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How a confrontation is shaping up between the US/NATO and the BRICS.

It doesn't actually matter if the Coop boycotts Israel or not. Just having the debate is a symbolic victory for the pro-boycott camp. 

The words of the former president of the Czech Republic resonate with the problems Occupy confronts today.
 

Thanks to a new and frightening breed of climate denier, our chances of avoiding catastrophe just got worse.

An investigation by TomDispatch reveals the outlines of a secretive training program in the Middle East that is funded by Pentagon, and wholly at odds with Washington’s professed aims of supporting democratic reform.

If a metaphorical wall of trees gets built as grassroots activists envision, it could help save the continent from hunger, poverty and climate change.

Secret US Embassy cables depict a far-reaching campaign to prevent Haiti's democratically elected leader from returning to the country after the 2004 coup.

Finding hope, small victories and larger opportunities in a world no one should write off as lost. 

Naomi Klein argues that the efforts to silence the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign have only brought attention to the cause.