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<div><ol><li><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19023?t=23&akid=8807.16102.iC59G0" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education</a> </li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ALEC, Wisconsin Lawmakers Closely Tiedþ</h2></li></ol><div><br></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155375/how_corporations_like_monsanto_have_hijacked_higher_education?akid=8807.16102.iC59G0&rd=1&t=23">http://www.alternet.org/story/155375/how_corporations_like_monsanto_have_hijacked_higher_education?akid=8807.16102.iC59G0&rd=1&t=23</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><table width="560" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19023?t=22&akid=8807.16102.iC59G0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1336678876_shutterstock58749397.jpg_640x481_150x107" width="150" border="0" alt="How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); "></a></td><td width="5"> </td><td width="475" valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19023?t=23&akid=8807.16102.iC59G0" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education</a></p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); ">By Jill Richardson, AlterNet</p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Academic research is often dictated by corporations that endow professorships, give money to universities, and put their executives on education boards. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19023?t=24&akid=8807.16102.iC59G0" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "> READ MORE »</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table align="center" width="626" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="FFFFFF"><table width="700" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B7xPz4pT18OKF1MnovoQsS3Y%2BC6PqJtF" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/aflcionowblog_700x100.jpg" style="border: none; "></a></td></tr><tr><td><table width="700" cellpadding="13" border="0" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><b>May 18, 2012</b></span></span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="0" align="right" style="line-height: 17px; width: 22px; height: 38px; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=W4393mNbvb/mxFe%2Bo3jOOC3Y%2BC6PqJtF" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" alt="Robin Hood tax video" title="Robin Hood tax video" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/robin-hood.jpg" style="border: none; "></a><br><span style="line-height: 13px; font-size: 10px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=c7VqazOeP0vW9Iic7Fy/Si3Y%2BC6PqJtF" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">National Nurses United members and other activists are calling for a Robin Hood tax in a huge Chicago rally today</font></a>.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">A new report reveals the “extraordinary influence” the American Legislative Exchange Council has in the Wisconsin legislature in pushing its corporate-backed agenda.<br><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=oBsspGZTnMtuaI7PVIH6Ni3Y%2BC6PqJtF" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); 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