Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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The Shame of America’s Gulag
Until we slay the beast of corporate capitalism, our prison industry and the horror it perpetuates will only expand.
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The Latest Victims of Justice Department Overreach
Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer was sentenced Monday to 3.5 years in prison for revealing to the media that AT&T had configured its servers to allow access to iPad owners’ unsecured email addresses.
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1 Decade of War = 330,000 Killed, $4 Trillion in Costs
There is no turning the page on the wars of the last decade. The human costs of these conflicts will reverberate for years to come.
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Detroit Citizens Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master
With his appointment of a new emergency financial manager, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is transforming Detroit into an occupied colony within the State.
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Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind
A decade after the invasion of Iraq, don’t expect the vast numbers of media hotshots and U.S. officials who propelled that catastrophe to utter a word of regret.
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FBI Surveillance Tool is Ruled Unconstitutional
A California federal court has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional.
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Brooklyn Rises Up in Protest of Police Shooting
East Flatbush rises up after an unarmed 16-year-old is shot seven times by police.
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17 Civilian Drone Facts You Should Really Know
From the defense contractors lobbying the "Drone Caucus" in Congress, to the 40 universities receiving millions in grants for drone research, a $400 billion civilian drone market is ominously preparing for liftoff.
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The Security Surveillance State on the Borderland
Fear, corporate profiteering and government expansion characterize the security surveillance state on the U.S. borderland.
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Anonymous Hacker to Spend Year in Jail Without Trial
The federal trial against alleged computer hacker Barrett Brown, 31, has been delayed by six months, meaning he'll wait in prison one full year before being tried.