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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$21 Trillion Hidden Offshore by Global Elite
A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary $21 trillion of wealth offshore – as much as the American and Japanese GDPs put together – according to research commissioned by the campaign group Tax Justice Network.
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College Attack on Big Coal is Gaining Steam
Big Coal and fossil fuel polluters give out out billions to college campuses. Now students are fighting back with a divestment campaign saying their universities aren't to be implicated in devastating corporate practices that foul our planet and our climate.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the 99 Mile March rocked its way across two states, the movement survived an NYPD smear campaign, Comic Con got #occupied, and banks continued their usual reprehensible behavior.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the National Gathering culminated in a gathering at Independence Mall, TPP was exposed as the latest NAFTA/SOPA nightmare, a Romney fundraiser hosted by David Koch was #occupied, and a homeowners bill of rights passed in California.
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Lmnop Infuses Art With Activism, OWS-Style
Lmnop's art can be viewed at lmnopi.blogspot.com.
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Declaring Independence
While the aims and parameters of the American Revolution and Occupy Wall Street do not align entirely, there are some striking parallels.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the Occupy National Gathering is under way in Philadelphia, Los Angeles rejects Wal-mart, hundreds marched on California’s capitol to demand a foreclosure moratorium and two Brazilian activists pay with their lives for speaking at the People’s Summit in Rio.
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Remember, Remember, the 17th of September
"American Autumn: an Occudoc," was shot on the front lines and meeting spaces of the Occupy Movement in New York, Boston and Washington, DC, from its earliest days through the end of January 2012.
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99 Miles Of Music For The 99%
The Occupy Guitarmy is spearheading a #99MileMarch from Philadelphia to New York City from July 5 to July 11 in honor of Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.
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Thousands March in Silence Against Stop and Frisk
One June 17, a crowd of 30,000 marched in silent, somber protest against the New York City Police Department's of Stop and Frisk policy, a controversial practice that has targeted 90% minorities and has resulted in nearly 700,000 people being detained, questioned and illegally searched. Officers do not need to provide probable cause or a reason.
