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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Why Detroit's "Bankruptcy" Distracts From Attack on Constitution
Detroit is the victim of dishonest politicians colluding with banks and other corporate predators, and we are now witnessing the late stages of an extended municipal lynching — the natural expression of contemporary American capitalism.
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Young Europeans Against Austerity Launch "Troika Party" to Run in 2014
“This type of campaigning will play a key role in bringing political messages to sectors of the population that are not yet politicized," says Spain's Emma Avilés, "contributing to the multi-level European struggle against the E.U. crisis regime.”
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Snowden Revelations Prompt UN Investigation Into Surveillance
The UN's senior counterterrorism official says Snowden's revelations "are at the very apex of public interest concerns."
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Why Seattle's Socialist City Councilor Expects Not to Be a Rarity for Long
Kshama Sawant, rising from the Occupy movement, hopes to be the first of many new anti-corporate politicians in America.
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How False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions Are Betraying U.S. Justice System
It's a largely unknown fact that police during interrogations are allowed to present false information to extract a confession — and that once the confession is made, even other evidence such as DNA often fails to overturn the conviction.
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Thanksgiving Is National Day of Mourning for Native Peoples in Historic Massachusetts Town
Led by the United American Indians of New England, the yearly NDOM protest in Plymouth seeks to set the historical record straight – in the exact location where indigenous history was first buried in favor of a more agreeable tradition.
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Pope Francis Issues Manifesto Denouncing Global Economic "Tyranny"
In a major indictment of capitalism and free markets, Pope Francis criticized "the structural causes of inequality" and urged global leaders to fight poverty and provide work, healthcare and education to all.
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Why Monsanto and Trans-Pacific Partnership Equal Global Food Dominance
World food control has nearly been achieved by reducing plant diversity through GMO seeds made by transnational corporations. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, our food, health, environment and financial system will belong fully to the corporations.
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New German Coalition Seeks Stricter Labeling of GMO-Fed Meat
Tougher regulations to label GMO-fed meat could have a big impact on livestock production, as many European consumers decide to turn away from eating farm animals fed with GMOs.
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How A Tobin Tax and Tax Haven Disclosures Could Transform Spain's Economy
If the Spanish financial sector was the main actor involved in the housing bubble and it got a $50 billion bailout, isn't it logical to ask that that sector receive the “austerity treatment” instead of the whole society? Here's how change is going to happen.
