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.
Organized Resistance
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Uniting for a Green New Deal
The Green New Deal provides an opportunity for transformational changes, not just reform, but changes that fundamentally solve the crises we face at all levels, in our towns and cities, states and nationally.
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Huge Teachers' Strike in Los Angeles Brings District of 640,000 To a Halt
Thousands of educators are demanding smaller class sizes and better resources: ‘We’re here to stand up for our students’
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Shutoffs Continue As People of Detroit Fight for Water As A Human Right, Part II
The activists working hardest against the water crisis in Detroit are high school students, college professors, priests and volunteers – all disrupting a system that side-stepped popular votes.
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Why Thousands of Los Angeles Teachers are Going on Strike
The second-largest school district in the country joins a growing national movement for better school funding and higher teacher
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Indians March En Masse With Farmers Who Are Choosing Protest Over Death
“Today the farmer is a political force. Those who ignore our voices do so at their own peril.”
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Rebel Cities 18: Eight Years After Jasmine Revolution, Jemna Is Tunisia's Oasis of Hope
A wave of protests and progress has swept the north African nation since its Jasmine Revolution ushered in the Arab Spring eight years ago. Tunisia is still blazing a democratic path forward.
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Why The Public Banking Movement Is Up Against the Ropes In 2019
The movement must go left to go forward.
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Shining Bright: The Promise of the Sunrise Movement
Composed of activists from high school age to their mid-20s, the Sunrise Movement formed to challenge power by targeting Congresspeople and tackling the climate crisis in a loud, uniquely jubilant voice.
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Shutoffs Continue As The People of Detroit Fight for Water As a Human Right
“A lot of people in Detroit are choosing water over medicine, water over rent, water over new shoes for their kids,” said Shea Howell, a member of Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management.
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Opportunities for the Movement In 2019 and Beyond
Three big possibilities for change await: the 2020 elections, the decline of U.S. empire and an economic slowdown.
