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Archives for March 2016

‘Starving The Beast’: Documentary Reveals How Wall Street ‘Disrupted’ Public Education

Some of the country’s most respected public universities have been devastated by years of cuts, and corporations have stepped in to turn publicly funded education into private profit.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
The new documentary “Starving The Beast, reveals the struggle in education funding taking place across the country at publicly funded universities. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

AUSTIN, Texas --- Is education a right and a public good, or is it a commodity from which corporations can profit? “Starving The Beast,” a documentary which premiered March 13 at the SXSW Film festival, reveals the struggle between these two paradigms for higher education taking place across the country at publicly funded universities. From

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Portland To Sue Monsanto For Contaminating Waterway With PCBs

Monsanto manufactured over 1 billion pounds of PCBs and the company’s own documents show they continued to sell the man-made chemicals after becoming aware of the dangers to both humans as well as the environment, according to Reeve.

RT
By RT
A scene from the March Against Monsanto in Denver, CO. (Photo: MAM)

The city council in Portland, Oregon has unanimously voted to authorize a lawsuit against Monsanto for contaminating its waterways with cancer-causing chemicals. Six other West Coast cities are also suing the bio-agricultural corporation in federal court. City Attorney Tracy Reeve claims that Portland has already spent a significant amount of

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Latest Leak Confirms TTIP a ‘Serious Threat to Democracy as We Know It’

Document shows how TTIP will facilitate big business influence—and U.S. influence—on lawmaking, says corporate watchdog.

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton

EU member states and the European Parliament will be "sidelined" in favor of big business and U.S. interests should the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) go through, according to a leaked document revealed Friday. The leak, of the corporate-friendly trade deal's draft chapter on "regulatory cooperation" between the EU and

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Jewish Activists Protest Israeli Rebranding Conflict Conference At SXSW

As conference attendees entered a hotel in downtown Austin, Texas, JVP activists rapped, drummed, and danced to illustrate the harm caused by Israeli occupation.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

  AUSTIN, Texas --- At least two dozen activists drummed, rapped, and danced as SXSW attendees streamed into the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, Texas, on Monday morning for a panel titled “Building The Perfect Country.” Panelists included Ido Aharoni, the consul general of Israel in New York and one of the key minds behind “Brand Israel,” a

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Draconian Drug Laws Continue To Create Families Of ‘Cannabis Refugees’ Seeking Care

In this episode of “Behind the Headline,” host and MintPress editor-in-chief Mnar Muhawesh explores CBD, a cannabis-derived therapy that’s helping children and adults with a range of illnesses, including epilepsy, and the draconian laws that prohibit equal access to all Americans.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Shamay Flaharty, of Lewiston, Ill., who has multiple sclerosis and is hoping cannabis will help ease her pain and headaches, leaves with Eric Sweatt, partner and manager of Salveo Health and Wellness. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

MINNEAPOLIS --- Shortly after Amylea Nuñez was born in December, the newborn started having seizures, as many as 15 a day. Knowing the medicines she was prescribed by doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado could seriously damage her liver, Amylea’s parents requested that she be treated with Charlotte’s Web CBD oil. Within days, her parents

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India Found A Way To Rid Itself Of Monsanto

U.S. seed giant Monsanto has threatened to pull its genetically modified crop technology from India if the government goes ahead with its plan to cut the company’s royalty fees.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Indian laborers unload cotton from a truck at a cotton mill near Kadi, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ahmadabad, India. U.S. seed giant Monsanto has threatened to pull its genetically modified crop technology from India if the government goes ahead with its plan to cut the company's royalty fees. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, file)

NEW DELHI  — U.S. seed giant Monsanto has threatened to pull its genetically modified crop technology from India if the government goes ahead with its plan to cut the company's royalty fees. Monsanto's joint venture firm in India said that it would be difficult to bring new technologies to India because it was becoming difficult for the company

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