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Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding
Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should adopt specific demands may have been the most significant.
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Networking Rebellion: Digital Policing and Revolt in the Arab Uprisings
Here is a look back at how the uprising in Syria showed how technology has completely changed the face of political protest around the world.
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Chris Hedges vs. CrimethInc. on Violence: Will We Get the Debate We Deserve?
Squaring off to determine what role - if any - violence is to have in movements like Occupy, the opponents will march into one of the left's most treacherous …
Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Ninth Shameful and Tragic Death at Guantánamo
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the news that a ninth man has died in detention at Guantánamo. With great sadness, …
The Persecution of John Kiriakou: Torture and the Myth of Never Again
How many other people with vital information are simply scared, watching what is happening to John Kiriakou and thinking: not me, I'm not sticking my neck out to see …
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Drone Strikes on People With AIDS?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership's provisions, aimed at creating stronger and longer monopolies and making it more difficult to use legal tools to promote access to generics, could cut off access …
Iran, the Left and the Non-Aligned Movement: A Guide for the Perplexed
The bafflement about Iran so widespread on the Left has a long history.
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Anti-Drug War Caravan Comes to the Midwest, Heads East
Washington spends billions to incarcerate people for drug crimes, has criminalized Latinos and African-Americans, but the US is still the biggest drug market in the world, and violence is …
The Liberal Way to Run the World – “Improve” or We’ll Kill You
In Anglo-American scholarship, influential theorists known as
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When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America’s Police State on Steroids at the Conventions
Protests in Tampa and Charlotte have been swarmed by police and enveloped in surveillance as new technology including drones threatens the lives of protesters.