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Drone-Strike Survivors Ask, “What Kind of Democracy Is America?“
A member of the 214th Reconnaissance Group flies a Predator aircraft drone in support of ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tucson, March 10, …
How Empires Fall (Including the American One): A TomDispatch Interview With Jonathan Schell
When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse. Americans were …
Who Stole the American Dream in Broad Daylight?
(Image: Connecting the Dots Productions) Mark Karlin: What role did the book “Global Class War” (2006) play in your formulation of the film?
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Recently Released Autopsy Reports Heighten Guantanamo “Suicides” Mystery
The entrance to Camp Delta at the US Naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, seen in June, 2010. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Autopsy reports …
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Occupy Takes Aim at ALEC Today in 70 US Cities
Protesters, supported by Occupy Santa Fe, demonstrate against ALEC and the influence of money in politics outside the Eldorado Valley Hotel, January 25, 2012. (Photo: suenosdeuomi) The …
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C. Wright Mills Would Have Loved Occupy Wall Street
C. Wright Mills. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) C. Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago (March 20, 1962) at age 45, …
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The Keystone XL Flim-Flam
For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is not just a policy matter, it's a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who, of course, blames President …
Beautiful Acts of Resistance
Just moments after performing a dramatic final death scene, Palestinian playwright Abdelfattah Abusrour was back on stage delivering an afterword that was no less intense. Speaking softly, Abusrour told …
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WikiLeaks Exposes Department of Homeland Security Spying on Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Ed Gaillard) Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings last night posted a story on an internal DHS report entitled "SPECIAL …
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Occupy Wall Street Rallies Monitored by Dow Chemical
Occupy Town Square in Tompkins Square Park, East Village, New York. February 26, 2012. (Photo: David Shankbone) Last night, Wikileaks revealed a massive trove of e-mails from …