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The FBI and the Shattering of Students for a Democratic Society
The FBI destroyed the largest radical student organization of the 1960s, utilizing the press, anti-SDS comics and by instructing their informants to vote.
A Change in the Climate: The Climate Movement Steps Up
Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn't too early to say it: the People's Climate March changed the social map.
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Number 14: Stop Torturing and Stop Assassinating
In the 21st century, the US adopted torture and assassination as tools of foreign policy.
Modi and the Environment
India's government has taken a number of actions that dilute the scope of environment-related legislation.
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Noam Chomsky | Facts on the Ground
This cease-fire is just the most recent of a series of agreements reached after each of Israel's escalations in its unremitting assault on Gaza.
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How Privatizing Medical Records Will Harm You
Things like health care, education, roads and even voting systems should never be put in the control of giant corporations that only care about making a buck.
After Censorship of History Course, Colorado Students and Teachers Give a Lesson in Civil Disobedience
After a county school board in Colorado proposed to rewrite the district's high school US history curriculum to stop teaching about civil disobedience, students and teachers have responded with …
Accused of Stealing a Backpack, High School Student Jailed for Nearly Three Years Without Trial
A 16-year-old high school sophomore from the Bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at the Rikers jail in New York City after he says he was …
Acute Economic Inequality Underlies “Occupy Central” Protests in Hong Kong
Assistant professor Eli Friedman from Cornell University says working-class and union participation has increased in subsequent occupations.
Economic Update: The Economics of Corporations
This episode covers the economics of migrants, choosing not to go to college, and corporate tax dodges and their effects.