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A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.

The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

Free press showdown

Keira Knightley cuts a more glamorous figure than most Guardian staff in her new Netflix film The Woman in Cabin 10, while Tennant is a dead ringer for star reporter Nick Davies. But how convincing are they?

The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US

"This offer looked like an invitation, but it wasn't," said Ariel White, vice president of MIT's American Association of University Professors chapter. "It was a ransom note."

Chaplin’s Timeless Attack on Dictatorship (1940), U.S. Anti-War Rally Was Record-Big, but Not for Long (1965), Revolutionary Stirrings in Manhattan (1765), Permission to Come Aboard, Who Needs It? (1960), Is the C.I.A. Is a Law Unto Itself? (1975)

Wilson draws on the work of researchers like Russell Belk (on “the extended self”), Paul Rozin (on magical thinking), and Marcel Mauss (on gift-giving) to help us understand why we invest so much meaning in material things.

The Hands Off NYC campaign — backed by the city’s largest labor unions and civic groups, launched a citywide campaign to “protect and prepare” the city from potential federal or military intervention.

Pigou noted the problem that Marx had only glancingly acknowledged: that the production of commodities was often accompanied by unintentional and sometimes severe physical side effects.