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Terrorismo y privilegio: comprender el poder de la blancura.
by Tim Wise As the nation weeps for the victims of the horrific bombing in Boston yesterday, one searches for lessons amid the carnage, and finds few. That violence is unacceptable stands out as one, sure. That hatred — for humanity, for life, or whatever else might have animated the bomber or bombers — is…
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Aumenta la huelga de hambre en Guantánamo; 15 prisioneros son alimentados a la fuerza.
Days after violent clashes between guards and prisoners, the US military says a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay is on the rise as the number of those fasting has increased from 45 to 52. Some 15 prisoners are being force-fed. Gitmo spokesman Navy Capt. Robert Durand said the number of prisoners classified as hunger strikers…
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Maduro gana las elecciones presidenciales venezolanas con el 50,66 por ciento de los votos.
By CHRIS CARLSON Maracaibo, April 14th, 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Nicolas Maduro has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 50.66 percent of the vote against 49.07 percent for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Maduro gave a victory speech immediately after, while Capriles initially refused to recognize the results. The “first bulletin” results were announced by the president…
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¿Por qué el socialismo?
by J. Bialek The spectre which once haunted Europe long ago in 1848, materialized in corporeal form in 1917 and was seemingly exorcized in 1991 has returned in force. This time the “spectre of communism” is haunting the entire world. In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Manifesto of the Communist Party, also called The Communist…
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El modelo nórdico es el único que realmente funciona. ‘¡Obvio!’, dice Suecia.
By Meghan Murphy An article was published recently in The Independent looking at the Nordic model in Sweden. The journalist, Joan Smith, took a ride in a squad car to see how a model wherein the buyer is criminalized and the prostitute is decriminalized actually worked. What she found will likely be met, by any progressive, intelligent, feminist person, with…
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‘Escuadrones de la muerte entrenados por Estados Unidos organizaron centros de tortura en todo Irak.
After one year in Iraq the US government secretly enlisted retired Special Forces operatives to train Shia militia in the art of torture and other war crimes that fueled the Iraqi civil war, according to a new report. Just over year into the Iraq War a desperate US government secretly organized and funded small militia…
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Las grandes farmacéuticas ganaron 1.047.110 millones de dólares cobrando precios excesivos a personas mayores y discapacitadas.
The 11 largest drug companies have made $711 billion in profits in just a decade, largely due to overcharging Medicare, which does not seek out competitive prices and uses taxpayer funds to support Big Pharma. Since Medicare is prohibited from purchasing drugs based on their cost, its prescription drug program has been making large payouts…
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¿Por qué alguien celebraría la muerte de Margaret Thatcher? Pregúntale a un chileno.
by Dave Zirin Never have I witnessed a gap between the mainstream media and the public quite like the last twenty-four hours since the death of Margaret Thatcher. While both the press and President Obama were uttering tearful remembrances, thousands took to the streets of the UK and beyond to celebrate. Immediately this drew strong condemnation of…
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Muerte de una guerrera de la clase dominante: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
By Tom Mills Thatcher is dead. But for years she was a shadow of her former self. After her fall from power in 1990 she slowly faded away from public life and when she did wander back onto the public stage the contrast between her frailty and the formidable figure of collective memory made these occasional…
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El mural de Paul Robeson fue restaurado y reinaugurado en el 115.º cumpleaños del activista.
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Mural Arts Program today rededicated a mural of Paul Robeson on his 115th birthday, while students from Robeson High School in West Philadelphia celebrated a victory inspired by the civil rights leader. At nearly four stories tall, the mural of Robeson faces west on Chestnut Street near 45th,…
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