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May Day’s Radical History: What Occupy is Fighting for This May 1st
(Photo: Mike Fleshman / Flickr)American general strikes—or rather, American calls for general strikes, like the one Occupy Los Angeles issued last December that has been endorsed by over 150 …
Could We Stop “Signature” Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan?
The US government has been increasingly carrying out drone strikes in countries with which America is not at war, and killing people with drone strikes who have no dispute …
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It?
(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. …
ACT UP Is at It Again
Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands …
ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
One of the key controversies about fracking is the chemical makeup of the fluid that is pumped deep into the ground to break apart rock and release natural gas. Some companies have been …
Prison Industries: “Don’t Let Society Improve or We Lose Business”
Even though we are 5 percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the prisoners in the world.
Disabled People Protest to Preserve Their Benefits
Joann Cross didn't travel from El Paso, Texas, to Washington, DC, to get arrested. In fact, she's always believed that getting arrested was the wrong way to make a …
Shedding Light on the Secret Pre-Trial of Bradley Manning
With the threat of life in prison and the ideal of government transparency looming heavily in the background, Pfc. Bradley Manning's hired defense attorney and attorneys representing WikiLeaks founder …
Mexican Elections: A Veteran, a Smile, and an Image
So far a lack of enthusiasm and hope have characterized the campaign. Moderation, not confrontation, is the dominant theme. March 30 marked the official start of the Mexican presidential …
The Shame of Nations: A New Record Is Set for Spending on War
On April 17, 2012, as millions of Americans were filing their income tax returns, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its latest study of world military …