The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Young Europeans Against Austerity Launch "Troika Party" to Run in 2014
“This type of campaigning will play a key role in bringing political messages to sectors of the population that are not yet politicized," says Spain's Emma Avilés, "contributing to the multi-level European struggle against the E.U. crisis regime.”
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Thai Protests Swell As "People's Coup" Forces Prime Minister Into Hiding
About 30,000 protesters aligned with the Yellow Shirt movement besieged Thailand's government on Sunday, swarming state agencies, taking control of a state broadcaster and forcing the prime minister to flee a police compound and go into hiding.
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Hundreds of Thousands Flood Ukraine's Streets In Largest Protests Since Orange Revolution
Defying a court ban on protests, Ukrainians poured into the streets Sunday demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and closer ties to the European Union.
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Congress to America: Eat the Turkey, Starve the Poor
The stimulus gave banks trillions, the military kept its nose in the trough, and the poorest Americans were spared a few billion for food. For a government to encourage the spread of hunger throughout the wealthiest nation is, well, monstrous.
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Hundreds of Protests Planned Across America for Black Friday
Labor groups hope to capitalize on a year of controversy surrounding Wal-Mart and other big retailers.
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Thanksgiving Is National Day of Mourning for Native Peoples in Historic Massachusetts Town
Led by the United American Indians of New England, the yearly NDOM protest in Plymouth seeks to set the historical record straight – in the exact location where indigenous history was first buried in favor of a more agreeable tradition.
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Thanksgiving Report: Cuts to U.S. Food Programs = Hunger
With $11 billion of food-stamp cuts in place and $40 billion in welfare cuts on the table, charities and religious groups must significantly step up their political campaigning to combat hunger.
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Thailand on Lockdown After Protesters Occupy Finance and Foreign Ministries
More than 150,000 demonstrators took park in weekend protests to unseat Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, leading to a public occupation of two ministry buildings.
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First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
As corporations attempt to drive the Pacific Trails and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines through British Columbia wilderness, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet'suwet'en people are courageously occupying in a strategic place to defend their lands.
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Opposing U.S. Drone Strikes, Pakistani Protesters Block NATO Supply Route
Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes on Saturday blocked a road in northwest Pakistan that is used to move NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.
