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Mysterious Campaign Appears to be the Latest Salvo in Battle Over Net Neutrality
As the FCC considers how to regulate Internet providers, the telecom industry's stealth campaign for hearts and minds encompasses everything from art installations to LOLcats.
Computerized Election Theft and the New American Century
Of course there are other obstacles beside rigged vote counts: money, media, lies, infiltration, assassination.
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World Versus Bank: The Return of the World Bank and the People’s Resistance
Farmers' groups and peasant movements in developing countries, and think tanks and activist groups globally, are uniting behind a new resurgence against the World Bank.
Housing Rights Group Says HUD Program Helps Wall Street, Hurts Homeowners
A federal housing program intended to shore up its own finances while helping homeowners on the brink of foreclosure has instead helped create “Wall Street landlords.”
Drone Protester Sentenced to Three Months
Anti-drone activist John “Jack” Gilroy, 79, was sentenced to three months incarceration, three years of probation.
Crime Fiction and Political Activism: Where They Meet and How
Truthout interviews Ken Wishnia, one of today's most perceptive crime fiction writers.
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Bring Social Justice in From the Cold as We Get Closer to a Global Climate Change Deal
Without putting social justice at the core of our thinking on climate action, we risk harming the most vulnerable groups of people.
The Radicalization of Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue says he believed he was blessed, living in the greatest country on earth - but through hosting his show, speaking to people like Noam Chomsky and the …
Terrorism Serves the State
Continual attention to non-state terrorism helps justify state power.
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The First Annual New York City Conference on Worker Cooperatives
Cooperators and activists come together to discuss how to grow a worker co-op sector in NYC