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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Greeks Vote "No" To Austerity In a Resounding Defeat to Troika and Banks
More than three out of five Greeks on Sunday decisively rejected a bailout deal proposed by the country's international creditors, which demanded new austerity measures in return for emergency funds.
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Banking for the People: How "The Revolutionary Pope" Could Transform Our Monetary System
We need a strategy to eliminate the financial parasite that is keeping us trapped in a prison of scarcity and debt.
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A New Welcome: Activists Launch Home Placement Service for Refugees In Germany and Austria
Through a new organization called Refugees Welcome, more than 1,000 Germans and Austrians have offered to share their houses with refugees who otherwise would be consigned to overcrowded asylum shelters.
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"We're In a Revolutionary Moment": Why Chris Hedges Believes the Uprising Is Coming Soon
"You rebel not only for what you can achieve, but for who you [can] become," says the author and journalist.
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Let's Talk About What Socialism Means – When the Employer and Employee Become One
Regulated private capitalism, state capitalism, socialism – these three systems are entirely different from each other, and we must understand those differences to move beyond today's dysfunctional economies.
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On Eve Of Historic Vote, I.M.F. Swings Toward Greece Calling for Debt Relief
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said he would rather cut off his arm than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for the country.
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Why Is U.S. Media Ignoring the Assault on Southern Black Churches?
That numerous black churches in the South have been burned just a little over a week since the racially-motivated terrorist attack in Charleston lends credibility to the theory that racist organizations are at work.
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Triumph Of Courage: Bree Newsome Takes Down the Confederate Flag In Charleston
I removed the flag not only in defiance of those who enslaved my ancestors in the southern United States, but also in defiance of the oppression that continues against black people globally in 2015.
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Bay Area Police, FBI and Harris Corporation Secretly Collaborating On Stingray Surveillance
The multi-agency effort to acquire a controversial cellphone surveillance device would make it possible for Oakland and Fremont police to scoop up data from everyone in a given area – dragnet style.
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"Protest Is Broken": Co-Creator of Occupy Wall Street Calls for New Mental Shift
The co-creator of Occupy Wall Street has advice for the next generation of social movements: “Never protest the same way twice.”