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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Google's Casualties: Is There A Corporate-State Conspiracy To Censor Progressive Websites?
The upgrade to Google’s search algorithm has resulted in a steep reduction in traffic to various socialist, progressive and anti-war web sites like Democracy Now!, Common Dreams, Wikileaks, Truth-Out and The Intercept.
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Did Brexit Just Open the Floodgates for A New Era of Direct Democracy?
I must congratulate the U.K. citizens for voting to leave the undemocratic, unaccountable, bureaucratic and failed experiment that is the European Union. And no, I am not an anti-immigrant racist.
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Government’s Newest Trade Deal Is PPP: Poison the Population for Profit
Incidences of poisoned water, not isolated to Flint, are snowballing into a colossal emblem of government's prioritization of corporate interests and profit over the basic health and human rights of citizens.
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Why TransCanada's $15 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Is a Bad Omen for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The lawsuit presents the latest evidence of a prioritization of corporate profits and interests over the rights of citizens in a sovereign, domestic nation – yet instances like this will only increase with passage of the TPP.
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Why Brazil's Rational Response to Protests Is An Example To Follow
Brazil's government has chosen an unorthodox response to the massive protests that swept the country — it actually responded to protestors' demands. Could it be an example for other countries to follow?
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The NSA, Surveillance and the Chronic State of Terror
Why would a court order, or the government that created it, or the major telecommunication company that enforced it, have a problem discussing details of the agreement if their intentions were as sacred as they claimed?
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From Italy to Iceland, the Promise of Digital Direct Democracy
Movement power — and parliamentary political power — is building across Europe as people harness online organizing tools.
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CISPA 2.0: Say Goodbye to Our Constitutional Rights
The new CISPA bill opens the floodgates for an unprecedented and endless funneling of private communication information to federal military intelligence agencies such as the NSA and the FBI.
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How Dangerous Has the NSA Become?
We think we're protected by the First and the Fourth Amendments. But we are spied upon to a stunning degree, with the U.S. government intercepting a reported 1.7 billion messages a day from American citizens.
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
