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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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After the People’s Climate March, It Is Time To Demand More
Precious time will tell what lasting impacts the demonstrations will have – but already the climate protests that shook New York and much of the world left their mark upon upper echelon spheres of power.
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Greenwashing and the Bloombergification of the World's Cities
Are you an unpopular mayor who terrorized minorities and mistreated your employees? Try giving lip service to climate change, like Michael Bloomberg has.
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Crashing the Party at Davos: It's Time to Seize Power on the Mountaintop
Humanity does have a chance at survival: it just lies at much lower altitudes in the social hierarchy than the crowd now patting themselves on the back at the World Economic Form in Davos.
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Learning to Live in the Anthropocene
There's no conspiracy underway to destroy Earth. UN delegates inside the Warsaw climate conference, shirking their obligations to us and future generations, are simply following the logic of a system contingent on endless growth in the interest of profit.
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"Fight for 15" Strikes Demand Higher Pay
Nationwide "Fight for 15" strikes calling for higher pay have spurred a debate over what constitutes a living wage and helped shift the labor movement toward direct action.
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Coalitions March in 200 U.S. Cities to "Draw the Line" Against Keystone Pipeline
400 demonstrators marched through Manhattan's Financial District and surrounded the Keystone pipeline's largest financiers with a blue line to show where the waters of the Hudson and East River will soon lap.
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On the Eve of Possible Strikes on Syria, Forces of Peace Gather in New York
Polls show a vast majority of Americans oppose military intervention in Syria, as rallies against U.S. air strikes were held in over 50 U.S. cities during Labor Day weekend.
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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
JPMorgan Chase's criminal, "systemic cover-up" in its manipulation of energy markets reveals a sea change, as banks have gone from simply financing the dirty energy sector to becoming producers and distributors in those markets.
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Battle for LICH Brooklyn Hospital Escalates
As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, moves to close a 155-year-old hospital in downtown Brooklyn — and potentially sell it to a for-profit entity or a developer — could have national implications.
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Storing Data, Burning Carbon: The Ecology of a National Security State
The indiscriminate and warrantless collection of personal data from millions of people not only violates the U.S. Constitution — the data farms are also an extreme waste of water and electricity.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 3 weeks 3 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 17 hours 48 min ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
