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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A Tale of Two Elections: Venezuela and the United States
Venezuela's re-election of Hugo Chavez may be a form of victory for the poor, but the U.S. presidential election is a fight over tactics among big business politicians about how to sell the corporate agenda to the public and continue the one-sided class war against workers.
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At Planetary Crossroads, A Call to Arms: Join the Blockade!
We must immediately obstruct this pipeline or accept our surrender to forces that, in the name of profit, intend to cash in on the death throes of the planet. Keystone XL is part of the final phase of extreme exploitation by the corporate state.
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A Vet's War of Words: "It Is Our Duty to Dissent"
I fought four combat tours in the U.S. Army. I thought when I went AWOL from Fort Bragg that the war was over for me. But I found myself in the heart of a new battle—a war of words and a war of peace fighters who put their lives on the line for their beliefs.
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Occupying the Food Supply in Iowa
Executives from Pepsi, Nestlé, Bayer, Monsanto and other giants of the corporate food system will face a slew of protests at this week's three-day World Food Prize held in Des Moines. The demand: food sovereignty.
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In Mexico, Labor Law Reform Sparks Massive Protest
Unionists and youth protesters from the #YoSoy132 movement blocked the Mexican Senate chamber's doors last week to slow legislators' efforts at enacting a dramatic labor reform that would change the way workers are hired, their rights at work and their wages.
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Earthjustice Sues California to Halt Fracking in the State
Environmental groups have sued the state of California in an effort to stop hydraulic fracturing, which was used for more than 600 wells in the state last year.
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"Eyes With No Memory See Nothing": The E.U. Pushes Greece to the Brink
The esteemed ladies and gentlemen in Oslo are acting on false hopes, not reality, in awarding the Peace Prize to a European Union whose policies are pushing Greece to the brink of economic and social disaster.
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Biting the Hand That Fed Them, Wall Street Banks Abandon Obama
In contrast to 2008, when Wall Street's biggest financial firms donated heavily to elect Barack Obama, this year just one Wall Street bank, Wells Fargo, is listed among Obama’s top 20 largest donors.
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The Koch Brothers Tell Employees to Vote For Romney or Face the Consequences
Koch Industries sent 45,000 mailers to employees at Koch subsidiary Georgia Pacific, urging votes for Mitt Romney and other conservative candidates and warning ominously of “consequences” for the workers if Republicans lose.
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Resistance in Texas: More Arrests as Tar Sands Blockade Enters Fourth Week
More than 50 blockaders ried to enter the site where activists have been holding a historic standoff to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, expanding the ongoing Tar Sands Blockade tree village in east Texas, where 10 yesterday were arrested.
