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 6: How Jackson, Mississippi Is Making the Economy Work for the People
Through participatory democracy and building counter-power, Jackson is organizing, and co-designing, an escape from capitalism and structural racism.
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How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in America
Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States. But Cooperation Jackson, a powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, was born to transform it.
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Welcome to Commonomics: Learning to Build Local, Self-Reliant Economies
When it comes to sustainability and localism, people excluded from policymaking often have the most innovative ideas for building strength.
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The Revolutionary Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has focused on infrastructure investment and self-determination for the people in his city, emphasizing local empowerment to “build a base of autonomous power."
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The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement
Even with the greatest employment crisis since the 1930s and an unemployment rate for blacks that remains double that of whites, there is no talk of legislation for a federal jobs program to be paid for by taxing the rich.
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Zimmerman's Acquittal and the Call for a New Civil Rights Movement
We must mobilize and organize to assert popular power independent of the courts and corporate political parties if we are to create a world where Trayvon, and the millions he has come to represent, can thrive without fear.
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A Black Man is Killed in the U.S. Every 28 Hours by Police
America Is perpetually at war with its own people.
