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Why a Death Sentence for Mohamed Morsi Signals the End of the Arab Spring
The timing of Morsi's death sentence couldn’t have been better for Egyptian authorities – since the U.S. news media that week was focused on another high profile death sentence, that of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
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15 Years After Seattle WTO Uprising, Global Democratic Rebellions Keep Getting Louder
Before Seattle, corporatization rolled forward with an air of inevitability – but the uprising that began the 21st century unleashed a new global spirit of democratic resistance and revolution.
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Egypt’s Outsider Candidate Carries Message of Greater Hope
Already there is a spirit of electoral boycott in the air as many call the polling a mere formality before the former military head obtains presidential control.
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Children of Egypt's Revolution, Three Years Later, Struggle to Recover
In Egypt, where approximately one thousand people were killed during the 18-day uprising in January and February of 2011, the psychological effects of murders by Egyptian police are still present and being openly felt.
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Radical Transparency: A Call to Amend the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Democracy dies behind closed doors. That's why we need an amendment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stripping our governments of the right to lie to citizens.
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The World Is Still Up For Grabs: A Manifesto For the Year Ahead
Revolution is a Rhizome. We now have a confidence in this generation that we didn’t have before.
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Strongman of Egypt: How General Al-Sisi Took the Revolution's Thunder
To millions of Egyptians, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a hero who saved Egypt from the Muslim Brotherhood and is now battling a war on terror. Could he be the country's next president?
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Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market Economy
We've reached a tipping point in awareness of the effects of the current global economy that has erupted in a worldwide revolt as we can see in the Occupy, Arab Spring, Idle No More and Indignado movements.
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Syrian Refugees in Jordan Decry American Plans to Attack
“I don’t know why the world wants to fight this situation with more bombs, bullets and caskets,” says the Syrian barber Abu Ghazi, living in a refugee camp in Jordan. "We have seen people we know and love shot in front of us."
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On the Eve of Possible Strikes on Syria, Forces of Peace Gather in New York
Polls show a vast majority of Americans oppose military intervention in Syria, as rallies against U.S. air strikes were held in over 50 U.S. cities during Labor Day weekend.
