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Lawsuit filed against UN in wake of Haitian cholera epidemic
The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti has filed suit against the United Nations, charging that it did not…
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DEA agents not welcome in Bolivia
Bolivian President Evo Morales is refusing to allow U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents into the country on the basis of…
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Two million jobless workers no longer eligible for unemployment
For as many as 2 million unemployed people, extending benefits to 99 weeks is irrelevant, because they are no longer…
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Marchers occupy Bank of America in San Francisco
More than 700 people marched through San Francisco’s Financial District on Nov. 16, "occupying" a large Bank of America branch.
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A Global Day of Action against an irrational economic system
Capitalism has today become a brake on human progress. Absurdly, it is accelerating human misery even while the capitalists get…
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‘Super committee’ plots to hide cost-of-living increases
A bipartisan Congressional “super committee” may adopt a new way to calculate the Consumer Price Index, artificially lowering cost-of-living increases…
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Bus operators and Occupy Chicago protest anti-worker transit budget
Hundreds of bus operators, Occupy Chicago and other community members and groups came out Nov. 10 to protest at a…
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Veterans Day march at Occupy Oakland
n a driving rain, more than 500 veterans and their supporters marched from Occupy Oakland through the downtown streets.
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Seattle police pepper spray 84-year-old woman
Just one day after the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Occupy movement, Seattle police…
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The Occupy movement: growing in the class struggle
With strikes, mass marches and direct action to stop foreclosures and evictions, the Occupy movement has now experimented with a…
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Police raid Occupy Wall Street
Statement from the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism.)
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Courts rule in favor of 1% in BP spill
U.S. District Courts has dismissed more than 100,000 lawsuits brought against British Petroleum and Transocean for cleanup costs associated with…
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Jewu Richardson fights for life and justice
On Jan. 16, 2010, Jewu Richardson nearly died after being brutally shot just inches from his heart by a New…
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Occupy SF marches in solidarity with Egypt
On Nov. 12, more than 500 protesters marched on the streets in downtown San Francisco chanting: “From Cairo to the…
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Hotel workers and Occupy Seattle rally together
Workers at the Westin Seattle showed up in full force to demand a fair contract during a rally on Nov.…
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University of Pittsburgh bars Occupy activists from campus event
On Nov. 2, the University of Pittsburgh police forcibly prevented members of the public from attending a Students for Justice…
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Santa Cruz students shut down Wells Fargo
On Nov. 9 in Santa Cruz, over 500 students held a spirited rally protesting tuition and fee hikes as part…
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New fronts, new threats in Bay Area Occupy movement
In less than 48 hours, over a thousand students have occupied University of California, Berkeley. The police brutally attacked the…
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University of Pittsburgh excludes Occupy activists access to campus event
On Nov. 9 in Santa Cruz, over 500 students held a spirited rally protesting tuition and fee hikes as part…
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