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Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows
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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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 …
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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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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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Occupy Wall Street Aims Ire at Foreclosures
As many as a dozen “Occupy Wall Street” protestors and their allies were arrested Thursday afternoon as they tried to stop a foreclosure auction inside a courthouse in Brooklyn, …
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Occupy Chicago Clarifies Its Mission
Chicago - Protesters in downtown Chicago, often criticized for being haphazard and unfocused, have taken steps to make their mission clearer. Members of Occupy Chicago, one of …
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Longshore Workers Make a Stand for Labor (2)
Longshore workers on the Columbia River caught everyone's attention three weeks ago when they blocked a move by a multinational grain consortium that threatened their union and their jobs. …
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Protesters Debate What Demands, if Any, to Make
In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to …
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UN Torture Report Stirs Pressure for Congressional Response
Ten years after promising that human rights would be protected in Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified “systemic torture” by Afghan security forces trained and …
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Occupy Wall Street Wins Converts, Flummoxes Cops on Global Day of Protest
They looked like a small army. Just a few short blocks from Liberty Plaza, where a four-week occupation has spawned the beginnings of a new mini-society, the opposition was …