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Obama’s Praise for Mandela Is an Insult
When President Obama denounces world leaders who praise Nelson Mandela while crushing dissent and resisting reform in their own countries, he should have had a look in the mirror.
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Greg Palast | The Mandela Barbie
Nelson Mandela was not the Barbie doll he's become in the media this week. The real Madiba knew it was necessary to defeat his enemies before he could forgive …
Are Delhi State Results in 2013 a Test Case for India’s 2014 Elections?
In Sunday's state elections, India's "Grand Old Party," the Indian National Congress, was rejected nationwide, but, with a populist party suddenly making inroads, the results were not a conclusive …
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In Depth: Journal Retracts Independent Study Linking Monsanto GMO Corn to Cancer in Rats
A year after a French study appeared to link GMOs and cancer, a respected American journal has retracted the study under pressure, reigniting a global debate about biotechnology's affect …
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The Climate Movement Needs to Stop ‘Winning’
Like cancer taking over the body, the oil and gas industry is too entangled in the organs of my community for a simple u201cwin-loseu201d dichotomy.
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What Didn’t Kill Mandela Made Him Stronger
Nelson Mandela's story, if told as a novel, would not be deemed possible in real life. Worse, we don't tell such stories in many of our novels.
Defending Consumers’ First Amendment Rights
Public Citizen defends homeowneru2019s grievance site domain name against attack by construction firm.
An Open Letter to the 3.5%
The planet itself, to say nothing of the overwhelming majority of human beings, can no longer live with the killer that is global corporate capitalism in our midst.
First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
Their effort highlights Canadau2019s long history of attempts to silence, remove and run roughshod over Indigenous peoples who lived across northern North America for thousands of years before settlers …
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Henry A. Giroux | Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism
Increasingly, young people are becoming more willing to cross boundaries, join questions of understanding and power, and bring into being new ways of engaging with the world.