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We Don’t Have Life Without Land: Holding Ground in Honduras
On vivid display there is the search for solutions to the problems addressed in this Harvesting Justice series: the piracy of land, indigenous territories, agriculture, food systems and the …
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Law to Clean Up “Nuisances” Costs Innocent People Their Homes
Over the last two decades, forfeitures have evolved into a booming business for police agencies across the country, from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to small-town sheriff's offices.
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California Carbon Trading Would Counteract Emissions From Expanded Chevron Refinery, State Says
The hundreds of activists on hand earlier this month at Chevron's Richmond refinery to protest its contribution to global warming might be surprised to learn that California says it …
Ethiopia: Lives for Land in Gambella
Murder, rape, false imprisonment and torture are reportedly committed by the Ethiopian military as they implement the government's policy of land clearance and resettlement.
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Launch of Green Tea Coalition Drives a Wedge Through Georgia’s Tea Party
The Green Tea Coalition, set to launch in Georgia, includes activists from the Sierra Club, Georgia Watch, Occupy Atlanta, Tea Party Patriots and the NAACP.
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The Horrific Specter of the “Post-Fleming Amendment” Fundamentalist Christian Military
Recently, a perversion of the sacrosanct principle of freedom of religion enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution has found its way to Congress through the …
Can Activists Win the PR Battle With the Fossil Fuel Industry?
There is a long history of corporations and the state acting in concert to suppress environmental activism. But in recent years the relationship has deepened.
Final Thoughts on the Swartz Affair
On July 30, MIT released its long awaited report on its role in the prosecution and suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz. Some will regard its release coinciding with …
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Stumbling to Tehran: A Deeply Flawed Argument for a Very Good Idea
I vividly recall the excitement those of us in Chicago's No War on Iran Coalition felt in October 2007 when Esquire published a profile - as the teaser text …
Operation Red Hat: Chemical Weapons and the Pentagon Smokescreen on Okinawa
In July 1969, a leak of chemical weapons on Okinawa sickened more than 20 US soldiers and laid bare one of the Pentagon's biggest Cold War secrets: the storage …