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Reflections on the Maidan and Pro-Autonomy Political Movements in Ukraine
Social researcher Daniel Grigor'ev talks to Truthout about the origins and development of Ukraine's “Maidan” and East Ukraine's autonomy movements.
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California Drought Leaves Farmworkers Hung Out to Dry
California's ongoing drought is another blow to hundreds of thousands of farmworkers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, that are struggling to survive.
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A Bike That Stamps Your Message on the Street, and Three Other Open-Source Tools for Activists
StreetToolbox offers new tools for the political communicator - from a remote controlled car that writes messages in colored sand to a kit that turns your bike into a …
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Fracked on Their Own Petard: The Self-Implosion of an Industry on the Ropes
As Denton seeks to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking, the industry is trying to frame the fight in economic terms. But that turns out to …
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Dean Baker | The Entitlement of the Very Rich
Last week we got to see the thinking of the very rich when Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, complained at a summit that there is even an …
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Is Worker Ownership a Way Forward for Market Basket?
Market Basket seems a prime candidate for transition to employee ownership that can keep the leadership that built the company's culture in place.
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Another Unarmed Black Teen Shot by Militarized Police
From New York to Los Angeles to Ferguson, Missouri, America's police forces are being increasingly viewed as violent occupying armies.
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The US Has a Scary Sewage Problem: Let’s Clean It Up and Jumpstart the Economy While We’re at It
Stormwater management is an opportunity to stem a crisis and move toward a sustainable future.
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Women Warriors Take Environmental Protection Into Their Own Hands
Aleta Baun has been at the forefront of her tribe's efforts to stop mining companies destroying the forests of the Mutis Mountains that hug the western part of the …
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“Humanitarian Emergency” Does Not Suspend the Constitution on War Powers
Obama failed to clearly explain why his decision to order airstrikes in Iraq without Congressional authorization is Constitutional and legal.