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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Students at the Barricades: Why Graduates and Unions Will Win
Around the country, graduate students aren’t just unionizing — they're reforming the conservative, top-down unions they’ve joined.
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Arrested Fast Food Striker: "I Hope My Daughter Knows I'm Doing This For Her"
I work at McDonald’s in Chicago and was one of the thousands of fast-food workers nationwide who went on strike last week for fairer wages.
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How Corporations Spy on Nonprofits With Impunity – Even Dumpster Diving for Their Info
Our democracy can't function properly if corporations may spy and snoop on nonprofits with impunity – a form of espionage that degrades the effectiveness of nonprofit watchdogs and activists.
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Hackers' Forum to Defend Global Internet Overshadows U.N. Meeting
Last week's activist-organized Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul brought together hackers, activists, academics and diplomats from around the globe to debate our online future.
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Former Senators Join PR Firm Fighting Russia Sanctions
Trent Lott, a Republican from Mississippi, and former Democratic Senator John Breaux of Louisiana are listed as the main lobbyists fighting sanctions against Russia.
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16 Worker Cooperatives Redefining What Labor and Community Mean
The worker cooperative movement has hit a new stride, including tech companies, coworking spaces, international businesses, large factories and much more.
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Even the Council on Foreign Relations Says It's Time to Rain Money on Main Street
When an article appears in Foreign Affairs recommending that the Federal Reserve do a money drop directly on the 99%, you know the central bank must be down to its last bullet.
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The Road to Serfdom: American Feudalism Comes To Detroit
If the financiers who fueled the city's fiscal crisis get their way, Detroit citizens will no longer own any public goods but will be like serfs – subservient to a class of unaccountable corporate lords and their cronies in government.
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People, Americans: Don’t Look to Government to Solve the Climate Crisis
Solutions exist to mitigate climate change and build systems that allow us to adapt to its harshest impacts – but the answers won’t be coming from above.
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Lobster Boat Blockade: Two Activists Stand Trial After Helping Close Down a Coal Plant
Environmental direct action will get a big legal test in Massachusetts next week when two men who temporarily blocked 40,000 tons of coal from reaching New England's largest coal-fired power plant stand trial.
