The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
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How the 1% Hijacked Our Courts
Those at the top of the economic pinnacle have taken an ever-growing share of the nation's income, and then leveraged that haul into ever-greater political power, which they have in turn used to rewrite the rules of the market in their favor.
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Occupy Wall Street Protesters Flood Morgan Stanley Annual Shareholder Meeting
Occupy Wall Street held a day of action Tuesday, part of a larger weeklong schedule of protests that coincidentally aligns with Internet Week in New York. First up on Occupy’s agenda yesterday morning: a protest at Morgan Stanley’s annual shareholder’s meeting.
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Carrying Student Loans? Prepare to Pay With Your Social Security
Thanks to Congress, your student loan debt can be extracted from your Social Security checks. Lawmakers are scrambling to find the money to prevent an impending interest rate hike. Will the student loan bubble pop like the housing and financial bubbles did?
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Moving Beyond Wall Street-Centric Economics
The global economy is finally shifting away from the model that has prevailed for the last three decades. Europeans are rejecting austerity. Latin Americans are nationalizing enterprises. Maybe that long-heralded “end of the Washington consensus” is finally upon us.
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This Spring, We Throw Off Our Chains
We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world´s population , where we are told there is no alternative to the loss of our rights. But we want a world ruled by the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity – the old dream of our ancestors when they rose against oppression.
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How the Women of Guatemala Rocked May Day
May 1 events in the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala are traditionally festive, but not in recent memory have Antigua’s workers, peasants and unions organized a May Day march like this year's.
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Philly, Where It All Began
May Day's over, but take heart: Summer's here, and with it, music and mischief.
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This May 15, Another City is Possible
On May 15, join thousands in a mass convergence at Times Square for the culmination of a week of actions against austerity and corporate greed.
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Only We Can Stop These Pipeline Dreams
The rush to exploit "extreme energy" sources such as tar sands and mountain top coal has sparked angry protests because of the devastating environmental consequences.
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Can the Indignados Reignite the Occupy Movement?
Spring re-occupations have largely failed here in North America. The May Day General Strike was stifled by aggressive, preemptive policing that neutralized Occupy’s signature moves. In light of these challenges, Saturday’s rebirth of the indignados could be a tactical turning point.
