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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Act Out! [141] - Our Flexible Borders, Your Rights & Drones + Public Broadband & The Internet’s Future
This week on Act Out! we're talking borders and barriers.
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Lawmakers Across the U.S. are Finding Ways to Turn Protesting Into a Crime
Recently, a new array of state and local level proposals has sought to regulate dissent, seemingly prompted by Black Lives Matter, pro-environmental, and anti-Trump protests.
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Not So Securus: Massive Hack Of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls Is a Constitutional Violation
An enormous cache of phone records from Securus Technologies, a leading provider of phone services inside the nation's prisons and jails, may be the most massive breach of the attorney-client privilege in modern U.S. history.
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Beyond Ag-Gag: One North Carolina Law Is Bringing the War on Whistleblowers to A New Level
No longer just targeting animal rights activists, the Property Protection Act outlaws exposing abuse at elder care facilities, day cares and charter schools – revealing the power of ALEC-backed legislation at the state level.
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Youth Leading America's New Civil Rights Movement Explain How to Activate Their Generation
As established progressive organizations and political groups struggle to bring in and engage younger audiences, Rev. William Barber suggests appealing to their desire to do something big for the world that will have a multi-generational impact.
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LA City Council Approves $2.45 Million Deal with Occupy Protesters
The agreement settles all claims involving Occupy L.A. protesters arrested during a violent "shock and awe" clash with Los Angeles police in 2011.
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Fear Incorporated: Canada’s Anti-Terror Bill and the Emergence of a Deep Police State
Bill C-51 represents a clear erosion of constitutional rights – if the bill becomes law, blocking a pipeline or organizing a protest without permission from authorities would be considered terrorism.
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Could The Civil Rights Movement Have Happened In Today's Militarized Police State?
Can peacefully exercising First Amendment rights create lasting change if police have weaponry and, apparently, legal authority to immediately and violently disperse crowds?
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No Safe Place: Criminalization of Homelessness Rises In Cities Across U.S.
In a new study released last week, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty tracked laws in 187 cities over the past five years and found an uptick in nearly every type of anti-homeless ordinance.
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Limits To Our Patience: Why the U.S. Needs A Rolling, Lasting Rebellion
What would a new people-powered constitution created by the American public look like? Looking at polls of the public, we think we’d like the result.
