Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Kill the Bill: UK Fights to Protect the Democratic Right to Protest
The long Easter weekend saw thousands of demonstrators join rallies and marches across Britain as part of a high-prolife censure of a proposed new law that would give police extra powers to curtail protests.
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Green New Deal X: Denmark Shows How a Country Can Power Beyond Fossil Fuels
The Nordic country has been able to go so far so quickly because it started its renewable energy push a half century ago – and the good news is that others can now replicate its social and ecological innovations to keep fossil fuels grounded and out of the atmosphere.
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Green New Deal IX: Learning Lessons about Equality and Education from Finland
In their recently published book Finntopia: What We Can Learn From the World's Happiest Country, authors Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how the nordic nation became one of the most equitable societies on Earth.
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Sedition caucus mimics Trump’s worst sin: Demolition of content—legal, moral, democratic or electoral
The party of primitive deplorables, thinking it too could play with fire, is facing an outraged majority. Too bad it took so long.
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Green New Deal, Part VIII: New Zealand’s Zero-Covid-19 Strategy Shows how Politics Can Serve the Common Good
The country’s smart pandemic ethos offers a gateway to organize society for the common good, something essential for a green, just transformation.
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Finding a Home for the ‘Politically Homeless’: Could a UK Version of Spain’s Podemos Party Work In Britain?
The notion of a new party being formed by socialists, progressives and others who feel politically homeless is gaining momentum among Britain’s left.
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‘Bye-bye, Betsy DeVos. You won’t be missed,’ says Sanders as billionaire education secretary attacks push for tuition-free college
“What do you call a billionaire who registered a $40 million, 164-foot yacht in the Cayman Islands to avoid $2.4 million in U.S. taxes, while undermining public schools? The worst Education Secretary in the history of America.”
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House passes comprehensive marijuana reform legislation historically de-scheduling marijuana
“We are grateful that members of Congress have rightly come to the realization that the drug war has exacerbated the racial injustices in this country...”
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Ireland Swings Left As Sinn Féin Vows to Tackle Crises In Housing and Inequality
The stunning victory for Sinn Féin earlier this month marked a historical repositioning of Ireland’s political landscape, as voters put their faith in left-wing outsiders and the promise of bold social reform.
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Spain's New Left-Wing Socialist Government Offers Hope in Dark Political Times
In electing a socialist coalition, Spain is countering the politics of nationalism and populism that has been rising across Europe.
