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Julian Assange on George Bush’s Library and Bradley Manning’s Trial
Activist Medea Benjamin interviews WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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A Hard Day’s Labor for $4.76: The Offshore Assembly Industry in Haiti
As we mourn the deaths of the Bangladesh factory collapse, we explore the implications of sweatshop labor as a model for development.
Time to Renounce the “War on Terror“
Norman Solomon: The “war on terror” continues to normalize itself as a thoroughly American way of life and death.
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When You Cheapen One Life, You Cheapen Every Life
Richard Eskow: The mass killings of innocent workers are routine, and they'll stay that way until we stop treating real people as if they were inputs for someone's simplistic …
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When Your Boss Steals Your Wages: The Invisible Trend That’s Sweeping America
Wage theft is fast becoming a top trend of the 21st-century labor market.
Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Policies: Communities Mobilize for Food and Farm Justice
Urban gardeners, PTA parents, ranchers, food coops, and a host of others are organizing to make the policies that govern our food and agricultural systems more just, accountable and …
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Let a Thousand Militias Bloom
Gen. David Petraeus stoked Iraq's still-ongoing sectarian war u200bby establishing the Special Police Commandos as a force to fight the Sunni-based insurgency.
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Billions Proposed for New Border Security. Where Would the Money Go?
Federal spending on border security is at an all-time high, and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight's new plan.