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Michael Ratner: Twitter Storm Between WikiLeaks and Glenn Greenwald
WikiLeaks promises to name the fifth country where MYSTIC mega data collection program is applied.
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Bulgaria, No Country for Syrian Refugees
Since November last year, Bulgaria has virtually closed its borders to an inflow of Syrian asylum seekers and other migrants trying to enter the country from Turkey, while EU …
Force-Feeding Caused Guantanamo Prisoner to Vomit Blood, New Court Documents Reveal
New documents filed with the federal courts in Washington DC as part of an ongoing case concerning the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo have revealed that one detainee contracted …
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Stepping Forward or Chaining Oneself for Justice
A teachers watches the harrowing effects of families that are torn apart by deportation.
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Remembering Vincent Harding, an Enduring Veteran of Hope
The author of a series of books on the civil rights movement - which he called the Southern Freedom movement - he not only wrote history, but also played …
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Collective Punishment: The New Law of the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom Terrorism Act of 2000 gave courts the power to seize assets used to commit or promote terrorist activities, but was never intended to include the family …
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After an Assassination, the World Stands in Solidarity With the Zapatistas
On May 18, solidarity actions were held in New York City and in San Cristu00f3bal de las Casas, Mexico, to protest the recent assassination of Zapatista Josu00e9 Luis Solu00eds …
The Powerful Forces Shredding Our Constitution: Preface to “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State”
No foreign terrorist shredded the Constitution, nor did we, as citizens, bankrupt the nation.
We Must End the Madness of Nuclear Weapons
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has courageously taken the nine nuclear weapons-wielding countries to the International Court of Justice.
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Pandora’s Box and the Volunteer Police Force: Feminism Has Just Started (and It’s Not Stopping Now)
"The road may be a thousand miles long, but the woman walking down it isn't at mile one. I don't know how far she has to go, but I …