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.
Advocacy & Reforms
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Move Over, D.C: The Minimum Wage Fight Is Going Local Across the Nation
From San Diego and L.A. to cities across the Bay Area, and from South Dakota to Arkansas, policy makers are looking to raise local wage floors, reflecting the growing economic insecurity of working families.
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Today, I Help Keep the Internet Free
The Internet Is yours. If you do not stand up to be counted, you will lose this information and communication tool as you have come to know it.
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The People's Platform: Rise of the Digital Proletariat
Astra Taylor reminds us that the Internet cannot magically produce revolution.
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Spanish Citizens Are Now Funding Their Own Solar Power Cooperatives
We have to change the 20th century paradigm, where energy equals fossil fuels, and citizens are seen as mere consumers.
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Pope Renews Call for Wealth Redistribution As U.S. Religious Progressives Gain Ground
Pope Francis on Friday cited the Bible in his call for a “legitimate redistribution of economic benefits,” while social scientists see a growing U.S. religious movement for social justice.
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Strike Debt Bay Area Elevates Jubilee Message – Debt Forgiveness – to the Forefront
From debtors assemblies to study groups, Strike Debt Bay Area uses debt as a platform for collective action and resistance.
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Higher Ed, Not Debt: A Coalition Tackles America’s Student Financial Crisis
Occupy Wall Street activist Nelini Stamp of the Working Families Party talks about the new “Higher Ed, Not Debt” campaign that Elizabeth Warren helped launch.
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How Wall Street Financial Fees Choke Our Cities
L.A. is on the hook for millions of dollars in the same scheme that has plagued cities across America.
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Food, Energy, Finance: A Solutions Movement Takes Root In Northern California
The Sustainable Enterprise Conference here last week showed the abundant wealth being generated, and shared, in a community where resilient food, energy and economic systems are all falling in sync.
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United We Stand Music Fest Calls on Young People to Seize Politics – And Power
The unique brand of politics, activism and music coming together for a single festival is designed to inspire America’s youth to educate themselves and exercise their civil liberties.
