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Protestors attacked by police at international AIDS conference

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koreaprotest.jpgAn anti-Free Trade Agreement protest that took place outside an International Congress on AIDS in the Asia Pacific (ICAAP) in Busan in South Korea on 27 August was violently attacked by police. One protestor was illegally detained, while others were dragged, beaten and verbally abused, according to participants at the event, writes Rachel Evans.

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What do the Norway attacks mean for multiculturalism?

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The recent massacres by Anders Breivik in Norway drew the attention of the world to a growing reactionary element in Europe who resent the three Ms – Muslims, multiculturalism and Marxism. So how do these attacks relate to multiculturalism in Europe? By James Jupp.

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Violence shows a lack of imagination

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NonviolenceFrom Tel Aviv to Baghdad, lifelong peace activist Bert Sacks remembers why true transformation comes from the power of nonviolence.

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Why disability tropes matter: supercrips and accommodations

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DisabilityIn a world where each disabled person is taken as a representative of the whole and the voice of the least inconvenient disabled person is believed to be the best authority, the ‘supercrip’ has very real and very dangerous consequences, writes s.e. smith.

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You are never ‘too much’

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TooMuchWe are taught by society to shrink from ourselves. To be afraid and ashamed of the brilliant light that shines inside of us. To play it down, play it cool, be invisible, be downright robotic. Joelle Ruby Ryan says it’s time to stop tip-toeing through life and be loud and visible.

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How can you end racism when you seem to hate Black people?

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RacismAnti-racist groups are just as guilty of promoting negative stereotypes about Black people as white supremists. In fact equating ‘self-destructive’ behaviour with Black culture feeds white supremist attitudes, writes JuJuBe.

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