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Police State Blues
The New York Police Department reacted quickly against Occupy Wall Street activists who returned to Liberty Square (or Zuccotti Park) six months after the original occupation began. But the …
Army Threatens to Fire Whistleblower for Talking to McClatchy
Washington - The military's embattled crime lab is trying to fire an outspoken whistleblower who's spotlighted its problems. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory warned its …
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Fracking Fight: Activists Cry Foul on the EPA’s Dimock Water Test Announcement
William Herrmann of Whiting Petroleum walks along a pipeline at the Bakken Shale formation in Belfield, North Dakota, September 3, 2011. Hydraulic fracturing techniques, despite causing a growing controversy, …
Murder Incorporated: Guns, the NRA and the Politics of Violence on the Mexican Border
Sign on road just before main bridge into Mexico from Brownsville, Texas. (Photo: Mark Karlin)An Iron River of Guns Flows Across the Border A phalanx of US law enforcement …
Gated Intellectuals: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement
Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.
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Reclaiming Our Rights From HR 347
With increasing velocity, since the advent of the post-Second World War national security state, then gaining speed with the incessant search and destroy mission waged on the U.S. Constitution …
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Murder Is Not an Anomaly in War
The war in Afghanistan—where the enemy is elusive and rarely seen, where the cultural and linguistic disconnect makes every trip outside the wire a visit to hostile territory, where …
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Drifting Right, Illinois Is Test for Romney
Chicago - Illinois has been known for choosing Republicans of a moderate brand, in the mold of James R. Thompson, the state’s longest serving governor, or Mark Steven Kirk, …
After Six Months, a Look at What Occupy Wall Street Has Accomplished
Since its beginning, Occupy Wall Street and the protests it spawned across the country have faced critics who say it has no goals and wouldn’t achieve any substantial accomplishments. …
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Police Arrest 73 in Occupy Wall Street Crackdown on Protest Movement’s Six-Month Anniversary
Michael Moore led hundreds of people from the Left Forum conference to Zuccotti Park on Saturday where hundreds had gathered to reoccupy the park to mark six months since …