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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Spying on "Terrorists Abroad," Suppressing Dissent at Home: When We Become the Hunted
If you're wondering why the ongoing revelations about the development and use of a massive public and private surveillance complex should be of concern to you, read this interview.
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Global Unrest Defines a Fearless Summer of Protest
The summer of 2013 has seen some of the largest, most vocal mass protests around the world since 2011, as people people exercised power through occupations, strikes and blockades from Frankfurt to Istanbul, and Rio to Sanford, Florida.
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Major Corporations Drop GMOs in Europe, But Keep Feeding Them to the U.S.
Corporations like Kellogg, Pepsi, Kraft, Coke and Heinz will now drop GMO foods from their European products, while leaving GMO-sourced food in the U.S. supply. Don't Americans deserve to eat GMO-free food too?
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Brazilians Occupy for Animal Rights, Protesting Widespread Cruelty
Bus fare hikes in Sao Paulo were the catalyst for Brazil's recent protests, but a lesser known movement has also emerged demanding an end to the country's endemic cruelty to animals.
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Spain’s Micro-Utopias: The 15M Movement and its Prototypes, Part 2
This second in a three-part series looks at the development of participatory, fun-tivism, resilience, networked post-syndicate, and collective intelligence micro-utopias in Spain.
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Graeber: On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
Huge swaths of people spend their entire working lives performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed. The moral and spiritual damage that comes from this situation is profound, yet no one talks about it.
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Egypt Plunges Into Violence, Uncertainty As Sectarianism Takes Hold
Coptic Christian sources say violence targeting Egyptian churches, business and homes erupted and numerous churches and buildings were set ablaze by Morsi’s backers, prior to the weekend violence.
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Minneapolis Community Declares Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone
We will no longer be held hostage by the tyranny of the financial institutions that crashed our economy. We have come together as a community to voice our collective demands, and will not move from our homes until they are met.
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Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act, Farmers Demand End to GMO
On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, and demanded an end to GMOs in India.
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Defending the Commons: Civil Disobedience as Law Enforcement
The failure of governments to protect the global commons is currently driving the climate protection movement — which is why climate protesters can proudly proclaim that they are upholding the law, not violating it.
