RIGHT-WING RAGE: HATE GROUPS, VIGILANTES AND CONSPIRACISTS ON THE VERGE OF VIOLENCE By Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center The radical right has caught fire, as broad-based anger over the past year has ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation. http://www.alternet.org/story/145869/right-wing_rage%3A_hate_groups%2C_vigilantes_and_conspiracists_on_the_verge_of_violence
WHY EVERY ASPECT OF DEMS' HANDLING OF WALL ST. OVERHAUL SEEMS HEADED FOR DISASTER By Nomi Prins, AlterNet It's not just Dodd's collapse on the Consumer Protection Agency -- it's the whole financial reform enchilada. http://www.alternet.org/story/145862/why_every_aspect_of_dems%27_handling_of_wall_st._overhaul_seems_headed_for_disaster SEN. JIM BUNNING WREAKS HAVOC ON THE UNEMPLOYED -- AND HIS OWN REPUBLICAN PARTY By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet The batty Republican ends his jobs filibuster, but not before he brings further damage to his party's reputation. http://www.alternet.org/story/145861/sen._jim_bunning_wreaks_havoc_on_the_unemployed_--_and_his_own_republican_party THE MEDIA IS TOO SCREWED UP FOR A LITTLE GOVT. FUNDING TO FIX IT By Chris Hedges, Truthdig Hedges argues that John Nichols' and Robert McChesney's new book on how to rescue our media assumes "that people still value and want traditional news. They do not." http://www.alternet.org/story/145870/the_media_is_too_screwed_up_for_a_little_govt._funding_to_fix_it 'MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION': ARE DOCTORS OVER-PRESCRIBING ANTIDEPRESSANTS TO A TUNE OF $10 BILLION A YEAR FOR DRUG COMPANIES? By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! A psychotherapist says depression can be debilitating -- but that it's also been largely created by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition. http://www.alternet.org/story/145850/%27manufacturing_depression%27%3A_are_doctors_over-prescribing_antidepressants_to_a_tune_of_%2410_billion_a_year_for_drug_companies WE'RE SCREWING THE ENVIRONMENT THE SAME WAY WE SCREWED THE ECONOMY By Scott Thill, AlterNet The captains of industry and government admittedly blew the economic meltdown; too bad the environmental meltdown is following the same, lame script. http://www.alternet.org/story/145845/we%27re_screwing_the_environment_the_same_way_we_screwed_the_economy THE GOP HATES JOBS By Zach Carter, Media Consortium With unemployment out of control, the economy is in dire need of serious financial reform and a major jobs package. But not if GOP obstructionists can help it. http://www.alternet.org/story/145881/the_gop_hates_jobs HOW THE DEA SCRUBBED THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO POPPY GARDEN FROM PUBLIC MEMORY By Jim Hogshire, Feral House Visitors to Monticello don't learn how Jefferson cultivated poppies, and his personal opium use may as well never have happened. http://www.alternet.org/story/145872/how_the_dea_scrubbed_thomas_jefferson%27s_monticello_poppy_garden_from_public_memory PROFITING FROM RECESSION, PAYDAY LENDERS SPEND BIG TO FIGHT REGULATION By Keith Epstein, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund Industry steps up lobbying efforts as the Senate grapples with financial reform. http://www.alternet.org/story/145860/profiting_from_recession%2C_payday_lenders_spend_big_to_fight_regulation CATHOLIC CHARITIES SCREW OVER THEIR EMPLOYEES JUST TO STICK IT TO GAYS By Devona Walker, AlterNet Just to spite gay folks, and the fear that one might actually work for them, Catholic Charities is throw its straight employees under the bus. http://www.alternet.org/story/145883/catholic_charities_screw_over_their_employees_just_to_stick_it_to_gays__ ___________________________________________________________ AlterNet Blogs: Get Ready for a Mass Citizens' Arrest of Health Insurance Companies Daniela Perdomo http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/get-ready-for-a-mass-citizens-arrest-of-health-insurance-companies/ Finally, Tea Party Rap - "Right-Wing Extremist, Can I Get a Witness!?!?" Tana Ganeva http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/finally-tea-party-rap-right-wing-extremist-can-i-get-a-witness/ Dylan Ratigan Cuts Off Mic of Tea Party's Mark Williams Adele Stan http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/dylan-ratigan-cuts-off-mic-of-tea-partys-mark-williams/ Bunning Enthusiastically Backed Extending Unemployment Benefits That Weren't Paid For In 2003 Amanda Terkel http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/bunning-enthusiastically-backed-extending-unemployment-benefits-that-weren%e2%80%99t-paid-for-in-2003/ Blanche Lincoln's Primary Challenger Raises $1M in 36 Hours Daniela Perdomo http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/blanche-lincolns-primary-challenger-raises-1m-in-36-hours/ Prop 8 Trial: Two Sides, Two Definitions of "Change" Byard Duncan http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/02/prop-8-trial-two-sides-two-definitions-of-change/ White Men "Saving" Brown Women From Brown Men Jacob Freeze http://blogs.alternet.org/jacobfreeze/2010/03/02/white-men-saving-brown-women-from-brown-men/ ACORN Cleared - Cowardly Dems Must Feel Great for Defunding Them digby http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/01/acorn-cleared-cowardly-dems-must-feel-great-for-defunding-them/ These stories, videos, blog posts, and more are available on AlterNet. http://www.alternet.org/ _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
