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Indigenous Nations Are at the Forefront of the Conflict With Transnational Corporate Power
Around America people still celebrate Columbus Day, showcasing the ongoing struggle for indigenous rights.
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It Is Time to Recognize the National Sovereignty and Human Rights of Native Indians
It's time to recognize Native Indians' rights in the face of their ongoing struggle.
Zionism Versus Diplomacy and Peace
It primarily has been due to pressure from the Israelis and their Zionist lobby in Washington that U.S. politicians have refused to believe these Iranian assertions.
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Disabled Make Do With Scraps From the Aid Table
This article is a two-part series exploring disability's place in international development guidelines.
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Breaking UN Protocol, Brazil Lambastes US Spying
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally infiltrating its communications network, surreptitiously intercepting phone calls, and breaking into the Brazilian Mission to …
Free & Equal Releases Video of First-Ever UN Ministerial Meeting on LGBT Human Rights
The Free & Equal campaign aims to raise awareness of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination, and encourage greater respect for the rights of LGBT people.
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Sustainable Development Goals After 2015
Reducing the proportion of undernourished people by half until 2015 was one of the Millennium Development Goals that the international community set in 2000. It will not be reached.
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Top 45 Lies in Obama’s Speech at the UN
There is a shocking inconsistency with some of the
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Civil Society Statement to the UN High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament
There are no good nuclear weapons and no right hands for them. Nuclear weapons do not and cannot bring security. Nuclear weapons abolition - essential for human survival - …
US Plans Nuclear-Capable Missile Test on Day of UN Nuclear Disarmament Meeting
The Air Force has announced that it plans to test another Minuteman III missile in the early morning hours of September 26. Later that same day in New York, …