There are multiple similarities between Trump and the British monarch when looking at the 27 grievances the framers outlined in their 1776 declaration.
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Does Emergence of Scottish Power Signal the End of the United Kingdom?
Britain’s election shows it's no longer a united kingdom, that Scottish independence is increasingly likely – and that the new Conservative government will only further fracture an already deeply unequal society.
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Moratorium Now! Tax Foreclosures On Thousands of Detroit Homes Will Have Devastating Effects
If carried out as expected, this year's tax foreclosures in Detroit will comprise the largest number of foreclosures in any municipality in history – and they're not even being carried out by big heartless banks, but rather by local government.
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U.S. Taxpayers Subsidizing World's Biggest Fossil Fuel Companies
A Guardian investigation of three specific projects run by Shell, ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum reveals that the subsidies were all granted by politicians who received significant campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.
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Targeting Solutions Rather Than Crises, A San Francisco Gathering Asks "What's Possible?"
A gathering of people from around the world at the first ever event known as PossibL, happening later this month in San Francisco, seeks to shed light less on the crises we face and more on the solutions to those crises.
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Bernie Sanders's "Political Revolution" Can Only Come About if He Abandons the Democrats
Bernie's message of taking on the billionaire class, making four-year college free and breaking up the big banks is resonating with everyday folks – and if he breaks with the Democrats to run as an Independent, his support will surge.
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What We Learned from Occupying our University
Our occupation at the London School of Economics ended successfully, but the global free education movement will continue.
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The Emerging Populist Agenda
The emergence of a populist reform agenda that is driving the debate inside and outside the Democratic Party is a stunning turn of a events.
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London School of Tropical Medicine Divests From Coal
The institution became the first health research organization in the world to sell off investments in coal companies from its £16 million endowment.
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Tensions Flare Over Controversial Fracking Bill In Germany
The newly proposed law takes a middle-of-the-road approach to the polarizing issue – imposing strict rules on fracking while failing to outlaw the gas drilling process outright.
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A Surge of Student Strikes Upsets Romania
Protesting students are demanding 6% of Romania's gross domestic product be allotted to education.
