In India, Farmers Stage 2-Month Opposition to Oil Refinery, Refusing to Give Up Land

Farmers in the Indian state of Rajasthan have been protesting since March against a government plan to hand over their ancestral lands to an oil refinery without adequate compensation.

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Target, Other Major Retailers, Announce Boycott of GE Salmon

Along with mega-retailer Target, the total number of companies committed to not selling genetically engineered seafood now stands at 59 retailers representing 4,662 grocery stores across the U.S.

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Cooperative Economics: Replacing a Capitalism in Collapse

My co-op house in Madison, Wisconsin, is just one example of cooperative economics replacing the outdated corporate capitalist model.

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Inequality Alert: The Sweden Riots and What They Mean

The riots shaking Stockholm stem from many sources — including that this country has seen the biggest surge in inequality of any OECD nation in the past 15 years.

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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline

Amidst the ongoing jobs-vs-environment debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, one voice is noticeably absent: the bitumen workers in Canada who are largely against long-term tar sands extraction and the building of the pipeline.

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What Would Happen if Everyone Actually Did Move Their Money?

What would the economy look like if big banks were disempowered?

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You Are Not a Loan: Strike Debt and the Challenge of the Rolling Jubilee

We purchase the debt like a debt buyer, but instead of trying to collect on it we abolish it.

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Thousands Around World Marched Against Monsanto

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto and genetically modified foods.

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Gas Industry Successfully Overturns Colorado Fracking Ban

The Fort Collins city council, buckling under the threat of a lawsuit by the oil and gas industry, decided last week to overturn a ban on hydraulic fracturing that had been in place for only a few months.

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Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Interrupts Obama's Counterterror Speech

Even Medea Benjamin was surprised she managed to get into President Barack Obama's major national security address at National Defense University.

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