We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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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?
