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Rebel Cities 16: Cape Town Housing Movement Uses Occupy Tactics to Battle Apartheid's Legacy
Conceived as a tenant and workers movement, Reclaim the City's first aim was to pressure the Cape Town government to turn publicly held land into social housing rather than sell it off to developers.
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#GivingTuesday: Support Independent News & Media
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State of Emergency: Where the Healthcare and Migrant Crises Overlap
Amid the ongoing crisis over immigration – like the violent scenes taking place right now at the Tijuana border – immigrants in the U.S. often fail to receive the basic medical attention they need.
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Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal?
The base is demanding a bold plan from the newly empowered Democrats – and the planet is crying out for it. But can they deliver?
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Baltimore Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
The global movement to stop privatization deals and expand public ownership just scored a huge victory in Baltimore, as residents voted overwhelmingly to ban putting their water in private hands.
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Paris French 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests Turn Violent on the Streets of Paris
Thousands of demonstrators from all over France – known now as the yellow jacket movement – massed on the Champs Elysees on Saturday to protest a recent fuel tax.
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On Strike! Amazon Workers Walk Out In Germany, Spain, Italy and The U.K.
Workers were seeking higher pay and safer, more humane working conditions in the continent-wide Black Friday action.
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Helping Women Kick Ass: An Interview with the “Meanest Woman Alive”
“Women need to understand that we have the superior emotional intelligence, and we can harness our unique feminine advantages to advance our careers,” says author Linda Smith.
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Lack of Media Attention To Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
According to the Urban Indian Health Institute, more than 500 indigenous women and girls have gone missing or have been murdered across 71 U.S. cities with almost no media coverage.
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"Fire in Us Is Still Burning": Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Go on Trial Over the 2014 Occupy Protests
Three of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists and six others went on trial Monday for spearheading the tumultuous “Occupy Central” demonstrations in 2014.