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“The Whole Damn System. . ..”
On Sunday, February 5 at about 4pm, I get a phone call from a friend who has access to police scanners and phone calls. He tells me there’s been an officer-involved shooting and have I heard anything about it?
A few minutes before hand, I’…
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A Month’s Notice: Why Burkina Faso Ordered French Troops out of the Country
Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), Ouagadougou’s decision to break military ties with France was not as simple as media sound bites want…
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Through Cold and Snow, and Unarmed, People Try to Keep Their Mountain Out of War
When I tell some people that the inhabitants of certain mountains in Montenegro are trying to protect their home from being turned into a giant military training ground by NATO, they inform me that the training ground (which, up until that monent…
// Opinion
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What happened at the February Free Press Cyber Salon
Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery facilitated the February salon on Zoom. The theme was “Listen to voices of peace in the world of conflict.”
Watch salon video here.
First, he introduced Yurii Sheliazhenko of the Ukrainian…
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