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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How the Women of Guatemala Rocked May Day
May 1 events in the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala are traditionally festive, but not in recent memory have Antigua’s workers, peasants and unions organized a May Day march like this year's.
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Philly, Where It All Began
May Day's over, but take heart: Summer's here, and with it, music and mischief.
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This May 15, Another City is Possible
On May 15, join thousands in a mass convergence at Times Square for the culmination of a week of actions against austerity and corporate greed.
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Only We Can Stop These Pipeline Dreams
The rush to exploit "extreme energy" sources such as tar sands and mountain top coal has sparked angry protests because of the devastating environmental consequences.
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Can the Indignados Reignite the Occupy Movement?
Spring re-occupations have largely failed here in North America. The May Day General Strike was stifled by aggressive, preemptive policing that neutralized Occupy’s signature moves. In light of these challenges, Saturday’s rebirth of the indignados could be a tactical turning point.
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ALEC and Koch Industries Aim to Subvert Green Energy
A confidential strategy memo advises using "subversion" to build a national movement of wind farm protesters. "Local anti-wind groups are coordinating and working with national fossil-fuel funded advocacy groups to wreck the wind industry."
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The Occupation of U.C. Berkeley
Last Friday, thirty black, Latina/o and other underrepresented minority students who were rejected admission to U.C. Berkeley and UCLA began occupying the U.C. Berkeley undergraduate admissions office.
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Letter from Charlotte: Building the Coalition
Occupy Charlotte is aware that the Democratic National Convention is coming in September. So the question is not really about whether to work with other groups, but how.
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Spanish Indignados Return to Their Squares
On Saturday, the one-year anniversary of the M15 movement brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets again in nearly 80 Spanish cities.
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Chicago Readies for NATO
Protesters arriving for ten "Days of Action" in Chicago are focusing on an array of issues - education funding, immigrant detention, foreclosures, the environment, economic inequality - while protesting against NATO.
