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.
Rolling Jubilee
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Post-Occupied: Where Are We Now?
Occupy did not happen in a vacuum, and any attempt to analyze it in one will fail. What happens next depends on how prepared people are to choose a direction, and how ready they are to push.
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Strike Debt Bay Area Elevates Jubilee Message – Debt Forgiveness – to the Forefront
From debtors assemblies to study groups, Strike Debt Bay Area uses debt as a platform for collective action and resistance.
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New Jersey Town To Rescue Foreclosed Homeowners Through Eminent Domain
On Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced the township’s plan to “take” and revalue foreclosed homes at market rates for public benefit using the legal doctrine of “eminent domain” -- making it the second U.S. city to exercise the measure.
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Strike Debt abolished $15m of people's debt
Strike Debt - an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street Movement - launched a project to buy up debt belonging to ordinary Americans and abolish it so that they never have to pay it back.
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Occupy Wall Street Group Buys $15 Million of Americans' Debt — And Abolishes It
Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group last November, purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before "abolishing" it, freeing individuals from their bills -- mainly medical ones.
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You Are Not a Loan: Strike Debt and the Challenge of the Rolling Jubilee
We purchase the debt like a debt buyer, but instead of trying to collect on it we abolish it.
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In Occupy 2.0, Strike Debt Aims to Abolish Consumer Debt
Strike Debt, an affiliate of the Occupy movement, has devised a legal and what some consider ingenious way to abolish millions of dollars in consumer debt.
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Dr. Occupy, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Run for Congress
I'm one of the minority in the Occupy movement who optimistically believes our politics can be redeemed, that direct action tactics and grassroots campaigns can be brought successfully to electoral politics. So I ran for office.
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Debt Versus Democracy: A Battle for the Future
In the U.S. and Europe, the movement of squares is articulating full-scale resistance.
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Occupy's Kind Second Act
For its second act, the Occupy Movement has turned its attention to debt abolition and the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
