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From Baghdad to Kyiv to Haiti, people everywhere are rising up. The U.S. is a big part of the problem. | Will Bunch

Mass protests engulf a stunning number of nations on every continent. The common link? Corruption. America has enabled this.

Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters who set fires and close a street during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The spontaneous protests were sparked by endemic corruption and lack of jobs.
Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters who set fires and close a street during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The spontaneous protests were sparked by endemic corruption and lack of jobs.Read moreHadi Mizban / AP
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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