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  Warmonger Blair urges Syria meddling: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for an intervention in the Syrian conflict, saying that the cost pai...
  UK govt. can be sued over troop deaths: The Supreme Court in Britain has ruled that families of soldiers killed in Iraq can bring damages claims against the gov...
  
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  Protests continue in Brazil for third day: President acknowledges demonstrators' grievances as thousands hold rallies over poor governance, high prices and graft.
  US denies talks planned with Taliban: State Department denies scheduled meeting hours after Afghan president threatened to boycott peace talks with Taliban.
  
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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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  Gwynne Dyer: Syria, poison gas, and red lines: Commentary »Ten months ago, when he made his “red line” statement, President Obama was confident that Syria wo...
  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...
  
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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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  Canadians for Tax Fairness: G8 tax havens plan is...: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The recently concluded G8 Summit in No...
  Harper's mortal sins hidden by all the attent...: Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca.  “Here...
  
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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...