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Without Context, Environmental Images Obscure Who's Responsible for Climate=
Change
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32390-without-context-environmental-i=
mages-obscure-who-s-responsible-for-climate-change
Finis Dunaway, Truthout: Popular environmental images have helped bring eco=
logical consciousness into the mainstream, but they have also masked the sy=
stemic causes of long-term degradation. If we want to understand the achiev=
ements and limits of US environmentalism, we must critically scrutinize the=
messages these images convey.
Criminalizing the History of US Radical Underground Movements
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32429-criminalizing-the-history-of-us=
-radical-underground-movements
Dan Berger, Truthout: In Bryan Burrough's "Days of Rage," members of six re=
volutionary underground organizations from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s =
are depicted as na=C3=AFve bad guys and narcissistic "thugs" rather than as=
revolutionary activists seeking to transform a racist country and rebuild =
it from the ground up.
Flag Controversies and Race Politics in a Civil War Town
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32419-flag-controversies-and-race-politi=
cs-in-a-civil-war-town
Graham Stinnett, Truthout: The controversy around the Confederate flag has =
reawakened historic divisions in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where disagreeme=
nts over contemporary narratives about the Confederacy now divide the stewa=
rds of the town's mythologized battlefield and the town's tourist business =
center.
From Black August to Black Lives Matter
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32421-from-black-august-to-black-live=
s-matter
Yesenia Barragan, teleSUR English: Black Lives Matter has radically shifted=
the national conversation on anti-Black racism and police brutality throug=
h massive mobilizations. These actions have galvanized a new generation of =
youth of color who refuse to allow the police to turn them into another mur=
der statistic.
Obama Closed Bagram, so Why Not Guant=C3=A1namo?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32414-obama-closed-bagram-so-why-not-=
guantanamo
Aisha Maniar, one small window: The actions and attitude of the US governme=
nt and military in the run up to the closure of Bagram contrast starkly to =
the attitude toward the Guant=C3=A1namo Bay prisoners and demonstrate the w=
holly arbitrary nature of US detention policy under the so-called war on te=
rror.
Corruption in Panama: The Three-Billion-Dollar City Was Never Built
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32416-corruption-in-panama-the-three-bil=
lion-dollar-city-was-never-built
Wren Greaney, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: Corrupt practices rampant in =
the Panamanian government and the country's legal system have allowed greed=
to dominate over legality. In this case, greed and power have conflicted w=
ith potentially immense benefits to Panama's citizens and its economy.
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ental-freedoms
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a record number of journalists behind bars, and a draconian new anti-terror=
law signed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on August 16 will further bro=
aden the crackdown on dissent, press freedom groups warn.
Ecovillage Survives as a Haven for Deep Ecology in Mexico's Central Mountai=
ns
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32412-ecovillage-survives-as-a-haven-for=
-deep-ecology-in-mexico-s-central-mountains
Christy Rodgers, Upside Down World: The self-described "ecovillage" of Hueh=
uecoyotl, where a group of itinerant artists from Mexico and elsewhere came=
to rest after traveling the world together for 15 years, has become a kind=
of seedbed for visionary and transformative projects, particularly ecologi=
cal ones.=20
"Las Patronas" Make Mexico's "Train of Death" a More Humane Place
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32407-las-patronas-make-mexico-s-train-o=
f-death-a-more-humane-place
Mary Aviles, Global Voices: "The train of death" cuts through Mexico from s=
outh to north, carrying Central American immigrants who hope to cross into =
the United States in search of a better future. But they are often the vict=
ims of robbery, kidnapping, rape and torture. "Las Patronas" stand with the=
m.
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