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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Labor Unrest at California Ports Continues as More Subcontracted Workers Go On Strike
After years of tenacious effort, workers throughout the nation's largest port – spread across parts of both Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA – may soon share one important tool their predecessors once had: a union.
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In Rare Criminal Case, Coal Baron Faces Trial for Worker Deaths
Prosecutors charge that Don Blankenship lied to financial regulators and conspired to violate safety regulations before April 5, 2010, when a massive blast in the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia killed 29 men.
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Advocacy Support for Worker Cooperatives: Creating a Full-Fledged Support System
Only roughly half of the 50 states have worker co-op statutes on the books.
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Wars Profit the 1%, Part III: How Armed Conflict Drives Climate Change
Oil and the war business are as connected to each other as they are tied to capitalism – which is why, to tackle climate change, we need to dismantle both.
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Triumph Of Song: Syrian Musicians Who Fled Civil War Build A New Orchestra In Germany
Founded by musician-activists in Bremen, the orchestra composed of Syrian and local musicians came together to push back against the fearmongering and xenophobia that has arisen due to the refugee crisis in Europe.
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How Podemos Works: The Party Born from Spain's Indignados Holds Great Lessons for U.S.
Since it's the takeover of our democratic process by big money that makes most Americans angry, Podemos is a story from which Americans could take heart.
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Elizabeth Warren Lobbying Query Leads Brookings Institution Fellow To Quit
A prominent Brookings fellow resigned after the Massachusetts senator accused him of failing to fully disclose industry funding tied to a study that criticized the U.S. Labor Department's plan to regulate brokerages.
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Mega Conspiracy? How the Case Against Kim Dotcom Reveals Flaws in American Justice
Vast resources of the U.S. government are being deployed at the bidding of the entertainment industry, which saw its profits threatened by Internet pioneers like Dotcom and his Megaupload content-sharing empire.
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What It Takes To Expose Corruption – For Ghana's Top Undercover Journalist, A Good Disguise
Anas Aremeyaw Anas has a range of tools he uses when trying o expose government corruption – from an array of wigs, prosthetic masks and tiny cameras, to feigning madness, posing as a street hawker and even dressing up as a rock.
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San Francisco Activists Shut Down "Climate Profiteers" In Flood Wall Street West
The action comes one year after protesters held a mass sit-in on Wall Street in New York City to highlight the ties between capitalism and planetary destruction.
