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David Cameron has repeatedly refused to explain why the British government agreed to a “squalid” deal with Saudi Arabia, as the country prepares to behead and crucify a teenager for engaging in pro-democracy protests during the Arab Spring. 
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The TransPacific Partnership is being negotiated in secret among a few countries that are most heavily influenced by corporate lobbyists. Lobbyists who sign a non-disclosure agreements get seats at the negotiating table, but members of Congress, the press, and normal humans are kept in the dark. Congress is being asked to "fast track" the process, short-circuiting the open and transparent democratic process in favor of one in which corporations influence the fine print on a document that gets and up or down vote once it finally disclosed and too late to change anything. The only reason for secrecy is fear that an informed democratic society would reject it. That's why we, the people, must know, and we must know now. Humans are not an inferior race to corporations.
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In celebration, we invite you to host a Sundance Rising Viewing Party as a lead up to your 2014 One Billion Rising for Justice events. Gather activists, volunteers, community members, and organizations in houses, dorms, movie theaters, stadiums, auditoriums, parks, and malls between 19 January to 25 January to screen the film and help build momentum for this years initiatives, while honoring last years accomplishments.
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Jen Wilton explains how geospatial mapping can help advance environmental and social justice.
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Earlier this month, I met with David Keyes, the executive director of Advancing Human Rights, about his new platform, Movements.org.
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Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta [2215], one of the great events in the establishment of civil and human rights, will arrive. Whether it will be celebrated, mourned, or ignored is not at all clear.
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