Common Dreams Readers' Choice 1/25

Week Ending January 25, 2013 Readers' Choice / Most Read Views... Peter Dreier: Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint John Atcheson: Our Dumb Democracy: Why the Untied States of Stupid Still Reins Supreem Paul Buchheit: The Extremist Cult of Capitalism Abi Hassen: Aaron Was a Criminal and So Are You Amy Goodman: Obama’s Dirty Wars Exposed at Sundance Norman Solomon: A Letter I Wish Progressive Groups Would Send to Their Members Chris Hedges: A Time for ‘Sublime Madness’ Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap: Move to Amend: Citizens United is Just the Tip of the Iceberg Michael T. Klare: Powder Keg in the Pacific Rebecca Solnit: The Longest War is the One Against Women

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	JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon Spurs Outrage in Davos 'Remarks such as these, coming from the head of JPMorgan, are maddening'. Article here...
	Google Report Shows 'Disturbing Growth in Government Surveillance' Most recent Transparency Report from web giant reveals 136% increase in user data requests from US since 2009. Article here...
	Goldman Sach's Food Speculation Turns Global Hunger Into Wall Street Profit Financial giant makes $400 million as high-risk commodity trading pushes already fragile food system to breaking point. Article here...
	Report: Chemicals Most Countries Ban Still Permitted in US Foods Recent investigations highlight industry preference in FDA, expose frequent use of cheap and dangerous additives. Article here...
	Eleven EU Nations Take on 'Financial Elite' with Robin Hood Tax Groups call for tax to 'live up to its moniker' by funding climate and development projects. Article here...
	Melting Glaciers in Andes Could Spell Continental Water Crisis in South America Climate change is driving 'unprecedented' shrinking of crucial resource. Article here...
	Climate Crisis Pushes Sierra Club to End Civil Disobedience Ban After 120 years of using 'lawful means,' group's executive director says 'time is running out' to stop climate disaster. Article here...
	Progressives Trash Senate's Failure to Get Meaningful Filibuster Reform Following a final agreement passed in the Senate on Thursday evening, progressives slammed the failure to achieve the necessary and 'meaningful' reforms. Article here...