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Archives for October 2014

VIDEO: Protests Mushroom In Mexico Over Forced Disappearance Of 43 Students

A mayor, corrupt cops and narco gunmen are all implicated in the crime, which thousands of officers so far haven’t been able to solve.

Ioan Grillo
By Ioan Grillo
Mexico

Raw Feed: Students feared dead, families wait for news from GlobalPost on Vimeo. MEXICO CITY — The fathers of the disappeared students took to the stage one by one. They spoke of their sons’ hopes of becoming teachers, of the last time they saw them, of their agony in going almost a month with no news after they vanished. As one dad described

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Amnesty: US Human Rights Abuses On Display In Ferguson

New report demands ‘accountability and systemic change’ following excessive force against people who rose up to challenge police violence.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
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In a report released on Friday, Amnesty International roundly condemns the excessive force used by local law enforcement agencies in Ferguson, Missouri earlier this year and called for 'accountability and systemic change' in order to curb the kinds of human rights abuses increasingly seen in U.S. communities when it comes to regulating street

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The Fate Of Net Neutrality: A Complicated Dance Between Corporate Interests And Consumer Demand

“In this democratized system we call the Internet, anyone can put up an idea and it can be weighed fairly and openly by the consumer,” one Internet start-up CEO says. As consumers increasingly turn to video streaming services, what will that mean for net neutrality?

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In a town hall meeting in Los Angeles earlier this month, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to net neutrality and his opposition to the notion of “fast lanes,” or special rates for unrestricted broadband access for specific customers. "I am unequivocally committed to net neutrality," Obama told a group of company startup founders

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Bahrain’s Inconvenient Revolution: A Battle Between A King And A Family Of Freedom Fighters

“There is a pattern of economic interests, political allegiances and military parameters that come into play when it comes to Bahrain. We know that, but yet a people cannot be made to live in slavery because it is politically and economically convenient to foreign powers.”

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Bahrain

Dubbed “the inconvenient revolution” by those on the ground who have fought it, Bahrain’s democratic uprising remains very much a black dot on the Arab Spring map, a revolutionary movement which the media has gladly avoided due to the overlapping and conflicting political and moral interests it has laid bare. “We knew that Bahrain’s freedom

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Are Vulture Funds A US Tool Against Argentina In An Energy War With Russia?

Argentine President Kirchner tells U.N. General Assembly that the roots of terrorism run deep, calling on member states — and particularly the U.S. — to address the policy-linked and economic issues that give rise to violent extremism.

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Argentina Economy

Argentina took a stand against the United States at the United Nations on Sept. 24, 2014. Emphasizing that both Argentines and the world were at an important crossroads, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner addressed the start of the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly in a speech that undoubtedly upset the policy mandarins

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Corporate Giants Spending Billions On State Ballot Initiatives

Many of the messages are tailored to defend or expand the business interests of companies such as Coca-Cola, Monsanto and ExxonMobil, yet few have their names in the ads.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Voters may not know it, but the millions of dollars paying for ads on ballot measures they will consider next month come from large companies and national advocacy groups. Many of the messages are tailored to defend or expand the business interests of companies such as Coca-Cola, Monsanto and ExxonMobil, yet few have their names in

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