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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From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter: Where Does Radical Protest Go From Here?
New movements have had more material success than Occupy Wall Street, but the age-old challenge that Occupy put into stark relief remains: will they settle for reform when they came to have a revolution.
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Fight for $15 Becomes Vote for $15 As Nationwide Rallies Target Ballot Box
“Senator Rubio hasn’t helped the low-wage workers who serve him every day. He likes the fancy dishes we prepare, but he doesn’t care that we can’t afford to feed ourselves.”
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Million Student March On Nov. 12 Calls for Free Tuition and End to Debt
“We’re waking up with empty hands and empty pockets and realizing that we shouldn’t be shackled to debt before we even enter the adult world."
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The Morality Of A $15 Minimum
It's becoming more and more common for politicians, and even economists, to say: that no one should be working full time and still remain in poverty.
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Act Out! [31] - Fasting, fracking, Medicare, money in politics & the Pope
This week, from med students to female priests, fasters to the monopoly man, we've got a helluva lineup – first up, let's talk Medicare and why it shouldn't be so ageist.
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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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In Fight for $15, This Strategist Is Going To War To Make McDonald's Pay
Scott Courtney, who is helping steer the low wage movement through the SEIU and union channels, says "this is about lifting up the 64 million American workers who aren’t making enough to live on.”
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The Problem With the Fight for $15 – Not Radical Enough
The Oakland-based activist and performer says workers need to look beyond city councils and form a radical new labor movement – through strikes, stoppages and occupations of the workplace.
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In Latest Victory, New York's Fast Food Workers Get $15 Minimum Wage
On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Wage Board exercised its power to set the new minimum for the fast food industry's 200,000 workers in the state – without requiring approval of the legislature.
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$15 an Hour NOW – Not 5 to 7 Years from Now
Municipal leaders should be commended for acknowledging the current wage is too low – but phasing in a higher wage over many years is unacceptable in an economy where costs of living are rising and wages are falling.
