Thursday, November 17, 2016

RSN: Learning to Walk, Social Movements Warn COP22 Could Accelerate Climate Catastrophe




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Michelle Alexander | Learning to Walk 
Professor Michelle Alexander. (photo: Clutch Magazine) 
Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander's Facebook Page 
Alexander writes: "The truth is we are stumbling badly in large part because we are just beginning to learn to walk. Roughly 50 years ago, we still had an explicitly racist system of laws and government: a racial caste system. It was not a true democracy by any stretch. We still don't have a real democracy. And we've managed to rebirth a new caste-like system in recent years, a new Jim Crow. In the words of William Faulkner, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'" 
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Trump's Vast Web of Conflicts: A User's Guide 
Darren Samuelsohn, Politico 
Samuelsohn writes: "An agency-by-agency look at the ethics challenges flowing from Trump's sprawling business empire." 
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Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter Over Shooting Death of Philando Castile 
Kyle Potter and Amy Forliti, Associated Pres 
Excerpt: "A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Philando Castile, a black man whose girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of the fatal shooting live on Facebook, prosecutors announced Wednesday." 
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Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney Advising Trump's Transition Team 
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept 
Schwarz writes: "According to the Wall Street Journal, Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, has joined Donald Trump's transition team to work on national security issues. Trump's campaign has denied that Gaffney is officially part of the transition, and the New York Times is reporting that Trump is merely relying on 'advice' from Gaffney." 
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Twitter Suspends Multiple Alt-Right Accounts in an Effort to Crack Down on Hate Speech 
The Cut, New York Magazine 
Excerpt: "Twitter suspended several social-media accounts linked to the alt-right movement on Tuesday, as part of its effort to crack down on 'hate speech.'" 
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Neil Young Celebrates 71st Birthday Performing at Standing Rock Protest Site 
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone 
Kreps writes: "Neil Young celebrated his 71st birthday with some activism Saturday as the singer visited Standing Rock, site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, to perform for those involved in the standoff." 
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Social Movements Warn COP22 Could Accelerate Climate Catastrophe 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "While much criticism of the Paris deal and COP22 has highlighted world leaders' failure to create a roadmap for a timely transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy, debates over the future model of agriculture - and its impacts on land ownership and food sovereignty - are also key." 
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