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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Germany's Metalworkers Win the 28-Hour Workweek, and Industry Takes Notice
"It shows this cultural change – that people are interested in a better work-life balance and no longer in just more money," said economist Carsten Brzeski.
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Rebel Cities 5: Bologna Again Takes Center Stage Resisting Italian Fascism
Coalizione Civica (Civic Coalition) is challenging Italy's far-right lurch, pushing radical municipalist values such as rights to the city, ecological sustainability and social inclusion.
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Hospitality Workers In Vegas Threaten to Strike for a New ‘New Deal’
Union workers representing 50,000 bartenders, housekeepers, room attendants, cocktail and restaurant servers, hotel porters, chefs, kitchen staff and cashiers are prepared to strike on June 1.
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NFL Caves to Trump
The league will now fine teams if players kneel during the national anthem, providing Trump with a culture war victory.
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“We Are Going to Not Allow Kinder Morgan to Finish This Pipeline”
Not only is resistance to the pipeline growing from the local community, indigenous rights groups and U.S.-based environmental groups, but even the financial community thinks the economics and changing energy market is stacked against it.
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Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades
A California groundskeeper will make history by taking the company to trial on claims it suppressed harm of Roundup.
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We Are Living Through A Golden Age of Protest
We are seeing a level of organizing with little precedent – but it’s time for stronger forms of demonstration, such as sit-ins and street blockades.
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What Progressives Can Learn From Stacey Abrams
A brighter political future depends upon turning out large numbers of voters of color.
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Rebel Cities 4: In Warsaw, "Rights to the City" Means Clean Air and Affordable Homes
The Right to the City is a core ingredient in the radical municipalist movement now spreading across cities worldwide, driven in Warsaw by local issues like air pollution and unaffordable rents.
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North Carolina Teachers Strike, Demanding Higher Pay and Better Funding
Teachers from 20 school districts across the state held a strike that affected around 700,000 students, as teachers demanded an increase in per-pupil funding to the national average and raises in teacher pay.
