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Will a Militarized Police Force Facing Occupy Wall Street Lead to Another Kent State Massacre?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Today is the 42^nd anniversary of an ugly chapter in American history.

http://www.alternet.org/story/155270/will_a_militarized_police_force_facing_occupy_wall_street_lead_to_another_kent_state_massacre?akid=8717.9992.n-KLkI&rd=1&t=2

4 May Day Stories the Corporate Media Missed While Fixating on Obama’s College Girlfriend

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet

A number of remarkable things happened on May 1^st.  So why is the media so bored with social protest?

http://www.alternet.org/story/155267/4_may_day_stories_the_corporate_media_missed_while_fixating_on_obama%27s_college_girlfriend?akid=8717.9992.n-KLkI&rd=1&t=21

Six Ways That Obama has Been Worse than Bush

http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/features-mainmenu-220/crimes-are-crimes/7702-six-ways-that-obama-has-been-worse-than-bush

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‘Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America’

Don Hazen and Charles Ferguson, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/story/155643/charles_ferguson%27s_%27predator_nation%3A_corporate_criminals%2C_political_corruption%2C_and_the_hijacking_of_america%27?akid=8862.9992.7GNlTi&rd=1&t=2

Obama Expands Secret Wars Across the Globe

Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com

It is only on Obama’s watch that secret warriors have reached the pinnacle of the U.S. military’s prestige hierarchy.

http://www.alternet.org/story/155639/obama_expands_secret_wars_across_the_globe?akid=8862.9992.7GNlTi&rd=1&t=18

Creating Change is the People’s Job

Deepak Bhargava, YES! Magazine

We, not just the president, have to be the agents of change in our society.  How do we extend our electoral organizing beyond the elections?

http://www.alternet.org/story/155615/creating_change_is_the_people%27s_job?akid=8862.9992.7GNlTi&rd=1&t=21