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Organized Resistance
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Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Demanding Restoration of Democracy
The new coalition is calling on Congress to pass four bills that would limit the ability of billionaires to control American politics.
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Protests Are Erupting In the Capital to Get Money Out of Politics
A broad and powerful movement is seizing the nation’s capital. On Monday, hundreds of patriotic Americans participating in Democracy Spring got arrested as part of a week and a half of actions to save our democracy.
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Combat Climate Change? There’s an App for That
Now there’s an app for monitoring the carbon footprint of our food choices, and the Melbourne-based climate action group Less Meat Less Heat will have you craning your neck to see what’s on other people’s plates.
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The Panama Papers: Leaktivism's Coming of Age
The theory that leaking information is an effective form of social protest is being put to the test like never before. It could give rise to capitalism’s greatest crisis yet.
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#NuitDebout: A Movement Is Growing In France’s Squares
Fed up with inequality, unemployment and labor reforms – and increasingly outraged at the financial and political elite – tens of thousands across France are taking to the streets and the squares.
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#DemocracySpring Kicks Off With 140-Mile March To Capital
Movement wants big money out of politics – and free and fair elections.
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UK Doctor and Teacher Strikes Show A Powerful Movement Growing Against Austerity
It is uncertain what will happen next as teachers and doctors challenge the government alongside social movements – but it is clear that opposition to Britain's neoliberal moment in history has finally gained momentum.
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Hillary Visits a Seattle High School, and Student Resentments Surface
We, as students, should have a right to decide whether our school is used as a stage for a political candidate – especially if a lot of the students and staff do not think that candidate has their best interests at heart.
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The Voice Heard Across the World: Occupy.com 4 years strong!
Four years ago this week, a group of journalists, artists, activists and media mavericks working out of a small office in New York launched Occupy.com.
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Why the Mainstream Media Marginalize Bernie
They don’t know how to report on movements – and they haven’t noticed how determined Americans are to reverse the increasing concentration of wealth and political power that have been eroding our economy and democracy.
