Click here to view this and past newsletters online. Please add "messenger@truthout.org" to your email contacts to ensure delivery.  Friday 25 May 2012 Occupy Wall Street Librarians Strike BackMelissa Gira Grant, Truthout: "Thursday, members of Occupy Wall Street ... filed a federal lawsuit against the city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty, seeking to hold them accountable for violations of their constitutional rights, as well as subsequent smaller raids that targeted the People's Library. In the course of the suit, the city may have to admit who called the shots during the eviction on November 15, 2011." Read the Article Quebec's Student Strike Turning Into a Citizens' Revolt Elizabeth Leier, Truthout: "The province of Quebec is no stranger to large and powerful social movements (the 1949 Asbestos Strike comes to mind, as does the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, in 2001). However, the ongoing conflict between the provincial government and striking students and their supporters will go down in history as one of the province's - indeed the country's - biggest mass protests. On its 102nd day, the student movement is growing, as is the awareness of an ever more oppressive and corrupt government." Read the Article Imposing White "Eurocentric" Education on Mexican-American Students in Tucson: The Suppression of History Mark Karlin, Truthout: "Battles over school curriculums occasionally make national news, but quickly fade. However, the banning of the Mexican-American studies program in Tucson has assumed much greater significance. The action precipitated by the Arizona legislature - and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer - brazenly suppresses educating a multicultural society in a school district where the majority of students are of Mexican descent." Read the Article and Watch the Video What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them Rinku Sen, Colorlines.com: "The Applied Research Center released 'Millennials, Activism and Race,' a report on the motivations of young people who are active in progressive politics. Following up on last year's research, Don't Call Them Post-Racial, this report gives us more information about what draws 18 to 30 year olds to social justice work, and how people with progressive politics deal with race as part of a larger political worldview." Read the Article Securing the Nation's Power Grid Craig Lewis and R. James Woolsey, Truthout: "Large-scale power outages are by no means uncommon in the United States. In addition to disrupting our economy, grid failures also jeopardize public safety by impairing critical services, such as water, sewage treatment, heating and cooling. As a result, blackouts during severe winter weather or extreme heat conditions can cause life-threatening situations. To avert future costly blackouts, the United States must modernize its energy system." Read the Article Mitt Romney May Place Top Oil Lobbyist in Charge of His White House Lee Fang, Republic Report: "When oil companies need help in Washington, they call Jack Gerard. According to media reports in his native Idaho, Gerard is on the shortlist to become Romney's White House chief of staff. Gerard is the president of the American Petroleum Institute, the largest oil lobbying associations in the country. For his work, he's one of the highest paid lobbyists in the Beltway, making $6.4 million in 2010 alone." Read the Article Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emanuel (Video) Laura Flanders, The Nation: "Don't take your eyes off Chicago yet. The NATO protests may be over, but city politics are heating up. Chicago's Public School teachers are negotiating a new contract, and an impasse could lead to the first teachers strike in the city since 1987. The target of the teachers' ire is Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a regimen of change that dates back to the days of now Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. A strike before November? Teachers say they are ready for it." Watch the Video and Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Thanks to Big Money, Gov. Scott Walker Is Ahead in the Wisconsin Recall Race, and More In today's On the News segment: Gov. Scott Walker is widening his lead in the Wisconsin recall race - thanks in large part to $25 million in campaign contributions from out-of-state oligarchs, the average CEO compensation topped $9.6 million last year, Donald Trump is the latest Obama birther, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Growing Mexican Student Protests Target Televisa, TV Azteca Over Coverage of Presidential Campaign Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers: "A spontaneous student movement is bringing attention to allegations that Mexico's media conglomerates offer biased and superficial election coverage, drawing a whiff of 'Mexican spring' to a lackluster presidential campaign. The movement has gathered steam through Twitter and Facebook, leading to student marches in the capital and half a dozen other cities across Mexico." Read the Article Did Kaplan Lobby to Deregulate For-Profit Colleges While One of its Schools Defrauded Students? Danny Weil, Truthout: "New information appears to tie Washington Post-owned Kaplan University to this legislation deregulating for-profit colleges at the same time Kaplan was misleading students about the accreditation status of a dental assisting program they ran in Charlotte. On April 26, 2012, Republic Report revealed that Kaplan University was a member of the ALEC education task force from about August 2010 to August 2011." Read the Article "Who's Killing Philly Public Schools?": Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization Aaron Mate and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: "We continue to look at the cost of public education, this time here in the United States. On Wednesday, thousands took part in education protests in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania cities, condemning planned spending cuts. In Philadelphia, school officials have proposed a controversial plan to close more than 60 schools in the next five years and potentially privatize those remaining." Read the Article and Watch the Video Five Ways the Facebook IPO Teaches Us About How Wall Street Games the System Pat Garofalo and Travis Waldron, ThinkProgress: "Facebook's initial public offering - which so dominated the financial press that Facebook has been on the cover of the Wall Street Journal for nine straight days - has started to raise some red flags for regulators, after it came to light the company and its Wall Street underwriters quietly hid a report about weak revenue. And that's just one of several ways in which the Facebook IPO highlights how Wall Street and big companies can game the rules to gain an economic advantage." Read the Article Click here for more Truthout articles
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