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MR Original – Trader Joe's Signs on Fair Food Agreement

CIW

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) scored a win for worker's rights by persuading Trader Joe's to sign a fair food agreement. Successful activism has ended the exploitation of workers by returning proper pay, safe conditions and dignity back to them.

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The Sonic Cannon and the Irony of the U.S. Revolution

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‘Non-lethal’ crowd control weaponry to repress large protests threatens our health and welfare, but also our hope for democracy in the US. With such increasingly sophisticated and inhumane weaponry used to placate dissent, is this what democracy looks like?

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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, addresses the question of whether the ELF were ‘terrorists’ or not. Yet, the general public had never even heard about the ELF until police got caught pepper-spraying and targeting the radical environmentalists.

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MR Original – G8/NATO Summit: The Second Pity?

The coordinated G8 and NATO Summits to be held in Chicago from May 19-21 will greatly influence what direction the United States is headed.  As socioeconomic pressure mounts and political ineptness grows, the fate of America hangs in the balance.

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Occupy Oakland Video: The Battle of Oakland

On January 28th, Occupy Oakland moved to take a vacant building to use as a new organizing social center. This is the story of what really happened that day as told by the occupiers. The video features raw footage of police brutality and interviews with participants.

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