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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#BlackWorkersMatter: Confronting Race to Build a Stronger Movement for Economic Justice
Black workers have been, for the working class as a whole, the canary in the mine. What befalls the black worker inevitably confronts the bulk of the U.S. working class.
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The Movement Lives On: 4 Years Later, Occupy Has Succeeded in Spite of Its Failures
Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices can impact institutions of power all over the world.
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The Ferguson Commission Won't Bring Social Change – Black Lives Matter Will
It just got a lot harder to pretend the suffering in Ferguson, Michael Brown’s death and the explosive reaction after his shooting weren’t all about race now.
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Baltimore Approves $6.4 Million Settlement In Death of Freddie Gray
The settlement could play a role in whether a judge decides to move the trials for the six officers charged in Gray’s death out of Baltimore – a move their defense attorneys say is necessary if the officers are to receive a fair trial.
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The Other 1%: Healing the Wounds Of Native American Tragedies On Turtle Island
Issues of police brutality – like the July killing of Paul Castaway near Denver – are opening the public's eyes to the continuing struggles of Native Americans and other groups unfairly targeted by law enforcement.
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Why Police Killings of Latinos Spark Less Outrage than When Victims are Black
Families of Latinos killed by police are pushing for a Brown Lives Matter movement.
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An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders Supporters
People dying in the streets and living under the thumb of institutional racism don't enjoy the privilege of having their voices heard – so if they have to shut down a campaign event to force people to listen, they'll do it.
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The Green Alternative: Prez Candidate Jill Stein On What It Will Take To Win In 2016
"The public is really hungry for a politics of integrity – and that’s what we’ve got and they don't."
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Ferguson Marks Michael Brown Anniversary with Protests – And Silence
Hundreds gathered on the residential side street where Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot dead by a white police officer last August, igniting national unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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White Officer Pepper-Sprays Crowd At Black Lives Matter Conference In Cleveland
The incident occurred Sunday during protests against the arrest of a 14-year-old.
