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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Intensifying Support for Corbynism As Tory Government Crumbles
The rally atmosphere in the small, rural north west town of Hayfield is testament to Britons' rising discontent with neoliberal policies as PM Theresa May's Tory alliance falters and a leftist Corbynism is in ascent.
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From Freedom Summer to Parkland: How Change Comes to America
The results of the Road for Change and other student movements burgeoning across the country this summer have yet to be seen – but November isn't far off.
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Rebel Cities 10: Rosario, Argentina, Abandons The Establishment
In Rosario, where the Future City Party seeks to "build the utopia," a new University of Doing prepares students not for managing a corporation or state job, but managing the commons.
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Environmental Threats, Lack of Water, Poor Job Opportunities and Declining Social Benefits Produce Massive Protests in Southern Iraq
Organizers threatened that if their demands for water, basic services, and jobs are not met, the demonstrations will continue and grow.
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Detention Operators Face Suits Over $1-a-Day Work Programs for Migrants
Private prison companies are accused of breaking laws by paying migrants $1 a day. Geo Group and CoreCivic say the work is voluntary.
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Occupy ICE Activists Attract Rival Counter-Protesters Armed with Guns
As Occupy ICE camps continue to spread across the US, some activists have warned that they have been subjected to intimidation by armed, Trump-supporting counter-protesters.
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Rebel Cities 9: Iceland's Slow-Burning Digital Democratic Revolution
Icelanders to their credit have twice peacefully ousted governments, they are world leaders in transparency laws and digital freedom, and they decided not to bail out its failed banks.
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As Finance Capital Pushes Back, Public Banking Must Build and Take Power
To succeed, the public banking movement needs to be more than a good idea. We need supporters to number in the tens of thousands – for if there is not unyielding public demand, there will be no public bank.
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Trump and the British People: The Disconnect Couldn't Be Greater
"We know he’s a vain and self-absorbed man and to know that 250,000 people want to descend on central London and demonstrate against him will give him pause for thought," said one demonstrator.
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Rebel Cities 8: New York & Warsaw New Focal Points for A Growing Global Movement
Looking at the growing municipalist movement on display at Fearless Cities, it's useful to think of it as a network movement, where every city is looking to build autonomy locally while thinking globally.
