book, 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.'  (photo: unknown)
Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The UN should mandate an end to the siege of Gaza as a first step towards a settlement in Gaza."
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US Companies Are Stashing $2.1 Trillion Overseas to Avoid Taxes
Richard Rubin, Bloomberg
Rubin writes: "Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc. and five other tech firms now account for more than a fifth of the $2.10 trillion in profits that U.S. companies are holding overseas."
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The Case to Release The Eric Garner Grand-Jury Records
Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker
Blitzer writes: "Grand-jury records should be released in cases where transparency could serve the public interest. In the Garner case, the public stakes are high: last year saw a significant uptick in police killings nationwide, and widespread protests of police violence against African-Americans."
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Chicago Teacher Pension Money Invested With Rahm Emanuel's Friends and Donors
Matthew Cunningham-Cook and David Sirota, International Business Times
Excerpt: "Chicago teachers' pension money flowed to financial companies connected to some of the mayor's friends and top donors. Emanuel received campaign cash from those same financial firms despite his own 2011 executive order purportedly preventing donors from receiving city business."
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Israel Elections: Rising Panic in Likud Ranks as Opposition Gains Momentum
Peter Beaumont, Guardian UK
Beaumont writes: "Israel's opposition leader, Yitzhak Herzog, appears to be gaining momentum in the runup to next week's general election, triggering a rising sense of panic in Likud, the party of the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu."
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Cory Doctorow | Technology Should be Used To Create Social Mobility - Not To Spy on Citizens
Cory Doctorow, Guardian UK
Doctorow writes: "Why spy? Because it's cheaper than playing fair. Our networks have given the edge to the elites, and unless we seize the means of information, we are headed for a long age of IT-powered feudalism, where property is the exclusive domain of the super-rich."
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Harvey Wasserman |Fukushima's Anniversary Should Remind Us Nuclear Power Poses Threat to Human Survival
Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "The catastrophe that began at Fukushima four years ago today is worse than ever. But the good news can ultimately transcend the bad-if we make it so."
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