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Activists Bring Solitary Confinement To College Campus For Alvaro Luna Hernandez

The small protest on the UT Austin campus was part of a national day of action for long-term anarchist political prisoners like Hernandez.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

AUSTIN, Texas --- Dressed in a real prisoner’s clothing, an activist sat in silence on a busy college campus, alone inside a simulated solitary confinement cell drawn in chalk, on Thursday. Thousands of Texas prisoners spend about 23 hours a day in tiny confines with real walls holding them inside. “Will you sign a postcard for my friend

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Koch, Exxon And Other Big Oil Spend $141 Million Lobbying Washington For More War

Fossil fuel lobbyists are also fighting to put new restrictions on clean energy alternatives such as solar and wind power.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
In this April 25, 2012 photo, Nexen chief executive Kevin Reinhart addresses the company's annual meeting in Calgary, Alberta. Oil and gas producer Nexen Inc. has agreed to be acquired by China National Offshore Oil Company for US$15.1 billion cash. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)

MINNEAPOLIS --- As of April, the oil and gas industry had already spent over $34 million to influence American politics this year. Fossil fuel companies are one of the top sources of funding for Washington lobbying firms, and their deep pockets allow them to far outspend those who seek to protect the environment and the earth’s resources from

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500th Person Killed By Police In 2015 Was A 69-Year-Old Suicidal Man

Police have killed thousands of people over the past decade with no official database having tracked them. Meanwhile, only 54 officers had been charged relating to fatal shootings while on duty as of April, the Washington Post reported.

Mint Press News Desk
بواسطة Mint Press News Desk

As of Sunday afternoon, there have been at least 515 people killed by police in 2015. The 500th person to be killed by law enforcement officers took place Monday in Arizona after the wife of 69-year-old Richard Warolf called the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to report that her husband was armed, drinking, depressed and wanted to die by

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Congress Shuts Down Obama On Controversial Trade Bill

“Slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people.”

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a news conference at the G-7 summit

WASHINGTON  — The House derailed a high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party. The 302-126 vote left the legislation in perilous limbo, and came not long after Obama journeyed to the Capitol with a

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مطرودون مدى الحياة: أسرة فلسطينية تكافح للبقاء على أرضها

"يهدمون ونعيد البناء"

Jen Marlowe | TomDispatch
بواسطة Jen Marlowe | TomDispatch

OCCUPIED PALESTINE (TomDispatch) -- Nasser Nawaj’ah held Laith’s hand as, beside me, they walked down the dirt and pebble path of Old Susya. Nasser is 33 years old, his son six. Nasser’s jaw was set and every few moments he glanced over his shoulder to see if anyone was approaching. Until Laith piped up with his question, the only sounds were our

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Photographer Shot By Israeli Forces, Refused Treatment

“I raised my camera to my right eye to take a picture, but a soldier shot me in my left eye with his rifle, and the rubber bullet went through my gas mask’s glass eye cover and into my eye.”

IMEMC News
بواسطة IMEMC News
Israeli soldiers walks near the border with Syria near the site of a Sunday Israeli airstrike, in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, Monday, April 27, 2015

Tel Aviv, Israel (IMEMC) – Israeli security forces fire tear gas towards Palestinian protesters on May 16, 2015 next to Huwarra checkpoint south of Nablus. Israel has barred a Palestinian photographer allegedly shot in the eye by Israeli forces from entering occupied East Jerusalem for specialist treatment, the injured photographer told AFP on

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