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One System for All: Universal Access to Health Care
(Photo courtesy of Julie Castro)Julie Castro is a young doctor from France, a country that proves that it is possible for a nation to offer quality health care for …
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One Sees a Tree, the Other, a Canoe: The Humor and Struggle of International Solidarity
Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity Ramor RyanAK PressOakland, 2011 The Zapatistas have lingered in the imaginations of progressives and radicals …
Why Protest NATO?
In many ways, Afghanistan is worse off under NATO's Groundhog Day-like reign of terror than it was before. For more than five years now, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has …
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Nurses Gather at NATO Summit to Demand Government Fund Health, Not Death
Truthout has been covering the antiwar movement closely for more than ten years. Click here to help us keep doing this work! Around a thousand individuals, including rocker Tom …
House GOP Leaders Block Amendment Solidifying Afghanistan Withdrawal Timeline
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. "I can't let this be a war without end, and I can't lose the whole …
Obama Might Want to Look Forward in 2012, but America’s Torture Legacy Will Keep Staring Back
In 2002, Maher Arar was stopped while on a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport on his way home to Canada. US officials detained Arar for two weeks …
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What Have Rich People Done for You Lately?
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate)So a former partner of Mitt Romney's at Bain Capital says, in a new book, what Mr. Romney probably believes: we …
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NATO Protesters Held Without Charge After Raid as Chicago Steps Up Police Activities
(Photo: Zach D. Roberts / GregPalast.com) A pre-emptive raid by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) on the home of two Occupy Chicago activists may have happened without a search …
Why the Cops Should Be Knocking on Jamie Dimon’s Door Soon
The scandal surrounding JP Morgan’s losses in its Chief Investment Office is not going away, and for good reason. Its trading book continues to lose money at an astounding …
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Seven Hundred and Eighty Caterpillar Workers Unexpectedly Go on Strike in Illinois
Joliet, Illinois -“You’re a rotten animal, that’s what you are. You are a piece of a road kill. Stay off my picket line scab!” shouted Caterpillar worker Gareth Beeson, …