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Turkey: US Air Base, Nuclear Bombs Surrounded By Citizens, Troops & Trucks

Is it a good idea to have nuclear weapons stored in Turkey at this point?

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A frontal view of four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs on a bomb cart. (DoD photo)

Thousands of Turkish troops, citizens and police ‘surrounded’ the Incirlik air base it operates with the United States Saturday night — blocking all entrances to the air base with heavy vehicles and security forces sent to secure its perimeter. Turkish authorities restored access to and from the key US air base early Sunday, local media

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Germany: Thousands Surround US Air Base To Protest Drone Use

Over 5,000 Germans formed a 5.5-mile human chain to surround the base.

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Over 5,000 Germans formed a 5.5-mile human chain to surround the base

Demonstrators have formed a human chain near a US air base in western Germany to protest against lethal drone strikes. The demonstration was organized by the alliance "Stop Ramstein - No Drone War", which says the Ramstein base relays information between operators in the US and unmanned drone aircraft on missions over Iraq, Afghanistan,

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New WikiLeaks Trove Further Exposes TISA’s Neoliberal Agenda

Docs reveal trade deal negotiations have gone ‘very far from legitimate trade concerns into the territory of a sweeping deregulatory political agenda.’

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Protesters object to CETA, TTIP (formerly known as TAFTA), and TISA in France during a 2014 demonstration. (Photo: Annette Dubois/flickr/cc)

WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a trove of documents detailing previously unknown pro-corporate provisions and updates to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), exposing the extent to which the U.S.-driven deal will force signatory nations to privatize public services and deregulate corporations. As the 52 nations involved in TISA comprise a

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‘Ditch Dodgy Dave’: Anti-Austerity Protest Brings 150,000 To The Streets of London

Protesters are demanding PM David Cameron’s resignation over offshore investments revealed in the ‘Panama Papers’.

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A protest calling on David Cameron to resign has brought more than 150,000 people onto the streets of London on Saturday afternoon. The March for Health, Homes, Jobs and Education was organized by activist group thePeople's Assembly Against Austerity. The demonstrators called for an end to austerity, and demanded that David Cameron quit over the

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Over 5 Million Nigerians Urge Government to Reject Monsanto Crops

Non-profits representing teachers, farmers, artists, environmentalists, and others oppose Monsanto’s efforts to bring GMO crops to Nigeria.

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An activist displays a banner reading 'No GMO's X' during an action where Greenpeace quarantines illegal Genetically Engineered (GE) crops. Wearing safety equipment to protect against contamination, they are isolating, cutting and securing the top of the GE maize plants, the part that contains the pollen. In the previous week, Greenpeace took samples from the field to a certified laboratory for analysis. The results confirm the maize being grown in these fields is a patented Monsanto GE maize type, MON810.

Monsanto is poised to begin planting genetically modified varieties of corn and cotton in Nigeria, provoking the outrage of millions. In response to the biotech behemoth's application for the release and marketing of the GMO crops in the West African nation, 100 non-profits representing over 5 million Nigerians on Monday presented the government

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Arizona’s Primary Voting Fiasco Foretells Further Disenfranchisement in General Election

Three years after Voting Rights Act was gutted, U.S. is witnessing ‘a renaissance of voter disenfranchisement’.

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This May 3, 2010 file photo shows a "vote here" sign near a polling place open for early voting in downtown Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Following widespread disenfranchisement during Tuesday's Democratic primary in Arizona, civil rights activists are warning that such debacles could be a harbinger of things to come during the general election in November. "As we've seen in the Arizona and North Carolina primaries, the Shelby decision has ushered in a renaissance of voter

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‘Devastated Lives’: Shell Sued Again Over Catastrophic Spills In Nigeria

Two new lawsuits say Shell is liable for oil spills that have destroyed livelihoods, contaminated water supplies, and rendered some wetlands ‘lifeless’ in the fragile ecosystem

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Royal Dutch Shell must pay for the lives and livelihoods destroyed by the decades-long deluge of oil spilled from its pipelines in the Niger Delta, two lawsuits filed in London on Tuesday charged. "Shell has an appalling record of obfuscation and misinformation with regard to its dealings in the Niger Delta," said Peter Frankental, director of

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