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Hello folks, I just realized that the last email from us did not have the correct link to a page that you might want to review. Please check out the following link for the Common Dreams ‘most read articles’ from the Fall of 2001 at this link here. So sorry.  Best, Malory

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News & Views | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday August 26, 2011    Readers Choice | Most Read Views... Craig Studer: What Did You Learn in School Today? (The Texas Version) Richard Wolff: Austerity: Why Capitalism Is Choosing Plan B Mazher Ali: Let's 'Make Them' End the Great Recession Jim Hightower: Dim Bulbs in Congress Ralph Nader: Dark Horizon for Verizon Malcolm Harris: The Get Lost Generation Robert C. Koehler: Common Sense in a Coma Thomas S. Harrington: Learned Helplessness and the Imperial Mind John Feffer: Governments Kill Phil Rockstroh: Idiot Wind: The Eternal Return of the Politics of the 1970s Readers Choice | Most Read News... America’s Rampant Inequality Impossible to Deny The Great American Grand Canyon of Wealth Inequality. The vast gaping canyon between the richest 1 percent and Corporate America, on the one hand, and the rest of us on the other, has become so large and well-documented that denial no longer works. Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal A power play is underway in the foreclosure arena. On the one side is Eric Schneiderman, the NY Attorney General, who is conducting his own investigation into the practices that led up to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. On the other side is the Obama administration, the banks, and all the other state attorneys general. Chile's Commander Camila, The Student Who Can Shut Down a City Camila Vallejo's call for better and cheaper education has seen student protests transform into a two-day nationwide shutdown. Hormone-Disrupting Toxins Found in Top Clothing Brands Greenpeace campaigner Li Yifang said that nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), commonly used as detergents in industries including the production of natural and synthetic textiles, were detected in two-thirds of the samples the group tested. Bill Moyers Returns to Public Television, but Not PBS His new hourlong weekly show, called “Moyers & Company,” will focus on one-on-one interviews with people not often heard on television, “thinkers who can help us understand the chaos of this time.” The program will be based at WNET in New York City and distributed free to public television stations. Going Backwards: FCC Kills Off Fairness Doctrine Earlier this summer FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to erase the post WWII-era rule, but the action Monday puts the last nail into the coffin for the regulation that sought to ensure discussion over the airwaves of controversial issues did not exclude any particular point of view. Bill McKibben Jailed After White House Tar Sands Pipeline Protest McKibben and 64 other protesters kicked off a two-week sit-in at White House on Saturday to oppose a $7 billion, 1,700-mile oil pipeline planned to cross the nation’s Great Plains. Sanders Bill to Strengthen, Not Cut, Social Security To keep Social Security strong for another 75 years, Sanders’ legislation would apply the same payroll tax already paid by more than nine out of 10 Americans to those with incomes over $250,000 a year. Wikileaks: McCain, Collins, Lieberman Pushed to Arm Qadhafi A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable shows that Arizona Republican Senator John McCain promised to help Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi obtain U.S. military hardware in 2009. Nuclear Reactors on East Coast Brace for Irene's Wrath More than a dozen nuclear reactors along the U.S. East Coast are being prepared for potential loss of power and damage from high winds and storm surges as Hurricane Irene bears down on the region. Home About Us Donate Subscribe Archives ****** Common Dreams Summer Fundraising Campaign We are close! Only $8K more to go. Please Donate Today! ****** Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. www.commondrems.org You are subscribed to the Common Dreams Weekly Newsletter as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe.

Pushing back against the lies

Dear Farhad, Only $10K to go to put the thermometer away for another few months. Can you pitch in? Common Dreams is just like most of us. But, rather than paycheck to paycheck - we get by campaign to campaign. No money in the savings account, no trust fund to dip into, and no cushion to fall back on. Each campaign keeps us going a little further. And it's been working for nearly 15 years. Most of us don't have the deep pockets of Murdoch or the Koch brothers, but by standing strong together we can push back against their lies and misinformation. Everyone pitching in a little adds up to the whole. Together, we can keep publishing the work of some of the world's brightest visionaries and most courageous advocates for change. Fulfilling our mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. You know we can't do it without you - please give today! With gratitude and solidarity, Malory for the whole Common Dreams team P.S. If you can give generously, please do - many of our readers cannot even afford a little. If you cannot give at all - please help grow our community by spreading the news.  Peace.

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The complicity of the corporate media

“[T]he ten-year occupation of Afghanistan has been notable for the hyperbole relied upon by America's compliant media as well as its brazen inconsistency.”         ~Ted Rall Dear Farhad, We couldn’t agree more! On Common Dreams today, Ted Rall highlights the level of complicity of the corporate media in helping to sell the public on the ten year war of aggression in Afghanistan. As he points out, “all wars demand contempt for The Other”. But when waging a war of naked, unprovoked aggression there is a need to rely on an even higher level of enemy dehumanization than usual in order to maintain political support for the sacrifices on “our side” that occur. And, unfortunately, the corporate media has been doing their part in this scenario. Common Dreams has been committed to shedding light on these critical issues, and to publicizing the analysis and actions of the people who are fighting back against the corporate machine. Common Dreams was here for you in the dark days of 2001 before Bush's global “war on terror” began, highlighting the lies in the administration’s post 9/11 arguments.  And we will be here for you after we bring this too long nightmare to an end.  We need to raise $50,000 this month to meet our quarterly budget and stay on track financially, and we still have $15,500 to go. Can you sustain the effort by making a donation today? We truly can’t do it without you! Malory Shaughnessy on behalf of the whole Common Dreams team PS. To print our contribution form and send a check click here. All contributions are tax deductible. Please give as generously as you can!

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No Corporate Pockets

Dear Farhad You rely on Common Dreams for your daily dose of insight amidst the chaos. When Common Dreams was down due to a server overload last weekend we heard from so many of you that you wouldn’t know what to do without us. We feel the same - we can’t do this work without you! As you know, our budget is tight and our staff is small. We stretch our resources and rely on our readers through online fundraising efforts. We do not want to be in the pockets of any corporate interests or single large contributor. We know you don’t want us deciding what we publish to please any special interest - we couldn’t live with ourselves if we did. So we have to ask you - our readers - to pitch in with whatever amount you can, when you can, to keep Common Dreams, and our progressive news and views, expanding our reach. We need to wrap up this summer fundraising campaign and reach our $50,000 budget goal. Can you help us raise the $18,750 more we need to keep Common Dreams going? Every day we’re seeing more and more people reading and sharing Common Dreams articles. Together, we’re growing a community in pursuit of hard-hitting truth and in depth analysis, and creating the expression of a progressive vision of justice and peace. Please give today and keep Common Dreams here for you - and the progressive community! Thanks for all you do, Malory Shaughnessy for the whole Common Dreams team P.S. Every little bit helps bring us closer to our budget goal. But if you can give generously, please pitch in extra for those that cannot! Thanks so much!

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It takes more than hope

Dear Farhad, Of course, as a Common Dreams reader, you know our value as a reliable, daily source of the best progressive news and opinions, posted on one uncluttered, easy-to-read site. But what you may not know is that we also do the legwork for many other independent news organizations and educational institutions. Time and again, we hear from reporters and researchers, media professors, bloggers and activists, who say they count on Common Dreams for information and inspiration. Many of these turned to us to find the independent voices in the horrific early days of the Bush administration - with the 9/11 response of the “war on terror”  and the PATRIOT ACT, and the blind flag-waving patriotism of the corporate media that denied many voices of reason.   And we, in turn, relied on you to keep going. With your help, we’ve continued to grow and to prove that  we, the people, can create a viable, meaningful alternative to today's over-commercialized media - an alternative with real and widespread influence. For nearly 15 years, Common Dreams has relied on you, our readers, for the bulk of our support. Your support is vital to our survival. And the impact of your generosity reaches far beyond the doors of this one organization. Your generosity fuels not only Common Dreams, but a network of small media outlets that spread the truth and bring the progressive message to ever wider audiences. Even when the news is so awful it seems we are bringing you our “common nightmares” rather then our common dreams, the progressive message has always been one based in hope. Hope for a truly democratic society. Hope for social justice for all, not just the lucky or wealthy few. Hope for healthier planet. Hope for a better, more peaceful, future for our children. Yes, we are hopeful. But we know it takes more than hope. It takes vision. It takes perseverance. It takes the hard work and loyal support of people like you, who believe that together, we truly can make a difference. Can you give today? We can’t do it without you! In gratitude, Craig, Andrea, Jon, Malory, Abby and the whole Common Dreams team. P. S. Every little bit helps bring us closer to our budget goal. But if you can give generously, please pitch in extra for those that cannot!  We are still $21K away from our goal to end this campaign. Thanks so much!

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News & Views | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday August 19, 2011    Readers Choice | Most Read Views... Joel Federman: The World Should Be Watching Tahrir Square Dean Baker: President Obama Joins the Cult of Economics Deniers Bill McKibben: This Is Getting Exciting Ray McGovern: Did Tenet Hide Key Info on 9/11? Naomi Klein: Daylight Robbery, Meet Nightime Robbery John Nichols: Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It's Called 'Medicare for All' Chris Hellman: How Safe Are You? What Almost $8 Trillion in National Security Spending Bought You Linh Dinh: Looting Frenzies: Thinking about the Federal Reserve while Nursing a Cheap Beer David Michael Green: The Grubby Species Glenn Greenwald: A Prime Aim of the Growing Surveillance State Readers Choice | Most Read News... Behind the 'Official History' of the Bin Laden Raid The establishment media just keep getting worse. They’re further and further from good, tough investigative journalism, and more prone to be pawns in complicated games that affect the public interest in untold ways. NYU’s Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini: ‘Karl Marx Was Right’ Economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini, the New York University professor who four years ago accurately predicted the global financial crisis, said one of economist Karl Marx's critiques of capitalism is playing itself out in the current global financial crisis. The Explosive Truth Behind Fukushima's Meltdown to Counter Austerity Push How much damage did the 11 March earthquake inflict on the Fukushima Daiichi reactors before the tsunami hit? The stakes are high: if the earthquake structurally compromised the plant and the safety of its nuclear fuel, then every similar reactor in Japan may have to be shut down. True Cost of Afghan, Iraq Wars? Staggering When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could represent juicy targets. But how much do the wars actually cost the U.S. taxpayer? Nobody really knows. Revealed: Fake Facebook Identity Used By Military Contractors Plotting To Hack Progressive Organizations Earlier this year, ThinkProgress obtained 75,000 private emails from the defense contractor HBGary Federal via the hacktivist group called Anonymous. The emails led to two shocking revelations. Town Hall Meeting to Pelosi: Sellout! Tax the Rich! End the War! Although her castigation of House Republicans drew some cheers, Pelosi's critics remained focused. When she cited the recent deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and cut the budget without raising any new revenues, a man angrily shouted, "Why did you vote for it?" Buffett: Tax Me and My Mega-Rich Friends Billionaire investor Warren Buffett urged U.S. lawmakers Monday to raise taxes on wealthier Americans to cut Washington's huge budget deficit, saying the move would not dampen investments or jobs. BART Pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco; Shuts Cell Phone Service to Impede Protest This week, EFF has seen censorship stories move closer and closer to home — first Iran, then the UK, and now San Francisco. Operators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) shut down cell phone service to four stations in downtown San Francisco in response to a planned protest. Murdoch Scandal Bombshell: Reporter's Letter Reveals Cover-Up Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and their former editor Andy Coulson all face embarrassing new allegations of dishonesty and cover-up. Critters Moving Away from Global Warming Faster Animals across the world are fleeing global warming by heading north much faster than they were less than a decade ago, a new study says. Home About Us Donate Subscribe Archives ****** Common Dreams Summer Fundraising Campaign Now Underway Please Donate Today! ****** Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. www.commondrems.org You are subscribed to the Common Dreams Weekly Newsletter as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe.

Common Dreams needs you today!

Dear Farhad, We hear all the time from our readers that we sustain them in their work and activism. We show them that there are others like them - pushing back against the corporatocracy - fighting every day for a just and sustainable future. You need to know you are not alone. You need to have access to the truth - to be able to act on it! Common Dreams offers one of the only sources of "real" information still available to a world that is being lied to by the media and the government on a daily basis. ~Jim in New Mexico You give me hope in my fellow American and in our future! ~Sarah in Wisconsin Thanks for your great work and very effective website. I routinely recommend it to friends. ~Joe in Oregon Keep up the good work...you provide an invaluable service to the progressive community! ~Shaw in Indiana For nearly 15 years we've helped bring America's progressive community together by bringing the truth to you every day...365 days a year. But we've never done it alone. We’ve only gotten this far thanks to your generous past financial support. With the collapse of our economy, Common Dreams, too, has been hard hit. Our expenses continue to rise -- while our donors aren’t able to give at the same level that they have in the past. Our Summer fundraiser - critical to our survival - is building slowly and has us all concerned. Our funding comes nearly 100% from our readers - from you. We have no corporate sponsors. We have no pop-up ads. We don't sell or rent our mailing lists or any of your personal information. We depend on you. If you believe that our work is important can we count on your help once again? We can't survive without you. And survive we must - for you, and for our future! Thanks so much, Malory Shaughnessy for the whole Common Dreams team P.S. You can make a secure, tax-deductible online donation with your credit card, or your Paypal account. Or, you can print our donation form and mail it to us with a check. But please do it today!

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Outsmarting the corporate media

Dear Farhad, We're one week  into our Summer Appeal, and not quite half way to our $50,000 goal. Can you make your secure, tax-deductible contribution now, so we can reach our goal and shut down this campaign? For years, Corporate America and wealthy conservatives have been spending outrageous amounts of money to influence the media. Fortunately, we're outsmarting them. Every single day - 365 days a year - our knowledgeable and dedicated staff brings you the latest news and best progressive opinions available. Common Dreams was here for you in the aftermath of 9/11. We were here for you during the Bush years. We are here for you today in these increasingly complex and maddening times. Bringing you the truth. And we're doing it with grassroots support from progressives just like you. Please donate today and help keep the progressive voice strong. It's a good value. Not just for you personally, but also for the progressive community as a whole. And for democracy. Can you make a tax deductible contribution today to sustain this work? Thanks! We can't do it without you! Malory For the whole Common Dreams team P.S. Don't forget that you can use our print and mail form if you prefer to mail your donation.

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No Compromise

Dear Farhad, You cannot compromise with a tornado. You do not negotiate with an earthquake. You may duck and cover, but you do not hold out your hand to destructive forces. If you are wise, and if you are brave, you stand your ground, remain aware of those around you, offer shelter to those who have none, and when it’s done, you shake the debris off your shoulders and get to work fixing the damage. Unfortunately for us, the storm of corporate influence that has infected our democracy and the dark ten-year-old cloud of war have not yet past. Even so, our duties are the same. Common Dreams has never succumbed to the fear of the post-9/11 era. We stood our ground against war. We railed against torture. We championed those who called for equality, justice, community prosperity, and peace. We built a home for those who shared our concerns and we nurtured a hope for a better a world before it was a campaign slogan. We do that today. We will do that tomorrow. We do none of this, however, without your continued support. Without you, we are quite literally nothing. We don’t exist. We close shop. Because all of our support comes from people like you who have stood their ground against calls for war and fought back against corporate greed, political intransigence, and the cynicism of defeat. In this fight -- and it is a fight -- we will always offer you shelter. The only pledge we sign is to you. We pledge our commitment to continue this struggle and we thank you and commend you for sharing in this struggle with us. Help us today and know that no contribution is too large or too small. Clouds do lift, but only when the winds demand it. And demand we must. In solidarity and with deep gratitude, Jon Queally Assistant Editor P.S. We still need to raise $35,000 to reach our budget goal. You can donate online in a variety of ways by clicking here. Or click here to get information to mail us a check. Either way, please contribute today!

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News & Views | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday August 12, 2011    Readers Choice | Most Read Views... Michael Moore : 30 Years Ago: The Day the Middle Class Died Drew Westen: What Happened to Obama? Ray McGovern: They Died in Vain; Deal With It Laurie Penny: Panic on the Streets of London Noam Chomsky: America in Decline Thom Hartmann: Democracy Died First in Wisconsin – Long Live the Oligarchs James K. Galbraith: The Bad Deal Ralph Nader: Congressional Tea Party Downgrade of America Jim Hightower: America's Real Job Creators Are Broke Phil Rockstroh: Life in an Age of Looting: "Some Will Rob You with a Sixgun and Some with a Fountain Pen" Readers Choice | Most Read News... The Empathy Ceiling: The Rich Are Different — And Not In a Good Way, Studies Suggest Psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner says the rich really are different, and not in a good way: Their life experience makes them less empathetic, less altruistic, and generally more selfish. Krugman: Right's 'Madness', S&P Ineptitude Conjured Downgrade OK, so Standard and Poors has gone ahead with the threatened downgrade. It’s a strange situation. There is a case to be made that the madness of the right has made America a fundamentally unsound nation. And yes, it is the madness of the right. Progressives Unveil 'Contract' to Counter Austerity Push In the wake of the deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, widely viewed as yet another setback for the progressive community, advocacy groups on the left are redoubling efforts to change the political narrative. GOP Candidate Romney: "Corporations Are People" Speaking to an occasionally rowdy crowd two days before the Ames Straw poll, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made what seems likely to become a much-discussed flub, declaring to a group of Iowans that "corporations are people." UK Looters Say of Bankers: 'They Set the Example' The riots that turned London and some other English cities upside down this week have raised questions about the sustainability of spending cuts and a widening gap between rich and poor.. Obama Sides w/ Panetta: Medicare Cuts Over Defense Last week, Congressional Democrats were blindsided by newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who basically nixed any further cuts to military spending, and demanded that lawmakers trim from programs like Medicare and raise taxes to reduce future deficits. Next Low-Wage Haven: The United States of America Jokes about the U.S. becoming “Europe’s Mexico” are commonplace, but now high-priced consultants are pushing the notion in all seriousness. Progress But No Takeover: WI Recalls Claim 2 GOP Seats Five months to the day after the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Senate voted to approve Governor Scott Walker's plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from public emloyees, two of the most governor's most prominent allies in the chamber have been removed from office. Town Hall Anger Returns on the Left Still licking their wounds from what liberals believe was a capitulation by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats on the debt deal, liberal activists online are consoling themselves with — and pushing — confrontations at congressional town hall meetings.. Liberals See Peril as 'Compromise Hawk' Appointed to Debt Committee Sen. John Kerry’s appointment to the debt-reduction supercommittee is his big moment to shine as a dealmaker and silence critics who have questioned his modest record of legislative accomplishments.. Home About Us Donate Subscribe Archives ****** Common Dreams Summer Fundraising Campaign Now Underway Please Donate Today! ****** Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. www.commondrems.org You are subscribed to the Common Dreams Weekly Newsletter as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe.