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Radical UN Report Promotes Democratic Control of Food and an End to Corporate Domination
A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the “Right to Food” took aim at the entire basis on which food is produced and distributed on a global scale. Reflecting the type of progressive analysis of our food system from expe ...[Read more]
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NSA spied on Chinese govt and telecom giant Huawei
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on Chinese leaders and businesses, new Snowden docs indicate. Yet it seems that China’s telecom giant, Huawei, was the core target for the NSA campaign in China. The new portion of revelations from the for ...[Read more]
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10 Insane History Lessons that Private, Religious Voucher Schools Are Teaching America’s Kids
With public dollars, kids are being taught that the Great Depression was a hoax and that theories of evolution caused the Holocaust. Where do these religious voucher schools get their so-called “facts”? One place is Christian publisher A Beka Book. F ...[Read more]
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Nonconformity and Freethinking Now Considered Mental Illnesses
Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder ...[Read more]
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Feinstein’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists ‘Has Votes’ to Pass Senate
After fending off numerous attacks on the freedom of the internet last year, activists and independent journalists alike are now facing another hurdle that flies in the face of freedom of the press, the “Journalist Shield Law“. Image credit: davidlees ...[Read more]
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Slaughterhouse workers are more likely to be violent, study shows
MEATWORKERS are more prone to violence – and women are the worst, according to a new study. People who work in abattoirs are more likely to be desensitised to suffering, which in turn could make them more likely to be violent towards humans, the research ...[Read more]
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Syrian army reclaims legendary Crusader castle from rebels
The Syrian army secured the Crac des Chevaliers – one of greatest medieval castles in the world – on Friday after Assad's forces reclaimed the UNESCO World Heritage site from rebel fighters a day earlier. The seizure of the castle is the latest in a n ...[Read more]
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17 arrested, 27 injured in Madrid clashes after massive march against austerity
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 ...[Read more]
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‘Colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing’: UN rapporteur on Palestine blasts Israel
The UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestine accused Israeli authorities of conducting colonialist policies that constitute forms of apartheid and ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Speaking at a news conf ...[Read more]
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Fiscal bomb €™: Around 45% of UK graduates cannot pay back student loans
In a dramatic reassessment of UK student finance, the government estimates around 45 percent of graduates will be unable to pay back their loans. The shortfall could cancel out the profits made by the disputed tripling of tuition fees in 2012. ...[Read more]
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New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements That Help Corporations Sue Governments
As the Obama administration negotiates new trade agreements with European and Pacific nations, a battle has emerged over the agreements’ egregious rules that grant giant corporations unreasonable powers to subvert democracy. These rules, dubbed “inves ...[Read more]
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