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Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back
While part of the biomass incineration movement is hailing a
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Violence Against Demonstrators Follows Contested Result in Honduras Elections
Students protesting what they claim are fraudulent election results in Honduras' presidential elections were met by police violence on Tuesday. Observers document voting irregularities.
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Thanksgiving Anxieties, Political and Personal
u201cI donu2019t hate Thanksgivingu2014I just think itu2019s appropriate to critique a celebration that obscures the reality of the European conquest of the Americas.u201d
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Heart of Darkness: Criminal Investigation of Wisconsin Recall Money
The post-Citizens United dark money showdown is underway in Wisconsin.
Drone Strike Victims Find Support From Activists, Silence from Unapologetic US Leaders
A second drone briefing from victims at the US House of Representatives is also sparsely attended, but concerned citizens from around the world packed CODEPINK's Global Drone Summit in …
School of Assassins Faces Protest, Congressional De-Funding
A massive rally against the notoriously corrupt US Army School of the Americas is taking place in Florida.
Land to be Usurped and Votes to Be Bought: The Pre-Election Honduran Landscape
Ahead of Honduras' first legitimate election since 2005, Andalusia Knoll takes a look at the country embroiled in violence since a 2008 coup.
The US is Not a Democracy and Never Was
Democracy is one of thosedoublespeak words that is thrown around willy-nilly by just about everyone, without a thought or a care as to what it really means.Democracy is one …
Fracking Lobby ANGA’s Tax Forms: Big Bucks to Media Outlets, “Other ALECs“
The public relations arm of the oil and gas fracking industry - has released its 2012 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 990 form, and it's rich with eye-opening revelations, some …
How to Reverse a Slow-Motion Apocalypse: Why the Divestment Movement Against Big Energy Matters
Young activists are trying to take the typhoon by the horns and, with a growing campaign to pressure universities and colleges to divest from the giant energy companies, to …