<p>On September 24 2009 over a thousand protesters, took to the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in unsanctioned defiance of the G-20 summit. Mu...

<p>How can we understand the American presence in Costa Rica? The USA is in fact in the process of militarizing the whole Caribbean area, something...

Join us for a free meal prepared by the RNC 8 and friends, Tuesday, July 20th. This is a great opportunity to stop on by to enjoy tasty free food a...

note: names in personal anecdotes have been changed. 

“You know, you can be an evil guy, but there must be very precise institutional, economic…coordinates, background, which allows you to do what you do.”  --Slavoj Zizek, Democracy Now!

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BREAKING NEWS...

HOUSTON - The top U.S. oil spill official on Sunday directed BP Plc to submit a plan for reopening its capped Macondo well to flow into the ocean after engineers detected seepage on the ocean floor near the well.

16 July 2010

...[T]his comes from a capitalist news source and seems very much intended at continuing the counter-insurgency model of dealing with the rebellion surrounding the Oscar Grant verdict. Although almost all photos and video of the night show black and brown community members from Oakland attacking the downtown area, the media and law enforcement have tried to blame "outside agitators" and "anarchists" for the rebellion. These accusations aim to downplay the local involvement of hundreds of youth of color who were rightfully enraged by the verdict.

GovTechGuy writes "Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walt Mossberg thinks the FCC's national broadband plan is long overdue, but he criticized it for being vague on the details and too focused on expanding access into rural areas. Mossberg pointed out that what passes for broadband in the US wouldn't even qualify as such in many other developed countries.