If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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In Brazil Protests, People Triumphed In the Streets But New Uncertainties Emerged
In response to the abusive fare increases, the recent protests in Brazil make way, once again, for direct action tactics: taking the struggle out into the streets to effectively confront private interests and recent state politics.
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Doubling Student Interest Rates Will Turn A Generation Against Congress
The real story is about the slow dismantling of affordable education — one of the last means of upward mobility in America — and the exclusion of a generation from the "American Dream."
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Denouncing NSA Surveillance Isn’t Enough — We Need the Power to Stop It
At the core of the surveillance state is the hollowness of its democratic pretenses. Only with authentic democracy can we save ourselves from devastating evisceration of the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
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Boycott! A Call to Renew the Resistance that Works
Where are the momentous, consciousness-raising boycotts of yesteryear that rose up against injustice, bigotry, or plain stupidity, to advance legal, civil and workers’ rights?
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The End of the End of History – And Why the Era of Revolutions Is Upon Us
The ambiguity of the current revolutions is neither a postmodern novelty nor something that we should too hastily wish to disappear.
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Cairo On Edge: Egyptians' Fears Grow as Muslim Brotherhood Violence Spreads
The fear of continued violence is again on Egyptians' minds after numerous reports of Muslim Brotherhood violence occurred in recent days following the country’s “second revolution” that ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
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The BART Rebellion: Transit Strike in Bay Area Exposes Deep Fissures
As a temporary, one-month contract extension was reached to stop last week's BART strike, workers demanding higher pay and a better contract say their strike is about a broader sense of social and economic justice.
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Why Brazil's Rational Response to Protests Is An Example To Follow
Brazil's government has chosen an unorthodox response to the massive protests that swept the country — it actually responded to protestors' demands. Could it be an example for other countries to follow?
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Fighting the Surveillance State: An Interview with Iceland's Birgitta Jonsdottir
Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden represent just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the U.S. government’s excesses in surveillance, says the Icelandic MP.
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Egypt celebrates as transition takes shape
Black, White and Red flags overran the scene all across Egypt on Wednesday evening as the country celebrated its “second revolution” with the ousting of embattled President Mohamed Morsi after mass street demonstrations saw the military intervene to bring about a transitional period.
