A simple experiment conducted in a reserach institution summarizes the crux of the Occupy Wall Street movement. ...[
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In an act that is both art and a protest, 25 life-size figures appeared in front of the Deutsche Bank branch at Berlin's Alexanderplatz today at 10am this morning. The cut-out figures were cardboard 'clones' of Occupy activists from around the world. In ...[
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Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai said on Wednesday that most of the migrants from Africa are engaged in criminal actions and should be placed in detention facilities. Yishai said that Israel is willing to provide financial assistance for migrants to ...[
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Most mass media accuses the Syrian government for the crimes of more than 90 groups that have assassinated opponents. They are based in London or Paris - and pointed to by some observers sent by the United Nations, but none of them consulted the authorit ...[
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In this RSA Animated lecture, renowned academic David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?
This is based on a lectur ...[
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Multiple Students for Justice for Palestine groups have been banned around the country and their members threatened with suspension for mere protest. Israel and its allies are seeking to disrupt free speech on American campuses, says Chris Hedges.
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Robert Reich's verdict on the prospect of yet more austerity is unequivocal. "The austerity narrative is nonsense – and its dangerous nonsense. It's sort of the Vietnamisation of the economy – [that] you're saving the economy by killing it."
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Protesters clashed with police in Madrid as thousands of people trekked across Spain to protest austerity which they claim is destroying their country. Under the banner "no more cuts!" the protesters called for an end to the government’s "empty promises ...[
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Despite Saudi Arabia’s funding and arming of militants in Syria, Iraq and beyond, President Obama is set to visit the kingdom this week to meet with King Abdullah. It’s the only Middle Eastern or Gulf nation on Obama’s overseas itinerary. Many analy ...[
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