IN THE NEWS

Protests around the World are keeping the Spirit of Occupy Alive

John Harris, The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/23/protests-spirit-of-occupy-alive-istanbul-rio

Documents Show IRS Also Screened Liberal Groups

Alan Fram, The Big Story

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/new-irs-chief-inappropriate-screening-was-broader

5 Ways the U.S. Government Has Built ‘An Architecture of Oppression’

Tom Hintze, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/5-ways-us-government-has-built-architecture-oppression?akid=10626.9992.Dg1Scu&rd=1&src=newsletter860444&t=5

Obama Uses Major Climate Speech to Cheerland for Natural Gas Industry; Keystone XL Fate Still Undecided

Tara Lohan, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/environment/obamas-climate-speech-cheerleads-natural-gas?akid=10626.9992.Dg1Scu&rd=1&src=newsletter860444&t=7

Hours Before Death, Hastings Claimed the FBI was on His Tail

http://rt.com/usa/sent-death-email-hastings-172/

Critics: Obama's Plan Fails Urgency Climate Crisis Demands

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/25-7

Supreme Court Puts 'Dagger in the Heart' of Voting Rights Act 
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/25-2

Study: Drinking Water Contamination Linked to Fracking, Horizontal Drilling 
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/25-4

Jeremy Scahill: Is Journalism Being Criminalized? 
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/25-1

Elizabeth Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership:  If People Knew What was Going on, They Would Stop It

Eric Dolan, The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/19/warren-on-trans-pacific-partnership-if-people-knew-what-was-going-on-they-would-stop-it/

How Giving Spying Power to Giant Corporations is Dangerous to Your Future

Joshua Holland, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/outsourced-spooks?akid=10604.9992.cU2Wqm&rd=1&src=newsletter858343&t=3

How the Transition Movement is Spreading to Towns Across America

Jessica Stites, In These Times

http://www.alternet.org/activism/how-transition-movement-could-be-happening-your-town?akid=10578.9992.cY52Zc&rd=1&src=newsletter855740&t=7