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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From Mob Assaults to Murder, Egypt’s Battle with Sexual Violence Enters New Phase
More than 99% of Egyptian women experience sexual harassment, according to a recent UN report, and sexual violence against women is only beginning to gain recognition in the aftermath of the country's revolution.
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Protesters at State Department Mount Latest Challenge to Keystone XL Pipeline
200 people attended Monday's demonstration outside the U.S. State Department, and 60 risked arrest, as pressure builds against the government to cancel the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
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Nez Perce Leaders Arrested During 4-Day Idaho Blockade of Tar Sands Megaload
During dauntless and strategic blockades, the Nez Perce nation has been taking a stand for preserving pristine lands, their lands, from being violated and despoiled.
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Can Activists Win the PR Battle With the Fossil Fuel Industry?
There is ample evidence about ways that local and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as the company responsible for building the Keystone XL pipeline, are working together to undermine peaceful political protest.
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13 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests and the Moral Monday Movement Sweeping North Carolina
“Mountain Moral Monday” in Asheville on August 5 drew more than 10,000 people, as actions are traveling from Raleigh to multiple Congressional districts and counties in North Carolina.
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Speaking of Resistance, The Gezi Park Forums Have Spread Across Turkey
The June 15 police crackdown that violently pushed protesters out of Gezi park has given occasion to organize more elaborate “forums” and “people’s assemblies” in dozens of public parks of Istanbul and across Turkey.
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on ALEC Convention In Chicago
A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups is making it clear that the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council isn’t welcome in the union town.
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The Tide Is Turning Against Privatization in Britain
Despite governments’ slavish devotion to privatization, the British public aren’t at all convinced. A recent poll shows four in five people think there should be an in-house bid when a public service is put out to tender.
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We Are All Connected: Hearing The Message of Indigenous Tribes
In the current United States, from the Indigenous point of view, it is as though a chief can have 99 buffalo for himself while he looks down at the community trying to live on one buffalo. This is a model for community or Tribal extinction.
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The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement
Even with the greatest employment crisis since the 1930s and an unemployment rate for blacks that remains double that of whites, there is no talk of legislation for a federal jobs program to be paid for by taxing the rich.
