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Factory Occupiers Win Back Jobs

Workers occupying the Serious Energy factory in Chicago have won an agreement that will save workers' jobs for at least three months. The factory is the former Republic Windows & Doors plant union members occupied for a week in December 2008, after which a new owner promised to continue operations and renamed the Republic factory Serious Energy. Read More

Climate scientist says XL pipeline means “game over” for planet

 Barack Obama helped put the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline back on track Monday, endorsing construction of a southern portion of the project. The White House's green light for construction, running from Cushing, Oklahoma to Port Arthur, Texas, flip flops its rejection of the entire project a month ago. Climate scientist James Hansen says the amount of carbon dioxide needed for the pipeline means “game over” for the planet. Read More

US Draws Up Secret Indictment Against Assange

 US prosecutors have drawn up secret charges against Wikileaks’ founder, Julian Assange. This was revealed in a Wikileaked email from the private intelligence firm Stratfor’s vice-president for intelligence, Fred Burton, who wrote: "We have a sealed indictment on Assange." Burton's information was apparently obtained from a US government source. Wikileaks Sunday released five million hacked emails from Stratfor. Read More

One million signatures collected for Recall Election Against Walker

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declined to challenge any signatures ahead of his upcoming recall election. Recall organizers gathered over one million signatures, almost double the number needed. Walker's popularity has plummeted since he signed legislation stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights last year. Read More

Judge Rules Monsanto Can Sue Farmers if Monsanto Seed Contaminates Their Crops

A federal judge Monday ruled in favor of chemical giant Monsanto in a lawsuit filed on behalf of farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations challenging the company's seed patents. The Public Patent Foundation...  filed the suit on behalf of more than 50 organizations seeking a ruling that would prohibit Monsanto from suing farmers if their organic seed becomes contaminated with Monsanto's patented biotech seed germplasm. Read More

UN Rights Chief Calls For Syrian Ceasefire

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria, saying the situation has deteriorated rapidly as Bashar al-Assad’s regime steps up its onslaught against the opposition. Pillay urged Syria to end all fighting, allow international monitors in and give unhindered access for aid agencies to enter Homs and other embattled cities. Read More

Police evict Occupy London

Occupy London’s four-month-old encampment outside St. Paul’s Cathedral was broken up Tuesday by police. Jonathan Bartley, director of the Christian think-tank Ekklesia, said: "St Paul's Cathedral,… backed and colluded in this eviction." Occupy London said: “All will be revealed in time. May is one of our favorite months,” a reference to worldwide demonstrations planned for International Workers Day, May 1st. Read More

WikiLeaks says Israel, Kurdish fighters destroyed Iran nuclear facility

A November, 2011 WikiLeaked email shows officials with the strategic intelligence company Stratfor discussing information that Israeli commandos, in cooperation with Kurdish fighters, destroyed Iranian nuclear installations. A source was asked whether he thought the Israelis were preparing a military offensive against Iran. He responded: “I think this is a diversion. The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure on the ground weeks ago." Read More

Judge Says He Was Investigated After Ruling Against Halliburton: WikiLeaks

In a newly Wikileaked email, Samuel Kent, the disgraced former Texas federal judge who resigned in 2009 after receiving a 33-month sentence for lying to investigators and sexually abusing two employees, told a senior analyst for the private intelligence firm Stratfor he believes the Justice Department may have targeted him after he ruled against Halliburton in a “heavy” case. The email is one of five million in WikiLeaks’ latest document dump. Read More