In Poor Countries, Antismoking Activists Face Threats and Violence


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Demonstrators condemn evictions and demolitions carried out by authorities which have seen thousands lose their homes

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of the Chinese capital to pillory Beijing’s crackdown on migrant communities with chants of “violent evictions violate human rights ( Read more... )

Fired Google Critic Says Monopoly Power Puts ‘All Society at Risk’Barry Lynn was, until recently, a senior fellow at New America, a think tank partly funded by Google. Lynn and his research program were pushed out of New America, according to a New York Times report, following a June statement by him praising the European Union’s antitrust actions ( Read more... )

Cities to Recliam Back their Democracy While the Rich Keeps Playing with Their Toys.

#FearlessCities Notes: Democracy from the Bottom Up: Municipalism and other Stories

Notes from a panel at the Fearless Cities conference, June 10th. See introduction post here.Hosted by Barcelona en Comú. Born in the heat of 15M. Our common goals are beyond ( Read more... )

Kansas Soon to Become New "Mad Max" Wasteland.

The Basic Principle of the Economy in Rojava: Involve Everyone in Production

The basic principle of the economic policies of the Assad regime in Rojava was to keep the people poor and deprived in order to maintain their dependence. The Jazira [Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] and Kobanî [Kobanê] cantons served as ( Read more... )

Damn You Internet. Stop Changing Reality!

Corbyn-bashing 'centrist' media like the Guardian can jog right on
What we need right now is not more centrist op-eds from out-of-touch "liberal" media outlets. What we need is a shift in press so enamoured of its own interests.What failing traditional media have lost in revenue and influence, they have ( Read more... )

As Political Parties Continue to Gorge in Delicious Big Corporate Donors' Money, Local Government Looking How to Find Actual Solutions with Citizen Democracy.

A new international municipalist movement is on the rise - from small victories to global alternatives
In a world stuck between neoliberal crisis and authoritarianism, a reinvigorated ( Read more... )

I was told Freedom was voting for the Next Asshole every four Years or who would you like to be your new exploiter.

Jineoloji: The science of women's liberation in the Kurdish movementAfter the first week I spent in northern Syria had come and gone, a friend of mine in the United States sent me an animated text message to check up on me: ‘Yo! How’ ( Read more... )

Anarchists Doing Socialism Better than Bureaucrats

Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance

It may seem paradoxical, but Greece’s anarchists are organizing like never before ( Read more... )

America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worldsYou’ve probably heard the news that the celebrated post-WW II beating heart of America known as the middle class has gone from “burdened,” to “ ( Read more... )