| James Reston James Barrett Reston (November 3, 1909 December 6, 1995) (nicknamed "Scotty") was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid 1930s to the early 1990s. Associated for many years with The New York Times, he became perhaps the most powerful, influential, and widely-read journalist of his era. James_Reston
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| Allan Nairn Allan Nairn (born 1956) is an award-winning U.S. investigative journalist who became well-known when he was imprisoned by the Indonesian military while reporting in East Timor. His writings have focused on U.S. foreign policy in such countries as Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, and East Timor. Nairn was born in Mobile, Alabama to a Puerto Rican mother. In high school, he got a job with consumer activist Ralph Nader, working for him for six years. Allan_Nairn
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| Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haïti Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) () was a paramilitary group organized in mid-1993. Its goal was to undermine support for the popular Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who served less than eight months as Haïti's president before being deposed, on 29 September 1991, by a coup. Front_for_the_Advancement_and_Progress_of_Haïti
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| Felony disenfranchisement Felony disenfranchisement is the term used to describe the practice of prohibiting people from voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony. It therefore restricts universal suffrage; the legitimacy of this is a matter of some controversy. Felony_disenfranchisement
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| Texas Medication Algorithm Project Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) is a decision-tree medical algorithm, the design of which was based on the expert opinions of mental health specialists. It has provided and rolled out a set of psychiatric management guidelines for doctors treating certain mental disorders within Texas' publicly-funded mental health care system, along with manuals relating to each of them. The algorithms commence after diagnosis and cover pharmacological treatment (hence "Medication Algorithm"). Texas_Medication_Algorithm_Project
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| Russil Wvong/Chomsky User_talk:Russil_Wvong/Chomsky
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| Estación Libre Estación_Libre
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| Mission Barrio Adentro Mission Barrio Adentro (English:Mission Inside the Neighborhood") is a Bolivarian national social welfare program established under current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. The program seeks to provide comprehensive publicly-funded health care, dental care, and sports training to poor and marginalized communities in Venezuela. Mission_Barrio_Adentro
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| Fear of youth The fear of youth is called ephebiphobia. First coined as the "fear and loathing of teenagers," today the phenomenon is recognized as the "inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people" in a variety of settings around the world. Studies of the fear of youth occur in sociology and youth studies. Fear_of_youth
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| Alternative press (U.S. political left) alternative press are several subcategories including periodicals published by groups, movements, or individuals affiliated with the U.S. political left. As the word press implies, these are printed publications, as opposed to electronic forms of alternative media.A large number of alternative and radical publications are indexed in the Alternative Press Index published by the Alternative Press Center, which also maintains a list of these periodicals browsable online. Alternative_press_(U.S._political_left)
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| Jaggi Singh Jaggi Singh (born 1971 in Toronto) is one of Canada's most high-profile anti-globalization and social justice activists. A self-described anarchist, Singh lives in Montreal where he works with groups such as Solidarity Across Borders (a local migrant-rights organization) and the No One Is Illegal collective, among others. Singh graduated from St. Michael's College School and attended the University of Toronto. He also attended the University of British Columbia and Concordia University. Jaggi_Singh
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| Stokely Carmichael Talk:Stokely_Carmichael
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| Zionist political violence/Archive 1 Talk:Zionist_political_violence/Archive_1
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| Ernest Wamba dia Wamba Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (born 1942) is a senator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the vice president of the Senate Permanent Commission on Legal and Administrative Matters in the transitional government. Previously, he was commander of the Kisangani faction of the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy during the Second Congo War. He is also a prominent academic and political theorist. Ernest_Wamba_dia_Wamba
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| False flag Talk:False_flag
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| Colour revolution Colour revolutions is a term used to describe related movements that developed in post-communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia in the early 2000s. Some observers have called the events a revolutionary wave.Participants in the colour revolutions have mostly used nonviolent resistance to protest against governments seen as corrupt and/or authoritarian, and to advocate democracy. Colour_revolution
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| Constitution Restoration Act Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 (originally "of 2004") was filed on March 3, 2005 by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Representative Robert Aderholt (R-AL). It is Senate bill S 520 and House of Representatives bill H.R. 1070. It was originally drafted by Roy Moore and his attorney Herb Titus, former vice-presidential candidate of the Constitution Party, in 1996.The central statement of the bill is that, after passing, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in Constitution_Restoration_Act
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| James Baker Institute The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, often shortened to Baker Institute, is a think tank on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1993, it has become a notable center of public policy research. It is named for James Baker, former United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury. James_Baker_Institute
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| Port Mathurin The village of Port Mathurin serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius. It lies on the north coast of the Indian-Ocean island and functions as the administrative, judicial and economic centre of Rodrigues. As the name suggests, it also operates the main harbour of the island. The two ships of the Mauritius Cargo Handling Corporation, namely MV Mauritius Pride and Mauritius Trochetia, anchor here five times every month. Port_Mathurin
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| Adultism Adultism is a predisposition towards adults, which some see as biased against children, youth, and all young people who are not addressed or viewed as adults. Adultism is popularly used to describe any discrimination against young people and is distinguished from ageism, which is simply prejudice on the grounds of age; not specifically against youth. Adultism is ostensibly caused by fear of children and youth. Adultism
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| Michael Klare Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College, defense correspondent of The Nation magazine, and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Michael_Klare
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| CONAIE The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador () or more commonly, CONAIE, is Ecuador's largest indigenous organization. Formed in 1986, CONAIE has pursued social change on behalf of the region's significant native population using a wide range tactics including direct action. CONAIE is most well known for its organization of popular uprisings ("levantamientos populares") that often include blockading of commercial arteries and the takeover of government buildings. CONAIE
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| Allan Nairn Talk:Allan_Nairn
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| New anti-Semitism/Archive 2 Talk:New_anti-Semitism/Archive_2
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| Bruce Levine Bruce E. Levine, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been in practice for more than two decades. Levine's most recent book is Surviving America's Depression Epidemic (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007), which argues that by not seriously confronting societal sources of depression, American mental health institutions have become part of the problem rather than the solution. Bruce_Levine
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| Iran and weapons of mass destruction Talk:Iran_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
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| Politics of Khūzestān Province This article focuses on the politics of Khūzestān Province, an oil-rich and ethnically diverse province of southwestern Iran. Politics_of_Khūzestān_Province
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| T-Bone Slim Matti Valentine Huhta (c.1890? - May 11?, 1942), better known by his pen name T-Bone Slim, was a humourist, poet, songwriter, hobo and labor activist in the Industrial Workers of the World.Very little is known of his early life or his death. He was born in Ashtabula, Ohio to Finnish working class immigrants sometime before the turn of the century, married at a young age, and left the area around 1910, travelling around the United States as a migrant worker, at which point he became a member of the I.W.W. T-Bone_Slim
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| Workers' self-management Worker self-management (or autogestion) is a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree on choices (for issues like customer care, general production methods, scheduling, division of labour etc.) instead of an owner or traditional supervisor telling workers what to do, how to do it and where to do it. Workers'_self-management
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| Requests for arbitration/Trey Stone and Davenbelle/Evidence Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Trey_Stone_and_Davenbelle/Evidence
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| United Nations Security Council veto power United Nations Security Council 'power of veto'veto power wielded solely by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, enabling them to prevent the adoption of any 'substantive' draft Council resolution, regardless of the level of international support for the draft. United_Nations_Security_Council_veto_power
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| United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 377 A, the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, states that, in cases where the United Nations Security Council fails to act in order to maintain international peace and security, owing to disagreement between its five permanent members, the matter shall be addressed immediately by the General Assembly.The Uniting for Peace resolutionAcheson Plan"3 November 1950, after fourteen days of Assembly discussions, by a vote of 52 to 5 (Czechoslovakia, Poland, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic), with 2 abstentions (India and Argentina). United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_377
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| Marxism Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, though the name "Marxism" has been used by many with political perspectives those men would likely reject. Marxism is a political-economic theory that presents a materialist conception of history, a non-capitalist vision of capitalism and other types of society, and a non-religious view of human liberation. Marxism
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| Rutshuru Rutshuru, sometimes called Rushuru, is a town in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is headquarters of an administrative district, the Territoire de Rutshuru. The town lies in the western branch of the Great Rift Valley between Lakes Edward and Kivu. The Ugandan border is 15Rwandan border is 30Lava flows from the Nyamuragira volcano, 40It is the largest town controlled by the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People faction. Rutshuru
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| Iranian Arabs Iranian Arabs () are the Arabic-speaking peoples of Iran. Most Iranian Arabs live in the coastal regions of southern Iran by the Persian Gulf. Iranian Arab communities are also found in Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Iranian_Arabs
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| Mariam Appeal The Mariam Appeal ("the Appeal") was a political campaign in the United Kingdom (UK) established in 1998. The objects of the Appeal as stated in its constitution wereIraq; to highlight the causes and results of the cancer epidemic in Iraq and to arrange for the medical treatment of a number of Iraqi children outside Iraq". The campaign was founded by UK Member of Parliament George Galloway. Princess Sarvath, wife of then Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, was patron of the Appeal. Mariam_Appeal
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| Ableism Ableism is a neologism of United States coinage used to describe effective discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of people who are not disabled. An ableist society is said to be one that treats non-disabled individuals as the standard of ‘normal living’, which results in public and private places and services, education, and social work that are built to serve 'standard' people, thereby inherently excluding those with various disabilities. Ableism
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| Pablo Paredes Pablo Paredes (b. 1981, The Bronx, New York) was a Petty Officer Third Class and weapons-control technician in the United States Navy who refused to board the USS Bonhomme Richard as it deployed to the Persian Gulf, December 6 2004 as part of the Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pablo_Paredes
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| Safdar Hashmi Safdar Hashmi (April 12, 1954 – January 2, 1989) was a Communist playwright, actor, director, lyricist, and theorist, chiefly associated with Street theatre in India, and is still considered an important voice in political theatre in India .He was a founding member of Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front; Janam for short) in 1973, which grew out of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He was brutally murdered in Delhi while performing a street play, Halla Bol. Safdar_Hashmi
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| Chowk.com Chowk is a progressive website with a focus on India and Pakistan. Its goal is to provoke readers go beyond sound bites and uncover truth, however uncomfortable. Chowk.com
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| Bombing of Chongqing Talk:Bombing_of_Chongqing
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| Allen Jones (whistleblower) Allen Jones, who worked as an investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General (OIG), gained widespread attention as a 'whistleblower' after voicing concerns about attempts by the pharmaceutical industry to implement a mental health screening plan, based on the controversial Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), in Pennsylvania. Allen_Jones_(whistleblower)
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| History of Khūzestān Province The history of Khūzestān Province, a province in southwestern Iran, extends from the ancient pre-Aryan Elamite civilization to the modern day Islamic Republic. History_of_Khūzestān_Province
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