<p>In &ldquo;Criminal,&rdquo; Isabelle Eberhardt's memoir of land colonization in Algeria written around the turn of the last century, the farmer M...

There are some politicians who want to see the heroic Americans who boarded the Free Gaza Movement boats, joined the Viva Palestina convoys and the...

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By Dawn Paley - June 22, 2010

“It’s very dangerous for people who think they’re involved in progressive causes to be so dependent on government money...The effect that has in terms of limiting political independence is very extreme, and in many cases the NGOs have simply become an arm of imperialism.”

-- Yves Engler, author of forthcoming book on international development NGOs

By Robyn Maynard - June 21, 2010

As the G8 and G20 meet in Huntsville and Toronto from June 25 to 27, resistance movements in the making since 2009 will take to the streets. A major focus of the community organizing and protests is migrant justice...“People are angry and afraid of being deported, of unsafe working conditions, and of the rise in workplace raids...”

The forces of capitalism and the state work hard to keep us complacent and in our place in the status quo. This is especially true for issues of ge...

GovTechGuy writes "On Tuesday the White House made a show of rolling out an expansive new strategy to combat online piracy and counterfeit goods, to the delight of industry groups. The plan emphasizes targeting foreign websites that host pirated software and movies and increasing the number of investigations and prosecutions by the FBI, FTC, and Justice Department.