The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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The Empire Files: Thanksgiving and the Native American Genocide
Each November, Americans celebrate a mythical version of U.S. history – Thanksgiving Day's portrayal of the experience of Native Americans under the boot of settler-colonialism is one of the Empire's most cherished falsehoods.
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ROBERT DE NIRO IN A SHORT FILM ABOUT ELLIS ISLAND DIRECTED BY STREET ARTIST JR
The attack in Paris sent American politicians scrambling to assert that people seeking asylum from extremists in their home would not be welcome over here. The film, written by Forrest Gump and Benjamin Button screenwriter Eric Roth, strikes a timely note about immigration.
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Inequality Redux: Just Why Do the Rich Keep Getting Richer?
Because 97% of the money in the U.K. is created by banks, someone must pay interest on nearly every pound in the circulation.
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The Empire Files With Abby Martin: The Censored Reality of the Refugee Crisis
Today 60 million human beings are displaced by war and extreme poverty – and many European countries are responding to the crisis with racist hysteria and policies, backed by police measures.
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The Empire Files With Abby Martin: Noam Chomsky On Electing the President of an Empire
The world-renowned philosopher and linguist discusses the presidential primary "extravaganza," the movement for Bernie Sanders, the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal and the reality of "democracy" under capitalism.
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The Empire Files with Abby Martin: Chris Hedges interview – War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within
Abby Martin interviews Chris Hedges on American myths, war and revolt. Hedges explains the 'folly of Empire,' the dangers posed by right-wing extremism and the urgent need for a new system.
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The Empire Files with Abby Martin: America's War On An Idea
Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is a bad word – how did things get that way?
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"The Lives of Others": How One Region's Women Are Driving the Return to Organic Farming
In one of the more remote areas of Odisha, eastern India, live small communities of subsistence farmers who over the last few years have managed to return to a system of cooperative, zero-input agriculture.
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Rebel Diaz: Which Side Are You On?
We are living historic moments of oppression, to which the people have the right to respond with historic moments of resistance.
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Dear Future Generations: Sorry
This Earth Day, an apology to future generations from Prince Ea.
