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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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"Journey for Justice" From Selma to DC, Ends With Demand to Restore the Voting Rights Act
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100 Ohio Officials Tell Governor: Time to Ban Fracking In the State
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With Just 64 Mega Donors, Dark Money Runs the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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"Strength In Union": The Labor Movement Will Be Televised
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Idle No More: From Grassroots to Global Movement
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SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
Nonviolent blockaders of the Keystone XL pipeline have been met with pain compliance tactics, felony charges, a SLAPP suit which uses the language of "eco-terrorism" and what amounts to a police state surrounding their tree village in Winnsboro, Texas.
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Resistance in Texas: More Arrests as Tar Sands Blockade Enters Fourth Week
More than 50 blockaders ried to enter the site where activists have been holding a historic standoff to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, expanding the ongoing Tar Sands Blockade tree village in east Texas, where 10 yesterday were arrested.
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Seven Blockaders Arrested in Livingston Lockdown
Tar Sands Blockade activists halted Keystone XL construction for a full day after locking themselves to a pipeline truck in Livingston, Texas.
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BREAKING: Pipeline Construction Begins, with Protests, in Texas
Blockaders braved a wall of bulldozers early Thursday morning and unfurled banners that warned TransCanada to expect resistance the size of Texas if the company proceeds with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state.
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
