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.
Steve Rushton
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British Activist Indicts Government Officials for Enabling War Crimes
Daniel Ashman is asserting lawful necessity, a legal argument that allows you to break laws to uphold or prevent far worse crimes.
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Royals and Aristocrats Seek Big Gains From Fracking in Britain
If England's aristocracy and royal family continue to support — and aim to benefit from — fracking, it may be worth focusing more attention on the concentration of land ownership to understand how old money holds the power to frack us all.
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Rushton: Poverty in Britain
In Britain, austerity is vastly increasing poverty while the rich are getting richer.
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Activists Converge on Canary Wharf in London and Proclaim: "They Owe Us"
Hundreds converged on Canary Wharf in London last week to protest the G8 and publicly discuss issues of debt, inequality, corporate tax evasion and climate change.
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Unconventional Oil and Austerity: The Dual Crises of Our Time
Bank bailouts, tar sands and fracking appear distinctive, yet the forces driving them forward share the same rationale, mindset and tactics.
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In Austerity, London’s Police Are Making Families Homeless
"Save our Homes: Haringey" is a fast growing campaign to resist the Metropolitan Police throwing a community of 21 families out into the street.
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Occupy the Playground: London Children and Community Resist Park Closure
Activists from Occupy London have joined up with Wandsworth Against Cuts and local residents to stop the demolition of a community adventure playground in the south London borough.
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Pan-European Resistance to Austerity Grows
The reality of how much Britain's government has given to bankers is phenomenal: the bailout is worth eight times the spending on healthcare, or 15 years worth of education funds.
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In London, Activists Use Theater to Hammer Austerity and Elitism
London activists used satirical theatre to draw attention to an "obscene congregation of wealth and gluttony" ahead of the European international anti-austerity general strike that's shaking Europe.
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In Britain, Austerity and Arrests as Government Curbs Right to Protest
Facing scores of arrests in recent months, activists' right to protest is under full assault by a British establishment busy imposing austerity on the people as it ignores any corporate and financial sector crimes.
