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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Spanish Congress Approves Anti-Democratic Laws Curbing Protests, Press, Internet and Speech
A draconian new gag law will punish Spanish activists with severe fines for organizing in public space, sending tweets, photographing the police, stopping foreclosure evictions, gathering in front of Congress, and many other democratic acts.
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The Rise of the Working Poor and the Non-Working Rich
The emergence of these two groups is relatively new – and both challenge the core American assumptions that people are paid what they’re worth and that work is justly rewarded
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A Fight for Union Rights Hits Major Hotel Chains In San Francisco
Unionized hotel workers from across the city are demanding the Chesapeake Lodging Trust – which owns Le Meridien and Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf – allow workers to choose whether or not they want to unionize.
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Subsidies To Industries That Cause Deforestation Worth 100 Times More Than Aid To Prevent It
Brazil and Indonesia have handed out over $40 billion in subsidies to the palm oil, timber, soy, beef and biofuels sectors between 2009 and 2012 – 126 times more than the $346 million they received from the UN to preserve their rainforests.
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Here Are All the Athletes, Celebrities, and CEOs Joining the Indiana Backlash
The state is reeling from a PR crisis since Gov. Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will give businesses the option to discriminate against LGBT customers on religious grounds.
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Four Reasons Why Corporations Owe Us – and One Way to Pay
Because corporations have used our resources — research, infrastructure, environment, educational and legal systems — to develop technologies that have gradually reduced the need for human involvement, we all deserve to benefit.
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Maple Spring: The Red Square Movement Returns As Anti-Austerity Protests Heat Up In Quebec
Quebec's militant student actions have resulted in the lowest costs for post-secondary education in North America – and it has also meant less debt for young people entering a stagnant economy.
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This is Not a Democracy: How the 1 Percent Rigged the Game
Money is speech and dollars have more influence than people. It's time to be honest about the plutocracy we live in.
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How the "Flood Wall Street" Trial Changed the Game Of Policing
By ordering protesters to leave the entire Wall Street area, police violated protesters’ First Amendment right to carry their message directly to its intended recipients: the Wall Street bankers who bankroll climate change, a judge ruled.
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Destroying the Greek Economy In Order To Save It
Blackmail is an understatement of what the Troika is doing to Greece, where European authorities are using dirty tactics to bring the Mediterranean country to heel.
