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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In Vermont, Protesting Utilities on a Mountaintop
The Mountaintop Justice Festival brought hundreds of citizens to one contested mountaintop in southern Vermont to challenge the Vermont Public Service Board, the body responsible for regulating big energy utilities in the state.
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Fighting the Bully on the Playground
Until Rahm the bully stops picking on the teachers in Chicago, the kids are getting a great lesson in how effective nonviolent direct action can be -- and how invigorating it is to stand up to those who try to keep you down.
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Activists Shut Down Monsanto Plant
Nine people were arrested earlier this week when Occupy Monsanto's Genetic Crimes Unit shut down shipping and receiving access points at Monsanto's seed distribution facility in Oxnard, California.
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Criminals Within: The Case Against the DOJ
When it comes to Wall Street, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has managed the Justice Department like...well, like a highly-paid attorney for a prominent Wall Street law firm.
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Jimmy Carter: Citizens United, Financial Corruption Threaten Democracy
"We have one of the worst election processes in the world," the former president says.
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A Radical Solution to Save Homes From Foreclosure
Depending on how you look at it, the plan is either a group of well-meaning 1 percenters looking to ameliorate the foreclosure crisis, or a bunch of rich vultures cashing in on struggling homeowners.
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Live from Virginia, a Worldwide Corporate Power Grab
It is difficult to overstate the potential implications on the lives of people around the world if anything like the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, as viewed through leaked documents, were to be implemented with the force of law.
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Will We Continue to Ignore the Poor?
We've got a problem in this country, though few politicians will say it out loud: poverty.
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Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loan Roundup
At a protest last year at New York University, students called attention to their mounting debt by wearing T-shirts with the amount they owed scribbled across the front — $90,000, $75,000, $20,000.
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Growth is the Problem
The ceaseless expansion of economic exploitation, the engine of global capitalism, has come to an end. Let's not revive it.
