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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Strike Debt abolished $15m of people's debt
Strike Debt - an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street Movement - launched a project to buy up debt belonging to ordinary Americans and abolish it so that they never have to pay it back.
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Occupy Wall Street Group Buys $15 Million of Americans' Debt — And Abolishes It
Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group last November, purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before "abolishing" it, freeing individuals from their bills -- mainly medical ones.
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Two Years On: Successes, Challenges and Next Steps for the Occupy Movement
With things getting only better for the rich and worse for the poor, it's not a question of if, but when, the next historic shift in the tectonic plates of global capitalism will take place.
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Where Is Occupy Now? Answer: Turkey
Yet another chapter of Occupy unfolded as thousands of Turkish protesters, and those standing in solidarity with Occupy Gezi Park, filled Liberty Square in New York City last week.
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You Are Not a Loan: Strike Debt and the Challenge of the Rolling Jubilee
We purchase the debt like a debt buyer, but instead of trying to collect on it we abolish it.
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In Occupy 2.0, Strike Debt Aims to Abolish Consumer Debt
Strike Debt, an affiliate of the Occupy movement, has devised a legal and what some consider ingenious way to abolish millions of dollars in consumer debt.
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Happy Birthday! Occupy.com is 1 Year Old
A year ago this week, in early April of 2012, a dozen or so activists from Occupy Wall Street launched a website for the 99% and you’re looking at it now: Occupy.com.
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Strike Debt Abolishes $1 million in Emergency Room Debt
Strike Debt bought and abolished over $1 million in debt from emergency rooms in Kentucky and Indiana.
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Debt Versus Democracy: A Battle for the Future
In the U.S. and Europe, the movement of squares is articulating full-scale resistance.
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Cities in the Red: Austerity Hits America
The European debt crisis and the ensuing austerity-fueled chaos can seem to Americans like a distant battle that portends a dark future. Yet a closer look reveals that the future is already here.
