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Duvalier: Dead But Not Gone
Baby Doc may be dead, but Duvalierism is embedded in this upside down Haiti of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their presidential puppet, Michel Martelly.
San Antonio’s Esperanza Peace and Justice Center Campaigns Against Fracking and Militarization
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is going on its 28th year as a community gathering space in San Antonio, Texas.
Humpty-Dumpty and the Fall of Berlin’s Wall
Why did the German Democratic Republic go under?
Environmentalists, Civil Society Must Unite, Adopt Stronger Tactics to Fight Climate Change
People who strongly believe that the earth is in the initial stages of a downward spiral cannot allow conditions to return to the norm of the past.
Game of Thrones, The Wire and the New York Fed
In the United States, for the most part, you don't have to do anything illegal: the system takes care of it for you.
Acute Economic Inequality Underlies “Occupy Central” Protests in Hong Kong
Assistant professor Eli Friedman from Cornell University says working-class and union participation has increased in subsequent occupations.
Turkish-Syrian Border a “Great Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech
Vijay Prashad says Obama's comments on enforcing international norms have no credibility with most people around the world and are aimed at appeasing liberal unease.
In South Africa: Political Architects and their Forsaken Political Son
Since his divorce with the ANC and its leader and South African president, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema has not given up on what he knows best: politics.
An Open Letter to Humanitarian Interventionists
Calls for US military action in Iraq and Syria in response to the tragic killings of westerners ignore the wider context of instability in the Middle East.
Hope, Voting and Creating the World You Want to Live In
Getting to the polls is just the first step.