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Decolonizing Pipeline Resistance: An Interview With Freda Huson
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifies in the United States, the Canadian province of British Columbia faces similar battles of its own.
Paul Buhle on His “Big and Useful” New Collaboration, “Radical Jesus“
Paul Buhle talks to Truthout about ‘Radical Jesus,’ his new collaboration and ‘graphic history of faith,’ and its ties to current activism.
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Mass Incarceration: Are the Feds Charting a New Path?
Eric Holder's argument for reconsideration of felon disenfranchisement laws and reductions in mandatory minimum sentences is a positive sign.
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The Left and the Environment
Unlike most left issues, the environmental crisis affects everyone. But this universality seems politically problematic to some on the Left. They worry that the injustices and miseries against which …
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Labor Anger Simmers in Cambodia
An uneasy calm prevails in Cambodia after the government crackdown on protests by garment workers in January.
Chicagoans Call for Paid Sick Days
In a strong show of support, small business owners, workers, health care practitioners, parents and Chicago Aldermen rallied today at City Council for paid sick days legislation.
Freed Ex-Black Panther Marshall “Eddie” Conway on 44 Years in Prison and FBI Surveillance
Numerous groups have campaigned for years calling for his release, saying he never received a fair trial and was convicted largely on the basis of testimony from a jailhouse …
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San Francisco Protesters Take Aim at Twitter’s Tax Breaks
Last Wednesday, more than 400 San Francisco city employees marched from the city's Department of Human Resources to Twitter headquarters a few blocks away. The workers chanted, "Twitter, you're …
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Climate Activists Must Heed the Lessons of North Carolina
Climate change activists should look to North Carolina for lessons on how to build a broad and diverse movement powerful enough to challenge the corrupt status quo on several …
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Between Revolution and Tyranny: A Fluid and Highly Permeable Line
One reason for progressivism is the facility with which exogenous actors apparently manipulate revolutions to serve quite different goals from those espoused by indigenous adherents.