LAWRENCE WITTNER – The people of the world have a great deal to gain by strengthening international organizations that are genuinely committed to fostering peace.
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Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans-and That Humans Are Required to Protect It
KATIE SURMA – An judge invoked the power of the government to act as a guardian for those who cannot care for themselves.
Republican Small Government Aspirations Exposed
LAWRENCE WITTNER – The Republican Party has stood up with remarkable consistency for the post-9/11 U.S. government policies of widespread surveillance, indefinite detention without trial, torture, and extraordinary rendition. It has also supported government subsidies for religious institutions, government restrictions on immigration and free passage across international boundaries, government denial of collective bargaining rights for public sector workers, government attacks on public use of public space (for example, the violent police assaults on the Occupy movement), and government interference with women’s right to abortion and doctors’ right to perform it.