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It is a society operating in defiance of all manner of human rights that has been clearly seen and exposed; as the thousands of Ethiopians protesting outside Saudi Arabian embassies across the world have chanted; “shame on you, shame on you, shame on you.”

Zealots for neoliberalism have created a humanitarian tragedy across the continent. It is our destiny to fight back

It's time to officially accept the reality: A nuclear occupying power like Israel is comfortable in the current setting of negotiations.

This is a lesson and a caution.

Nelson Mandela, Pensions, fast food workers, drone, Elizabeth Warren

Five writers reflect on Nelson Mandela's impact on the world on them personally

“The media tries to paint this picture of war as all bloody and visceral, like that one picture of that one Marine in Fallujah with the bloody face and the cigarette, but that’s all just propaganda man. Proper, modern warfare is a lot more like playing Command and Conquer.”

The minimum wage used to be sufficient to keep people out of poverty -- it's not any more.

The big automakers aren’t rethinking the automobile from scratch, from the ground up. They’ll bolt the future onto the bones of the past. And if the big guys won’t lead, the little guys will.

Music has always been a powerful expression and organizing tool of the oppressed people of South Africa. Here is music inspired by and supporting their struggles, including the artists Hugh Masakela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Johnny Clegg and Gil Scott-Heron.