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  Intelsat stops services to Iran channels: Communications satellite services provider Intelsat has announced the suspension of its services to Iranian channels, es...
  Royal Mail staff vote against sell-off: Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly against the British government's controversial plan to privatize the 497-ye...
  
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  Obama pledges reduction in nuclear stockpiles: US president renews call to reduce number of nuclear weapons held by Russia and US by one-third.
  Karzai threatens to boycott Taliban talks: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his officials will not take part in negotiations in Doha.
  
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  Galtung-Overcoming the Taksim Square Conflict: 11 June 2013 - Prof. Johan Galtung, in Turkey, presents an analysis and much info directed at peaceful/nonviolent soluti...
  Justice at Guantanamo: From the Profound to the Ab...: Lawyers argue over basic rules as accused terrorist Abd al Rahim al Nashiri faces the death penalty. After being capture...
  
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  Wall Street Getting Rich At Expense of Farmers and...: More protections needed to safeguard the health of the global food and farming system...
  Hundreds of Thousands of Brazilians Protest Countr...: Protest against bus fare increase sparked nationwide protest movement demanding systemic change...
  
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  David Suzuki: We ignore scientists at our peril: Commentary »Many scientists are saying we’re creating serious problems—but we have solutions.David Suzuki: We...
  Vancouver Green councillor Adriane Carr calls for...: Straight Talk »Vancouver’s Green party city councillor is hoping to see a provincial deposit and refund program...
  
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  Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing t...: In a remarkable story on the journey from grief to forgiveness, Bill Pelke joins us along with renowned activist and "De...
  Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public S...: Brazil is witnessing some of its largest protests in decades, after some 240,000 people protested Monday. Tens of thousa...
  
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  Climate emergency needs a people’s power solutio...: Socialist candidate: We cannot solve the global climate emergency as long as mining, energy and banking remain in the ha...
  Capitalism: A Structural Genocide: Book Review: Capitalism is responsible for a class-based genocide that targets the poor, particularly in the global sout...
  
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  Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Exposes Dangers o...: The explosion that killed 14 at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas in April 2013 raises new concerns over OSHA funding an...
  Screen Propaganda, Hollywood and the CIA: Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo, those are only a few major recent productions showing how today’s movie in...
  
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  Action Alert: Help defeat Bill C-377: Our friends at CUPE inform us that, "Members of Senate are debating Bill C-377 this week." They explain, "Bill C-377 cla...
  C-377: A chance for the Senate to prove its worth: June 19, 2013 bill377_1.jpeg Please support o...
  
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  Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response): Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response) Tyler Shipley A couple of years ago, I wrote a short article expressing m...
  Militarism and Sports – Part I (A Call): Militarism and Sports – Part I (A Call) Peter Miller and Daniel Lyder An oft-repeated opinion in the sports media...