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Networking Rebellion: Digital Policing and Revolt in the Arab Uprisings
Here is a look back at how the uprising in Syria showed how technology has completely changed the face of political protest around the world.
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Chris Hedges vs. CrimethInc. on Violence: Will We Get the Debate We Deserve?
Squaring off to determine what role - if any - violence is to have in movements like Occupy, the opponents will march into one of the left's most treacherous …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Report Shows Casino Tycoon Sheldon Adelson Stands to Save $2 Billion Under Romney’s Tax Plan, and More
In today's On the News segment: Shell Oil has been drilling in the Arctic since Sunday despite documents revealing problems with its blowout response systems, casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson …
The Persecution of John Kiriakou: Torture and the Myth of Never Again
How many other people with vital information are simply scared, watching what is happening to John Kiriakou and thinking: not me, I'm not sticking my neck out to see …
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Colombia’s Displaced People Speak Out in New Oral History Collection
Forget the debate about whether the personal is political: these stories annihilate the distinction altogether.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Drone Strikes on People With AIDS?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership's provisions, aimed at creating stronger and longer monopolies and making it more difficult to use legal tools to promote access to generics, could cut off access …
Iran, the Left and the Non-Aligned Movement: A Guide for the Perplexed
The bafflement about Iran so widespread on the Left has a long history.
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Anti-Drug War Caravan Comes to the Midwest, Heads East
Washington spends billions to incarcerate people for drug crimes, has criminalized Latinos and African-Americans, but the US is still the biggest drug market in the world, and violence is …
The Liberal Way to Run the World – “Improve” or We’ll Kill You
In Anglo-American scholarship, influential theorists known as
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Goldcorp on Trial: First Ever People’s Health Tribunal Shows Commonalities Throughout Mesoamerica
Recently the International Peoplesu2019 Health Tribunal took place in Guatemala to discuss the injuries from the Marlin mine, an open pit gold mine that is one of the most …