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The Battle in Seattle, 15 Years On: How an Unsung Hero Kept the Movements United
A lead organizer of the protests against the World Trade Organization in 1999 remembers Tyree Scott, a quiet presence in the labor movement who urged unity when it mattered …
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Alleged Right-Wing Terrorist Goes on Shooting Spree in Austin, Texas
Right-wing terrorism in the US is absolutely out of control, and Larry Steven McQuilliams' Black Friday attack is likely yet another instance of it.
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We Need to Start Holding Tax-Dodging Banksters Accountable
Just think about all the things we could fund if we made corporations and big banks pay their fair share.
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It’s Mourning Again in America
The arrows of justice have long been masked as scales - they are the arrows used to justify the continued mass incarceration of the country's black population.
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Seattle Ferguson Protests Block Traffic and Shut Down Westlake Mall
Protests against police violence have continued in Seattle since a Ferguson grand jury decided not to prosecute Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown.
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Ebola-Like Public Health Crises Highlight Need for Improved Medicare-for-All Model, Failures of ACA For-Profit “Market-Driven” Insurance Model
Affordable Care Act: prescription for decreasing coverage, increasing cost.
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Party On! The War Party Ascendant
Congratulations are in order for the War Party.
Not Education for Peace, Not Peace for Education, but Education as Peace
We have reached a tipping point in history where we must introduce education as peace not only in high-risk countries, but throughout the whole world.
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What Next? Indicting the System and Building the Beloved Community
Truth telling is a bridging process that opens up the possibilities for civil dialogue to occur.
Obama Appeals Order to Publish Guantanamo Force-Feeding Tapes
The Obama administration has today appealed against a federal judge's ruling that videotapes showing force-feeding of a Guantanamo prisoner should be released.