While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
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Bailing Ourselves Out: Leveraging Against Banking Barons in America’s Heartland
A culture of greed and corruption has permeated – even driven – each of the financial institutions that the government emphatically calls “too big to fail.”
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Only Knowledge Can Bring Revolution
Three years ago I found myself pouring over the SUNY Plattsburgh course catalogue to fulfill the university’s world systems requirement. I chose a study of the history of the Caribbean. About a month after I had entered Dr. Voss’s class, his academic leadership had drawn me into the Latin American Studies program.
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Your Comrades from Cairo
In an open letter, Egyptian revolutionaries write that recent elections were nothing but "an attempt by the prevailing military junta and its counter-revolutionary forces to garner international legitimacy to cement the existing regime and deliver more lethal blows to the Egyptian revolution."
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At the Heart of an Occupation: David Everitt-Carlson
At the Heart of An Occupation is photographer Stacy Lanyon's photo journal of the people who comprise Occupy Wall Street. On June 1, she presented David Everitt-Carlson in his own words.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the Cruz home at 4044 Cedar Avenue in South Minneapolis became a national flashpoint for the Movement, overthrown Egyptian former dictator Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison, Canadian solidarity had everyone wearing red, the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall sparked a frenzy among politicians and activists alike, and an Occupy Yale activist left us far too soon.
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Maintaining a Foreclosure-Free Zone in Minneapolis
A protest over the foreclosure of a house in south Minneapolis has escalated into a nightly confrontation with police and created a political dilemma for city leaders, who loathe taking part in foreclosures but say they have to keep the peace.
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On Vampires, Past and Present
18th-century political wits routinely compared vampires to financiers and local bigwigs, not to mention heads of church and state.
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Summer Disobedience School is Now in Session
After the high drama of #noNato, it was back to grassroots building at Occupy Wall Street with the new Summer Disobedience School series.
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Mexican Farmers Stand Up to Monsanto
Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico have scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents.
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From Montreal: An Open Letter to the Mainstream Media
This is what Quebec looks like right now: Every night is tear gas and riot cops, but it is also joy, laughter, kindness, togetherness, and beautiful music.
