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Organized Resistance
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“¡Ya Me Canse!” – After Student Killings, Are the Mexican People Finally Demanding Change?
Mexico's population is now making itself heard – tired of a tiny elite that treats them like subjects rather than citizens, and tired of the criminal gangs that terrorize them and corrupt the political process.
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British Universities In Revolt As Nov. 19 Protests Push for Free Education Across U.K.
Paying fees to attend university turns students into consumers and universities into privatized businesses – as the purpose of learning changes from a broad social good to become [one] based on creating profits.”
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Why the World Needs Anonymous
Anonymity is under attack, and yet the actions of a ragtag band of hackers, activists, and rabble-rousers reveal how important it remains.
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Fast-Food Workers In Denmark Make $20/Hour As U.S. Employees Fight for $15
“Sometimes I ask, ‘Do I buy food or do I buy them clothes? If I made $20 an hour, I could actually live, instead of dreaming about living.”
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Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates
Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed – even as UN experts call the water disconnects "contrary to human rights" and activists decry them as "genocide."
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The Children's Crusade: Understanding the Central American Migrant Crisis
The reasons so many kids continue to make this dangerous trek north involve the War on Drugs, Reagan-era civil wars and a U.S. sponsored coup.
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Weeklong Protests in Capital Target Industry's Grip On Policy
There were daily conflicts with police at each entrance to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and over 100 arrests during the course of the week.
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Protesters In Mexico Set Fire to National Palace Over Missing Students
The 43 students were allegedly kidnapped by local police and handed over to a gang.
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Net Neutrality Protests Sweep America As F.C.C. "Hybrid" Plan Is Leaked
Protesters have promised to escalate demonstrations after a Tom Wheeler's “hybrid” proposal failed to fully reclassify the Internet as a public utility and protect free speech.
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As City Profits Pour In, India's Rural School Meals Tragedy Is Due To Be Repeated
For the last three years this small, one-room school hasn’t seen a single midday meal served to its impoverished students – nor have cooks across the country been paid.







