Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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At CPUSA conference, delegates look to the future
April 23, 2012"We are gathered at a truly crucial moment in today's history," said Lisa Bergmann, the National Coordinator for the Young Communist League.
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Communists discuss U.S. path to socialism
April 21, 2012One of the things driving their commitment is concern about the growing threat to humanity's future coming from environmental degradation.
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Animal rights activists fighting “Ag-Gag” laws
April 18, 2012Forms of torture such as skinning calves alive, forcing badly injured animals into a slaughter line are made public because activists document them.
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What’s behind savage beatings, killings of metal fans?
April 17, 2012In what appears to be part of a recent uptick in prejudicial attacks on the heavy metal community, 16 year-old metal fan Ben Moores was brutally kicked and beaten by a gang in Lancashire, England.
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Activists say BP cut corners on Gulf oil cleanup
April 13, 2012Protesters and environmental activists declared that the oil company had seriously cut corners in its cleanup of the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Phoenix mayor opposes discrimination against LGBT community
April 12, 2012This development comes after a recent example of such prejudice, in which a lesbian couple was kicked out of a restaurant.
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Golden Gods awards: Damien Echols, musicians speak out
April 12, 2012These teenagers were vilified simply because they looked and dressed differently, and listened to heavy metal.
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Is the sting of Bayer pesticides responsible for bee decline?
April 11, 2012Bayer pesticides, are responsible for the deaths of bees worldwide; despite this fact, the company is refusing to cease its marketing of these hazardous agrochemicals.
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