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Global Surveillance Industry Database Helps Track Big Brother Worldwide
The U.K. human rights watchdog Privacy International has just offered a groundbreaking glimpse of the global surveillance industry—the tools it employs, the extent of its reach, and the accountability it largely evades.
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"Black As Coal": Why Denmark's Right-Wing Government Is Halting the Green Advance
Denmark's green model is being replicated by a range of countries because of its success – yet its right-wing government is now in the process of tearing down the country's renewable energy and clean tech commitments.
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Musical "Zuccotti Park" Brings Economic Justice to New York International Fringe Festival
The musical "Zuccotti Park" brings economic justice to the New York International Fringe Festival.
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What Does Black Lives Matter Want? We Now Have It In Writing
After a year of planning, members of the movement have released a comprehensive platform.
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The Icelandic Pirate Party and the Search for a New Democracy
An Internet-powered movement that puts citizens ahead of ideology could take over Parliament this fall.
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Austria, and Europe, Must Decide If Fascism Is Once More A Political Status Quo
Far-right parties capitalizing on anti-E.U. sentiment include the True Finns, the openly fascist Golden Dawn in Greece, the Sweden Democrats, and Hungary's Jobbik Party, whose neo-Nazi platform included creating detention camps for Roma people.
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A Former Greek Finance Minister on: Building a Progressive International
Politics in the advanced economies of the West is in the throes of a shakeup unseen since the 1930s, reviving political forces that had lain dormant since the end of World War II.
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The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails
Numi Financial is in more than 400 jails across the country and issues more than 600,000 debit cards a year to people who have been arrested and released – with hefty fees attached.
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In Bid To Reclaim Senate Seat, Russ Feingold Isn't the Same Old Maverick
Wisconsin's former champion of campaign finance reform is working more closely than ever with PACs to get re-elected – prompting questions about his credentials as a progressive leader in 2016.
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Stiglitz Calls Apple’s Profit Reporting in Ireland a Fraud
The Nobel economist, Joseph Stiglitz, said U.S. tax law that allows Apple Inc. to hold a large amount of cash abroad is “obviously deficient.”
