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Prohibition in Pine Ridge – Lakota Women Lead Fight Against “Liquid Genocide“
A circle of Lakota women fight against alcohol addiction on their reservation and declare zero tolerance for the counties that profit from their community's destruction.
Operation Red Hat: Chemical Weapons and the Pentagon Smokescreen on Okinawa
In July 1969, a leak of chemical weapons on Okinawa sickened more than 20 US soldiers and laid bare one of the Pentagon's biggest Cold War secrets: the storage …
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Remembering Hiroshima: Why do we kill?
August 6, 2013 marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Other than the subsequent bomb dropped on Nagasaki, thankfully we have not used another nuclear …
“Iraq Invades the United States,” and Other Headlines from an Upside Down History of the US Military and the World
Eduardo Galeano, one of the great global writers, takes us from 1916 to late tomorrow night via eight little excerpts from his new book, Children of the Days: A …
Rethinking Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is admired for his elegant prose in the Declaration of Independence, but he was a world-class hypocrite.
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Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever
If we want to rekindle that spirit of 1776, not just daydream about it, our course stands clear. We need to create a more equal America.
From the Philippines to the NSA: 111 Years of the US Surveillance State
The National Security apparatus that seemed to have lost much of its purpose with the fall of the Soviet Union got a new lease on life.
Global Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties
Dynastic power, embedded in the institution of family, has been with humanity for as long as empire.
Seeing Red: Disinformation in the Age of Reagan
In this archived feature from 1981, Greg Guma reports on the targeting of dissenters in the Reagan era and one can see the eerie similarities from the present day.
A Socialism for the 21st Century
The contradictory history and results of the first 150 years of modern socialism provide key lessons for a successful socialism in the 21st century.