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**Hundreds of Thousands Join National Strike in Colombia in Rebuke to Right-Wing President Iván Duque**

"In Colombia, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Thursday in the largest national strike the country has seen in years. Labor unions, students, teachers, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian activists joined in peaceful marches across urban and rural Colombia as anger mounts …"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/22/colombia_protests_ivan_duque

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**Naomi Klein: Greta Thunberg Is a "Prophetic Voice" in Fight for Climate Justice**

"Renowned activist, author and professor Naomi Klein discusses the importance of youth voices, including 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, in communicating the urgency of the climate justice movement. Klein's new book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," add…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/17/naomi_klein_greta_thunberg_youth_activists

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**How Bolsonaro's Climate Change Denial & Anti-Indigenous Policies Led to Massive Fires in the Amazon**

"In Brazil, fires continue to rage in the Amazon, and new drone footage shows the smoke and flames gathering strength. A vast plume of smoke has spread across South America and the Atlantic Ocean and is visible from space. The fires are also destroying large swaths o…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/28/brazil_jair_bolsonaro_unprecedented_amazon_fires

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**Economist Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela & Killed Over 40,000 Since 2017**

"More than 40,000 people have died in Venezuela since 2017 as a result of U.S. sanctions, according to a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research co-authored by economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot. The report examines how U.S. sanctions have reduced the…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/1/economist_jeffrey_sachs_us_sanctions_have

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**Headlines for March 28, 2019**

"Boeing to Update Software Implicated in Crashes of 737 MAX Jets, Federal Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirements, Migrant Asylum Seekers in El Paso Detained in Open-Air Parking Lot, Trump Says Puerto Rico Received Too Much Aid After Hurricane Maria, Florida Police Identify Second Parkland Survivor Who Died by Suicide, Rep. Ilhan Omar Challenges Trump Admin Rule Easing…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/28/headlines

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**Justice for Stephon Clark: Protests Erupt as DA Fails to Charge Cops Who Killed Unarmed Black Father**

"Protests in Sacramento continue more than a week after the county's district attorney announced the two police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old, unarmed African American Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard last year will not face criminal charges. Since the…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/12/justice_for_stephon_clark_protests_erupt

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**War Crimes in Yemen? U.S. & U.K. Arms Killed & Injured Nearly 1,000 Civilians in Saudi-Led Attack**

"As Yemen faces the world's worst humanitarian crisis, a major new report has been released documenting the role that the U.S. and Europe have played in the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the Saudi- and UAE-led war on Yemen. A group of organizations, including a Yemen-based human rights o…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/7/war_crimes_in_yemen_us_uk

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**The Infiltrators: How Undocumented Activists Snuck Into Immigration Jail to Fight Deportations**

"An immigrant rights activist has been detained in Florida just weeks after he appeared in an acclaimed film at the Sundance Film Festival about activists infiltrating and exposing for-profit immigrant detention jails. Claudio Rojas was apprehended on Wednesday by Immigra…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/4/the_infiltrators_how_undocumented_activists_snuck

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**Headlines for February 26, 2019**

"India Launches Airstrikes in Pakistan Amid Mounting Tension, U.S. Announces New Sanctions on Venezuela as Lima Group Opposes Military Intervention, Univision Reporter Jorge Ramos Briefly Detained in Venezuela, Trump and Kim to Meet in Vietnam for 2nd North Korean Summit, Reports: Michael Cohen to Accuse Trump of Criminal Conduct in Congressional Hearing, Climate Change M…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/26/headlines

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**Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction**

"As world leaders struggle to agree on a plan to curb global emissions at the U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, we look at Costa Rica's plan to go fossil-free beginning next year. It will be the first country in the world to decarbonize its economy. Costa Rica generates more than 90 pe…"

http://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/13/fossil_free_costa_rica_how_one

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**A Century After WWI's End, Adam Hochschild Cautions: "Think Long and Hard Before Starting a New War"**

"Between 1914 and 1918, about 10 million civilians perished in World War I, and almost 10 million soldiers were killed. Another 21 million were wounded. This week marks the 100th anniversary of the celebrated armistice credited with ending the war. But the agreement, which signified …"

http://www.democracynow.org/2018/11/12/a_century_after_wwis_end_adam

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