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Organized Resistance
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New Populist Political Party – The After Party – Launches in Detroit
A new populist party founded by Occupy Wall Street organizers launched in Detroit over May Day weekend.
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Google Bus Anger Grows As Lawsuit Alleges Tech Companies Are Violating State Law
San Francisco labor, housing and activist groups accuse the city of bypassing laws that forbid private buses from using public stops.
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Investigation: Chicago's Tax Increment Financing Scheme and the Making of a City Slush Fund
TIF – which stands for Tax Increment Financing – has become a dirty word in Chicago, where $3 billion was funneled into TIF accounts from the public coffers, hurting schools, parks and libraries.
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The Stakes for Activists in Defense of the Digital Commons
New rules pushed by the FCC will give companies the option to pay more and receive faster access online, leaving the 99% out in the cold.
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May Day Protests Staged Worldwide, with Police Clashes in Turkey and Cambodia
May Day demonstrators denounced low wages in rallies that got violent in Cambodia and Turkey, as others marched peacefully in Russia, Philippines, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq and elsewhere decrying government corruption.
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In Google's Inequality Valley, Women Are Paid Shockingly Less than Men
There's a growing male hegemony in "Inequality Valley."
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Organized Labor, Public Banks and the Grassroots: Keys to a Worker-Owned Economy
Worker-owned cooperatives build economic democracy. But how do we build more worker-owned cooperatives?
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U.K. Teacher Strikes Reveal Public Sector Unrest As Trade Union Power Grows
A series of teacher strikes over pensions, pay and conditions in England and Wales are the most recent example of larger nationwide resistance to austerity and privatizations.
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Indigenous Activists Invoke the Sacred As Keystone Pipeline Standoff Continues
"We are living the nightmare. We live in the shadow of ConocoPhillips."
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'The Next Revolution Will Be Rural'
Micah White, who helped envision Occupy Wall Street, is now a co-founder of the After Party, which seeks to create “mutual aid flash mobs” that improve communities from the grassroots up.
