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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Rebel Cities 25: Barcelona En Comú Reclaims the City and Reimagines the World
Barcelona's visionary popular party stands at the forefront of a global effort to remake the city in the interest of citizens and neighborhoods – through popular assemblies responding to the will of the people.
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Act Out! [149] - Your Pipeline Fights; Polluting Along Race Lines & Invading White Spaces
This week: big oil and gas pay a small fine so they can keep on polluting.
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Chicago Renters Back "ROOTS" As Solution to Affordable Housing
Renters Organizing Ourselves to Stay, an affordable housing program helping working families and long-time residents remain in Chicago, has already saved 18 properties and 41 units for affordable housing.
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Naples rising: rebel youth movements buzz in the old city
Activists highlight that the un-rehabilitated industrial area of Bagnoli, on the city's outskirts, begs for alternative visions for unemployed workers of the closed-down steel industry rather than gentrifying tourist masses.
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Rising US Rents Squeeze the Middle Class
Middle-income renters across the country are bearing the brunt of rapid price increases as a result of growing gentrification.
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A Brooklyn Deli “Gentrified” Its Prices to fight A Crazy Rent Hike
A Brooklyn bodega has rolled out a series of “artisanal prices” for everyday products in response to a steep rent hike that will likely force it to relocate.
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Squats of Istanbul: After Gezi, The Fight Continues Over Public Space
Istanbul is experiencing acute growing pains as explosive growth devours public spaces while doing nothing to stifle rising rents throughout the city.
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Mothers Challenge Social Cleansing As London's Housing Conflicts Sharpen
Focus E15 Mothers, which turned four flats into a social center from which they're calling on their local leaders to put people before profits, faces eviction.
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Greenwashing and the Bloombergification of the World's Cities
Are you an unpopular mayor who terrorized minorities and mistreated your employees? Try giving lip service to climate change, like Michael Bloomberg has.
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Richmond, California Mayor Occupies Wall Street
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is setting an example for how community activists can make big changes by running for local office independent of the two-party system and corporate campaign cash.
