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Bill McKibben: Winter Heat Wave Underscores Need for Obama to Reject, Not Fast-Track, Keystone XL

keystone pipeline protestAs President Obama heads to Oklahoma to announce the fast-tracking of the southern portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas, Democracy Now speaks with 350.org’s Bill McKibben.

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Democracy Now November 10 2011

Italian Financial Crisis Prompts Berlusconi’s Exit, Escalates Fears of Europe’s Next Massive Bailout, Latino Voters Help Dethrone Anti-Immigrant Champion in Historic Arizona State Senate Recall Election, Report: Thousands of U.S.-Born Kids Languish in Foster Care as Immigrant Parents Detained, Deported, and Legendary Folk Duo Crosby & Nash on Soundtracking Movements from the 1960s to Occupy Wall Street

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Democracy Now November 11 2011

Naomi Klein on Environmental Victory: Obama Delays Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Decision Until 2013, White House Could Cast Decisive Vote to Permit 20,000 Fracking Wells in Delaware River Basin, Occupy Homes: New Coalition Links Homeowners, Activists in Direct Action to Halt Foreclosures, Penn State Cover-Up of Child Rape, Coach Paterno Fired in "Greatest Fall from Grace in U.S. Sports", Occupy Cal: 39 Arrested in Forceful Crackdown on Massive Protest at UC Berkeley

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Democracy Now November 14 2011

Syrian Human Rights Lawyer Razan Zaitouneh Speaks from Hiding, Says Over 4,000 Killed in Uprising, Arab League Suspends Syria, Concern Grows over Foreign Intervention to End Crisis, Occupy Honolulu: Hawaiian Musician Makana Performs Protest Song to World Leaders at APEC Summit, East Timor Massacre Remembered: U.S.-Armed Indonesian Troops Kill 270 Timorese 20 Years Ago, and Occupy Oakland Encampment Raided for Second Time: Live Eyewitness Report

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Democracy Now November 15 2011

Occupy Wall Street Evicted in Late Night Raid; Lawyers Secure Injunction to Reopen Zuccotti Park, Inside Occupy Wall Street Raid: Eyewitnesses Describe Arrests, Beatings as Police Dismantle Camp, Arundhati Roy: Occupy Wall Street is "So Important Because It is in the Heart of Empire", and Top Aide to Oakland Mayor Resigns over Occupy Raid: Mayors, Police Are Doing Wall Street’s Business

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Democracy Now November 16, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Return to Zuccotti Park After 200 Arrested, Camping Barred, As Occupy Enters Third Month, a Look at How Protesters Are Building a Global Movement, and Police Crackdowns on Occupy Protests from Oakland to New York Herald the "New Military Urbanism"

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Democracy Now November 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street’s National Day of Action Launches with Protest at NY Stock Exchange, Ex-New York Times Freelancer Natasha Lennard on Quitting the Corporate Media in an Occupy Era, Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism, and 84-Year-Old Dorli Rainey, Pepper-Sprayed at Occupy Seattle, Denounces "Worsening" Police Crackdowns

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Democracy Now November 18, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Draws Massive Turnout in NYC and Across the Nation to Mark 2-Month Milestone, Hip-Hop Legend Russell Simmons, Member of the 1%, on Why He Supports the 99% and OWS, New York City Students Join OWS Day of Action With Union Square Rally, March, SEIU President, Union Leaders Arrested in OWS Brooklyn Bridge Protest Demanding Job Creation, NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez Detained in Zuccotti Raid, Urges Mass Involvement in OWS, and Projectionists Light Up New York City Buildings, And Protesters’ Spirits, With Occupy-Themed Display, The Revolution Will Be Live Streamed: Global Revolution TV, the Occupy Movement’s Video Hub, and Occupy Oakland Protester Pancho Ramos Stierle Faces Deportation After Arrest While Meditating

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Democracy Now November 21, 2011

Egyptian Revolution Enters New Phase As Thousands Brave Violence to Protest Military Rule, America’s Not Broke: Solving the Debt Crisis By Making Nation More Equitable, Green & Secure, and Reporter Greg Palast Exposes How U.S. “Vulture” Funds Make Millions By Exploiting African Nations

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Democracy Now November 22, 2011

Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused over Iran’s Nuke Program, Tahrir Square Under Attack: 32 Egyptians Killed, 1,750 Injured in Protests Against Military Rule, and UC Davis Student Describes Pepper Spray Attack on Occupy Campus Protesters

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