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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 …
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The Master’s House Is Burning: bell hooks, Cornel West and the Tyranny of Neoliberalism
Cornel West critiques Barack Obama, bell hooks calls Beyonce a terrorist, and contemporary black intellectuals take to the interwebs to express disgust.
Debating Snowden, the New York Times and Palestinian Brass Knuckles
FAIR's Peter Hart discusses the mainstream media's debate on Edward Snowden, how activists had to pressure New York Times editors to issue a correction about Palestinian Brass Knuckles, and …
“The Stuff I Saw Really Began to Disturb Me”: How the US Drone War Pushed Snowden to Leak NSA Docs
Greenwald describes the inside story of the man behind the NSA leaks.
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Beyond Marriage: Advocates Call on Obama Administration to Combat LGBTQ Criminalization
Despite the media hype, marriage equality is not the top issue on every agenda in the LGBTQ world.