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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For Low-Wage Workers, the Fight For 15 Movement Has Been a Boon
The Fight for 15 movement to raise minimum wages directly led to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in both the public and private sectors, according to a new analysis.
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Paris Riots: Prime Minister to Meet Protest Groups after Worst Unrest in Decade
President Macron is facing his biggest crisis yet since violence erupted Saturday following weeks of street protests that began against fuel taxes and have turned into an anti-government movement.
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New Economic Model for the South: Ditch Corporate Welfare & Fund Agricultural Co-ops
More than 200 black-owned co-ops in the South have been established in the past 25 years, providing a model to alleviate poverty and widespread health problems like diabetes and malnutrition.
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Rebel Cities 16: Cape Town Housing Movement Uses Occupy Tactics to Battle Apartheid's Legacy
Conceived as a tenant and workers movement, Reclaim the City's first aim was to pressure the Cape Town government to turn publicly held land into social housing rather than sell it off to developers.
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#GivingTuesday: Support Independent News & Media
Support Occupy.com with a tax-deductible donation.
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State of Emergency: Where the Healthcare and Migrant Crises Overlap
Amid the ongoing crisis over immigration – like the violent scenes taking place right now at the Tijuana border – immigrants in the U.S. often fail to receive the basic medical attention they need.
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Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal?
The base is demanding a bold plan from the newly empowered Democrats – and the planet is crying out for it. But can they deliver?
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Baltimore Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
The global movement to stop privatization deals and expand public ownership just scored a huge victory in Baltimore, as residents voted overwhelmingly to ban putting their water in private hands.
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Paris French 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests Turn Violent on the Streets of Paris
Thousands of demonstrators from all over France – known now as the yellow jacket movement – massed on the Champs Elysees on Saturday to protest a recent fuel tax.
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On Strike! Amazon Workers Walk Out In Germany, Spain, Italy and The U.K.
Workers were seeking higher pay and safer, more humane working conditions in the continent-wide Black Friday action.
