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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Big Banks Can Be Beaten – When Working Families Turn Their Anger at Wall Street into Action
Maribel Touré, who grew up in Mexico, is just one of many Americans hurt by the financial crisis who now want more done to crack down on Wall Street greed and recklessness. That's why she’s added her support to Take on Wall Street.
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Threatening Eminent Domain, New York City Coalition Challenges Wall Street Over Foreclosures
Politicians and activists want the city to wrest underwater mortgages from obstructionist investors and lenders and reset them at current market values – much like the strategy employed in Richmond, Calif.
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Homeowners Jailed, Protesters Brutally Tased at DOJ Demonstrations
A two-day long housing protest outside the Department of Justice this week has resulted in nearly 30 arrests and several instances of law enforcement unnecessarily using tasers on activists.
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NYC Fast Food Workers Strike, Attempt to Unionize
Fast-food workers at several restaurants in New York walked off the job Thursday, firing the first salvo in the biggest effort to unionize fast-food workers ever undertaken in the United States.
