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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Months After Fierce Opposition to Fare Hikes, Brazil's Protests Are Evolving
A complex mixture of Anonymous supporters, Black Bloc activists and middle class conservatives took to the streets, reflecting the changing social movement.
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Piracy Charges Could Mean 15-Year Sentences for Greenpeace Activists
Russia charged 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy on Wednesday for their peaceful demonstration last month scaling a Gazprom oil platform in the Arctic.
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"Fight for 15" Strikes Demand Higher Pay
Nationwide "Fight for 15" strikes calling for higher pay have spurred a debate over what constitutes a living wage and helped shift the labor movement toward direct action.
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Britains Remember Their Victims of Austerity
10,000 white flowers were placed on the green before the U.K. Parliament, each flower representing a person with disability who died within three months of assessment by Atos, a private British healthcare assessor.
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Millions Mobilize For March Against Monsanto - Again
Following the two-million-strong global March Against Monsanto in May, citizens worldwide are gearing up for the second stage showdown next Saturday.
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Hedges: The Sparks of Rebellion
With the decimation of U.S. manufacturing along with the dismantling of our unions and opposition parties, we will have to search for different instruments of rebellion.
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India's Right to Information Act is Exposing Nationwide Corruption
The RTI is India’s version of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States.
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Labor Dispute Could Shut Down Las Vegas
50,000 unionized service industry workers at major hotel-casinos could go on strike over stalled contract negotiations, severely cutting back operations or shutting down some venues completely.
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The Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece
The crowd-sourced documentary "Into the Fire" chronicles immigrants' lives in Greece during recent years of financial and political crisis in which they've faced attacks by neo-Nazis and suffered under corrupt state law.
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Greenpeace Activists To Be Held 2 Months For Arctic Oil Protest
A Russian court ordered 20 Greenpeace activists from around the world to be held in custody for two months over a protest against offshore oil drilling in the Arctic.
