“Yes We Can!" From Spain to Britain to America, a Revitalized Left Is Emerging

What began in Zuccotti Park and then spread across North America was a major contributor to the Bernie Sanders phenomenon that has forced leftwing ideas into the U.S. political conversation for the first time in decades.

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In Oakland, Replacing Predatory Lenders with Community Finance

Without adequate access to capital, neighborhoods, individuals, families, small businesses, organizations, and nonprofits cannot fully succeed.

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Only Bernie Sanders Can Break the Power of Capitalism in the U.S.

The real question in this election is what kind of progressive politics will govern America – one that leaves the power of money intact or, as in the great reforming eras of U.S. politics, fundamentally re-orders capitalism?

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#PanamaPapers: Forget Targeting Individuals, Let's Tackle Structural Corruption

There is a dangerous narrative emerging in which we're becoming preoccupied with the personalities in this debacle, and not their collusion with a system that's shafting us in every possible way.

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Bernie and the Big Banks

The recent kerfluffle about Bernie Sanders purportedly not knowing how to bust up the big banks says far more about the threat Sanders poses to the Democratic establishment and its Wall Street wing than it does about the candidate himself.

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The Climate Hour Is Late – Time To Rapidly Break Free From Fossil Fuels

After many years of political system failure, we can rely only on a massive people power wave capable of making demands for fundamental and rapid system change.

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Panama Fallout: Is Britain the Most Corrupt Country In the World? Part I

This leak is not any drop in any ocean – scrutinizing it has opened the world’s eyes to global tax dodging, especially by London which remains the "money tax haven of the world" with half of all tax evasion passing through it.

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40,000 Unionized Verizon Workers Walk Off the Job

"This is just another major American corporation trying to destroy the lives of working Americans," said presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaking at a Brooklyn rally as Verizon employees went on strike.

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Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Demanding Restoration of Democracy

The new coalition is calling on Congress to pass four bills that would limit the ability of billionaires to control American politics.

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Protests Are Erupting In the Capital to Get Money Out of Politics

A broad and powerful movement is seizing the nation’s capital. On Monday, hundreds of patriotic Americans participating in Democracy Spring got arrested as part of a week and a half of actions to save our democracy.

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