Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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In Brazil Protests, People Triumphed In the Streets But New Uncertainties Emerged
In response to the abusive fare increases, the recent protests in Brazil make way, once again, for direct action tactics: taking the struggle out into the streets to effectively confront private interests and recent state politics.
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Occupy Movements Around the World: How Is Brazil's Different?
Spain's Indignados. Egypt's Tahrir Square. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Gezi, and now Brazil. These local moments of a global Occupy movement represent a new stage in the history of protest.
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5 Demands in Brazil: A Million Marchers Across Country Say "It's Not About 20 Cents"
Last week’s violent police crackdown on the mostly peaceful bus fare protests appears to have opened Pandora’s Box, allowing a wide range of long-repressed grievances to come pouring out.
