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Eye in the Sky: Surveillance and the art of Arnold Mesches

October 21, 2014 By JoAnn Wypijewski

The manuscripts in question: Mesches' FBI file, 1945 to 1972; Arny, as he calls himself, is 91.

Colombian court turns down political prisoner Liliany Obando’s appeal

April 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Obando is a sociologist and documentary filmmaker. A week before her arrest, she issued a report documenting the murders of 1500 FENSUAGRO union members. FENSUAGRO is Colombia's largest agricultural workers' union.

Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir

November 22, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.

Iraq: The struggle for new labor and trade union laws

November 21, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Progress on enacting a new trade union law in Iraq is still stalled.

Sudanese rise up against massive price hikes, repression

September 27, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and neighboring Omdurman, as well as Port Sudan and other parts of the country, are being rocked by mass protests and government repression, with the loss of at least 70 lives so far...