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Organized Resistance
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Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide As $15 Minimum Wage Demands Escalate
In the most expansive demonstrations to date, walkouts hit McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's locations across the nation, as well as major airports including New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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First Nation Firekeepers Defeat Kinder Morgan on Burnaby Mountain After Monthlong Struggle
If the company comes back for more testing, or eventually to lay down pipe on the mountain, what happened last month could prove only to be the first spark of resistance.
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Marchers Swarm New York After Police Officer Is Not Indicted Over Chokehold Death of Eric Garner
New York City officials, activists and attorneys have expressed outrage at the failure to indict a New York City police officer who held 43-year-old father Eric Garner in a chokehold, leading to his death.
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Protests Ignite Across 50 U.S. Cities Demanding Justice for Mexico's 43 Missing Students
Group #USTired2 led nationwide demonstrations calling on Congress to stop sending billions of tax dollars for military aid and training to Mexican security forces.
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How Missouri's White Establishment Convinced America to Take Darren Wilson's Side
The Ferguson grand jury process was merely a formality, as there was never any intent to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.
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Umbrella Politics: What American Movements Can Learn From the Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong activists are fighting to exercise the simple right that Americans would be taking for granted the very next day.
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Reflections on a Ferguson Solidary Protest In Los Angeles
It was people taking to the streets, peacefully, organized – the evolution of anger, a pointed protest against a system that does not serve nor protect, that does not offer justice but injustice.
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Glimpses Of Our Power: Growing the Racial Justice Movement
The nationwide reaction to the grand jury decision in Ferguson and police killings across the country taught the social justice movement an important lesson: the people have the power to shut down the nation.
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Fast Food Workers To Strike Nationwide December 4, Demanding $15 An Hour
“We’re going to show this movement is bigger than ever."
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Ferguson Protesters Embark on 120-Mile March To Missouri State Capital
The march, organized by the NAACP, was among diverse protests held nationwide over the weekend in opposition to a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown.
