| Flamenco's Repression and Resistance in Southern Spain Yossi Bartal, Truthout: While flamenco music and dance are enjoying an unprecedented revival all around the world to attract tourism, the public spaces that play a major role in the formation of flamenco culture in Spain are increasingly threatened by authorities, and flamenco protest groups have responded. Read the Article Dawn Paley: Drug War a Pretense to Expand Transnational Capitalism Southward Mark Karlin, Truthout: Canadian journalist Dawn Paley speaks to Truthout about her book, Drug War Capitalism, and about how the alleged war on drugs south of the US border isn't a war to improve civil society and prevent drug trafficking; it is a violence-centered policy to broaden the reach of global capitalism. Read the Interview At COP20 UN Climate Talks, Canada Is Representing the Fossil Fuel Industry Leehi Yona, Truthout: The Canadian government has established itself as a country representing fossil fuels at the United Nations climate talks last week in Lima, Peru. The government must do more to represent its true citizens. Read the Article Eight Ways to Support Protests Against the Criminal Punishment System, if You Can't Get Out on the Street Victoria Law, Waging Nonviolence: While the stream of images of protests are exciting, we can't forget that there are other, less visible ways to fight injustice and support those most directly impacted. Read the Article Using English to Oppress Jason Cervone, Truthout: English-language policies in US schools are both overtly and covertly racist and discriminatory and are being used as weapons to hold back poor minority students. Read the Article How Fear of Occupy Wall Street Undermined the Red Cross' Sandy Relief Effort Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica: In the days after Superstorm Sandy, Occupy Sandy became a widely-praised lifeline. Yet the Red Cross, which was bungling its own aid efforts after the storm, made a decision not to work with Occupy Sandy. Read the Article Truthout Interviews Roger Annis on the New Cold War Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Roger Annis discusses the conflicts in Ukraine and the larger geopolitical maneuverings by NATO and the US that are reigniting a Cold War with Russia. Watch the Video Climate Change Creates New Geography of Food Fabiola Ortiz, Inter Press Service: The magnitude of the climate changes brought about by global warming and the alterations in rainfall patterns are modifying the geography of food production in the tropics. Read the Article Cultivating Climate Justice Through Compost: The Story of Hernani Antonia Bruno, Zero Waste World: When the people of Hernani, Spain, began a residential compost system, they weren't looking to become heroes of the movement for climate justice, they were simply looking for an alternative to incineration and the pollution it brings. Read the Article US Faulted for Undermining Torture Convention Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the US report shows torture is still taking place in quite a few of the 156 countries that have ratified the UN Convention Against Torture and have domestic legislation making torture illegal. Read the Article Neighbors Don't Let Neighbors Frack Melissa Tuckey, OtherWords: Fracking facilities are located near schools, farms and homes. Our regulatory system is failing these families while increasing profits for the fossil-fuel and chemical industries. Read the Article This week in Speakout: Jay A. Stout maintains that buying a trouble-plagued new fighter jet that is running $163 billion over budget and close to a decade behind schedule is a bad idea; Robert Augustus Masters reflects on how we must transform cultural sanctioning of rape so as not to trivialize it; Michael Nigro's photo essay demonstrates the metaphorical quicksilver properties of the marches in NYC for Eric Garner; Daria M. Brezinski reflects on the implications for archaeological interpretations of the scribbling and artifacts discovered from past civilizations of children's ability to learn higher level mathematics and geometry through storytelling; Lee Camp proves we live in a racist society; Emanuel E. Garcia explains why the long arm of the law "has itchy fingers"; Upstate Drone Action notes that Mark Colville, a Catholic Worker from New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced on five charges stemming from his protest against drones at Hancock Air National Guard Base last year; Michael N. Nagler looks at the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism in light of Ferguson; Jeffrey McCord describes how the pristine Coral Bay and its unique sailing community are threatened by a proposed mega-yacht marina; Jim McCluskey questions the sanity of nuclear warriors; Huma Munir suggests a certain continuity in efforts to repress knowledge; and more. Read the Articles | 
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