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How the Spanish Police Celebrated 15M
On Wednesday, the 15th of May, people across Spain were preparing to celebrate the second anniversary of the 15M movement - the wave of plaza occupations, open assemblies, and …
MAP Test Boycott Victory for High Schools! K-8 Schools still boycotting
At 2:06 pm on Monday, May 13th, a message from Seattle school superintendent Jose Banda stated: "High schools may opt out of MAP in 2013-14."Banda was referring to the …
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Blood Ties, Nepotism and Democracy
From the Murdochs to the monarchy, blood ties remain important in our supposedly meritocratic society. Is this the natural order of things - essential for a cohesive culture? Or …
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Big Oil’s War on the Sun
Remember “Peak Oil?” Neither does anyone else. That’s because the operational theory of why, at the turn of the century, Big Oil tightened its grip on the political system and used …
Farmland – the New “Blood Diamonds” in Sierra Leone?
Large investors have leased close to 23 percent of Sierra Leone's arable land.
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Organizing on Both Sides of the Border
Activists around the country are organizing in support of immigrant rights. Martina Molina reports.
OECD: Inequality Rising Faster than Ever
The Great Recession has widened the gap between the developed worldu2019s affluent and everyone else.
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US for First Time Acknowledges Role in Deaths of Americans in Drone Strikes
The Obama administration sought to justify the killing of only one and said nothing about the other three.
Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
Tom Engelhardt: It's time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world.
The Supreme Court Empowers Employers to Lock Out Workers
The Supreme Court defied the expressed purposes of the NLRA by empowering employer lockouts.