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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 …
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Rep. Barney Frank Connects Defense Cuts Drive To Occupy Movement
Rep. Barney Frank is ratcheting up his longstanding push to reduce federal defense spending with a series of town hall events in his Massachusetts congressional district atarting this weekend. …
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America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases
They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French …
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Nontraditional Teaching Promoted for Girls
Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Frontrunner Cain Admits His 9-9-9 Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Poor, and More
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney is outpacing Obama in fundraising on Wall Street, unnamed sources told The Associated Press the president will withdraw all US troops …
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Argentina to Wall Street: Latin American Social Movements and the Occupation of Everything
Photo taken during the protests of 2001 in Argentina. (Photo: Andre Deak) Massive buildings tower over Wall Street, making the sidewalks feel like valleys in an urban …
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Dr. Cornel West and 14 Others Arrested Protesting Corporate Power at US Supreme Court
Washington - The October2011.org Movement that is occupying Freedom Plaza, led an impromptu march of 250 people up Pennsylvania Avenue to the US Supreme Court where Dr. Cornel West …
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Perry, Struggling in Campaign, Unveils Economic Program
Washington - Presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry released his economic plan Friday, promising that an energy-centric program to expand offshore drilling and domestic oil and gas exploration would …