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Protests
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Undercover: Police Officer Connected to “NATO 5” Case Still Spying on Protest in Chicago
Why keep an undercover officer in play almost a year after the protests that put him into motion as a spy?
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Henry A. Giroux | Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attempt to close 54 public schools is one more example of a neoliberal system at work.
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.