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AlterNet Newsletter - Feb 15th, 2012

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:24 am
Press Release: Alternet

Noam Chomsky: The Decline of American Empire (Part 2)

The principles of imperial domination have undergone little change, but the capacity to implement them has markedly declined. Read more

By Noam Chomsky | TomDispatch.com

State Rape in Virginia: New Law Just Like Texas's Intrusive Ultrasound Requirement

By Digby | Hullabaloo

No One Showing Up to Bristol Palin's Book Tour--So She's Recruiting on Craigslist

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

800,000 Americans Tell Senate: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

By Environment News Service

Colbert on Obama's "War on Religion": Using Contraception is Cock-Blocking Jesus

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Effort to Mobilize Catholics Against Obama Has Failed

By Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly

Cenk Uygur Lets Loose on Andrew Breitbart's Occupy Smears

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Mitt Romney's Auto Bailout Claims Take a Beating

By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos

Democrat Women Slam GOP’s Radical Contraception Amendment, Claim It ‘Opens Door To Discrimination’

By Igor Volsky | Think Progress

Daily Show Takes on Right-Wing Insanity on Women in Combat: Should Women Expect to Be "Paid Slightly Less, Raped Slightly More?"

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Three Ways Maryland May Legalize Medical Pot

By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
_ Progressive Wire

Lin lifts NY Knicks to dramatic win over Toronto

By Agence France Presse

N.H. Lawmakers Consider Rolling Back Gay Marriage

By NPR Online

NYPD 2011 Data Reveals Highest Number of Stop-and-Frisks Ever

By Jorge Rivas | ColorLines

5 Creepy Ways Robots Are Replacing Humans

By The Huffington Post News Editors | Huffington Post

99% Celebrate Valentines Day By Closing Bank of America Accounts

By Maurice Garland | The Loop 21

Lawmakers Strike Tentative Deal On Payroll Tax Package

By Sahil Kapur | TPMDC

_ Best Of The Week

1. 5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'

By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet

2. Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information

By George Monbiot | The Guardian

3. Why is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixated on Stomping out Medical Pot?

By Paul Armentano | AlterNet

4. Why Young People Are Fleeing Conservative Evangelicalism

By Eleanor J. Bader | RH Reality Check

5. Telecom Rip-Off: The Hidden Fees in Your Wireless and Phone Bills

By David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick | AlterNet

6. Noam Chomsky: America's Decline Is Real -- and Increasingly Self-Inflicted

By Noam Chomsky | TomDispatch.com

7. 5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons, Tax Breaks for the Rich...And a Bible Theme Park

By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet

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Palestinian Hunger Strikers: Who Exactly Represents Them?

(Source: dailymaverick.co.za, Article: Khadija Patel) First a Palestinian minister announced that a deal had been reached with Israel to end a weeks-long hunger strike by hundreds of prisoners. Then, various activists countered assertions of the reported deal, claiming the Palestinian Authority actually ... More>>

Palestinian Information Center: Palestinian Prisoners Win Battle Of Empty Stomachs

GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian prisoners have finally won their battle of empty stomachs against the Israeli suppressive jailors and won back normal rights of prisoners after 28 days of hunger strike. More>>

AHRC: Hun Sen Is Not Blind To What Goes On Around Him
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We may never know what really happened when Cambodia's eminent environmental activist Chut Wutty (46), father of two, head of the Natural Resource Protection Group, a Cambodian non-governmental organization fighting Cambodia's deforestation, was shot ... More>>


Pacific Education: Call For Sustainability In Pacific Education Sector

Port Vila, Vanuatu, 13th May 2012 – There has been a call for sustainability and coordination of development resources in the education sector in the Pacific region as the 9th Forum Education Ministers’ Meeting (FEdMM) gets underway in Port Vila, ... More>>

Binoy Kampmark: Twenty Years On: Official Negligence, Rodney King, The Riots

Even after twenty years, the Los Angeles riots that were precipitated as a reaction to the Rodney King trial divide rather than affirm positions. So much in the pursuit of life’s answers lies in exposing errors rather than unearthing truths. The King ... More>>

United Nations:Global Jobs Crisis Expected To Continue For Some Time

Global Jobs Crisis Expected To Continue For Some Time, Warns UN Report New York, Apr 30 2012 11:10AM The global employment situation is alarming, says a new United Nations report released today , which also warns that recovery is not expected any ... More>>

Boycott Israel Network: Co-Operative Group Move To End Illegal Settlement Links

Media Release: Campaigners welcome Co-operative Group move to end trade links with companies that source goods from illegal settlements More>>

International Committee Of The Red Cross: Pakistan: Kidnapped ICRC Delegate Murdered

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Islamabad/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of its staff member Khalil Rasjed Dale. The ICRC has now received confirmation that Khalil, a 60-year-old health-programme ... More>>

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