The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
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Europe’s Real Debate: Shall the People End or Transform the European Union? Part I
The message of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 is simple: The continent must democratize, rapidly, or it will collapse into authoritarianism and fascism.
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The Climate Insurgency Has Begun – Get Ready to Break Free From Fossil Fuels
One in six Americans say they will personally engage in nonviolent civil disobedience against corporate or government activities that make global warming worse – that's about 40 million adults, and the fate of the earth may depend on them.
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It Takes A Flint To Start A Fire
It takes something truly egregious to catalyze public action – we all now know the harm that was done and the toxic combination of neglect and manipulation that led to it. Will Flint be the tipping point?
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Europe Needs A Plan B: Radical Political Change Is Coming
With Yanis Varoufakis at the helm of a recent weekend gathering in Madrid, workshops and debates fed into a concluding statement that called for no less than a democratic revolution across Europe.
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Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environment activist, murdered
The co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras was shot dead by gunmen who entered her home at around 1am on Thursday – barely a week after Cáceres was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project.
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Right-to-Know Fight Heats Up as Pro-GMO DARK Act Advances
US Senate committee approves bill that would overrule mandatory label laws passed on the state level
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Stop Trident: Why Renewing Britain’s Nuclear Weapons Program Is Plain Mad
On Saturday, the "largest demonstration in a generation" marched in London in a bid to #StopTrident, making clear the public's widespread opposition to re-launching the U.K. nuclear program.
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Teargas Fired As Refugees Try To Breach Greek-Macedonian Border
Chaotic scenes have intensified across Greece as the embattled government edged closer to declaring a state of emergency to deal with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees trapped in the country.
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Rent Strikes From San Francisco to London: "Together We Can Defeat the Housing Market"
“This community is being displaced by the greed and avarice of property pimps preying on the weak and the disenfranchised."
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Why Student Loans are Creating a Permanent U.S. Underclass
With private lenders out of the business, government is now in charge of issuing newer debt – but rather than alleviating the problem faced by young Americans, some programs on offer seem as predatory as what came before them.
