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Meet the Comedians Around the World Who Challenge Government Orthodoxy

By FPIF Staff / Foreign Policy in Focus

Jon Stewart may be the premier political satirist of his generation, but these gadflies from around the world give him a run for his money.

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Mexican Poet Retired His Pen When His Son Was Murdered -- Now He's Turned Tragedy Into a Movement to the End Drug War

By Jamie Haase / AlterNet

'We Are Prepared to Die': Workers in Colombia at General Motors Plant Sew Their Mouths Shut to Protest Backbreaking Labor Conditions

By Miriam Wells / AlterNet

How Ecuador Has Found the Antidote to Rising Food Prices

By Sena Christian / Earth Island Journal

Lobby Group Promoting Killer Drones Shuts Down Dissent

By Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

It's Time to Challenge the Propaganda Regarding Who is Killed by U. S. Drones

Former UK Defense Minister Suggests Dropping Thermonuclear Bombs on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

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Jon Letman / Inter Press Service

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Ray McGovern / Consortium News

Meet the Soldiers Who Refuse to Kill

David Swanson / War Is a Crime

Today's FBI: Spying, Entrapment and Detention

Alex Kane / AlterNet

The Top Ten Differences Between White and Non-White Terrorists

Juan Cole / Informed Comment

Forget the Olympics: Great Britain Beats U.S. in Providing Safety and Healthcare

Leslie Gerwin / AlterNet

Six Million Dollar Men: Will Future Olympians Be Technologically Enhanced?

Charles Q. Choi / Txchnologist

Ireland's Long War: Despite Peace Agreement, Dissidents Continue Their Violent Campaign

Paul Nolan / openDemocracy.net

Indian Rebels' Free Hand Strains Relations with Myanmar

Subir Bhaumik / Asia Times

How a Gay Rights Maverick Helped Topple Iceland’s Government

Lawrence Del Gigante / Inter Press Service

In the Shadow of Paraguay's Coup, Social Movements Mobilize for Democracy

Benjamin Dangl / AlterNet

Meet Bibi Netanyahu's Refusenik Nephew Who Says That Israel Is an Apartheid State

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Democratic Neocons: Party of Liberals Aligns With Extremists on the Israeli Right

Mitchell Plitnick / AlterNet

How Legalizing Drugs Would Strengthen Democracy From Afghanistan to Mexico

Inge Fryklund / Foreign Policy in Focus

How a Group of Women Sails Past Countries' Restrictions on Reproductive Rights

Claire Glass / AlterNet

Obama Has Broken New Ground - In the Unilateral Assassination of People He Deems our Enemy

Glenn Greenwald / Salon

Why Imperial Greed Has a Huge Role to Play in India's Electricity Blackout

Daphne Wysham / Institute for Policy Studies

A Persian Gulf Hotline: What We Need to Stop a War with Iran

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity / Consortium News

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Sarah Kinosian / AlterNet

A Zero-Waste Olympics? Nice Try, But No Gold Medal

Jim Motavalli / Txchnologist

Why People Cave in to Extremist Ideas That Were Once Unthinkable

Glenn Greenwald / Salon

'Soft Necks Will Not Be Slaughtered': Why the Afghan War Needs Peace Talks

Hakim, Kathy Kelly / AlterNet

After Assault on Protester, Israel Lobbyist Forced to Pay Medical Fees

Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

In Buddhist Myanmar, Monks Gone Wild

Andrew Lam / New America Media

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