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ISIS vs. Ebola: A Blank Check to Bomb ISIS While Funding to Fight Ebola Is Slashed
A stunning disproportion in spending on ISIS versus Ebola crises highlights a fatal distortion in US priorities.
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Banksy: Graffitist of the White Bourgeoisie
Middle-class outrage at the recent removal of Banksy's graffiti in an area of poverty and racial tension indicates how disconnected the bourgeoisie are from the realities of working-class life …
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Nothing About Us Without Us: The Token Palestinian and Authentic Narrative
I recall, with particular awkwardness, my first talk at a socialist student gathering at the University of Washington in Seattle nearly two decades ago. When I tried to offer …
NYCLU: Poor Education Is Part of Widespread Mistreatment of Youth at Rikers Island
October 8, 2014 - At a City Council hearing about the treatment of adolescents in New York City jails, the New York Civil Liberties Union will today testify about …
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Beware of Turkey’s Sacred and Secular Geographies
It is easy to forget that there are no maps of the world, only maps of worldviews. And even though blind materialism and economic utility seems to reign in …
NHS Supplier Risking Complicity in Nine US executions
A major supplier to the NHS is at risk of becoming involved in American executions, after Alabama altered its lethal injection ‘cocktail’ to include a drug for which they …
Activists Blockade $32,000/Person RNC Fundraiser, Protest Money in Politics Corruption
New York City, New York – Two citizen activists were arrested on Monday, October 6th at a Republican National Committee fundraiser in an act of civil disobedience protesting the …
Children at the Border
Let them come There are great holes In the heart of America Maybe the children can fill them Let them come Their mothers and fathers and Sisters …
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“Weekend of Resistance” Off to Tense but Peaceful Start in Ferguson
A multitude of activist groups from St. Louis and around the US have sent members to take part in the weekend's activities.
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In Protecting the Elderly, California at Last Takes Steps to Catch Up
California, which has loosely regulated the assisted living industry for years, adopts measures that give advocates for the elderly modest hope.