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Occupy the Narrative
Truthout has been covering the Occupy Wall Street movement on the ground from the first day, and we'll be there until the goals of the movement are reached. This …
Glenn Greenwald: Why Is the Elite Class Protected Under America’s Justice System?
Glenn Greenwald, author of "With Liberty and Justice for Some.” (Photo: Wikimedia) Glenn Greenwald: Actually, what is happening with the Occupy Wall Street protests is as perfect …
Putting the Global Occupy Movement in Context: Who Are These Protesters, and What Do They Want?
At first glance, the synchronized protests that took place in more than 900 cities around the globe on Oct. 15 seemed to indicate that Occupy Wall Street had achieved …
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Challenging the Old Boys Network in the Vatican
We never thought it would end up on a hard wooden bench inside a police station in Piazza Cavour. Maryknoll priest Fr. Roy Bourgeois, young Erin Saiz Hannah of …
Great Game in the Horn of Africa
The United States announced this past week that it is deploying a 100-man mission to assist the Ugandan government in tracking down the remnants of the Lord's Resistance Army …
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Mexico’s President Works to Solidify Militarized Drug War Tactics
President Felipe Calderon of Mexico during an interview at the Los Pinos in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2011. As the twilight of his presidency sets in, Calderon is striving …
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Global 99 Percent Rally Worldwide in Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park react to the news that a scheduled clean up was cancelled, in New York, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Victor Blue / …
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Blaring Impunity: Unrelenting Assassinations of Honduran Journalists, the Government Remains All but Quiescent
Summary As always, but with an unusual quota of aggression since 2010, freedom of speech and the personal security of Honduran journalists are under permanent attack from …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Conservatives Trying to Sabotage the 99 Percent Movement, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Spanish Streets Paved with Evicted Families
Madrid - As the number of apartments and houses left empty in Spain due to failure to make mortgage or rental payments climbs, tens of thousands of families, including …