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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Lawmakers Across the U.S. are Finding Ways to Turn Protesting Into a Crime
Recently, a new array of state and local level proposals has sought to regulate dissent, seemingly prompted by Black Lives Matter, pro-environmental, and anti-Trump protests.
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Speak No Evil: Many Americans Don’t Know It, but Their Employers Can Censor Their Political Speech
"Corporate censorship is much more common than most people recognize... [as] employers use their financial power to control employees' free speech and political behavior."
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Act Out! [112] - How To Create Activists & How To Stop Protests + #SaveTheInternet 2.0
This week on Act Out!, we take a look at 12 bills, filings, laws and proposals that have been brought forward to directly curtail our access to free speech, press and the right to petition our government - a.k.a. the First Amendment.
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UN: Americans’ Right to Protest Is In Grave Danger Under Trump
At least 19 U.S. states have introduced bills that attack the right to protest since Donald Trump's election as president – an "alarming and undemocratic" trend, UN human rights investigators said.
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Black Students Who Demand Equality Aren't Impinging On Your Rights
When the Black Liberation Collective asked students around the U.S. to present their universities with a set of radical demands, protesters were accused of trying to limit the free speech of those who did not agree with their mission.
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Why Countries Across the World Are Revoking Freedom Of Assembly
Faced with mounting unrest and unwilling to offer reforms, democratic governments are rolling back traditional rights at an alarming rate. How many rights must be abrogated before a democracy becomes a police state?
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Youth Leading America's New Civil Rights Movement Explain How to Activate Their Generation
As established progressive organizations and political groups struggle to bring in and engage younger audiences, Rev. William Barber suggests appealing to their desire to do something big for the world that will have a multi-generational impact.
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How Corporations Spy on Nonprofits With Impunity – Even Dumpster Diving for Their Info
Our democracy can't function properly if corporations may spy and snoop on nonprofits with impunity – a form of espionage that degrades the effectiveness of nonprofit watchdogs and activists.
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No Safe Place: Criminalization of Homelessness Rises In Cities Across U.S.
In a new study released last week, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty tracked laws in 187 cities over the past five years and found an uptick in nearly every type of anti-homeless ordinance.
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Justice Stevens Says Highest Court Has Taken “Giant Step in the Wrong Direction”
In his new book, Justice John Paul Stevens proposes six amendments, one of which would address the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance.
