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Human Rights & Dignity for All: Activists Around the World Fight the Repression of Sexual Minorities

Authors: International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Summary:

Rivera fought a landmark lawsuit, bringing issues of gender identity into the public view, finally winning the right for trans people in Chile to legally change their name and sex.

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Breathing Life into the Struggle: Victories for Indigenous Peoples & Transnational Allies

Indigenous Child
Authors: Paula Palmer

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Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Militarism in Venezuela: Warning Signs of Dictatorship?

Student Protestors
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:Chávez says he plans to emulate repressive regimes around the world.

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Venezuela's Constitutional Referendum: Polarizing Politics

Book Cover- Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era
Authors: Daniel Hellinger

Summary:

The referenda pits supporters of populist reform against opponents of states of emergency.

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Reconfiguring Democracy: Venezuela's New Communal Councils Confront Bureaucracy

Demonstrators
Authors: Kendra Fehrer Ponniah

Summary:

Democracy means participation.

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From the Editor's Desk

Global Regimes by Type- Graph
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:

Democracy is the outcry of dissent.

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Liberating the Tools We Need to Write

Liberating the Tools We Need to Write
Authors: Louis Suárez-Potts

Summary:

Open source software can prevent monopolistic companies from controlling how we communicate.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

"More People than We Can Imagine": An Interview with Chico Whitaker

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Authors: Ole von Uexkull

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Attending the World Social Forum makes people feel happy because they discover that it is possible to do politics without having to fight for power.

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The Human Costs of War in Colombia

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Authors: Jessica Walker Beaumont Natalia Cardona

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When these communities and their leaders refuse to cooperate with the military, they are treated as terrorists -- a pattern being recreated across the nation, largely as a result of the US-funded war on drugs and terror.

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Women's Rights are Human Rights: Ending Gender Violence Worldwide

Authors: Irene Schneeweis

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Amidst armed conflict, humanitarian disaster, and entrenched gender inequality, these organizations struggle to end violence against women and girls.

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