Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Violent Evictions Make Room for Oil Waste Treatment Plant In Uganda
More than 200 families have been brutally thrust from their homes as discoveries of oil prompt investors and land grabs in the western part of the country.
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Marching Nationwide, Activists Demand Full Data on Americans Killed By Police
The coalition was set to deliver more than 200,000 signatures to the White House, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, calling for transparency and justice in police killings.
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4 Blackwater Contractors Found Guilty In Iraq Massacre – A Verdict Long Overdue
Not simply individual guards should answer for this tragedy – but the leaders of private security companies and the governments that employ them must also be held to account.
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The Post-Michael Brown Agenda Provides Goals To End Racist Militarized Policing
The California city of Rialto saw an 88% drop in claims of police misconduct within one year of officers wearing cameras.
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Egypt Risks "Student Intifada" Amid Campus Crackdown, Hundreds of Arrests
More than 110 students were reportedly arrested by the military-backed authorities during the first days of the new academic year.
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Hong Kong Police Beat Protester Escalating Violent Crackdown on Demonstrations
Video footage showing six plainclothes officers pummeling a man in a dark corner behind a building has galvanized the city where thousands continue to protest despite the harsh police response.
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Mexico Universities On Strike To Demand Justice for Missing Students
Survivors of the Sept. 26 violence joined Mexico City protesters in informal campus activities and rallies demanding justice for their missing classmates.
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"It is Our Duty To Fight For Our Freedom" As Mass Arrests In Ferguson Continue
Cornel West was among 49 protesters arrested Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters and others occupied St. Louis city hall, shut down two Walmart stores and disrupted a political fundraiser.
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Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge
About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.
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Law Enforcement Scandal As Asset Seizures Fuel Police Spending
Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear – as well as luxury vehicles.