World Social Forum in Montreal...

Aug 10, 2016 by

[Translate]  By Danica Jorden, Z Communications | Report One day before the start of this year’s edition of the World Social...

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IT’S BOMBS AWAY FOR THE ...

Aug 7, 2016 by

IT’S BOMBS AWAY FOR THE USA IN LIBYA

[Translate] World Almost guaranteed to spread more misery across North Africa. By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet The United States returned...

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What Exactly Is the U.S. Milit...

Aug 6, 2016 by

What Exactly Is the U.S. Military Plotting in Africa?

[Translate] World When AFRICOM evaluates itself, the news is grim. By Nick Turse / TomDispatch  VIA ALTERNET Photo Credit: DVIDSHUB /...

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Greenpeace reports jump in rad...

Jul 21, 2016 by

Greenpeace reports jump in radioactive contamination in Fukushima waterways

[Translate] Greenpeace Japan member Mai Suzuki removes sediment samples from a remotely operated grabber at Lake Biwa in Shiga...

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At Least 84 Dead After Truck C...

Jul 17, 2016 by

At Least 84 Dead After Truck Crashes Into Crowd In French City Of Nice

[Translate] WORLDPOST Local officials said scores more were also injured in the attack. 07/14/2016 05:41 pm 17:41:49 | Updated 2 days...

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NEAR RUSSIA’S BORDER WIT...

Jul 4, 2016 by

NEAR RUSSIA’S BORDER WITH BALTICS, SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES ARE PRACTICING FOR WAR

[Translate] Europe By Michael Birnbaum THE WASHINGTON POST A soldier is seen during a NATO troop exercise in Estonia. Troops from...

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THE MOST COMMON MYTHS ABOUT RE...

Jun 30, 2016 by

THE MOST COMMON MYTHS ABOUT REFUGEES, DEBUNKED

[Translate] by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power   In a...

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Hightower: Asleep-at-the-Wheel...

Jun 30, 2016 by

Hightower: Asleep-at-the-Wheel Elites Should Not Have Been Shocked by Brexit Vote

[Translate] World The establishment was too out of touch to know how angry many people were. By Jim Hightower / AlterNet Photo...

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Noam Chomsky: We Are Suffering...

Jun 26, 2016 by

Noam Chomsky: We Are Suffering the Major Downside of Corporate Globalization

[Translate] World “We can be very optimistic. Things like this have happened before and they’ve been overcome.” By Noam...

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THE PROCRASTINATOR’S GUI...

Jun 24, 2016 by

THE PROCRASTINATOR’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING BREXIT

[Translate] by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Dunham Someone holds up a sign during a European...

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BRITAIN SHOCKS WORLD, BREAKS W...

Jun 24, 2016 by

BRITAIN SHOCKS WORLD, BREAKS WITH EUROPEAN UNION, BRITISH LEADER STEPS DOWN

[Translate] Europe The U.K. just voted to leave the E.U. Here’s what that means Embed Share Play Video1:15 Europe THE...

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CONSTRUCTING VISIONS OF “...

Jun 19, 2016 by

CONSTRUCTING VISIONS OF “PERPETUAL PEACE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY

[Translate] “Who rules the world?” This is one of those perennial questions. In the past, it has been empires or dominant...

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Endless War, Endless Greed: Th...

Jun 19, 2016 by

Endless War, Endless Greed: The Pentagon Is Lining Its Pockets with Taxpayer Dollars

[Translate] World A military plan focused not on peace but profitable production contracts for our weapons-making cartels. By Andrew...

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FINANCIAL CALAMITY DECLARED IN...

Jun 18, 2016 by

[Translate] World By Dom Phillip THE WASHINGTON POST RIO DE JANEIRO — Just weeks before it stages the 2016 Olympic Games, the state...

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HILLARY CLINTON’S STATE ...

Jun 13, 2016 by

HILLARY CLINTON’S STATE DEPARTMENT LET SOUTH SUDAN USE CHILD SOLDIERS

[Translate] TRUTHDIG       Hillary Clinton as secretary of state in 2011. (United States Mission Geneva / CC BY-ND 2.0) Hillary...

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BRACE YOURSELF FOR ANOTHER WAV...

Jun 3, 2016 by

[Translate] By Anne Applebaum  THE WASHINGTON POST A German rescuer from the humanitarian organization Sea-Watch holds a drowned...

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THE SOUP KITCHENS OF ATHENS

Jun 1, 2016 by

THE SOUP KITCHENS OF ATHENS

[Translate] By YANIS VAROUFAKIS  NY TIMES Photo Greek pensioners demonstrating against pension cuts in front of the the Greek...

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THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF PETROS...

May 26, 2016 by

THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF PETROSTATES

[Translate]   By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG Deepwater Horizon Response / CC BY-ND 2.0 This piece first...

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CHOMSKY: WHO RULES THE WORLD

May 10, 2016 by

CHOMSKY: WHO RULES THE WORLD

[Translate] War & Peace America’s lone superpower status is being challenged in regions around the globe — and the...

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NOAM CHOMSKY: WHO RULES THE WO...

May 9, 2016 by

[Translate] An excerpt from his important new book. By Noam Chomsky / Tom Dispatch  VIA ALTERNET Photo Credit: YouTube h....

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Why NATO Has Become One of the...

Apr 27, 2016 by

Why NATO Has Become One of the Most Destructive Forces on the Planet

[Translate] World Actions in Afghanistan, Europe, and Libya have created insecurity rather than order. By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet...

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EUROPE IS A MORAL WASTELAND: C...

Apr 24, 2016 by

EUROPE IS A MORAL WASTELAND: COUNTLESS REFUGEES CONTINUE TO DIE WHILE THE WEST TURNS A BLIND EYE

[Translate] As many as 500 migrants died just last week, yet the world’s powers pretend this calamity still isn’t their...

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MORE THAN 10.35 MILLION PEOPLE...

Apr 23, 2016 by

MORE THAN 10.35 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN PRISON AROUND THE WORLD

[Translate] TRUTHDIG   Mark Rain / CC-BY-2.0 A World Prison Brief study released earlier this year found that the number of...

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WHY A ONCE IRON-CLAD ALLIANCE ...

Apr 21, 2016 by

WHY A ONCE IRON-CLAD ALLIANCE IS QUAKING – AND WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO FALTER

[Translate] by Beenish Ahmed THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia’s King...

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Nuclear Winter on a Planetary ...

Apr 8, 2016 by

[Translate] A war between India and Pakistan could produce human suffering the likes of which the world has never seen before. By...

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Inside the Panama Papers: Mass...

Apr 5, 2016 by

Inside the Panama Papers: Massive Leak Shows Worldwide Leaders’ Corruption

[Translate] World One of the biggest leaks in history exposes how global elites and their relatives hide money in offshore tax...

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ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IS NOT THE R...

Mar 30, 2016 by

ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IS NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF EUROPE’S TERROR PROBLEM

[Translate] European elites have a “youth revolt” on their hands. By Joshua Holland THE NATION   brussels_attacks_vigil_ap_img...

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IN SYRIA, MILITIAS ARMED BY TH...

Mar 28, 2016 by

IN SYRIA, MILITIAS ARMED BY THE PENTAGON FIGHT THOSE ARMED BY THE CIA

[Translate] NYTDOT Nabih Bulos , W.J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett Contact Reporters Syrian militias armed by different parts of the...

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HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHA...

Mar 21, 2016 by

HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE PARIS CLIMATE PACT

[Translate] By John Upton   CLIMATE CENTRAL National leaders have yet to sign a new United Nations climate pact, but developments...

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THE MORAL CHALLENGE OF THIS CE...

Mar 19, 2016 by

THE MORAL CHALLENGE OF THIS CENTURY

[Translate] NYTIMES – NICHOLAS KRISTOFIn the summer of 2014, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) conducted a violent...

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