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Political power comes from using hard-won freedoms

January 10, 2012 By Tim Mills

Genuine power of the people comes from using our freedom, as in freedom of speech and the vote.

The Kenyan roots of the Occupy movement

January 2, 2012 By Nick Bart

With the presidential election looming over 2012, we should take a cue from our Kenyan brothers and sisters. We need to take our analysis of the gross negligence of our financial institutions into the electoral arena.

Chicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback

December 1, 2011 By John Bachtell

They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.

GOP’s empty rhetoric on Obama’s immigration record

November 8, 2011 By Matias Ramos

A record 400,000 people are being deported each year under Obama, who took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now Republicans are accusing him of treason.

Bolivia: the trouble over TIPNIS, a 21st century challenge

October 31, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The proposal for a 191 mile segment of highway that would pass through Bolivia's TIPNIS natural reserve and indigenous property is drawing strong protests and heated debate.