We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Students Flock to Hollywood to Burn Their Student Loan Bills
College students from across Los Angeles will be turning out Saturday on Hollywood Boulevard to light their student loan bills on fire — a proclamation of freedom from an unfair debt system that has already topped $1 trillion nationwide.
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Voting For Our Future — While We Still Can
Ballot initiatives in five key states are helping citizens directly confront austerity economics while building national momentum behind policies to jumpstart the economy and protect our democracy.
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Banks to Blame for 800,000 Preventable Foreclosures
The Obama administration’s program to tackle the housing crisis and help homeowners who were facing foreclosure fell far short of its goals — and a recent report blames the nation's biggest banks for the failure.
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Lockdown! Activists Paralyze Keystone XL Machinery in Texas
Activists with the Tar Sands Blockade on Wednesday morning halted construction — again — on the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas, furthering their campaign of civil disobedience and direct actions against the oil transport project.
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Forging a People's Wall
If the police are adapting their arrest tactics, we should adapt our own tactics to protect innocent people from unlawful arrest, imprisonment, and costly court dates and attorney fees.
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Occupy Your Victories
Occupy's accomplished a great deal in a year.
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The Strike Debt Campaign: A Manual is Born
That launched this September 17 moves from convergence around the tactic of occupation to consensus around the politics of debt.
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The Chicago Teachers Strike: Challenging Democracy's Demise
What the world is witnessing in Chicago as thousands of teachers, staff and support personnel strike is the emergence of a revolutionary ideal.
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Victory—For Now—in Suit Against the NDAA
It is deeply disturbing that the Obama administration, rather than protecting our civil liberties and democracy, insists on further eroding them by expanding the power of the military to seize U.S. citizens and control our streets.
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From NY to SF, Thousands March to Celebrate Year-Old Movement
"Occupy" might not be the right name for the movement anymore, as Monday's actions were less about holding space than breaching it.
