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.
Carl Gibson
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The Road to Serfdom: Connecting Detroit, Argentina and Greece
If you want to fully understand the game at play in the bankruptcies and privatization of public assets in Detroit, Argentina, and Europe, play Monopoly.
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The Tipping Point: "How to Oust A Congressman" This Election Season
If you can’t overthrow the government overnight, you might try to unseat a Congressman burdened with an atrocious voting record, something Carl Gibson shows us step-by-step how to do in his new book.
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How Defending Private Intelligence Firm Collaborators Screws Grassroots Activists
Collaborating with such an insidious firm is bad enough, but defending that collaborator in spite of all the evidence that’s been made public is irresponsible and potentially hazardous to activists in the long run.
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Occupy Gezi Through the Eyes of an Occupy Wall Street Organizer
"There was the beautiful solidarity and unity I felt in Zuccotti Park, but also the righteous anger and intensity fueled by police violence that was evident in Tahrir Square," said Justin Wedes, who attended the Istanbul protests.
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Five Ways the U.S. Can Have an Icelandic Revolution
Iceland crowdsourced its new constitution. Can we follow in its footsteps?
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Occupy Gezi Catches Fire in Turkey
A new revolution just began in Istanbul.
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Wall Street, Pay Your Taxes: The Music Video
Early in the morning / I rise up in the street / We quit smokin cigarettes / To have shoes on our feet
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Poor Folks Don't Care About the Stock Market Rally
You know the drill: the rich get richer and the not-rich suffer.
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Barack Romney: The Second-Term Scorecard So Far
If Mitt Romney had prevailed last November, would things really be that much worse than they already are? Since Obama's re-election 19 weeks ago, big banks, fossil fuels and drone warfare have been the favorites.
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Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People
The sequester is simply more proof that our government is putting bank bailouts, military contracts and corporate tax loopholes above the needs of their constituents.
