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Gottesdiener: A New Kind Of Disaster Relief
Nov 04, 2012
Unlike poverty, homelessness, hunger, displacement and other untenable living situations, weather-wrought devastation mobilizes public sympathy and government action
Bell: Eid “Sensations”
Nov 03, 2012
Many wonder why the same horrid drama keeps repeating. How many times can the same mistake occur before it becomes intentional?
Street: The Prospects for a Decent Future
Nov 02, 2012
If we accept periodic U.S. elections as an adequate expression and spectrum of democratic politics and popular voice, we’re done for
Rasmus: Short Term Myopia
Nov 01, 2012
It is not a question of concern about the deficits; it is a question of business insistence upon more and more tax cuts
Shiva: GMOs, Seed Wars, and Knowledge Wars
Oct 31, 2012
Genetically engineered seeds and crops (GMOs) have unleashed seed wars, and knowledge wars
Oikonomakis: Freedom Of Speech Suspended
Oct 30, 2012
All these incidents are indicative of a government (and a political system in general) in panic
Swanson: Protection from Peace Activists
Oct 29, 2012
Each oh-so-dangerous demonstrator has been issued an order of protection -- not to protect them but to protect the Lieutenant Colonel from them
Paley: Peaceful Resistance in the Face of Violence
Oct 28, 2012
"I want to tell the world that here in Guatemala there is a peaceful resistance that exists, and we are prepared to stay here as long as possible"
Butler: Corporations Profiting Out Of Food Crisis
Oct 27, 2012
Modern hunger is not a consequence of food scarcity, but of poverty, inequality and corporate control of the food system
Cunningham-Cook: Using Globalization Against Walmart
Oct 26, 2012
The Walmart strikes are part of a significant reevaluation of organizing strategy by labor unions and activists in the context of the continuing decline of unionism
Pilger: The Eager Role Of Julia Gillard
Oct 25, 2012
The necessary inversion of reality and double standard require a “carefully orchestrated process”
Ball: Opposing the Pipelines
Oct 24, 2012
Three controversial pipeline proposals came under fire during the full-day rally
Smith-Ferri: Dreaming of Duvets
Oct 23, 2012
In Afghanistan, with a child mortality rate of nearly twenty percent, many children never even have a chance to form dreams, yet alone to realize one
Cooke: Anti-Austerity Protest
Oct 22, 2012
Portland community and labor groups will declare "enough is enough" by organizing a large demonstration against government austerity cuts
Harvey: A Case Of Life Or Death
Oct 21, 2012
Cases being heard in Indian courts could ‘open the floodgates’ for pharmaceutical companies to challenge generic drug production and keep prices ridiculously high
Schulte: Is It A Woman's World Now?
Oct 20, 2012
If conditions and opportunities for women have improved at all, it's because there was a struggle to improve them
Rugh: An Autumn Of Unity
Oct 19, 2012
In what has been termed a “Summer of Solidarity,” actions against ecological devastation took place in numerous regions across the United States
Kagarlitsky: Building a Virtual Skolkovo
Oct 18, 2012
The great flow of petrodollars is being used to indulge the vanity of the country's leaders
Cregan: Guarani Women Arise
Oct 17, 2012
In small communities across the Ramal Jujeño in Argentina Guarani women are rising up to defend their rights
Nov 05, 2012
Some jailed Russians have become international celebrities, while many others are either unknown or have been forgotten by the outside world