Common Dreams Highlights 13 October 2014

October 13, 2014 by ohnwentsya Leave a comment

News & Views | 10.13.14 Featured… In Rejecting Columbus, Cities Forge Path Toward System Alternative http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/rejecting-columbus-cities-forge-path-toward-system-alternative Headlines… Hagel: Military Must Be ‘Pro-Active’ in Addressing ‘Threat Multiplier’ of Climate Change http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/hagel-military-must-be-pro-active-addressing-threat-multiplierof-climate-change ‘Fight Back’: Protesters Stage ‘Moral Monday’ Civil Disobedience Actions in Ferguson http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/fight-back-protesters-stage-moral-monday-civil-disobedience-actions-ferguson Nurses Warn of ‘System Failure’ as Ebola Spreads to US Healthcare Worker http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/nurses-warn-system-failure-ebola-spreads-us-healthcare-worker Pharmaceutical Dumping Could Pose Risks to Wildlife, Scientists Warn http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/pharmaceutical-dumping-could-pose-risks-wildlife-scientists-warn In ‘Victory for Anti-Imperialists,’ Evo Morales Wins Third Term http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/victory-anti-imperialists-evo-morales-wins-third-term Australia’s Abbott: ‘Coal is Good for Humanity’ and Here to Stay http://commondreams.org/news/2014/10/13/australias-abbott-coal-good-humanity-and-here-stay and more… **************************************************** Views… Laura Gottesdiener: A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie): Life Inside the Boom http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/13/trip-kuwait-prairie-life-inside-boom Paul Buchheit: Why We Should Be Seething with Anger over Inequality http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/13/why-we-should-be-seething-anger-over-inequality Lawrence Wittner: The United States is No. 1 – But in What? http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/13/united-states-no-1-what Ronnie Cummins & Katherine Paul: Organic and Local: Still the Gold Standard http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/13/organic-and-local-still-gold-standard Krista Walton Potter: How Women Are Bearing the Brunt of the Ebola Epidemic http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/13/how-women-are-bearing-brunt-ebola-epidemic and more… **************************************************** Newswire… Oxfam International: Hidden Hunger Strips Away Dignity, Perpetuates Inequality and Destroys South Africans’ Potential to Prosper http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/10/13/hidden-hunger-strips-away-dignity-perpetuates-inequality-and-destroys-south Friends of the Earth: Friends of the Earth Petitions NRC to Include Alarming New Seismic Data in Considering Diablo Canyon License Renewal http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/10/13/friends-earth-petitions-nrc-include-alarming-new-seismic-data-considering-diablo Center for Biological Diversity: Stemming Mass Wildlife Extinctions Must Drive International Biodiversity Treaty http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/10/13/stemming-mass-wildlife-extinctions-must-drive-international-biodiversity-treaty and more…