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“Harvest of Empire”: New Film Recounts How US Intervention Caused Mass Latin American Migrations
At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, the new feature-length documentary, “Harvest of Empire,” examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in …
Blasts Rock Military Headquarters in Damascus
The rebellious Free Syrian Army took responsibility for the blast on Wednesday.
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Obama Heads to UN, Skipping Meetings With Foreign Leaders
President Barack Obama will use an address Tuesday at the United Nations to press back against Republican criticism that heu2019s mishandling the U.S. relationship with Israel.
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“Whatever Is Left Is Just Pieces of Bodies and Cloth”: New Report Details the Horror of Living Under Drones
Drones are a bipartisan issue. You can't cast a vote for a viable candidate in 2012 who won't continue to - in the words of the report -
Dr. Frankenstein and the APA’s Decade of Monstrosities
Sadly, there is no shortage of arenas where the tale of Frankenstein - of science unmoored from values, of ambition unrestrained by conscience - resonates powerfully today. One that …
Western Presumptions, Muslim Apologies: Breaking the Cycle of Violence
Bigotry meets violence when essentialist and reductivist attitudes hold sway and connections are unquestioningly created between the acts of the individual and the identity of entire nations, ethnicities, or …
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Angry Libyans Target Militias, Forcing Flight
Angry over the killing of the American ambassador, thousands of Libyans demanded the disarming of the militias that helped topple the dictatorship.
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Apartheid Never Died in South Africa: It Inspired a World Order Upheld by Force and Illusion
John Pilger discusses how the murder of 34 miners by the South African police reveals the new worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both an historic and contemporary …
International Peace Day From Kabul, Afghanistan
On this International Day of Peace groups will come together around the world (and yes, even in Afghanistan) to promote peace, cooperation, friendship and love
Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement?
The election divided students and left the movement with an uncertain future. But the real victory may be in what students learned about their own empowerment.