Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Why Thousands of Los Angeles Teachers are Going on Strike
The second-largest school district in the country joins a growing national movement for better school funding and higher teacher
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Indians March En Masse With Farmers Who Are Choosing Protest Over Death
“Today the farmer is a political force. Those who ignore our voices do so at their own peril.”
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Rebel Cities 18: Eight Years After Jasmine Revolution, Jemna Is Tunisia's Oasis of Hope
A wave of protests and progress has swept the north African nation since its Jasmine Revolution ushered in the Arab Spring eight years ago. Tunisia is still blazing a democratic path forward.
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Why The Public Banking Movement Is Up Against the Ropes In 2019
The movement must go left to go forward.
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Shining Bright: The Promise of the Sunrise Movement
Composed of activists from high school age to their mid-20s, the Sunrise Movement formed to challenge power by targeting Congresspeople and tackling the climate crisis in a loud, uniquely jubilant voice.
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Shutoffs Continue As The People of Detroit Fight for Water As a Human Right
“A lot of people in Detroit are choosing water over medicine, water over rent, water over new shoes for their kids,” said Shea Howell, a member of Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management.
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Opportunities for the Movement In 2019 and Beyond
Three big possibilities for change await: the 2020 elections, the decline of U.S. empire and an economic slowdown.
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Escaping the Neoliberal Trap and Winning A Green New Deal, Part I
Progressive Democrats must go much further in taking on the fundamental injustices of the corporate capitalist economy, which does not work for the majority of Americans nor, incidentally, for the planet either.
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"It's About the Students!" 50,000 L.A. Teachers Protest Lack of School Funding
"The community is united behind a UTLA strike if that's what it takes to reinvest in public education instead of cut it to the bone."
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Rebel Cities 17: Goma's Non-Violent Movement for Water & Peace in War-Torn Congo
The Congolese group Lucha successfully mobilized thousands to march for the right to water in the city of Goma. Now, the group is challenging the regime of President Joseph Kabila.