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Argentina Takes on Vulture Funds in "Debt Trial of the Century"
by Eric LeCompteposted Apr 22, 2013 - For years, "vulture funds" have preyed on struggling nations by purchasing their debt for a pittance. Could an upcoming U.S. court decision put an end to the extortion of poor countries?
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Pope Francis: Good News for the Global South?
by Jim Wallisposted Mar 15, 2013 - The first pope chosen from outside Europe in a millennium lives in a small apartment, takes the bus, and calls out wealth inequality where he sees it. Can his vision change the Church?
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MLK’s “Racism and the World House”: More Relevant than Ever
by Martin Luther King, Jr.posted Feb 22, 2013 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s thinking on racism pertained to all of world society, not just the United States. In this writing, he makes the case that racism is a “corrosive evil” that must be conquered before we can achieve peace.
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A Mall of America Flash Mob for First Nations’ Rights
by YES! Online Staffposted Jan 04, 2013 - Hundreds of supporters of the Idle No More movement performed a Round Dance flash mob, one of many similar actions around the world to fight for indigenous land rights.
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“You Are Safe With Us”: How Ordinary Iraqis Rescued U.S. Civilians in the Midst of War
by Greg Barrettposted Dec 19, 2012 - In 2003, Iraqi townspeople, having just lost their hospital in U.S. air strikes, saved the lives of three wounded U.S. peacemakers. Seven years later, the Americans returned—to thank them.
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Can U.S. Citizens End Israel’s Legal Impunity?
by Stephen Zunesposted Nov 20, 2012 - Each time international law has attempted to censure Israel for its recent violations of human rights, the United States has stepped in to stop the process. If anyone is in a position to do something about this, it’s the U.S. public.
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Alberta Tar Sands Illegal under Treaty 8, First Nations Charge
by Kristin Moeposted Oct 17, 2012 - In 1899, First Nations in northern Alberta signed a treaty with Queen Victoria that enshrined their right to practice traditional lifeways. Today, it’s the basis for a legal challenge to Shell Oil’s mining of tar sands.
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Nicaragua Withdraws from School of the Americas: “We Have Been Its Victims”
by Colette Cosnerposted Oct 05, 2012 - The Nicaraguan president’s decision to withdraw his country from a notorious military training program is firing up activists determined to close the school for good.
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Occupy the Dam: Brazil’s Indigenous Uprising
by John Perkinsposted Jul 23, 2012 - In the Amazonian backcountry, tribes are challenging construction of the world’s third-largest dam—by dismantling it. Here’s what they can teach us about standing up to power.
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Radical Religion, an American Tradition
by Rev. Wendy Bellposted Jul 02, 2012 - Book Review: “Prophetic Encounters” reminds us that we are part of a long and rich tradition that is more than simply a series of isolated movements for social change.
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The Achilles' Heel of the American Dream
by Sean Burnsposted Jun 28, 2012 - Book Review: “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power” profiles the radical, working-class movements of the '60s and '70s—a guide for transformation today.
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You Can’t Ban History
posted May 31, 2012 - An artist's response to Arizona's ban on ethnic studies.
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Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade
by Raj Patelposted May 25, 2012 - From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown battle to stop it.
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A World Bank President We Can Get Behind?
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Mar 28, 2012 - The candidates for next month’s selection could finally change the game of serving markets over people—and we all might have a role to play.
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A People’s History of Robin Hood
by Paul Buhleposted Feb 15, 2012 - For hundreds of years, he’s fought tax injustice, tyranny, and the seizure of the commons. Why we still need him today.
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