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Jill Stein Blasts The Daily Beast’s Ties To Clinton After Attack Against Her Investments
Jill Stein laughs while speaking to the Green Party of Arizona in Mesa, Arizona. March 12, 2016. (Flickr / Gage Skidmore)
October 31, 2016
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Jill Stein Blasts The Daily Beast’s Ties To Clinton After Attack Against Her Investments

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Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein accused The Daily Beast, a popular news and opinion website, of hiding its ties to the Clintons after publishing an attack on Stein’s investment portfolio on Wednesday.

“Jill Stein’s Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another” declared the headline for an analysis of Stein’s investments and finances by Yashar Ali. The article suggests that Stein has millions of dollars invested in mutual funds which support industries she opposes on the campaign trail, including fossil fuels and the military-industrial complex.

“If Mr. Ali is truly interested in conflicts of interest of political candidates and their families, where is his disclosure on the conflict of interest posed by Chelsea Clinton’s position as a director of the corporate owner of the Daily Beast, IAC?”Stein fired back in a detailed response sent to the Daily Beast prior to publication and published to her campaign website in full on Wednesday.

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Green Party Senate Candidate Margaret Flowers Crashes Two-Party Debate
Margaret Flowers (second from right) marches with Cornel West, Cheri Honkala and other activists during the "March for Our Lives" in Philadelphia during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. July 25, 2016. (Flickr / Stephen Melkisethian)
October 28, 2016
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Green Party Senate Candidate Margaret Flowers Crashes Two-Party Debate

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Dr. Margaret Flowers, a Green Party candidate for Senate from Maryland, interrupted a televised debate to protest her exclusion from the forum on Wednesday.

“I’m a candidate on the ballot. I have a statewide campaign. I don’t understand why I’m not up here,” Flowers declared as she briefly occupied the debate stage.

Flowers is running for the seat long occupied by Democratic incumbent Barbara Mikulski, who announced her retirement earlier this year.

During the direct action, Flowers took the stage amid loud applause from the audience and shook hands with her opponents, Democratic nominee Chris Van Hollen and Republican nominee Kathy Szeliga, both of whom agreed to debate Flowers.

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Over 100 Arrested In Brutal Police Crackdown On Standing Rock ‘Water Protectors’
Activists rally at Minneapolis City Hall to support the 'water protectors' blocking the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. October 25, 2016. (Flickr / Fibonacci Blue)
October 28, 2016
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Over 100 Arrested In Brutal Police Crackdown On Standing Rock ‘Water Protectors’

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Law enforcement commenced a violent crackdown on Native American activists blocking construction on the Dakota Access pipeline on Thursday, resulting in over 100 arrests and multiple injuries.

At least 107 people were arrested and both Native American “water protectors” and members of the media were harmed when hundreds of militarized riot police, accompanied by armored vehicles and the National Guard, stormed a blockade on North Dakota Highway 1806 and an accompanying encampment.

Among the injured was Derrick Broze, an independent journalist reporting for MintPress News from the Standing Rock Sioux reservation this week. He was shot with pepper spray and shocked with a “less-lethal” taser. Police also took his smartphone, which he had been using to document the day’s events via Facebook Live.

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Noam Chomsky: US Commenced Plan To Dominate ‘Grand Area’ Of The Globe After WWII
President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with U.S. troops in Vietnam. December 23, 1967. (Wikimedia Commons / White House)
October 27, 2016
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Noam Chomsky: US Commenced Plan To Dominate ‘Grand Area’ Of The Globe After WWII

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World War II marked a crucial turning point for U.S. empire building and the growth of global capitalism, according to the historical analysis of noted political philosopher and scholar Noam Chomsky.

Chomsky examined U.S. domination of world affairs in “Who Owns The World?,” a speech he delivered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2012. In May, he published a book, “Who Rules The World?,” which examines similar themes.

He revisited the topic in a recent conversation with Zain Raza, a senior editor at the independent media outlet acTVism Munich. An excerpt from that conversation was published on Tuesday as part of acTVism Munich’s “Reexamining History” series.

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Beyond Dakota Access: Energy Transfer Partners Pipelines To Ferry Fracked Gas To Mexico
A fracking site burns off excess natural gas. New Mexico, February 16, 2015. (Flickr / WildEarth Guardians)
October 26, 2016
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Beyond Dakota Access: Energy Transfer Partners Pipelines To Ferry Fracked Gas To Mexico

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Even as Native American activists continue to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota and the three other states along its planned 1,100 mile trail, U.S. energy pipeline infrastructure — and opposition to it — is expanding elsewhere.

In May, the Obama administration approved two pipeline projects by Energy Transfer Partners, the driving force behind the Dakota Access pipeline. The Trans-Pecos and Comanche Trail pipelines will carry fracked gas from Texas into Mexico, where it will supply the Mexican energy grid.

“Together, the pipelines will take natural gas obtained from fracking in Texas’ Permian Basin and ship it in different directions across the U.S.-Mexico border, with both starting at the Waha Oil Field,” wrote Steve Horn, a research fellow at DeSmogBlog, on Sept. 20.

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North Dakota ‘Water Protectors’ Reclaim Land, Build New Camps To Block Dakota Access Pipeline
A banner reads "Leave It In The Ground" as Minneapolis activists protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. October 25, 2016. (Flickr / Fibonacci Blue)
October 25, 2016
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North Dakota ‘Water Protectors’ Reclaim Land, Build New Camps To Block Dakota Access Pipeline

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In response to the fast pace of pipeline construction and mounting pressure from an increasingly violent police presence, activists opposed to the Dakota Access pipeline are expanding their efforts to block construction in North Dakota.

More than 125 “water protectors” were arrested over the weekend during multiple nonviolent direct actions aimed at halting construction of the 1,100-mile pipeline which is slated to run through four states.

Armored riot police attacked a march on Saturday with tear gas and arrested 83 people on charges ranging from assault on a peace officer to rioting and criminal trespass. Police also shot down two camera drones operated by Native American journalists.

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