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Author Carl Gibson, is a spokesman and organizer for US Uncut, a nonviolent, creative direct-action movement to stop budget cuts by getting corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. Contact Carl on the Commons.
Submitted by sarahadams on
Author Carl Gibson, is a spokesman and organizer for US Uncut, a nonviolent, creative direct-action movement to stop budget cuts by getting corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. Contact Carl on the Commons.
The announcement could end pandemic-related federal safety net programs that millions of struggling Americans are still counting on to meet basic needs like food and shelter.
An explosive report by the Anti-Defamation League reveals that more than 300 current or former elected officials and law enforcement professionals are members of the Oath Keepers, a militant white supremacist and anti-Semitic group seeking to instigate a new civil war.
The student debt system serves the dual purpose of making higher education available only for those who come from wealthy families or those willing to take on a lifetime of debt, along with crushing younger generations’ will to rebel.
It isn’t hyperbole to say that 2022 will be the year where Americans decide whether we want democracy or authoritarianism.
If the budding fascist movement that’s taken over the Republican Party takes over Congress in 2022, it’s likely that an emboldened Donald Trump could win back the presidency in 2024 and kill democracy for good.
If the poem on the Statue of Liberty that urges the world to send “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” is to be more than empty words, President Biden owes it to refugees
Yes, the tents and occupations are long gone. Yes, capitalism is still the dominant ideology. And yes, banks and multinational corporations still run our government. But when following the timeline, the impression Occupy Wall Street left on American politics, society, and how we talk about capitalism is undeniable.
The reigning US foreign policy establishment has failed in a remarkable array of ways over the past two decades. Now, President Biden has a unique opportunity to pursue a new direction.
For several days, thousands of Cubans have been marching in the streets of Havana, protesting a lack of food and medicine and the rapid spread of Covid-19 throughout the island.
Should Biden wish to be remembered as the next iteration of FDR, he’ll need to reject old ways of thinking about spending and embrace Modern Monetary Theory, putting forth a plan that’s just as, if not more ambitious than, the original New Deal.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.