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Gas drilling is quickly changing the landscape in Washington and our own backyards, and it's time to hold the government and industry accountable. Truthout's new special section, "Gas Rush: Fracking in Depth," is the place to find original insight and analysis on one of the most heated environmental debates in America. As fracking spreads across the country, Truthout chronicles earthquakes, blowouts, political battles and a swelling grassroots opposition. We'll update "Gas Rush" regularly, so check this page frequently for the latest news on fracking.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "The 'Rogers' family signed a surface-use agreement with a fracking company in 2009 to close their 300-acre dairy farm in rural Pennsylvania. That's not the end of the Rogers' story, but the public, including the Rogers' own neighbors, may never learn what happened to the family and their land as drilling operations sprouted up in their area. The Rogers did not realize they had signed a nondisclosure agreement with the gas company making the entire deal invalid if members of the family discussed the terms of the agreement, water or land disturbances resulting from fracking and other information with anyone other than the gas company and other signatories."
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The Corporate Media's Attempt to Kill the Occupy Movement
Michael Corcoran and Stephen Maher, Truthout: "This May Day brought the explosive global resurgence of Occupy, one of the most significant social movement in decades. In New York City, the heart of global capitalism and center of the movement, the New York Civil Liberties Union estimated that 30,000 demonstrators took part in a massive rally and march down Broadway, led by a score of city taxicabs. As has become alarmingly common for a country that constantly proclaims its zealous devotion to democracy, the day ended with brutal police violence and arrests."
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The Secretive Group Trying to Swift Boat Obama
Judd Legum and Adam Peck, ThinkProgress: "A secretive right-wing group, Veterans For A Strong America, is attempting to do to President Obama what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did to Sen. John Kerry in 2004. And they aren't shy about it. The group's leader and sole employee, Joel Arends, told Mother Jones, 'Yes, it's the swift boating of the president.'"
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Noam Chomsky | The History of the US Economy in Decline
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch: "The Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There's never been anything like it that I can think of. If the bonds and associations it has established can be sustained through a long, dark period ahead - because victory won't come quickly - it could prove a significant moment in American history."
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Japanese-Owned Corporation Donates to Super PAC Active in Indiana's Senate Race
Lee Fang, Republic Report: "Today, Indiana voters will go to the polls to decide the political fate of Senator Dick Lugar. The Republican primary, as many observers have noted, has been rocked by the influence of outside spending groups. Richard Mourdock, Lugar's right-wing opponent, has been boosted by some $3 million in outside spending by gun industry groups and big business Super PACs, like FreedomWorks. The flood of outside money, enabled by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, may foreshadow a general election spending spree this fall."
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Bill Moyers | Remembering Maurice Sendak
Theresa Riley, Moyers & Co.: "Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died yesterday at the age of 83. Sendak has been called the Picasso of children's literature, and godfather to generations of readers. His landmark book, Where the Wild Things Are, which he wrote and illustrated, catapulted him to international fame."
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Firefox Creators Mozilla Attack Congress; Denounce CISPA
Leon Neal, RT: "Silicon Valley's Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it's not what you have in mind. Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based developers responsible for creating the hugely successful Firefox Web browser, has issued a statement publically condemning the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. In a memo sent to Forbes' data security department on late Tuesday, Mozilla's privacy and public policy official explains that its newly-publicized stance is not one that encourages online cyber attacks, but merely establishes that the company is in favor of protecting the rights of its users."
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The New Wall Street Racket Looting Your City, One Block at a Time
Matt Reichel, AlterNet: "When Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced a 'new and innovative' financing tool last month to help Chicago renovate failing infrastructure without precipitating another budget crisis, many in the city were understandably critical. Chicagoans have already endured the notorious 75-year lease of their parking meters to a consortium headed by Morgan Stanley. That sale promulgated a system wherein the public is held hostage by private finance, due largely to the inclusion of arcane legal stipulations like 'non-compete clauses' and 'compensation events' in the language of the contract."
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wisconsin Voters Hit the Polls for the First Battle in Historic Recall Election, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wisconsin voters hit the polls today for the first battle in a historic recall election, a slew of lobbyists are working on behalf of Wall Street to shoot down regulations that would curb oil speculation, it's the Senate's turn to save college students from a crippling interest rate hike, and more.
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What We Look Like: A Comic About Women in Media
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Robyn Chapman, Truthout: "'What We Look Like,' with Anne Elizabeth Moore and Robyn Chapman, is a follow-up to Ladydrawers' look at women's participation in the labor force. This time, we look at why the diminished economic status of women isn't popularly considered, even beyond media's gendered hiring practices. The representations of women that do result are a far cry from the reality - compare for yourself!"
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North Carolina: Marriage Rights (but Not Equal Rights) on the Ballot
Susanna J. Smith, RH Reality Check: "North Carolina polls are open for early voting in the primary election, and the rights of unmarried couples are being put to a public referendum. I voted against North Carolina's Amendment One, which seeks to amend the state constitution 'to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in th[e] state.'"
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Paul Krugman | Britain's Leaders Force Nation Down Wrong Economic Path
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "When David Cameron became prime minister of Britain and announced his austerity plans - buying completely into both the confidence fairy and the invisible bond vigilantes - many were the hosannas, from both sides of the Atlantic. Pundits in the United States urged President Obama to 'do a Cameron'; Mr. Cameron and George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, were the toast of Very Serious People everywhere."
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Tucson's Ousted Mexican-American Studies Director Speaks: The Fight's Not Over
Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com: "Sean Arce may not have a job anymore, but he's still going to defend the program he used to direct. Arce, the former director of Tucson Unified School District's now-suspended Mexican American Studies program, was fired earlier this month in the latest crackdown on the program in what has become a years-long saga over the fate of the popular program."
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Eugene Robinson | Austerity as a Bridge to Nowhere
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: "Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that's what it was, given Sunday's election results in Europe. Perhaps I should also say good riddance. Voters in France, Greece and even Germany - a hotbed of the austerity cult - told their political leaders, in no uncertain terms, that boosting economic growth is more important than cutting government spending."
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Occupy's Lockout: Sotheby's Struggle Enters Tenth Month
Josh Eidelson, In These Times: "Sotheby's New York auction house made international headlines last week, selling Edvard Much's painting 'The Scream' for a record $119.9 million. But few stories mentioned what was happening outside the auction: picketing by 150 artists, activists, and locked-out art handlers. 'Tonight, the irony persists,' said Sotheby's worker Julian Tysh. 'Sotheby's is selling a copy of "The Scream" - an artful interpretation of human anguish and suffering - and they're going to profit tremendously tonight, while at the same time they continue to create anguish and suffering among their own workforce.'"
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