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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The Brexit Hall of Mirrors: Doubts, Deliberations and No Clear Vision In Sight
With a government seemingly bent on backtracking on its promises and delaying negotiations, it's no wonder that many UK citizens – including large numbers of its politicians – are in a state of real unease about what the future might hold.
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This Organization Wants to Create A Thousand Bernie Sanders. Here’s How.
For the millions of Americans who agreed with Bernie’s “future to believe in,” there is a very simple explanation for what is wrong with our government: it’s not filled with Bernie Sanders. The Incorruptibles has a plan to change that.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Nobody Speak" Tackles Free Press and Journalism in the Age of Trump
At its core, "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press" raises the question of where the line is between public and private, whether crossing it is “bad,” and whether the news men and women who do so ought to be held legally accountable.
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8 Lessons U.S. Progressives Can Learn From the U.K. Labour Party
A grassroots network called Momentum, formed in 2015 to build participation and engagement in the Labour Party, mobilized 23,000 members and 150 local chapters through on-the-ground campaigning and social media.
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With Polish People's Victory, Is Nationalism Finally Losing Its Grip In Central Europe?
Resistance to rightwing regimes like the one governing Poland, as well as Hungary, are becoming increasingly more effective as people become more educated about the far-right politics steering their nations astray.
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New Book Explores How Protesters—and Governments—Use Internet Tactics
The central question of technosociologist Zeynep Tufekci's new book, "Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest," is how digital media changes the reality and effectiveness of social protest.
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Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
Brand New Congress is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
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New Poll Shows Nation Moving Left on Healthcare, Embracing Medicare for All
The poll shows that 62 percent of Americans believe it is the federal government's responsibility to guarantee healthcare for all.
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Occupy the Cinema: A Super Pig and Mankind's Future In Dystopian "Okja"
Okja is the story of corporate dream factories run amok. It is a tome on the real beating heart of capitalism and the implications of letting that system operate with little to no impunity.
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Resistance Not Enough: Progressive Groups Push Democrats to Back #PeoplesPlatform
On Tuesday, dozens of organizations – including Our Revolution, National Nurses United, and Fight for 15 – announced the launch of a new initiative to push Democratic lawmakers toward a bold, progressive agenda.
