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Occupy movement and a sense of urgency-at last
Image by david_shankbone via Flickr #Occupy and the #Climate Movement How are the #occupy movement and climate change connected? Fossil fuels enable the current economic system to continue because it...
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The Great Depression Right Outside Our Doors
AP / Thomas Watkins Residents hang out at the basketball court at Algin Sutton Recreation Center in South Los Angeles. The center is included in the city’s Summer Night Lights program aimed at...
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The US example has universal application so that the question is,” Do you...
part of Brooklyn 1865 The Battle for Brooklyn by BRUCE E. LEVINE Do we really accept that Big Money—through intimidation, bribery, or some other coercion—can shove us out of our homes and obliterate...
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The decline of British human rights Given its recent record, Britain and its...
UK detainee Babar Ahmad has been in prison for seven years without trial [GALLO/GETTY] As Libya cried “liberation!” and captured its dictator, as Tunisia held its exemplary democratic elections, and...
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Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause...
Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause irreversible climate change, according to the IEA. Photograph: Rex Features World headed for irreversible climate change in...
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Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that U.S. drug agents are not...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that U.S. drug agents are n Image via Wikipedia ot welcome back in his country despite the newly announced normalization of...
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You can’t bank on free speech An extrajudicial banking blockade imposed on...
Companies including VISA and MasterCard have imposed “an historic act of censorship” on WikiLeaks [GALLO/GETTY] The banks, payment and credit card companies support extremist organisations by...
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Nature is the 99%, too The economy is built on the idea of relentless growth,...
An ever-growing economy requires ever-growing supplies of natural resources – unfortunately, the planet we live on has a finite amount of resources [GALLO/GETTY] What if rising sea levels are yet...
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How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police is also a worldwide phenomenon
Danny Moloshok / Reuters How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police NOV 7 2011, 3:11 PM ET 172 Over the past 10 years, law enforcement officials have begun to look and act more and more like...
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Guan Jianzhong: Downgrading the US The chairman of China’s only independent...
While European leaders are struggling to deal with the crises in Italy and Greece, another debt crisis is looming. The US congress has until November 23 to agree on how to reduce its public debt,...
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Why Defense Debates Are Unbalanced
Why Defense Debates Are Unbalanced THE SKEPTICS |More Benjamin H. Friedman | November 8, 2011 A reporter asked me the other day why my side of the military budget debate—for slashing spending—has...
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Zuccotti Park clearance. Would it all be so well done if the elites needed...
The plaza of Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street: Zuccotti Park eviction – live updates • New York police clear Zuccotti Park in 1am swoop on plaza • More than 200 arrested mayor Bloomberg defends...
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A court in New York City has ordered police to stand down and allow Occupy...
Zuccotti A court in New York City has ordered police to stand down and allow Occupy Wall Street protesters to return to the demonstration site that they were forcefully evicted from by...
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Lopez Obrador to run for Mexican presidency Former Mexico City mayor, whose...
Lopez Obrador disputed the result of 2006 elections, which he lost by less than one percentage point [Reuters] Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the leftist former mayor of Mexico City, will again run for...
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‘Democracy Now!’: Inside the Zuccotti Park Raid. With link to video
The plaza of Zuccotti Park ‘Democracy Now!’: Inside the Zuccotti Park Raid EMAIL PRINT SHARE SHARE Posted on Nov 15, 2011 democracynow.org Around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, New York City police forces...
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Thirty years ago, Helen John was the first full-time member of the Greenham...
Helen John, 73, with a banner protesting against unmanned drones being based at RAF Waddington. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Protest and survive: the Greenham veteran who refuses...
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Battle rages for control of Tahrir Square Police and demonstrators fight...
Battle rages for control of Tahrir Square Police and demonstrators fight pitched battles in central Cairo after security forces descend on protest hub. This article from Al Jazeera also has...
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US university probes protest pepper spraying Footage of incident on...
Mondavi Hall at UC Davis US university probes protest pepper spraying Footage of incident on California campus described as “chilling” by university chancellor who rejects calls to quit. This...
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Egyptian elections in doubt after violent clashes in central Cairo
Egyptian riot police charge at protesters during clashes in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP Egyptian elections in doubt after violent clashes in central Cairo Several candidates...
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The Last Whistleblowers By David Swanson
Ellsberg The Last Whistleblowers By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/last-whistleblowers Whistleblowing in our federal government may soon be a thing of the past, not because...
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