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Protests
New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
A coalition of environmental protesters last week targeted Shell u2013 a corporation engaged in the worldu2019s u201cmost destructive projectu201d u2013 for co-opting one of the worldu2019s most prestigious universities.
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Chris Hedges: Murder Is Our National Sport
Death Row inmate William Van Poyck fights for his life by blogging his experience as he waits for lethal injection.
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Why the TransPacific Partnership Is a Scary Big (Trade) Deal
The TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws and citizens' rights.
Double Jeopardy: New York Activist Subpoenaed for Secret Grand Jury – Again
It's a form of legal double jeopardy used by the US government to coerce, intimidate and punish activists.
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Chained CPI Is a Real Cut
Chicago activists delivered a petition from Illinois residents who prefer cutting the Petagon budget to Social Security.
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Weekly Update: Media Looks for Camps, Occupy Joins Popular Resistance
On May Day, the media was looking for encampments and missed how popular resistance is growing and demonstrating all over the US.
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This May Day in Berlin: 7,000 Imported Police, With Marching Routes Exposed
This year, the city government brought in an estimated 7,000 auxiliary officials from across Germany to aid in controlling the May Day protests.
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Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests
Nationally, May Day protests have already attracted the attention of authorities.
Sandra Steingraber’s War on Toxic Trespassers
How dangerous chemicals and fracking contaminate our land, our health and the energy debate.
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Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Complex
Peace activist and anti-drone protester Brian Terrell reports on the struggle of non violent offenders from federal prison.