The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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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.
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Beyond Rage, It's Time for Solutions and Leadership from Black America
The anger and frustration at a discriminatory system is palpable – now, can the anti-police brutality movement go beyond rhetoric and offer concrete ideas for new policies and legislation?
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Outsourcing Atrocity: The School of the Americas and the C.O.I.N. Fundamentalists
It’s no exaggeration to say that the School of the Americas has painted an entire region in blood.
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Medical Students Hold Nationwide "White Coat Die-Ins" to Protest Police Brutality
Students at more than 70 medical schools – in New York, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere – protested Wednesday.
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CIA Torture Report Brands Post-9/11 Program As Brutal and Ineffective
Report released by Senate after four-year, $40 million investigation concludes the CIA repeatedly lied about brutal techniques in the years after 9/11.
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A Society of Captives: Battling Police Violence and the Business of Injustice
Mass acts of civil disobedience, now being carried out across the country, are the only mechanism left that offers hope for systematic legal and judicial reform.
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Europe's Human Rights Chief: Mass Surveillance "Not Justified By Fight Against Terrorism"
In a direct challenge to the United Kingdom and other states, Nils Muižnieks has called for greater transparency and stronger democratic oversight of the way security agencies monitor the Internet.
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Policing Justice Requires Economic Justice, Part II
From new ways of working, producing, and sharing, new ways of protecting ourselves will grow.
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Policing Justice Requires Economic Justice, Part I
One way to make the apathy of privileged whites irrelevant is to build institutions that guarantee material economic justice.
