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to the people and the government.
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Beverley Bell and Tory Field, Other Worlds: Via Campesina and allied social=
movements have all gathered together under the banner of food sovereignty.=
This is the collective banner of struggle.
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who have set up online operations in more hospitable states or far-flung lo=
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Carl Bloice, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> Both Israel and the United States seek to quash expectations that the visit will jump-start the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Staff, Angola 3:</strong> "I think it's important for people to keep pushing. Don't lay back and expect the politicians to stick their necks out with no backup. They will not. But when you find an ally, work them him or her. Allies like that don't come along that often."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Norman Solomon, NormanSolomon.com:</strong> Repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force will be very hard. Revoking the power to combine lovely rhetoric with pernicious militarism will be even more difficult.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1">Jill S. Schneiderman discusses how her students are combating bigotry with community service; Dennis Trainor Jr. interviews Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) to discuss money in politics, corporate personhood, overturning citizens united; Ten years after the initial invasion of Iraq, a community of like-minded peace activists wish to see an end to the ongoing war in the middle east; Lee R. Haven returns to his open discussion of racism in America with "Tipping Point 2;" PR Watch and ALECexposed.org bring you new information on Pete Peterson's hypocritical "Fix the Debt" campaign; and more.</p>
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