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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Justice Must Flow: Economic Democracy and the Water Commons
The water crisis has nothing to do with the actual availability of water – the culprit is local communities’ inability to control their wealth, their common resources and their institutions of lending and credit.
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Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates
Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed – even as UN experts call the water disconnects "contrary to human rights" and activists decry them as "genocide."
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Nestle's CEO Says Water Is Not a Human Right
Raking in $35 billion in annual profits from water bottle sales alone is not enough for Nestle—its Chairman wants corporations to own every last drop of water on the planet.