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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What Does Climate Change Look Like? Farmers Are Living It
The new "normal" of climate change calls for us to redouble our efforts to build healthy soil, as more frequent and severe weather challenges confronting farmers are on the way.
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How the International Monetary Conference Helped Fuel the 1980s Debt Crisis
Two years before the 1982 debt crisis erupted, the world’s top bankers met secretly in New Orleans and warned that a “safety net” may be needed to bail out the major banks which lent money to the developing world.
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Strike Debt Bay Area Elevates Jubilee Message – Debt Forgiveness – to the Forefront
From debtors assemblies to study groups, Strike Debt Bay Area uses debt as a platform for collective action and resistance.
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The State of Lending: Debt Collection and Debt Buying
As the debt collection industry grows, abusive, illegal and predatory practices have proliferated, with companies using unlawful methods to collect on debt consumers do not even owe.
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Higher Ed, Not Debt: A Coalition Tackles America’s Student Financial Crisis
Occupy Wall Street activist Nelini Stamp of the Working Families Party talks about the new “Higher Ed, Not Debt” campaign that Elizabeth Warren helped launch.
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The People’s Firewall: Protesters Occupy the FCC to Halt Net Discrimination Rules
Before the FCC holds its next open meeting, citizen pressure needs to build to demand reclassifying the Internet as a common carrier, putting into law net neutrality.
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Evictions, Violence and "Criminalization of Poverty" Shakes Brazil Ahead of World Cup
Some say the Pacifying Police Units now installed in favelas are part of a corporate takeover of Rio de Janeiro – where the purpose is not to meet social demands but to make the city friendly for big business.
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How Wall Street Financial Fees Choke Our Cities
L.A. is on the hook for millions of dollars in the same scheme that has plagued cities across America.
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Pussy Riot visits Imprisoned Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan
The Russian activist punk rock group Pussy Riot made a surprise visit to imprisoned Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan at Rikers Island jail in New York City.
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Cecily McMillan Verdict Proves Dissent Is Dangerous – And More Important Than Ever
Nonviolent protest and exposure are two vital tools at our disposal – now it’s time to wake from our dream and resist.
