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OccupySF Inhabits Vacant Turk Street Building
Tonight Occupy SF, through the OccupySF Commune, has inhabited a vacant building on Turk St. for the purpose of creating a community center in the spirit of this building's …
Romney’s Top Five Assaults on Women’s Health
Mitt Romney is not doing well with women voters. A new USA TODAY/Gallup poll shows that President Obama is faring much better than Mitt Romney in the swing states …
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Forget the Farm Bill: Where We Should Set Our Sights This Year For Real Change
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't care about the 2012 farm bill. Here's why. The sustainable food and agriculture movement has a lot of momentum …
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Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the …
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In Lille, the Left Front “Has Broken Its Banks“
Translated by Kristina Wischenkamper and Bill Scoble. After the retaking of the Bastille on 18 March by a mass of 120,000 people, the Left Front struck another blow on Tuesday …
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Congress Opts to Keep Poisoning Children
Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and frivolous federal spending, because...well, because it's unnecessary and frivolous. So Congress has targeted unnecessary oil subsidies and frivolous tax giveaways to …
The Pledge of Resistance Could Change the Game Against a War With Iran
If you sometimes find yourself at a bit of a loss of what to make of the on-again, off-again drumbeat for war with Iran, you should at least have …
Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You
The security and surveillance state does not deal in nuance or ambiguity. Its millions of agents, intelligence gatherers, spies, clandestine operatives, analysts and armed paramilitary units live in a …
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Esquire Magazine: Writer Wanted to Help Convert Class War Into Generational War. No Skills Required; Pays Top Dollar.
This could well have been the want ad Esquire used to attract a writer for its story titled, “War Against Youth.” This lengthy piece is the best compendium of …
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Looking Back at Our Nuclear Future
On March 11, communities around the world commemorated the first year of the still-evolving Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster with rallies, marches, moments of silence, and numerous retrospective reports and essays …