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November 10, 2011

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Dear EmailNation Subscriber, Tonight, The Nation is staging a special event at The New School in Manhattan exploring the New Politics and Possibilities of the Occupy Movement Against Corporate Power. The discussion features award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore, best-selling author and Nation columnist Naomi Klein, Nation National Affairs correspondent William Greider, Colorlines Publisher Rinku Sen, Occupy Wall Street organizer Patrick Bruner and Richard Kim, executive editor, The Nation.com (moderator). The entire event will be streamed live at thenation.com starting at 8:00pm tonight. If you're in the New York City area, the event is free but seating is limited. No RSVPs. Doors open 7:30pm. All best, Peter Rothberg, The Nation

NEW AT THENATION.COM Capitalism vs. the Climate NAOMI KLEIN | Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn't get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change. Share Stanching the Flow of Corporate Dollars into Campaigns KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL | When our nation arrives at a level of corruption we cannot bear, we shouldn't. Share Why Aren't the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park? LOUIS UCHITELLE | Blaming themselves for their plight, the unemployed don't look to protest -- or to government -- for a way out. Share How Greece Exposed Europe's Potemkin Democracy GARY YOUNGE | It's not surprising that Greece's proposed referendum elicited such outrage. Europe doesn't work like that. Share Karl Rove vs. Elizabeth Warren ARI BERMAN | A new ad from the conservative group Crossroads GPS attacks Elizabeth Warren and Occupy Wall Street. Share Smokin' Joe Frazier: The Death of the Disrespected DAVE ZIRIN | At the end of his life, the champion boxer was rejected by the same establishment so quick to embrace him when it suited their needs. Smokin' Joe deserved so much better. Share >> Read More SPONSORED MESSAGE The Nation Auction Know someone with access to free tickets for the theatre, opera, a concert or a game? Any friends running stores, restaurants or small businesses that may want to help and can use a little promotion? Do you own a vacation home or any progressive memorabilia? If so, you can really help The Nation by contributing items to our annual fundraising auction. All the information on how to participate is here. Thank you in advance for helping get our fourth annual auction off to a great start and helping us close our budget gap! FEATURED ESSAY Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist MARILYNNE ROBINSON | Punitive yet salvific, austerity is the ideology of a country that has turned against its own culture. Share UPCOMING EVENTS Katrina vanden Heuvel in Conversation with Bob Herbert Monday, November 21, 7:00pm The New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel will discuss her new book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting For Progress in the Age of Obama (Nation Books, November 2011) with former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. The Change I Believe In collects for the first time the columns and commentary of vanden Heuvel. Kirkus praised the book as "a welcome contrast to the frequently overheated political dialogue of the moment." Get more info on the the event and the book here. FEATURED ACTIVIST CAMPAIGN What is Occupy Wall Street all about? Share IN OUR ORBIT Comments of the Week Over the last few months, thenation.com has made an effort to foster a robust and thoughtful comments section befitting the mighty intelligence of our readership. To better showcase the conversation, starting this week, we'll highlight a weekly run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more people to join the fray. Read this week's edition and let us know what you think.

THIS WEEK IN PRINT Time to Disband the Supercommittee Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile >> Read More Try 4 issues free! Then get both the full print and online versions for just 75 ¢ a week. Subscribe Now STUDENT NATION Occupy College TAMARA DRAUT | The crushing burden of student debt has shattered the American dream for a whole generation. They want their future back. Share VIDEO NATION Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: 'You Can't Stop This Once It's Started' MOVEON.ORG | "I can't tell you the influence that you have had thus far on the conversation," economist Robert Reich told an energized crowd at Occupy San Francisco. In this new video series from MoveOn, Reich takes on corporate influence in the political system and economic inequality in a way that only the former secretary of labor can. Share MOST READ The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail College Football's Logic: Why Joe Paterno and Penn State Would Shield a Child Molester >> More MOST COMMENTED Block the Vote: Ohio GOP Bars Early Voting to Suppress Pro-Labor Turnout Smearing Social Security The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street >> More

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