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Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume Amid Amnesty Battles
Under pressure from entrenched economic and military interests, Guatemala's Constitutional Court undid its historic genocide ruling in 2013.
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Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the US Military’s “Pivot to Asia“
Last month, the citizens of Okinawa awarded a landslide victory to a governor who wants US troops off the pristine island.
The Japanese State’s New Assault on the Victims of Wartime Sexual Slavery
A strategy to denigrate and discredit women who survived comfort station internment is underway in Japan.
Henry A. Giroux | Barbarians at the Gates: Authoritarianism and the Assault on Public Education
The emergence of larger social movements depends on public education maintaining its democratic sphere.
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Robert W. McChesney: “Capitalism as We Know It Has Got to Go“
Robert McChesney continues his argument for a press that does not represent the interests of the oligarchy.
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The Five Best Labor Stories of 2014
Despite serious challenges, there's life in the US labor movement.
Liberals, Trojan Horses and the Myth of Police-Community Relations
Instead of having a conversation about the codification of racism through law enforcement, we're given a layer of public relations.
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It’s Time to Bring Domestic Violence Survivors Like Barbara Sheehan Home From Prison
As governors mull clemency, battered women should be at the top of the list.
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Intellectual Dishonesty on Display in Britain
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne produces a ludicrous budget, and even commentators who acknowledge it's ludicrous give him credit.
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The True Costs of Corporate Welfare
We need to stop rewarding businesses for screwing over their employees.