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Oliver Stone | On the Passing of Fidel Castro 
Oliver Stone and Fidel Castro in 2002. (photo: Comandante) 
Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone's Facebook Page 
Stone writes: "Fidel stood always strongly against imperialism and colonialism, as well as racism, and the kind of corporate capitalism that interferes in other nations' right to self-govern." 
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Julian Assange Releases Full Testimony to Swedish Prosecutors Six Years After Sexual Assault Arrest 
Peter Walker, The Independent 
Walker writes: "Julian Assange says he is 'entirely innocent' of rape in his testimony to Swedish prosecutors, which he has defiantly published online." 
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Guns, Grenades, and Facebook: How the Victory at Standing Rock Is a Testament to the Power of Direct Action 
Brendan McQuade, Jacobin 
McQuade writes: "The coming months will be filled with more struggle, more direct action. But already the showdown at Standing Rock has clarified much about the contemporary contours of state repression - and how to beat it." 
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Donald Trump Fires Transition Team Member Michael G. Flynn for Spreading Fake News About 'Pizzagate' 
Matthew Rosenberg, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday fired one of his transition team's staff members, Michael G. Flynn, the son of Mr. Trump's choice for national security adviser, for using Twitter to spread a fake news story about Hillary Clinton that led to an armed confrontation in a pizza restaurant in Washington, DC." 
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Why Is the Obama Administration Opposing Rights for Immigrant Detainees? 
Daniel Denvir, Guardian UK 
Denvir writes: "Non-citizens are often locked up as they fight deportation proceedings, even if they're in the country legally or don't pose a flight risk." 
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Israel's Blockade of Gaza Is Killing Women With Breast Cancer 
Sarah Algherbawi, Electronic Intifada 
Algherbawi writes: "Human rights groups have long documented how Israel has, in effect, sought to blackmail Palestinians who are seriously ill. Patients have been told that they will only be allowed to travel for treatment if they become informers to the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence agency." 
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The Next Standing Rock: Fossil Fuel Battles Loom Across North America 
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress 
Geiling writes: "The Dakota Access pipeline is far from the only pipeline under construction in North America." 
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