The Nobel Prize winning European Union is trying to force indebted nations to privatize critical natural resources. The European Commission is insisting that privatization of municipal water supplies must be a condition to receive future bailouts. As in, if nations like Greece, Portugal, and Spain want to receive bailouts in the future – then they have to hand of their most critical resources – like water – over to transnational corporations to run for profit.

Several organizations including Food & Water Europe and the Blue Planet Project have pushed back against these demands. As the Directors of European Affairs with Food & Water Europe said about the privatization demands, “This really demonstrates how the Commission has lost touch with reality. Their ideological arguments are not based on substantiated facts and goes to the extreme of ignoring the democratic will of the people.” A letter has been sent to the Vice President of the European Commission, calling for the privatization plan to be ditched.

The battle happening right now – and well into the future – will be over our commons. And we must make sure that “We the people” remain the stewards of our commons – and not transnational corporations looking to exploit resources for a profit.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations." -- Thomas Jefferson.

Joining Thom in the studio today...
- Attorney Mike Papantonio, host of "Ring of Fire Radio"

Article: "In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote" by Mike Elk.

Law: "USC § 441b - Contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or labor organizations".

Article: "Labor Code Section 1101-1106", California.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech" by Mike Elk.

Article: "Tagg Team: The Romney Family Recipe for Crony Capitalism" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Tagg Romney says he wanted to ‘take a swing’ at Obama during the debate" by Kristen A. Lee.

Article: "Transcript: Second presidential debate".

Article: "Southern values revived" by Sara Robinson.

Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, November 8, 1954" by Dwight Eisenhower. "Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

Article: "Va. Sheriff Investigating GOP Tie To Trashed Voter Forms" by Ryan J. Reilly.

Article: "Republican’s voter-ID remark brings him under political fire" by Angela Couloumbis.

Hour Two: Let's take away free speech for companies
- Peter Ferrara, Policy Director-Carleson Center for Public Policy / Attorney & Author "America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb".

Book: "Obama and the Crash of 2013" by Peter Ferrara.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Book: "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps" by Greg Palast.

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - the importance of precinct committee members ".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - how you become a precinct committee member".

Speech: "Madison Square Garden Speech", President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936. "They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred"

Article: "Thorstein Veblen" by Wikipedia.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Site: Governor Don Siegelman.

Petition: "President Obama: Please restore justice and pardon my dad!" by Dana Siegelman.

Article: "U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA" by Amy Walker.

Article: "Catholic Knights Of Columbus Spends $15.8 Million To Fight Gay Marriage" by David Badash.

Article: "Obama Repeats “Binders” Attack In New Hampshire" by TRNS.

Article: "Obama Dishes On Benghazi During Daily Show Cameo, Says American Deaths Were “Not Optimal”" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "Comedian Paul Rodriguez Voices New Spanish Radio Ad For Romney" by TRNS.

Article: "More Hispanic-Americans Expected To Vote This Year" by Amy Walker.

Article: "Obama Won’t Budge On Taxes" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "Smaller Party Candidates Square Off In Online Debate" by Zach Schwartz.

Article: "Boy Scouts 'perversion files': New lawsuits, damages likely" by Ashley Powers.

Article: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Avery Durable View Binder with 2 Inch EZ-Turn Ring, White, 1 Binder (17032)" (see comments and pictures).

Article: "Medicare Saves Money" by Paul Krugman.

Speech: "The Four Freedoms" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 6 January, 1941.

Video: "FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage".

Book: "Clarence Darrow, the journeyman" by Mike Papantonio.

Book: "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt" by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco.

Book: "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

The good: "Democrat Bernard Whitman Confronts Fox News’ Focus On Candy Crowley Instead Of Romney’s Debate Performance" by Ellen.

The bad: Washington Free Beacon: "Hey! Stop Talking, You Woman! The Attack on Katherine Fenton " by Zach Stafford.

The very, very ugly: "Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted Finds New Ways to Reduce Early Voting Hours" by Julie Kent.

Bible: "Matthew 24:11" ""Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.".

Bible: "Matthew 24:12" ""Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold".

Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.

Site: Move to Amend

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Report On Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote" by Annie-Rose Strasser.

Article: "How The U.S. Is Squandering As Much As $430 Billion In Corporate Tax Revenues" by Travis Waldron.

Article: "Walmart Strikes: More Workers Join Fight In Oklahoma, Claim Intimidation" by Alice Hines.

Article: "Greek Workers Walk Out in National Strike to Protest Austerity" by Liz Alderman.

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