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.
Dilma Rousseff
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Act Out! [76] - Prison Break-Up, Olympic Losers & The Solution for Climate Change & Job Loss
This week: The DOJ announced that they're breaking up with private prisons.
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Brazil Bans Corporations from Political Donations Amid Corruption Scandal
Companies' undue economic influence comprised the legitimacy of the country’s elections, the Brazilian supreme court ruled.
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200 Cities Protest Corruption In Brazil, Saying "Dilma Must Go"
Dilma Rousseff faces calls for impeachment and accusations of corruption as demonstrators chant, "We don’t have politicians – we have thieves."
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Petition In Brazil Demands Protestor Civil Rights Ahead of World Cup Kickoff
Amnesty International has asked for stricter regulations on the use of aggressive weapons like tear-gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray as well as techniques such as kettling during the global soccer event.
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Snowden Reveals NSA Spying on Mexican Government and President
The NSA intercepted Mexican government communications, read text messages and listened to phone calls of President Enrique Pena Nieto, and hacked private email servers across Latin America.
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The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution
Vast troves of U.S. secrets get regularly leaked by skilled teams of government officials engaged in propaganda campaigns to influence public opinion — posing a far graver threat to national security than revelations by Edward Snowden.
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Have a Nice Day, NSA: Brazil's "Mad Cow" Retaliation to U.S. Spying
Brazil's president called NSA surveillance of her country “a breach of international law” and a violation of human rights.
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New Brazil Protests Flare Up in 150 Cities, Meeting Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets
Brazil's Independence Day celebrations turned violent after protesters disrupted a military parade in Rio, and police fired tear gas at the crowd as it shouted anti-government slogans.
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Brazil's "Other" Protesters Step In: Unions and Organized Labor
The young people protesting in Brazil over the last few weeks were not entirely pleased with Thursday’s demonstrations by the country’s trade unions, among others.
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Occupy Movements Around the World: How Is Brazil's Different?
Spain's Indignados. Egypt's Tahrir Square. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Gezi, and now Brazil. These local moments of a global Occupy movement represent a new stage in the history of protest.
