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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5 Years After Zuccotti Park, Occupy Movement Is Driving America's Political Change
The next time someone says the Occupy movement is dead, ask them this: “Do you really think serious activists for social and economic justice were going to spend the rest of their lives living in tents in parks?”
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Here’s Why Americans Are Mad as Hell at Wall Street and Washington
Tens of millions of Americans clearly understand that an entrenched system of corruption such as Wall Street, perpetuated through a revolving door with Washington, will leave the nation’s economy in tatters again.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Snowden"
At the heart of Oliver Stone's new film is the evolution of inner turmoil and disillusion with the U.S. government that Edward Snowden felt in his work.
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Rock Against the TPP: Artists & Celebrities Fight the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Join us for a nationwide uprising and concert tour to stop the biggest corporate power grab in history – with the next show happening this Friday in Toronto.
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The South Is Organizing — and There’s No One to Cover It
Workers are less scared of organizing when the press is covering them. The solution? Put more labor reporters in the South.
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10 Biggest Corporations Make More Money Than Most of World Combined
The world’s top ten corporations, including Apple, Shell and Walmart, have a combined revenue that is greater than the combined income of the 180 “poorest” countries out of the world’s total 195 sovereign states.
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In Praise of Class Traitors: Former Goldman Exec Runs for N.J. Governor on Public Banking Platform
Days after Phil Murphy’s call for a publicly-owned Bank of New Jersey sent shockwaves across state and national media, the proposal received an unexpected favor: Governor Chris Christie attacked it.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
Warren and hundreds of legal and economic scholars are warning that the pact's Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions overturn well-established legal systems and threaten the rule of law.
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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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Why It’s Unlikely Anyone Will Go to Jail Over Wells Fargo’s Massive Fraud Scheme
This was criminal activity on a massive scale, and it is going to have lingering effects on innocent people’s abilities to live their lives. It’s worth asking: Will anyone go to jail for this?
