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[Video] Metropolitan Lice

The Vacuum Cleaner is an artist/activist collective of one. Some people take half an hour out to do yoga everyday – he modifies police logos. Usually a solitary creature, he’s invited Leah Borromeo...

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The Armenian Genocide – 97 Years On

An article that addresses Turkish state denial of the Armenian Genocide on the 97th anniversary.

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Egyptian secular left that led the revolution hung out to dry in presidential...

The best left candidates, like Khaled Ali are running as independents, giving them scant chance. Young leftist heroes of the revolution like Alaa Abd El Fattah or his sister Mona Seif should be the new...

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A shadow people’s economy grows in the US

Lori Hutchins, 30, from South Portland, Maine is self-employed and has fallen on harder times since the recession. Over the last couple of years, in order to obtain essential paid-for services such as...

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The Iran conundrum

With intelligence disputes regarding the validity of Iran's nuclear program being either non-existent, or pending, a look at the idea of fundamentalist theocrats attaining nuclear weaponry.

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Transport for London in Tony Blair censorship climbdown

Transport For London has reinstated a banned ad campaign for London’s Mosaic Rooms gallery featuring an image of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair photographing himself on a mobile phone in...

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Ten reasons why the London 2012 Olympics are worth protesting

The Space Hijackers are proud to announce we are the Official Protesters of the London 2012 Olympic Games. To this end, we would like to release our top ten reasons why the London 2012 Olympics are...

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Why only López Obrador can save Mexico

The next six years of Mexican history may be be even more critical for its long-term future, there is much to repair and heal. For this reason, only AMLO can save Mexico.

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Local heroes: the unheard voices of the Olympics

The motto of the Games is "inspire a generation". However, not everyone is enthused. Londoners from the poorest parts of the city facing major upheavals from losing their homes, livelihoods and public...

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Suicide – the only way out of debt?

Nearly 300,000 Indian farmers killed themselves to get out of debt between 1995 and 2011. In the state of Maharashtra alone, 4,453 people committed suicide in 2006. That’s around one every eight hours....

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The United States vs. Bolivian democracy: Part 1; Terrorists, fascists, and...

Even if we assume the US embassy didn’t know of the cell, why would the US then provide a sanctuary to funders of terrorists whose own public defender was telling the embassy were “most likely” guilty?...

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The United States vs. Bolivian democracy: Part 2; the USAID-NED-Opposition Nexus

It is these new possibilities that scare the US government, the threat of the “virus of a good example”, a government that can provide for its citizens while growing the economy. Even Bolivia’s...

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