The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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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.
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Green New Deal XI: Costa Rica Demonstrates One Pathway Toward a Rewilded World
This is the eleventh installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises.
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Tell Congress to #StopLine3
Tell Congress to stop the expansion of a dying tar sands industry and #StopLine3 construction immediately.
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The worst president
“On Jan. 20, we can still presume Trump will be gone from the White House.”
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Finding a Home for the ‘Politically Homeless’: Could a UK Version of Spain’s Podemos Party Work In Britain?
The notion of a new party being formed by socialists, progressives and others who feel politically homeless is gaining momentum among Britain’s left.
