Henry A. Giroux | War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Donald Trump

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Under Trump, the discourses and spectacles of violence, fear and militarized policies of state repression will surely accelerate, and more individuals and groups will become objects of repression and disposability. The need for massive collective resistance has never been greater. [Read the Article]  [Obama's Grand Finale on Fracking is Too Little, Too Late] Mike Ludwig, Truthout: From raising cancerous dust to causing earthquakes, fracking has left its mark on communities across the US. The EPA's much-awaited report linking fracking to drinking water contamination confirms what's already known and is a reminder that we can't rely solely on the government to protect us. [Read the Article]  [Digital Redlining: How Internet Service Providers Promote Poverty] Julianne Tveten, Truthout: Major telecommunications companies like AT&T and Verizon harvest swaths of consumer data and sell them to advertisers. For poor Americans, this thwarts not only privacy, but also access to high-quality food, education and internet service. Now Trump has threatened to raze FCC decisions about net neutrality and privacy regulations. [Read the Article]  [War of Words in UN Security Council as Aleppo's Civilians Suffer] Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service: During an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told UN Security Council members of credible reports of civilians in Aleppo being summarily executed. However, despite these words of warning about the unfolding crisis, divisions within the Security Council were as evident as ever. [Read the Article]  [Don't Certify Electors and Electoral College Vote Without Full Recount] Jeanne Mirer and Marjorie Cohn, Z Communications: Over the past few weeks, the election recount efforts have raised many questions about the validity of Trump's victory. 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[Read the Article]  [Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care] Nicholas Conley, Medium: Health care shouldn't be a messy political fight to begin with: It's an issue of basic human rights. Too often, the people most in need are lost in debates over health insurance, obscuring the fact that universal care is the only just way forward. [Read the Article]  [Rex Tillerson and Exxon Spent Big on Climate Change Denial While Misleading Public, Evidence Shows] Lisa Graves, PR Watch: Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump's choice to be the United States' top diplomat, has spent years funding climate change denial and underwriting efforts to block measures to address climate change, while misleading the public at every turn. [Read the Article]  [Trump, Carrier and Corporate Welfare] Toni Gilpin, Labor Notes: Corporate welfare has been a bipartisan boondoggle for decades. The fact that tax giveaways have largely benefited hugely profitable companies like Carrier, at the expense of workers and their communities, has failed to garner much media scrutiny until now. [Read the Article]  [Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation ] Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe] | [Unsubscribe] [Privacy Policy]   [The Newspaper Guild]