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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Organizing Power: Fight for $15 To Join Chicago Teachers Union In April 1 Strike
This Friday will be the first time fast-food workers strike at the same time as teachers, as the Fight for $15 movement teams up with the Chicago Teachers Union in a one-day walk-out.
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Rockefeller Family Charity To Withdraw All Investments In Fossil Fuel Companies
A fund of the multi-billion dollar Rockefeller family said it would divest from all fossil fuel holdings “as quickly as possible" – singling out ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, which it called “morally reprehensible.”
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40 Millionaires Ask New York Governor to Raise Taxes On the 1%
“As New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from the economic vibrancy of our state, we have both the ability and the responsibility to pay our fair share,” the millionaires said in an open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers.
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Europe’s Real Debate: Shall the People End or Transform the European Union? Part I
The message of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 is simple: The continent must democratize, rapidly, or it will collapse into authoritarianism and fascism.
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Post Pink Tide: Another World Is Still Possible
There has been little investment in Latin America's health and education, as social programs were created to increase consumption, making more families dependent on the financial system.
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U.S. and Canada Promise to Lead World To Low-Carbon Economy
The shared vision unveiled by Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau on Thursday commits the two countries to promote North American carbon markets, widely cap oil and gas well emissions, and protect at-risk indigenous communities.
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Why Are There Suddenly Millions of Socialists in America?
It used to be a dirty word. Bernie Sanders helped remove the stigma – but it’s the spectacular failure of capitalism that has really changed people’s minds.
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The Financial Turn-Around Starts Here: A Public Bank for Santa Fe
Banking on New Mexico believes the time is right for a better long-term strategy that includes a public bank to invest our public funds – interest earned from taxes, fees and fines we all pay – back into our community.
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Europe Needs A Plan B: Radical Political Change Is Coming
With Yanis Varoufakis at the helm of a recent weekend gathering in Madrid, workshops and debates fed into a concluding statement that called for no less than a democratic revolution across Europe.
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US agency reaches 'holy grail' of battery storage sought by Elon Musk and Gates
The breakthrough in next generation battery technology could transform America's electrical grid within five to 10 years, said the research agency Arpa-E – which seized on a discovery hotly pursued by Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others.
