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 Threat of Republican Fascism, Part II: The War on Fair Elections
It isn’t hyperbole to say that 2022 will be the year where Americans decide whether we want democracy or authoritarianism.
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How India’s Farmers Achieved Victory After a Yearlong Protest
Leaving their farms and land earlier this year to brave the cold and live on the streets of Delhi, India’s farmers challenged the might of a government bent on reducing their protections – and won the fight.
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In ‘The Dawn of Everything,’ Graeber and Wengrow Place Imagination at the Center of Humanity's Journey
Many books can be defined as must-reads. The Dawn of Everything goes beyond that and will reshape how we identify with prehistory and thus with our humanity.
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Green New Deal XIII: From Kansas City to Estonia, Free Public Transport Is the Future
To reverse the ongoing climate catastrophe we must rethink transit, making it clean – and free to use – for everyone.
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Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
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10 years later, Occupy lives on in society and politics
Yes, the tents and occupations are long gone. Yes, capitalism is still the dominant ideology. And yes, banks and multinational corporations still run our government. But when following the timeline, the impression Occupy Wall Street left on American politics, society, and how we talk about capitalism is undeniable.
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Green New Deal XII: A Green Transformation Must Decolonise Turtle Island & Beyond
California's first nations applied wild land horticulturalism to increase food and other production through pruning, seed dispersal, coppicing and burning. Meanwhile, the invading Europeans wrongly thought the lands pristine, unaffected by humans.
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Cuba wants to be free—not from communism, but from US sanctions [Cuba quiere ser libre—no del comunismo, sino de las sanciones de US]
For several days, thousands of Cubans have been marching in the streets of Havana, protesting a lack of food and medicine and the rapid spread of Covid-19 throughout the island.
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Why Football Is One Capitalist Product the Fat Cat Billionaires Will Never Fully Control
Football, by far the most popular sport in the world, occupies a strange but interesting place in how we understand contemporary capitalism – as the recent Super League debacle revealed.
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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.
