Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Major Corporations Announce $60 Million Divestment from Private Prisons
Thanks to sustained pressure from ColorOfChange, this may be the first time that a series of corporations have confirmed divestment from private prisons.
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Victims of Police Entrapment, NATO 3 Sentenced to Multiple-Year Jail Terms
Three activists accused of plotting to firebomb high-profile targets during the 2012 NATO Summit were sentenced Friday.
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Former Google Programmers Say Enough Surveillance – It's Time to Build a New Internet
Unrestrained data collection by private companies and the government is threatening the very nature of how the Internet – and, likewise, the companies that populate it – was intended to run.
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FBI Used No-Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers
Naveed Shinwari hasn’t seen his wife in 26 months. He suspects it’s because he refused to become an informant for the FBI.
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Inmates Strike in Alabama – Declare Prison Is “Running a Slave Empire”
Inmates will refuse work, calling for education, rehabilitation and an end to overcrowding, life sentences without parole – and “the free labor system.”
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Hedges: Preparing for Violence and the Coming American Fascism
The rage and nihilism that come from the frustrations of American life are expressed through violence.
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U.S. Government Is Paying to Undermine Internet Security – Not to Fix It
One lesson of the Heartbleed bug is that the U.S. needs to stop running Internet security like a Wikipedia volunteer project.
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Hidden History: What Nazi-Tied Roots to U.S. International Media Reveals About Ukraine Crisis
A new Cold War has arisen between Russia and the U.S. over the future of Ukraine.
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Killing of Environmental Activists Rises Globally – With Few Convicted
900 environmental activists have been killed in the past decade – but only 10 perpetrators were convicted, report says.
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As NSA-Heartbleed Story Deepens, Silicon Valley Prepares For A More Extended Battle
In San Francisco and the Bay Area especially, the Heartbleed bug has put the issue of privacy and online security at the forefront of Internet activism.