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New Police Strategy in New York – Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters
A few weeks ago I was with a few companions from Occupy Wall Street in Union Square when an old friend — I’ll call her Eileen — passed through, …
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US and China Reach Deal for Chen Guangcheng to Study Abroad
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, second from left, with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, second from right, and U.S. Ambassador to China …
A Tale of Two Rules: Washington Bureaucracy and the Politics of Workplace Safety
Washington, D.C. - Many laws are proposed in this town, but only some are passed. The same is true of regulations—except the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), …
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Job Slowdown Continues Into April, but Unemployment Still Edges Downward
It is virtually certain that the unemployment rate will rise in coming months. The economy added just 115,000 jobs in April. While the March number was revised up to …
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Police Warrant Squads Were Used to Monitor Wall Street Protesters, Suspects Say
On Monday, the New York Police Department sent its warrant squads after an unusual set of suspects: people who had old warrants for the lowliest of violations, misconduct too minor, usually, …
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NATO vs Rogues?
Institutions rarely vote themselves out of existence. Not if they still have money in their budgets. Large institutions in particular have an almost genetic propensity to cling to life …
David Harvey: Taking Back the Streets for Anti-Capitalist Struggles
David Harvey, anthropology professor, geographer and authority on Karl Marx's work Capital, has just published Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. The book …
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Inside The Matrix: My Night in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jail
Part I: Targeting ICE I was sitting on the pavement stopping traffic in the middle of a busy Phoenix thoroughfare at rush hour with five other activists. A large …
Not Explaining the Why of Terrorism
John Brennan, President Obama’s chief adviser on counter-terrorism, has again put on public display two unfortunate facts: (1) that the White House has no clue as to how to …
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Wisconsin Recall Election a Preview of 2012 Big Money to Come
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. (Photo: Max Whittaker / The New York Times)Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is facing a recall election after he pushed through legislation last year that …