Truthout
Op-Ed
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Qatari Promises of Labour Reform Ring Hollow Amid Revived Corruption Allegations
Perceived regional threats harden popular Qatari resistance to any change that could fundamentally alter the nature of Qatari society.
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Toronto’s 1992 Yonge Street Uprising: Afrikan Resistance to State/Police Violence
“By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?”
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Big Wine Fails to Dry Farm During California’s Relentless Drought
It's hypocritical for Gov. Brown to mandate that the rest of us reduce water use by 25%, except for his friends in Big Ag and Big Wine.
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Arresting the Wrong Suspects
At about 11AM Apr. 28, I was handcuffed with 21 other nuclear realists after blocking an entrance to the US Mission.
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Time for Americans to Accept Responsibility for Our Military Interventions
The United States must accept responsibility for the damage its military actions have caused and recognize there are alternatives for the future.
Telling Billionaires What They Want to Hear
There is a lavishly funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks and media outlets that provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and pundits who tell such people what they want …
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The Irish Are Fighting Back
The grassroots campaign against water charges in Ireland is politicizing people discouraged by politics as usual and turning into full-scale resistance to austerity.
William Rivers Pitt | How to Run for President for Fun and Profit: 2016 Edition
Republican presidential contenders are the 21st century version of the carnival barkers and tent revivalists.
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Don’t Call It a Curfew: Martial Law in the United States
Being Black in Baltimore in recent days meant being imprisoned in your home, another example of communities of color being subject to an unequal criminal legal system.
Fast-Track TPP: The Death of National Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, Separation of Powers and Democracy
This so-called trade agreement, if passed and implemented would create profound governance changes in the US without benefit of the constitutional amendments.