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In Scahill Documentary, Blowback May Be Biggest, Most Dangerous Legacy of US Dirty Wars
The film is a punch in the gut, confirmation that perpetual war now exists regardless of which party is in power.
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The Price of Sand
Ellen Cantarow reviews a new documentary exposing hydraulic fracturing's companion industry, frac-sand mining.
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The Structural Genocide That Is Capitalism
The internal logic of capitalism results in structural violence that includes genocide, a review of Garry Leech's new book argues.
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How Two Plant Geeks Grew a Permaculture Oasis in an Ordinary Backyard
In ‘Paradise Lot,’ two residents of an inner city write about how they transformed less than an acre of their blighted yard into a thriving food forest full of …
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A Sequel to “Senselessness”: Fiction and Genocide in Guatemala
Horacio Castellanos Moya's extraordinary novel, ‘Senselessness’, could almost be said to be predictive of the overturning of former Guatemalan dictator's Efrain Rios Montt's conviction for genocide and crimes against …
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Puerto Rican Independentista Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture
A new book examines the broader political significance of Puerto Rican activist Oscar Lopez Rivera's case, while providing an unflinching look at how imprisonment and draconian policies like solitary …
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Reproductive Rights Receding More Quickly for Some Women: A Review of “Crow After Roe“
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal has Become the New Standard in Women's Health and How We Can Change That, by Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo, details …
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Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work
Russ Baker reviews Jonathan Rowe's posthumous book, ‘Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work’.
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Socialist Discussion – Visions of a New World
The struggle for structural reforms is essential to changing the “common sense” of the US political arena. But it is not enough to wound the rabid beast; one must …
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The Last Lost Cause, Review of “In Fear Itself“
Was the mid-century dominance of southern Democrats essential to the defeat of Hitler and the triumph of American democracy?