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Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Michigan lawmakers gave final approval to historic anti-union legislation today as thousands of workers and activists joined in rowdy protests at the State Capitol in Lansing.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13278-protests-rage-as-michigan-lawmakers-approve-anti-union-bills



Labor Unions on the Brink

Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Michigan is the fifth-most unionized state in the nation, with nearly one-third of all voters living in union households. The Kochs' strategy can be summed up in one sentence: If this can happen in Michigan, then it can happen in any state.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13274-labor-unions-on-the-brink



Michigan Races to the Bottom With Anti-Union Law

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: Pay attention to what is happening in Michigan, because it will add even more downward pressure to your wages and benefits, wherever you live and work.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13284-michigan-races-to-the-bottom-with-anti-union-law



Not Just Union-Busting: Other Things Michigan Did in the Lame Duck

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet: We have heard a lot about the union-busting bill that passed in Michigan, but several other legislative items slipped through with barely a peep from the media. Want to know what else the Michigan legislature was up to recently?

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13359-not-just-union-busting-other-things-michigan-did-in-the-lame-duck



Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Dean Baker, Truthout: The real story is quite simple. We have a group of rich business owners who are willing to lie, cheat and steal to get even richer. The greed of these elite has already had devastating consequences for the economy. But the latest attack on workers' rights in Michigan shows that they have no intention of backing off.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13386-michigan-republicans-deny-police-officers-and-firefighters-the-right-to-work



Kochs, ALEC Top Conservative Forces Behind Right-to-Work Law in Michigan

John Logan, Truthout: The Koch Brothers understand right-to-work legislation could have an enormous impact on presidential elections, as well as on state, politics.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13391-the-conservative-agenda-behind-right-to-work-in-michigan



The Racist Roots of ''Right-to-Work'' Laws

Chris Kromm, Institute for Southern Studies: While Michigan s momentous decision has received widespread media attention, little has been said about the origins of ''right-to-work'' laws, which find their roots in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements in the 1940s South.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13432-the-racist-roots-of-right-to-work-laws

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Michigan lawmakers OK anti-union bills as thousands protest

As House members voted, ''Shame on you!'' echoed across the Capitol lawn among a crowd that had swelled to more than 10,000, the largest public protest that the seat of state government has ever seen.

http://is.gd/pQ4qIJ



Forecast: 13.1% Of US Workers To Be Jobless in 2013

By David Walsh

This figure for 2011 contrasts sharply with the official annual jobless rate of 8.9 percent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33404.htm


From Information Clearing House

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?As Labor Unions Have Declined, Wages Have Declined in Tandem?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/12-0

Michigan Adopts the ALEC Model for Diminishing Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/13-11

Michigan s New 'Corporate Servitude Law' Takes Away Worker Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/13

Michigan Anti-Union Law Drafted by ALEC
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/14-0

Michigan Right-to-Work: All Money and Influence Can Buy
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/17

Welcome to 'Michiganistan'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/20-6



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Exports dropped 3.6 percent to $180.5 billion. Sales of commercial aircraft, autos and farm products all declined.

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From Information Clearing House



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HSBC Fined Record $1.9 Billion In Money Laundering Case

By Nils Pratley

The money-laundering fine represents four weeks' earnings, and the idea of a bank being 'too big to prosecute' is alarming.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33282.htm



How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?

Video

''Here we have a bank that laundered $800 million of drug money, and they can't find a way to put anybody in jail for that?''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33313.htm



Money Laundering For Drug Cartels

Max Keiser: HSBC Too Big To Jail?

Video

Max proposes banksters walk the plank in a specially built platform in Trafalgar Square.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33334.htm



HSBC Couldn t Track $60 Trillion in Suspicious Activity?

HSBC was able to track Eliot Spitzer s 3 deposits to a holding account for an escort service. But they couldn t track $60 trillion in suspicious activity transfers from drug cartels and al-Qaeda that benefited them? Could it be because Spitzer was investigating the banks? Cenk Uygur breaks down the financial hypocrisy.

http://is.gd/b7yoEt



Bank Pays Bribe

UBS admits fraud in £940m Libor rigging settlement

By Graeme Evans, Holly Williams

At least 45 individuals including traders, managers and senior managers were involved in, or aware of, the practice.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33375.htm



Banking on Criminality: Drug Money and the Above-the-Law Global Banking Cartel

By Andrew Gavin Marshall

Welcome to the world of financial criminality, the ''international cartel'' of drug money banks and their political protectors.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33355.htm



How HSBC Bank Got Away With Money Laundering for Drug Cartels

Prison time? Felony record? Asset forfeiture? Not for drug trafficking executives of banks that are ''too big to fail'' or jail.

http://is.gd/Ma4oNw



Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street s Worst Nightmare

By Ellen Brown

Wall Street fraud, corruption and abuse have caused millions of homeowners to lose their homes and have tipped cities toward bankruptcy; and Spitzer is one of the brave few who has exposed and attempted to prosecute those predatory practices.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35932.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Matt Taibbi on the Biggest Wall Street Story of the Year: Libor
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/27

Strip HSBC of Depository Insurance and Right to Do Business
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/31-7

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JPMorgan Chase s Record Highlights Doubts About Big Banks' Devotion to Fighting Dirty Money Flows

Michael Hudson, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Money-laundering issues at US and UK financial firms shed light on the role of rich nations and elite banks that enable elite offshore players to weave a web of corruption across the world.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16097-jpmorgan-chase%E2%80%99s-record-highlights-doubts-about-big-banks%E2%80%99-devotion-to-fighting-dirty-money-flows



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By Glenn Greenwald

Her record of war advocacy and close ties to tyrants is notably missing from the debate over whether she should be Secretary of State.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33288.htm



Susan Rice and American Evil

By Margaret Kimberley

It was during the Bush administration that the black face in the high place joined in committing the worst kinds of dirty work to be carried out by the United States around the globe.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33309.htm

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Troubling Implications of Susan Rice s Appointment as National Security Adviser

Stephen Zunes, Truthout: Rice defended the Bush administration s lies about the supposed ''Iraqi threat'' in the run-up to the Iraq War.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16979-troubling-implications-of-susan-rices-appointment-as-national-security-adviser

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Why Obama s selection of Susan Rice as national security adviser is 'highly problematic'
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Im AKW Gundremmingen musste mal eben ein Block mit einer Leistung von 1344 Megawatt vom Netz genommen werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/153345



Atomkraft: Kostenexplosion beim EPR-Bau

Wie in Finnland laufen nun auch in Frankreich die Kosten für den AKW-Bau aus dem Ruder.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/153363

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Atomkraft tritt auf der Stelle und wird von Solar- und Windkraft überrannt

Auch 2012 wurden weltweit nur zwei neue Reaktoren in Betrieb genommen und mit dem Bau von drei Reaktoren begonnen. Zwei wurden stillgelegt. Zwei AKW-Baustellen wurden endgültig wieder aufgegeben. Die Erneuerbaren Energien überrannten die Atomenergie.

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