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Iceland's Pirate Party Makes Strong Showing in New Election

#NoDAPL: Native American Leaders Vow to Stay All Winter, File Lawsuit Against Police

Common Dreams staff

Native American leaders vowed on Saturday to protest through the winter against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water resources and sacred lands and are planning lawsuits over police treatment of arrested protesters.

Mikhail Gorbachev Appeals for Sanity, Dialogue

John Scales Avery

OSLO - President Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union and...

Filmmaker Facing 30 Years for Documenting Climate Action Stands Resolute, Determined

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A documentary filmmaker who could face more than 30 years in prison for merely...

Supreme Court Will Rule on Long-Delayed Transgender Rights Case

With Progressives Ready in the Wings, No Post-Election Honeymoon for Clinton

FBI to Review Additional Clinton Emails as Part of Server Probe

Clinton Breaks DAPL Silence With Statement That Says 'Literally Nothing'

With Sights Set on COP22, Group Offers Roadmap for 'Fair Future' in Warming World

'All-Out War' in North Dakota as Police Arrest 141 Water Protectors

Just Weeks After Matthew, Global Community Has Forgotten Haiti

'Unbelievable': Right-Wing Militia Found Not Guilty After Armed Standoff in Oregon

'Victory': The World's Largest Marine Sanctuary Was Just Created

Armed With Riot Gear, Militarized Police Begin Forcibly Clearing DAPL Protest Camp

US Votes 'No' As UN Adopts Landmark Resolution Calling to Ban Nuclear Weapons

FCC Passes Sweeping Internet Privacy Rules in 'Big Win for Civil Rights'

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Criming While White Vs. Saving What Is Sacred In This World

This week gave us an appalling view of American "justice" in all its white privilege and cognitive dissonance: The acquittal of a bunch of ignorant, armed, white, male hooligans who laid boisterous claim to Oregon land that was never theirs, and the tear-gassing, shooting and arrest of peaceful, praying Standing Rock Sioux seeking to protect their own revered land/water from destruction - to "do something good and right." After 500 brutal years, shame, America, again.