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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"Bagful of Cash" Exposes Chamber of Commerce As Supreme Corporate Lobby
A new report shows how the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has invested millions of corporate dollars into opposing all legislation relating to healthcare, financial reform, closing corporate tax loopholes, and addressing climate change.
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Exposed: Coal Plants Are Dumping Unlimited Arsenic and Poisons Into U.S. Waters
Environmental experts reviewed data from 386 coal-fired power plants across the country and found that the Clean Water Act has been almost universally ignored by power companies and permitting agencies.
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Direct Democracy in Montréal: What We Can Learn From the Maple Spring
Last year's Maple Spring raised hopes for the mobilization and victory potential of social movements. In hindsight, we can draw some conclusions about the legacy of that uprising — and how it relates to the Occupy movement that preceded it.
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Time to Decide: Are We Ready for Economic Democracy?
We are in a time of transition, an era that will define the next economy. We can either privatize government services and public resources to keep wealth concentrated at the top, or we can turn the corner toward an economy that benefits all.
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What Are the Youth To Do? "Into the Wild" and "The East" Present Two Responses
The film The East accurately captures many of the injustices of modern society and makes a compelling case for indignation and activism to confront such injustices, but the particular reaction is not a viable path forward in the real world.
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Occupy Money Cooperative Introduces New Financial Service
The co-op banking project, which emerged as a group from Occupy Wall Street, seeks to extend financial services to populations that would otherwise be excluded.
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Revealed: Leaked Report Shows High Civilian Death Toll from CIA Drone Strikes
The secret Pakistani document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism describes 147 civilian deaths, much higher than the U.S. administration has admitted to.
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No One Knows How to Stop These Tar Sands Oil Spills
Thousands of barrels of tar-sands oil have been burbling up into forest areas for at least six weeks in Cold Lake, Alberta, and it seems that nobody knows how to staunch the flow.
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Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence with Citigroup
Citigroup, the largest single recipient of US taxpayer bailout funds with some $476 billion in cash and guarantees, didn't just defraud investors: it foreclosed on hundreds of U.S. military members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Icelandic Democracy on the Screen: "Pots, Pans and Other Solutions"
Examining the little island with big direct democracy ideas, the documentary Pots, Pans and Other Solutions tells the story of Iceland’s reaction to the financial crash.
