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Healthcare: Give the People What They Want
Written by Robert Scheer | The Nation
The nutty thing about the health care debate that will play a prominent role in the next election is that most Americans want pretty much the same outcome: to control costs without sacrificing quality. And that’s not what either major-party candidate is offering. Few think that Obamacare, a Romneycare descendant that contains the same kind of individual mandate the then-governor of Massachusetts signed into law, will get us to that desired goal. Nor would Mitt Romney, who has been reborn as a celebrant of the old, pre-Obama system with a few nips and tucks.
On the Road Again, Cancer Does Not Wait for Nine Robed Judges
Written by Donna Smith | National Nurses United
My cancer won’t wait and doesn’t care about what nine robed judges in Washington, DC, say about healthcare. Cancer doesn’t care. Obamacare. Romneycare. No matter. Cancer doesn’t care. But the nurses do.
Unrelenting and not fearful of any CEO’s rage or the loss of a political contribution, cancer, illness and injury march on. It is with that sort of fearless and unwavering force that the nurses of National Nurses United and the patients for whom they advocate are advancing the cause for healthcare justice.
UN investigator decries US use of killer drones
Written by Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters
(Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned drone aircraft that also take civilian lives.
Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged Washington to clarify the basis under international law of the policy, in a report issued overnight to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The 47-member Geneva forum is to hold a debate later on Tuesday.
UN Investigator Blasts US Drone Program
Written by Common Dreams staff | Common Dreams
In a report issued overnight to the United Nation's Human Rights Council (UNHRC), UN investigator and special rappateur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns condemned the continued use of US drones to assassinate suspected militants and questioned the legality of the Obama administration's program under international law.
US campaigners launch Robin Hood tax plan to outlaw Wall Street excess
Written by Adam Gabbatt | The Guardian
Mark Ruffalo among stars calling for tax of less than 1% on Wall St transactions because the 'government is robbing our people'
Actor Mark Ruffalo and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello have launched a new US campaign for a "Robin Hood tax", a small levy on Wall Street transactions that organisers say could generate hundred of billions of dollars a year.
Japanese Gov't Hid Radiation Information from Public
Written by Common Dreams staff | Common Dreams
Japan withheld US-provided radiation maps in days after Fukushima disaster
The Japanese government admitted on Monday that it did not use U.S.-provided maps showing the spread of radiation in the days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to evacuate residents in areas with spiked radiation levels.
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Seeking Asylum in Ecuador
Written by Common Dreams staff | Common Dreams
Assange taking refuge in Ecuador embassy
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has 'taken refuge' in the Ecuador embassy, Tuesday evening in London. Assange is seeking political asylum in the country according to Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino.
Furious Greenpeace Moves to 'War Footing' at Rio+20
Written by Jo Confino | Common Dreams
The head of Greenpeace International said the NGO is moving to a "war footing" after negotiators at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference watered down proposals to protect the world's oceans.
Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International's executive director, said there were so many fudges in the draft agreement that Greenpeace now had no other option but to change its strategy and start planning waves of civil disobedience.
The Earth Cannot Be Saved by Hope and Billionaires
Written by George Monbiot | Common Dreams
World leaders at Earth summits seem more interested in protecting the interests of plutocratic elites than our environment
Worn down by hope. That's the predicament of those who have sought to defend the earth's living systems. Every time governments meet to discuss the environmental crisis, we are told that this is the "make or break summit", on which the future of the world depends. The talks might have failed before, but this time the light of reason will descend upon the world.
Chris Martin (Coldplay), Mark Ruffalo (Avengers, The Kids Are Alright), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) and economist Jeffrey Sachs star alongside ordinary Americans in calling for a Robin Hood Tax.
Historic Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act Introduced in Congress for Mountaintop Removal Moratorium
Written by Jeff Biggers | Huffington Post
Recognizing the mounting humanitarian crisis from mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian coalfields, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) joined Congressional representatives from across the nation today and introduced H.R. 5959, The Appalachian Communities Health Emergency (ACHE) Act. The historic bill places "a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services."
Appalachian Community Health Emergency Kick Starts Mountaintop Removal Campaign in Washington, D.C.
Written by Jeff Biggers | Huffington Post
Besieged residents living amid the fallout of the mountaintop removal crisis in the central Appalachian coalfields are descending on Washington, D.C. today, as part of a new emergency health campaign calling for an immediate moratorium on "the toxic coal acquisition process that has been shown to be associated with heart-breaking birth defects, cardiac problems, lung problems and systemic failures in other human organs."
Appeal to Action: Appalachian Leaders Launch Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Now Campaign
Written by Jeff Biggers | Huffington Post
"Living in a mountaintop mining area was a bigger risk for birth defects than smoking." -- Dr. Michael Hendryx, West Virginia University
Hailing a shocking new study on birth defects related to mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia as a historic shift and emergency clarion call in the long-time campaign to abolish the devastating strip-mining practice,
Kucinich, 12 Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Protect Health in Coal Mining Communities
Written by Press Release Congressman Dennis J. KucinichDennis
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