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Week ending Friday January 13, 2012    Readers' Choice / Most Read Views... Bill Moyers & Michael Winship: Is This Land Made for You and Me? Naomi Klein & Yotam Marom: Occupy Wall Street: Why Now? What's Next? Carl Gibson: Grow Up, Ron Paul Lizz Winstead: Sh*t Republican Candidates Say Chris Hedges: The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised Ralph Nader: Iran: The Neocons Are At It Again Thomas Frank: Pity the Quarter-Billionaire: An Open Letter to the Tea Party John Miller: 'Living Within Its Means'? Claims About Budget Balancing Are Baloney Don Cavallaro: If Corporations Are People, Then... Joseph Stiglitz: The Perils of 2012: When Austerity Bites Back Readers' Choice / Most Read News... Tumultuous Times for Democracy Compelled Moyers' Return to TV After a nearly two year hiatus, journalist Bill Moyers will return to television this weekend with a new show called Moyers & Company.  His previous show, Bill Moyers' Journal, ended in 2010. War Clouds Darken: Russia Warns of US Strike on Iran Ahmadinejad: 'Heartless capitalism is the root cause of war'. DOJ Continues Crusade for Wikileaks' Twitter Trove The US Department of Justice has continued its efforts to obtain Twitter account information from associates of the whistleblower website Wikileaks. Occupy Targets 'Mayor 1% Emanuel's' Anti-Protest Plan Occupy Rogers Park, Occupy the South Side campaign against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's NATO/G-8 ordinance; "This measure is a permanent attack on public protest in the City of Chicago." US Acknowledges: Iran Not Building a Nuclear Weapon Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta appears on CBS' Face the Nation this morning and declared, despite enormous public rhetoric among pundits and many US government officials - not to mention GOP presidential candidates, that Iran is not currently trying to build a nuclear weapon. Iran Accuses Israel, US of Assassinating Nuclear Scientist 'Killing civilian scientists and civilian leaders is unquestionably terrorism'. Florida Legislation Paves Ground for Water Privatization Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn open to selling water for industry, agriculture; may consider "toilet to tap" measures. Thanks to US Invasion, Western Oil Firms Back in Iraq The end of the US military occupation does not mean Iraqis have full control of their oil. Oilpocalypse Foreshadowed? Shell's Arctic Plans Get Boost Shell's plans for drilling in the ecologically sensitive areas in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are one step closer to becoming reality. Report: Mass Movement Must Fix 'Concentration of Wealth' Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. while perpetuating the racial divide. Home About Us Donate Subscribe Archives Common Dreams Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. www.commondreams.org You are subscribed to the Common Dreams Weekly Newsletter as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe.