FOCUS: Feminism Without Socialism Will Never Cure Our Unequal Society

08 March 19 Urgent and Immediate Appeal for Donations It is - very - important to get moving on donations, right here right now. Yes we do need the money. Yes some people have helped. But we have to have a good month, whatever it takes. As of right now it's not happening. With urgency. Marc Ash Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts, CA 95611

08 March 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News URGENT AND IMMEDIATE APPEAL FOR DONATIONS - It is - very - important to get moving on donations, right here right now. Yes we do need the money. Yes some people have helped. But we have to have a good month, whatever it takes. As of right now it's not happening. With urgency. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Feminism Without Socialism Will Never Cure Our Unequal Society  Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Guardian UK  EXCERPT:  he chair of the Institute of Directors, Charlotte Valeur, has used International Women’s Day to criticise FTSE 350 companies for not making enough effort to recruit and promote women and minority-ethnic directors. Scrolling through the list of FTSE 350 companies, one will find brands such as HSBC, which was fined £1.4bn for helping drug cartels launder money in Mexico; Sports Direct, where workers have been exploited to the extent that one woman gave birth in the toilets; and G4S, a company so mired in scandal that it has an entire Wikipedia page dedicated solely to the amount of controversies it has amassed. If a company behaves terribly but its director is a woman, is that still feminism? O'Hagan writes: "Gender inequality is a necessary condition of capitalism, so this International Women's Day join a trade union." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why Hollywood Activism Failed at the Oscars

ENERGY SECRETARY RICK PERRY, THE DANCING CLOWN, MUCH LIKE TRUMP APPOINTMENTS, IS INCOMPETENT AND UNQUALIFIED. HIS 2 PREDECESSORS WERE NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS, ONE A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. 

THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. 

DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE RICK PERRY COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT HE WANTED TO ELIMINATE. 

DOE Secretary Rick Perry. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)

Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says Moving From Fossil Fuels to Renewables Is 'Immoral'
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Wednesday that it was 'immoral' to help poor nations shift off of fossil fuels."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why Hollywood Activism Failed at the Oscars

RSN: Never Before Has the House Moved So Fast to Pass Such a Bad Bill: TRUMPCARE!, EPA Head Falsely Claims Carbon Emissions Aren't the Cause of Global Warming

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A VERY EARLY THANK YOU - We are - a long - way from finishing the March fundraiser. That said, yesterday we sounded an alarm on donations. A lot of people responded and we managed a "reasonable day" of fundraising. We appreciate that response. Thank you. We are so far at 60 donations for the month. We need roughly 900. Never forget we can do that in "1" day, anytime this readership decides to do it. Food for thought. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News

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Robert Reich | Never Before Has the House Moved So Fast to Pass Such a Bad Bill 
 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page 
Reich writes: "Never before in history has the House of Representatives moved so quickly on a bill that would affect so many on the basis of so few facts." 
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As House Races to Advance Health Bill, GOP Senators Tell Them to Slow Down 
Elise Viebeck, Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A key House committee, voting before dawn Thursday after about 18 hours of debate, approved a Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, giving the bill its first procedural victory even as the Senate's top Republican expressed concern about the absence of a cost estimate." 
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Jessica Valenti | Don't Let Feminism Get Hijacked for Racist Ends 
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK 
Valenti writes: "While we all celebrate International Women's Day in different ways, there's one under-discussed issue I hope all of us will take up - the way racist policies across the globe are being enacted under the guise of protecting women." 
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When Wrongful Convictions Affect Blacks More Than Whites, Can We Call It a Justice System? 
Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times 
Martelle writes: "Racial disparities have long been evident in the U.S. criminal justice system, but a new report drilling into statistics on wrongful convictions points up exactly how nefarious the problem is. African Americans are much more likely to be wrongfully convicted of a murder, sexual assault or drug offense than whites." 
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Mississippi Pro-Choice Activist Fired on International Women's Day 
Matt Kessler, Guardian UK 
Kessler writes: "Catholic Charities fired a Mississippi employee on International Women's Day for discussing her former pro-choice advocacy work in a recent magazine article."
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Women and Children in Yemeni Village Recall Horror of Trump's "Highly Successful" SEAL Raid 
Iona Craig, The Intercept 
Craig writes: "Although some details about the mission remain unclear, the account that has emerged suggests the Trump White House is breaking with Obama administration policies that were intended to limit civilian casualties." 
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EPA Head Falsely Claims Carbon Emissions Aren't the Cause of Global Warming 
Samantha Page, ThinkProgress 
Page writes: "The man in charge of the protecting the country's environment, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Thursday morning and falsely claimed carbon dioxide emissions are not the 'primary contributor' of global warming." 
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CALLING OUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DONATE: Being totally honest we have a lot of people who visit RSN all the time and do not donate. That misses the point. This is not an entertainment site. If you want to entertained head on over to the Huffington Post. That way you get progressive news plus hype, tabloid titillation and good old fashion T&A. This is RSN if you want to be a part of changing things, be a part of this. RSN is supported by hard working people of limited means. Don't let them carry the burden by themselves. Chip in, sign up and get on board. You are needed and welcome here. In solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News

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Charles Pierce | Rahm Emanuel and the Useless Editorial Board at The Washington Post

Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The lack of links to the evidence of Emanuel's glorious triumph over schoolteachers is a bit disturbing, and surely, the corporate ties of school 'reformers' are not 'special interests' in the sense that a firefighter is."
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Flight 370 Did Not Disappear, the Truth About What Happened Is a Scandal
Clive Irving, The Daily Beast
Irving writes: "In this disaster there is as yet not one piece of physical evidence to begin that process. There is however a trail of failures that expose serious lapses of responsibility across a wide range of airline and regulation practices."
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The Anti-Corporate Roots of International Women's Day
Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America
Taylor writes: "For an event championed by international nongovernment organizations and major global corporations, it may surprise some that IWD was borne out of the U.S. socialist movement in the early 20th century."
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US Unemployment at Lowest Since 2008 - but Young People Still Can't Find Work
Jana Kasperkevic, Guardian UK
Kasperkevic writes: "The US economy is booming. On Friday, the Commerce Department announced overall US unemployment had fallen to 5.5%. Yet the unemployment rate for young Americans rose to double digits last month."
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Tens of Thousands Fill Rabin Square for Anti-Netanyahu Rally
The Times of Israel
Excerpt: "An estimated 40,000 demonstrators poured into Tel Aviv's Rabin Square Saturday evening to take part in a rally calling for a change in government."
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Unprecedented Family Leave Program Comes to the US
Jena McGregor, The Washington Post
McGregor writes: "Although who qualifies for the benefit will vary somewhat by country, Pol said the reduced hours program for returning mothers and the 16 weeks of paid leave will apply to all full-time female employees in the United States."
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Utilities Wage War Against Rooftop Solar
Joby Warrick, The Washington Post
Warrick writes: "Three years ago, the nation's top utility executives gathered at a Colorado resort to hear warnings about a grave new threat to operators of America's electric grid: not superstorms or cyberattacks, but rooftop solar panels."
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