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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Green New Deal XIV: Climate Catastrophe Demands We Tear Down Deadly Borders
Despite much talk about a global response to the climate emergency, there are still no international agreements recognising climate refugees’ status – a crisis that looms large on the horizon.
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The Threat of Republican Fascism, Part I: Vigilantism as a Political Tool
If the budding fascist movement that’s taken over the Republican Party takes over Congress in 2022, it’s likely that an emboldened Donald Trump could win back the presidency in 2024 and kill democracy for good.
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‘Tinkering Round the Edges’ Won’t Cut it: COP26, Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
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In ‘The Dawn of Everything,’ Graeber and Wengrow Place Imagination at the Center of Humanity's Journey
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Biden's Mass Deportations of Haitians is Rooted in the US' History
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Calls for UK to Tax Wealth, Not Work, Gather Momentum
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Green New Deal XIII: From Kansas City to Estonia, Free Public Transport Is the Future
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Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
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10 years later, Occupy lives on in society and politics
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20 years after 9/11, are Americans less free and less safe?
The reigning US foreign policy establishment has failed in a remarkable array of ways over the past two decades. Now, President Biden has a unique opportunity to pursue a new direction.
