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Stop the execution of Kenneth Foster!
Three men will be executed in Texas this week. By the end of 2007, there will have been 400 executions…
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Elvira Arellano and the struggle for immigrant rights
On Aug. 19, Elvira Arellano was arrested by Immigrant and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles. Arellano is a well-known…
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Anti-police brutality activist Aaron Patterson gets 30 years
On Aug. 14, a federal court in Chicago sentenced Aaron Patterson to 30 years in prison. In 2004, he was…
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New Orleans remains a tale of two cities
On Aug. 1, PSLweb.org’s Richard Becker and Eugene Puryear sat down with Malik Rahim, New Orleans activist and co-founder of…
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General Petraeus puts on his Nixon mask
In fall 1968, Richard Nixon narrowly won the presidency, claiming he had a "peace plan" to end the increasingly unpopular…
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Katrina, a disaster of capitalism two years later
In the early morning of Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina pounded the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi. A wall of…
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Chiquita killed for profit in Colombia
The profitable corporation Chiquita Brands International has pled guilty to funding the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing…
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Capitalism’s broken bridges
On Aug. 1, a heavily traveled interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minn., crumbled, sending rush hour traffic plunging into the Mississippi…
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Leonard Weinglass: still fighting to free the Cuban Five
This interview with Leonard Weinglass, appeals attorney for Antonio Guerrero, was conducted on Aug. 1 by Gloria La Riva, coordinator…
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Native American women victims of sexual violence, government complicity
The history of the United States is drenched with the blood of Native Americans. Native blood continues to be spilled…
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