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The growing movement to change the name of the Washington Redskins football team has scored a surprising victory. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the team's trademark registration after concluding its name and logo are disparaging to Native Americans. The decision does not force the team to change its name, but it could make it more difficult to legally guard the name and logo from use by third parties. The team can reportedly keep the trademark while they appeal. But Native Americans and other critics of the Redskins' brand have hailed the ruling as the latest sign team owner Dan Snyder will inevitably be forced to drop it.

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Mark McDermott is a economic justice and labor educator, member of the Machinists, AFSCME & Steelworkers Unions, co-founded the Seattle Worker Center.

John Nichols: Washington correspondent for 'The Nation', co-author of 'Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America'.

Thousands of people marched in Brazil on Wednesday in one of the largest protests of the 2014 World Cup. Members of the Homeless Workers Movement blocked a major freeway in São Paulo to protest massive spending on the tournament and to call for more affordable housing. In another World Cup city, Porto Alegre, police fired tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators protesting against the international soccer body, FIFA. The peaceful protesters were vastly outnumbered by an army of riot police in military gear. Earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden was in Brazil to watch the United States defeat Ghana 2-1 — and to try to mend ties with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff after revelations of National Security Agency's spying on Brazil, including on Rousseff's personal cellphone. All of this comes as Brazil looks ahead to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, with another round of mass displacement underway.

In London, critics of austerity are vowing to stage more protests after an estimated 50,000 people marched this past weekend. The People's Assembly has called for people in Britain to rise up and defend education, health and welfare in the face of austerity measures introduced by the government. Among the protesters was comedian Russell Brand.

During a three-month span in 2011, U.S. drones killed four American citizens overseas. On September 30, cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in a drone strike in Yemen. Two weeks later, another U.S. drone killed Anwar's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, in Yemen. A month later, a U.S. citizen named Jude Kenan Mohammad was killed in Pakistan. For the past two-and-a-half years, the Obama administration has refused to release its legal rationale for killing American citizens overseas. That changed on Monday when a federal court released a heavily redacted 41-page memo. It concludes the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force gave the U.S. government the authority to target Anwar al-Awlaki, who the Obama administration claims had joined al-Qaeda. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Ron Wyden praised the release of the memo but said it raises many questions. Wyden asked, "How much evidence does the president need to determine that a particular American is a legitimate target for military action? Can the president strike an American anywhere in the world?" Questions also remain over when the United States can kill non-U.S. citizens.

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI-2) talks with Bill Press about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Vice President Joe Biden has announced the United States will hand over internal documents related to Brazil's military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985.The United States backed the coup that overthrew Brazil's government in 1964 and provided support to the ensuing military regime. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was herself a political prisoner under the regime, suffering torture during her time behind bars.

Thom Hartmann discusses gun safety and the NRA's lies that the majority of guns protect people against crimes.

Dave Zirin describes the scene at the World Cup in Brazil that you won't see on TV. In a video taken by the Associated Press on Sunday, a police officer can be seen firing what appears to be a live pistol round at anti-World Cup protesters near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana soccer stadium. Police have reportedly also used tear gas, rubber bullets and noise bombs to disperse demonstrators.

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