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 Road to Dissent: New Poll Shows Austerity Fatigue Is Growing In Britain
A new Financial Times survey shows the majority of UK voters believe that instead of using harsh public cuts to peel back the deficit, other forms of extravagant government spending should be abolished.
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U.K. Coalition Government Helped Rich By Hammering Poor
The report to be released Monday shows key British politicians enabling a significant transfer of income from the least well-off half of the population to the more affluent in the past four years.
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Exclusive: Euro-Crisis Report Links Bailouts and Austerity To Fascism's Rise Across Europe
In "False Dilemmas," Christina Laskaridis explores the origins and impacts of the debt crisis – looking at who engineered the bank bailouts, how they were able to get away with it, and what Europe has been left with.
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As Indignados Take Office, Pablo Iglesias and Podemos Party Bring New Spanish Justice
After winning 1.2 million votes, Spain's newest political party wants to raise minimum wages, abolish tax havens, nationalize banks rescued with public funds and establish a guaranteed minimum income.
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World of Resistance Report: Financial Institutions Fear Global Revolution
The banks that are now bigger, more dangerous and more powerful than ever are raising growing concerns about the unrest and resistance of populations – especially the global youth.
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New Rights, New System: Spanish Social Movement Releases "A Charter for Democracy"
A democracy created among all people is possible – a democracy not reduced to merely voting, but founded on participation, citizen control and equal rights.
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UN: Austerity Is Crippling Planet With One-Quarter of Europe Now In Poverty
The International Labor Organization says government austerity cuts driven by the financial crisis have especially hit the world's poorest, making basic services unattainable.
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What the Left Can Learn From the Far Right's Political Gains In Europe
The extreme right has worked hard to make themselves more palatable – while demonstrating that the old formula of scapegoating the already marginalized continues to be a winner.
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Right Wing Nationalists and Left Groups Sweep to Victory Across Europe
Four days of elections across 28 countries resulted in radical and nationalist anti-E.U. forces scoring major victories both on the far right and the hard left.
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Worker Militancy Gaining Momentum As British Firefighters Strike Over Pensions
Firefighters across the U.K. are heading to the picket lines to protest changes to their pensions – the latest unrest in Britain over government austerity measures.
