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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People Vs Big Oil, Part I: Washington Victory Over Shell Oil Trains Signals A Turning Tide
Until 2016, the oil industry had been able to play trains and pipelines off each other – now, both are under relentless attack by indigenous people, public interest groups, environmental activists and a growing public consciousness.
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The Time Is Now for Direct Action on Climate Change
We're in an emergency, and no one in power is treating it as such. What has a chance of waking politicians of their torpor and spurring them – spurring all of us – to act with the clarity and determination the situation requires?
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Occupy Is Everywhere
The return of encampments as a tactic is telling us something, if we’d care to listen.
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Standing Rock Joins the World’s Indigenous Fighting For Land and Life
Military-style troops confronted Dakota Access water defenders recently, underscoring the common narrative U.S. tribes share with the world’s Indigenous Peoples.
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Women Who Stop Oil: Female Leadership Crucial At Dakota Pipeline Protests
Women are leading the battle against the Black Snake, the latest in fast-tracked fossil fuel pipeline projects attempting to carry crude oil across the U.S.
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Standing Firm at Standing Rock: Why the Struggle is Bigger Than One Pipeline
For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is about reviving a way of life.
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AFL-CIO to Planet Earth: Drop Dead
In sharp contrast to Richard Trumka and the AFL-CIO, some unions really want to restrain climate change and are now vocally opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Act Out! [79] - What You Need to Know about Dakota Access Pipeline & How a Coal Mine Became a Forest
This week, the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline rages on, despite a joint statement asking Big Oil to play nice.
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Victory For Standing Rock Sioux As Justice Department Halts Pipeline Construction
The mood at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation on Friday afternoon went from somber to joyous as a press release was read from the Department of Justice announcing a halt to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Act Out! [78] - Terrorism, War, Oppression, Colonialism & Activism: from Attica to 9/11 to #NoDAPL
This week marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Let's take a look at what these 15 years have brought us...
