Negotiators trying to broker a peace deal between Colombia’s Farc rebels and government forces have said that they are near a breakthrough for ending the nearly five decade long Colombian civil war.
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Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime
The one-year anniversary of the Ayotzinapa students’ forced disappearance from Iguala, Mexico — has just passed us. Yet the impunity of taking student teachers en masse laughs at the face of any democracy.
Former Economic Hitman Calls to Declassify 9/11 Inquiry
John Perkins, who wrote the book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman in 2004, a NY Times Bestseller, joined a group on Saturday in NYC urging the president to release information regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
First Review of Greek Economic Reforms in October
Officials within the EU and Greece have agreed to a start date of October for the first review of economic reforms within Greece before the country would be able to receive its third bailout in five years worth 86 billion Euros
Towards A Transformative Electoral Strategy
The inside/outside strategy, first and foremost, requires a shift in outlook and consciousness. The lesser of two evils, non-voters and protest voters need to start acting like we are all part of a movement.
GALLERY: Welcome to Wall Street, Pope Francis!
Waiting to show their support were a handful of Occupy Wall Streeters doing performance art trying to get their message out to the Pope to address the crimes of Wall Street bankers who have gone unpunished and unprosecuted
Label Me YOUth: On Young People and the Justice System
It is commonly understood that people of all kinds break the law: female, male, white, black, old, young… Yet not all of them are caught, accused, and stigmatized bearing the label of criminal. Not all.
The Ties that Binds Us: Lesser of Two Evils
While the leading segments of the labor and social movements often employ all sorts of creative and inspiring tactics and campaigns and can master hard-knuckle negotiations with the boss, their electoral programs lack innovation or forceful negotiations
A Somber One-Year Anniversary Event For Ayotzinapa
On September 26th, the one-year anniversary of the forced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, activists and colleagues are holding a series of special events
Occupy Peace in Kingston, New York With Ralph Nader
Nader held up a flier of the Friends of Peace Pilgrim, Mildred Lisette Norman, who walked all over the country more than once, slept on people’s cots who now has people all over the country supporting her. She was killed by a car that hit her on the highway.