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Police State
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Blood on Their Hands: Corporate Media's Respose to the CIA Torture Report and #BlackLivesMatter
Whether the subject is torture or the shooting of unarmed citizens, America’s mainstream news media offer the same basic points of view and rarely live up to their intended adversarial role – to hold government in check.
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Albuquerque Police Officers Who Shot Homeless Man Face Murder Charges
Swat member Dominique Perez and former Detective Keith Sandy will each face a single count of open murder in the death of 38-year-old James Boyd.
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The Prison State of America
Prisons are prototypes for the future – where a million prisoners who currently work for corporations and government industries are models for what the corporate state expects us all to become
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French Muslims Fear Surge of Islamophobia after Charlie Hebdo Attack
Muslims in Paris brace for fallout after one of the deadliest attacks in 50 years.
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Enough Police Bullying: Stop the NYPD Coup
Police need to feel empowered so they don't fear speaking up when they see misbehavior by their colleagues.
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Why 5,000 U.K. Police Officers Could Be Off the Job Due to Austerity Cuts
As unruly protests by New York City police continue to rile U.S. media, police officers in the U.K. are finding themselves on the austerity frontlines with thousands of jobs threatened in the coming years.
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Parliament Square Fence Crushes Protest Rights, Says Occupy Democracy
Lawyers have written to London’s mayor threatening legal action after he sanctioned the construction of “unlawful” fences around the square.
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Squats of Istanbul: After Gezi, The Fight Continues Over Public Space
Istanbul is experiencing acute growing pains as explosive growth devours public spaces while doing nothing to stifle rising rents throughout the city.
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The Police in America Are Becoming Illegitimate
The crooked math that's going to crash American law enforcement if policies aren't changed.
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Last Protesters, Clearing Umbrella Movement Occupation
Politicians, a pop singer and a media tycoon were among those detained as pro-democracy demonstrators were forcibly removed from city center on Thursday.
