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Hamas Frees Israeli Soldier as Prisoner Swap Begins
An Israeli soldier held for more than five years by the militant Palestinian group Hamas was traded on Tuesday for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in an …
Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows (2)
From Buenos Aires to Toronto, Kuala Lumpur to London, hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in a global day of action against corporate greed and budget cutbacks, …
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As Rage at Wall Street Rises, Its Moneymen Shower Cash on Candidates
Washington - Even as protests over its political influence grow louder, Wall Street is one of the leading sources of money so far in the 2012 race for the …
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The Self-Inflicted Wound of US Foreign Aid Cuts
It's not every day that foreign aid is front page news in the United States, but it is because slashing foreign aid has become one of the few areas …
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Rediscovering Civil Disobedience
Occupy Chicago protesters at the intersection of Jackson and La Salle in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 16. Click to view more photos of Occupy Chicago. (Photo: abjam77) …
Gorilla Radio Interview: The Case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir
Dr. Rafil Dhafir is in his ninth year of imprisonment in the U.S. for the crime of sending aid, through his charity Help the Needy, to starving Iraqi civilians …
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The Occupy Windfall
Washington - “Defend Wall Street” is not likely to be a winning campaign slogan in 2012. For Republicans, this is an obvious problem. For President Obama and the Democrats, …
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California Prison Hunger Strike Ends, Conditions of “Immense Torture” Continue
Imagine a concrete room no more than eight by ten feet. It has no windows, only a perforated steel door facing a solid concrete wall. Fluorescent lights stay on …
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Jobs – Still the No. 1 National Emergency
We are in an absolute national jobs emergency and everyone outside of Washington, DC understands this. But if you read the DC-oriented press, you would think that the “issue” …
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Voters Are in a Deep Funk
Having spent time this week in both New Hampshire and Iowa, the states featuring the first presidential nominating contests of 2012, and having been in Michigan the week before, …