Re: Authoritarian Tactics to Stop Wisc. Protests | Join Nationwide Rally for American Dream | Judge: Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:06 AM, AlterNet Headlines <replies@alternet.org> wrote:

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	TODAY'S TOP STORIES FEBRUARY 25TH, 2011
<--->	<---> Don't Sit on the Sidelines -- This Saturday, Be Part of the Uprising Sweeping the Country from Wisconsin to Your Home Town A huge coalition of progressive groups have organized rallies across the country to stand up against harsh budget cuts and tax cheats, and protect the middle class.READ MORE Joshua Holland / AlterNet 8 Authoritarian Tactics Right-Wingers Use to Sabotage the Wisconsin Uprising How Gov. Walker, Republican lawmakers, Tea Party groups, Fox News and conservative pundits have gone after Wisconsin's public workers and their supporters. READ MORE Tana Ganeva / AlterNet UK Judge Rules Assange Can Be Extradited; Could Eventually Face US Death Penalty Lawyers for Assange immediately said they would appeal against the decision, which they fear could eventually result in Assange facing imprisonment in the US. READ MORE / Agence France Presse -- - Corporate-Funded Online 'Astroturfing' Is More Advanced and More Automated Than You Might Think Every month more evidence piles up, suggesting that online comment threads and forums are being hijacked by people who aren't what they seem to be. READ MORE By George Monbiot / The Guardian - 'The Social Network' Nails Harvard's (and America's) Diseased Obsession with Elitism The protagonist's angry fixation with elite social clubs exists in American life--as class resentment channeled into a perverse identification with the privileged. READ MORE By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet - Three Star General Engaged in 'Psy-Ops' Against Senators Should Be Fired Immediately Lt. General William Caldwell has been exposed by Rolling Stone engaged in secret attempts to manipulate members of Congress to persuade them on Afghanistan. READ MORE By Tom Andrews / AlterNet - 'Sanctuary State' For Coal Companies? Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Sack Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal 'As an air-breather and a water-drinker, I take offense to the notion that coal company profits are more important than my children's lives.' READ MORE By Jeff Biggers / AlterNet - How Unions Helped Bring Economic Justice to Black Workers Despite the fact that most black people are workers, the media continues to talk about black issues and union issues separately. READ MORE By Daniel Denvir / AlterNet - The Media Isn't Telling You That Wisconsin Public Workers Pay for 100% of Their Pensions and Health-Care Making them "pay more" for their benefits is just a pay-cut in disguise. READ MORE By David Cay Johnston / Tax.com - Union-Busting Is Theft -- a Weapon of Class Warfare from Above Union-busting allows bosses to rig the labor market in their favor. READ MORE By Joshua Holland / AlterNet - Queer Injustice: The Widespread Sexual Abuse LGBT People Face in Prison While sexual violence is part of the daily prison experience for many inmates, LGBT people are disproportionately targeted by staff and prisoners. READ MORE By Kay Whitlock, Andrea Ritchie, Joey Mogul / Beacon Press Vatican: Priests Have Been Raping Nuns to Avoid Hookers with HIV By Joshua Holland | AlterNet Standing With Wisconsin in Your State: Will You Rally on Saturday? By AlterNet Staff | AlterNet Koch Prank Flummoxes National Media By digby | Hullabaloo New AFL-CIO Ad Plays on Prank 'Koch' Call to Gov. Walker By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet Bachmann v. FLOTUS: A Little Red Herring With That Breast Milk? By Amie Newman | RH Reality Check Racist Manhattan Anti-Choice Billboard to Come Down; Arizona Targets Women of Color in Anti-Choice Bill By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet Billionaire Right-Wing Koch Brothers Fund Wisconsin Governor Campaign and Anti-Union Push By Amy Goodman and Lisa Graves | Democracy Now! You are subscribed as: landrightsnfarming.seamom89@gmail.com --	<--->
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