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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Letter to Libertarians: The People Are The Government
The Tea Party, as well as the Republicans and Democrats, embody corporate values and anti-democratic tendencies that threaten our country’s tradition of popular sovereignty.
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A New and Unusual Alliance Fights Tar Sands in Texas
In the tradition of forest defenders in the Northwest and mountain defenders in Appalachia, the Texas campaign to block the Keystone XL pipeline has embraced escalated direct action performed by people across the social and political spectrum.
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200,000 Greeks March on Parliament to Condemn Austerity
A general strike brought the country to a halt on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of anti-austerity protesters took to the streets in the first mass confrontation with Athens's three-month-old coalition government.
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Elderly Veterans Facing Foreclosure
Veterans are increasingly losing their homes to foreclosure.
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Greek Anti-Austerity Protesters Greeted With Tear Gas
Riot police in Athens have fired tear gas at protesters who in turn have been lobbing stones and petrol bombs in one of the largest anti-austerity demonstrations to hit the Greek capital in months.
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Organizers Tackle Walmart Workers Rights, Florida's Voter Future
Two innovative groups leading the way for increased workers' and citizens' rights — the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OURWalmart) and Florida New Majority — are pushing towards a new form of network organizing.
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Letter from Quebec: They Villified Us, Then We Won
After a wave of student mobilization in Quebec, we can count our victories: on the first day of the new government’s term, it cancelled a tuition hike and repealed an anti-protest law that curbed basic freedoms of expression and assembly.
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How Government Subsidized the Fracking of America
Decades of federal support for natural gas drilling -- through R&D, mapping techniques, cost-sharing programs and billions of dollars in tax credits -- helped businesses commercialize the hazardous fracking landscape we have today.
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High-Tech Farming Brings Locally Grown Food to Oakland
Farmigo, a new form of Community Supported Agriculture in Oakland, connects local farmers and producers to communities and consumers looking for fresh, local and affordable food -- all through an easy online platform.
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In Berlin, Syrian Exiles Are Building Toward a Transitional Government
“Everybody is calling for almost the same thing: a free country, a civil state, democratic models, rule of law and civil authorities.”
