Friday, September 18, 2015

RSN: Nearly Half the World's Largest Corporations Are Obstructing Climate Change Legislation, Noam Chomsky: It's the US, Not Iran, That Is the Main Threat to World Peace



A Bloated Military Budget looking for ENDLESS WAR to BUILD EMPIRE!
We didn't get it right the last time, don't count on it being right this time! 



Daily Kos's photo.
This says it all.
Thanks to The Middle Class is Drowning for the graphic.

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Noam Chomsky: It's the US, Not Iran, That Is the Main Threat to World Peace 
Professor Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist and activist. (photo: Va Shiva) 
Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch 
Prashad writes: "To get the wider context of the Iranian deal, I spoke to Professor Noam Chomsky, who laid out the geopolitical and historical context for this important agreement." 
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Black Teenager Arrested by Nine California Police Officers After 'Jaywalking' 
Rory Carroll, Guardian UK 
Carroll writes: "Nine police officers arrested an unarmed black teenager in California after he allegedly jaywalked." 
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Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Donald Sutherland and Ellen Page | A Canadian Manifesto for the Planet and One Another 
Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Donald Sutherland and Ellen Page, The Globe and Mail 
Excerpt: "The time has come for energy democracy: We believe not just in changes to our energy sources, but that wherever possible communities should collectively control these new energy systems." 
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GM to Pay $900M to Avoid Criminal Inquiry Into Fault That Led to 124 Deaths 
Rupert Neate, Guardian UK 
Neate writes: "General Motors has agreed to pay a $900m fine to avoid a criminal investigation into allegations that it deliberately hid information about a fault that led to the deaths of at least 124 people." 
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Bernie Sanders Raises $1.2 Million After Attack From Pro-Hillary Group 
Bradford Richardson, The Hill 
Richardson writes: "Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign took in more than $1.2 million in donations in the two days after an attack from a super-PAC supporting Hillary Clinton." 
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Migrant Crisis: Syrian Refugees Face Minefields Threat at Croatia-Serbia Border 
Gianluca Mezzofiore, International Business Times 
Mezzofiore writes: "Croatia has sent mine-clearing experts to the border with Serbia - where refugees are crossing on foot after Hungary's decision to seal the frontier - because of fears about the threat posed by thousands of landmines left over from the 1991-95 war." 
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Nearly Half the World's Largest Corporations Are Obstructing Climate Change Legislation 
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch 
Mellino writes: "New research reveals that nearly half (45 percent) of the world's 100 largest companies are 'obstructing climate change legislation.' And those that aren't actively obstructing climate policy are members of trade associations that do." 
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