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Administration Peddling Increasing Blatant Canards on Proposed “Trade” Deals
Invoking the magic incantation “free trade” seems to neutralize the reasoning ability of economists and the media.
Land Conflicts in Argentina: From Resistance to Systemic Transformation
As conflicts over land have increased in Argentina, resistance efforts by peasant farmers and indigenous communities have taken many forms.
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Washington Needs to Put More Pressure on Bahrain’s Oppressive Monarchy
Hagel may find it hard to see through the tear gas, but US diplomacy has been anything but tough when it comes to encouraging reform in Bahrain.
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Restoring the Sacred Land: An Inquiry Into the Origins and Implications of Land-Ownership
For those of us who are not landowners and don't have the economic means to purchase and then free land, there are still many actions we can participate in …
Major Parts of the World Ignored by US TV News in 2013
If people outside the US wonder why Americans often seem so clueless about the world outside their borders, they could start with the mainstream media.
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Fukushima Update: The Nuclear Disaster That Won’t Go Away
If the little blips and pieces of news coming out of Japan are any indication, things are far from fine, and are getting worse by the second.
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A Racial Justice Bucket List for 2014
2013 was a painful year in racial justice. Community leaders share their racial justice wishes for the new year.
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The Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Vote: Use the “F” Word
Succeed or not, Republicans are trying to filibuster the effort to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed.
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Ads Telling Voters “Recall Is Not the Wisconsin Way” Funded by Out-of-State Koch Network
Despite the ads purporting to represent Wisconsin values, funding for the message came from well outside Wisconsin's borders.
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Economic Prosperity and Economic Democracy: The Worker Co-Op Solution
Workers' self-directed enterprises (WSDEs) are a response to capitalism's failure to deliver economic prosperity and socialisms' failure to deliver economic democracy.