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.
Organized Resistance
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Fast Food Workers Nationwide Walk Out in Organized Strike Against Low Wages
The New York City-based Fast Food Forward campaign has spread across the country as workers unite to demand a $15 minimum wage.
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Bay Area Braces for BART Strike, Again, As Workers Press For Change
For train operators and other BART workers, the belief is that a strike on August 4 may be the only way to get their voices heard -- and despite antagonism in the media, they hope residents understand their position and support their goals.
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Julian Assange Launches WikiLeaks Party in Australia
The founder of the world's most prominent whistleblower group formally announced the launch of the WikiLeaks Party on Thursday, along with his candidacy and six other members who will run for senate seats in Australia's fall election.
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Inside the Moral Mondays Movement In North Carolina
Every week people gather to protest North Carolina’s Republican-led agenda.
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Retaliation Campaign in Turkey As Erdogan Punishes Protesters
In the aftermath of the Gezi Park protests that rocked Istanbul and spread last month across Turkey, activists are being locked up, journalists bullied and demonstrators persecuted.
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Tunisian Assassination Brings Thousands Into the Streets
Mohammed Brahmi, a leading member of the National Constituent Assembly and the Popular Movement — the same coalition as Chokri Belaid, who was killed in February — was riddled with bullets on Thursday outside his home.
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Hundreds March to Save Brooklyn's LICH Hospital
In Brooklyn on Wednesday, hundreds took part in mock funeral services for local healthcare that ended in multiple arrests.
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Direct Democracy in Montréal: What We Can Learn From the Maple Spring
Last year's Maple Spring raised hopes for the mobilization and victory potential of social movements. In hindsight, we can draw some conclusions about the legacy of that uprising — and how it relates to the Occupy movement that preceded it.
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What Are the Youth To Do? "Into the Wild" and "The East" Present Two Responses
The film The East accurately captures many of the injustices of modern society and makes a compelling case for indignation and activism to confront such injustices, but the particular reaction is not a viable path forward in the real world.
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Occupy Money Cooperative Introduces New Financial Service
The co-op banking project, which emerged as a group from Occupy Wall Street, seeks to extend financial services to populations that would otherwise be excluded.