Left Side of the Aisle #173

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 4-10, 2014

This week:
Good News: fast-food workers campaign
http://time.com/3223048/fast-food-strikes-150-cities/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/02/us-usa-restaurants-strike-idUSKBN0GX07320140902

Good News: Texas anti-choice law blocked
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/US-Appeals-Court-Upholds-New-Texas-Abortion-Rules-252750191.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-halts-key-part-texas-abortion-law-n192281

Update: US raid on Somalia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-carries-out-counter-terrorism-strike-in-somalia/2014/09/01/19067e8c-323b-11e4-8f02-03c644b2d7d0_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/range-of-options-to-combat-islamic-state-are-under-discussion-senior-official-says/2014/08/22/f745619a-2a2a-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/02/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSKBN0GS10C20140902

Update: war hawks still at it
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/lawmakers-push-white-house-take-action-islamic-state-risk/

Failing to take violence against women seriously
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cee-lo-green-no-contest-plea-20140829-story.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cee-lo-green-pleads-contest-slipping-ecstasy-woman-article-1.1921615
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/30/cee-lo-green-pleads-no-contest-in-drugging-case/20954860/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolo_contendere
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ceelo-greens-show-canceled-by-tbs-after-controversial-rape-tweets-201429
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ceelo-green-voices-controversial-rape-opinion-deletes-tweets-201429

Outrage of the Week: Israel steals West Bank land
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/31/rebuilding-gaza-will-take-20-years-group-says/20954997/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/31/israel-west-bank_n_5745498.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/international-response-israel-land-grab_n_5758256.html?cps=gravity
http://www.juancole.com/2014/08/charter-destruction-palestinian.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TG0vdzrmt4&feature=youtu.be

Clown Award: Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140821/NEWS/408210325/-1/news11
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/elizabeth-warren-defends-_n_5733164.html