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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Top U.S. Companies Ditched A.L.E.C. – Now Time For Politicians to Do the Same
Corporate America has turned against the conservative group's radical agenda of denying climate change, defunding public services and curtailing workers' rights – so what's preventing our representatives from following suit?
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How Public Banking is Winning the West
From Washington and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, the movement to create city and regional public banks is heating up.
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Americans Are Enslaved By the Most Dependent Of Us All – the Wealthy
We have been programmed to believe that capital takes preeminence over humanity, that those with capital are entitled to be the arbiters of everyone’s success or failure – and that capital determines one's worth.
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Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks – From North Dakota to Switzerland
Despite the benefits they offer, publicly-owned banks could wind up getting sued for unfair competition under the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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California Foreclosed: Robert Somerton and the Battle with Bank of America
"Having a branch manager place me under citizens arrest for 'trespassing' is Bank of America's way of criminalizing a homeowner," said Robert Somerton, whose foreclosure sale is this Sunday, Feb. 15.
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Occupy the Green Party: Why Support for Britain's Political Left Is Surging
Why are people finally sitting up and taking notice of the Greens? Occupy.com spoke to new party members and key party figures.
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Leading the Reality Party – Sometimes From Bed – Bez Says to U.K. Voters "Join the Revolution"
The Reality Party’s message is "No, it’s not the immigrants' fault. The bankers caused austerity and the mess we’re in."
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Blueprint For Sharing as Source Of Global Economic Change
Sharing wealth, power and resources is central to the formation of a growing movement of global citizens for a healthy planet – and here's how we're doing it.
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Net Neutrality Victory: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Declares "The Internet Must Be Fast, Fair and Open"
After facing a deluge of 4 million public comments, Wheeler announces "the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC... assuring the rights of internet users to go where they want, when they want."
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Green Party Resurgence In UK Fueled By Smart Policies to Address Housing and Unemployment
As the Green Party sees a huge surge in popularity in the run-up to Britain's General Election in May, its leaders are proposing an alternative policy to unemployment that would make sure nobody lives in fear of losing their home.
