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Human Rights

Drones: A Terror in the Sky

The near constant presence of CIA drones “terrorises” much of the civilian population of Pakistan’s tribal areas according to a new report. Men, women, and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fe...
by Inquire Magazine
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North America
International Political Forum

Hillary Hysteria

If you have been keeping up with the news, there is hardly a day that goes by, in which former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not featured. Her recent book publication has everyone from the far ri...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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Brazil

Snowden, the NSA, and Latin America: Beyond the headlines

If you were to read only the headlines of US news covering the controversy surrounding Edward Snowden and the NSA’s surveillance in Latin America over the last two weeks, it would be easy to think that Latin America was a ...
by Anita Chan
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North America

The United Corporations of America

We all know that since the ground breaking Supreme Court Case “Citizens United”, a long neglected minority has finally gotten the rights that they have long since been denied. Corporations are numbered at a fraction of the ...
by Kurt Steiner
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Asia
International Political Forum

Democracy – A Means Or An End? Lessons From China

Hilary Clinton, as Secretary of State, recently claimed the Chinese government was ‘trying to stop history by opposing the advance of democracy’. Indeed, since the West first adopted democracy as their uniform political sys...
by Lloyd Pinnell
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North America

WATCH: Why do they hate us?

“Itching to use force and then pretending it’s because we had no choice.” Bill Maher’s summation of American Foreign Policy is more than simply satire. It represents a view of the United States that many outside the Wes...
by Miro Ralston
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Africa

This is not Islam

We in the West can all too easily believe that every Muslim wishes to kill in the name of religion. The protests that have swept across the Muslim world over the past several days are nothing to do with the inflammatory anti-Is...
by Gareth Lewis
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North America
International Political Forum

Despite Poor Results, Globe University Focuses On “Selling Education”

In July of 2012, after a two-year investigation, the Senate HELP Committee released a scathing report on the for-profit college industry. The investigation found that many of these schools charge a much higher tuition, have low...
by Kyle McCarthy
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Europe
International Political Forum

No Room For Negotiation At The Geneva Syria Peace Talks

The violent Syrian conflict, which began 3 years ago and which has a current death toll of over 130,000, has highlighted the regional conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and further polarized relationships from Washington...
by Esma Mneina
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