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Repression
Newly Unearthed FBI File Exposes Targeting of Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk
Files on the late musician offer a disturbing window into the US's long tradition of political suppression.
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Neoliberalism Creeps in: Nicaragua’s Slow Departure From Sandinista Ideals
The Nicaraguan government's leftist origins provide effective cover for President Ortega's neoliberal programs.
Mexican Environmental Protest: What Does It Mean to Defend Territory in a Repressive Context?
Despite a repressive context where activism has become high-risk, many experiences of resistance and struggles have flourished in Mexico.
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After Dallas, Preparing for Repression
Now that the shooting in Dallas has shocked the nation, those fighting for justice must prepare for what is to come.
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Oaxaca, Mexico, Faces Police Militarization as Governor Acts to Preempt Education Protests
Unionized teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, are protesting national education mandates, in the face of growing police militarization.
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Fighting a Low-Intensity War, Indigenous Tupinamba Recover Their Land in Brazil
Indigenous peoples did something the Brazilian government had refused.
As Repression Escalates on US Campuses, an Account of My Ordeal With the Israel Lobby and UC
Professor William Robinson of UCSB was the target of a campaign of intimidation, silencing, and political repression that included techniques described in the
One Year After Egypt’s Rab’a Massacre, US Still Funding Repression
It's been a year since the Egyptian military committed the worst massacre in modern Egypt's history. Why does the US continue to fund it?
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Why No Sustained Protests (Yet)?
Lingering effects of the organized post-1945 destruction of the New Deal coalition helps explain continuing austerity and other anti-democratic policies pursued by US governments, says economist Richard Wolff
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Increased Instability Predicted for Egypt
International human rights groups have strongly denounced Monday's sentencing by an Egyptian court of 529 Islamists to death for a riot in which one policeman was killed.