Truthout
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Latin America’s Open Veins: From Brutal Colonialism to Exploitative Neoliberalism
In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion.
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Tortured in Guantánamo, Uncharged Prisoner Details a US-Created Hell
Mohamedou Slahi shares his horrific journey of torture, and he is currently still imprisoned in Guantanamo.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: “The Plunder of Black Life Was Drilled Into This Country in Its Infancy“
Ta-Nehisi Coates describes the killing fields set up by whites that sacrifice Black life on a daily basis.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Meaning of Ferguson
Ferguson is a wake-up call to build social, radical, revolutionary movements for change.
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Entering the Nuclear Age, Body by Body
Beneath the still-rising mushroom cloud, a huge portion of Nagasaki vanished.
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Kafka’s Last Laugh
“Octavia's Brood” starts from the premise that both science fiction and activism are engaged in the imagining a better world.
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Women Are at the Forefront of the Zapatista Revolution
People around the world have been inspired by images of Zapatista women like Major Ana Maru00eda, Comandanta Ramona and Comandanta Ester.
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God’s Masterpiece or the Devil’s Bad Joke?
In Eduardo Galeano's history of humanity, he discusses barbarians and apes from the Opium Wars to the Origin of the Species.
“Unspeakable Devastation”: An Eyewitness Account of Israel’s Withering Assault on Gaza
Mohammed Omer describes the slaughter and the unfolding degradation of Palestinians.
A Year After More Than 2,000 Killed in Gaza, Israel’s Collective Punishment Continues
In this introduction to “The 51 Day War,” Max Blumenthal, describes the context of the 2014 Israeli decimation of Gaza.