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Only We Can Stop These Pipeline Dreams
The rush to exploit "extreme energy" sources such as tar sands and mountain top coal has sparked angry protests because of the devastating environmental consequences.
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Can the Indignados Reignite the Occupy Movement?
Spring re-occupations have largely failed here in North America. The May Day General Strike was stifled by aggressive, preemptive policing that neutralized Occupy’s signature moves. In light of these challenges, Saturday’s rebirth of the indignados could be a tactical turning point.
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ALEC and Koch Industries Aim to Subvert Green Energy
A confidential strategy memo advises using "subversion" to build a national movement of wind farm protesters. "Local anti-wind groups are coordinating and working with national fossil-fuel funded advocacy groups to wreck the wind industry."
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Letter from Charlotte: Building the Coalition
Occupy Charlotte is aware that the Democratic National Convention is coming in September. So the question is not really about whether to work with other groups, but how.
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Spanish Indignados Return to Their Squares
On Saturday, the one-year anniversary of the M15 movement brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets again in nearly 80 Spanish cities.
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Moscow: Occupied
As far as the Twittersphere is concerned, Occupy has come to Moscow. But one thing is for certain - this isn't Occupy as we know it.
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Chicago Readies for NATO
Protesters arriving for ten "Days of Action" in Chicago are focusing on an array of issues - education funding, immigrant detention, foreclosures, the environment, economic inequality - while protesting against NATO.
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The 99 Percent Wakes Up
Inequality isn’t only plaguing America—the Arab Spring flowered because international capitalism is broken. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says the world is finally rising up and demanding a democracy where people, not dollars, matter.
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Un-Friezing Art for the 1%
Calling our action “Un-Frieze Culture,” Occupy Museums staged a Free Art for Fair Exchange to propose a new path, where contemporary culture can be in greater harmony with values of justice and universal respect.
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Tar Sands Production In America Is Closer Than You Think
Tar sands in Utah, like in Canada, contain a form of petroleum called bitumen that can be refined into gasoline. But the process is costly, energy-intensive, and on a life-cycle basis releases far more global warming pollutants than conventional oil refining operations.
