The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Can Activists Turn the Bank of Canada Back into a Public Bank?
Canada’s privatization of public finance in the last 40 years has led to an unprecedented level of debt – now, a scrappy legal case for economic justice is seeking to reverse that.
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How the Government Outsourced Intelligence to Silicon Valley
Palantir – with its carefully honed image as a countercultural spy outfit committed to privacy in the pursuit of national security – is a monstrous government snoop, mining our most intimate data.
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Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loan Papers
Protest against student loans is a good way to earn the first dividend in the proposed America Permanent Fund.
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Fear Incorporated: Canada’s Anti-Terror Bill and the Emergence of a Deep Police State
Bill C-51 represents a clear erosion of constitutional rights – if the bill becomes law, blocking a pipeline or organizing a protest without permission from authorities would be considered terrorism.
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After HSBC Scandal, Growing Calls for Tax Transparency To Combat Inequality
To combat the burgeoning wealth inequality that tax loopholes help create, Oxfam says it's essential that European legislators create greater transparency on tax matters.
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100 Million Views In 3 Days: A Groundbreaking Environmental Film Rocks China
"Under The Dome," which relates a mother's concerns about the effect of the country’s filthy air on her child, has been compared to Rachel Carson's seminal work "Silent Spring."
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Next Phase for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement? Escalation.
The question is simple but profound: Whose side are you on?
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Richer Than Ever: The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List
The 29th annual guide to the globe’s richest found a record 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion – up from $6.4 trillion a year ago.
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Real Democracy Movement Launches Nationwide Actions Opposing Pacific Trade Deal
The Rolling Rebellion is launching nationwide, creative direct actions to draw attention to the biggest corporate giveaway in history – before it happens.
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ISIS Recruits, European Racism – and Why Jihadi Johns Are the Product Of the State
When I was in southern Pakistan last year, poor youths told me that constant police pressure combined with unrelenting unemployment made joining the militias the only viable means of survival.
