The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Spain's Rebellion Moves to Print
A radical new monthly magazine, La Marea, has just launched in Spain. Building on the social and political momentum of the 15M movement, the worker-owned cooperative is challenging the media establishment.
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What This Economy Needs Now: Worker-Owned Enterprises
Worker-owned enterprises will change politics as they put democratic power in the workplace and build wealth among workers.
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A Checkerboard Strategy to Keep Progressivism Alive
Progressives need to get off the defensive and get acquainted with the checkerboard of power and its possibilities.
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Debt Versus Democracy: A Battle for the Future
In the U.S. and Europe, the movement of squares is articulating full-scale resistance.
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Obama Urged to Wait on Fracking Exports Plan
Scientists, doctors, environmentalists and high-ranking former industry insiders are demanding time for researchers to consider the potential impacts of fracking on local communities.
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Collective Workplaces Exemplify Real-Life Democracy
Cooperative workplaces are the closest thing to real-life democracy we've got.
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If You're Poor, Come Out of the Closet
Just as brave gays and lesbians around this nation have stood up to say "Yes, we are gay," so too should poor Americans stand up and demand dignity.
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At Planetary Crossroads, A Call to Arms: Join the Blockade!
We must immediately obstruct this pipeline or accept our surrender to forces that, in the name of profit, intend to cash in on the death throes of the planet. Keystone XL is part of the final phase of extreme exploitation by the corporate state.
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Making Walmart Work for Us
Workers responsible for moving an estimated $1 trillion worth of goods a year through the global economy are paid low wages, often denied breaks and basic protective gear, and are employed primarily through temp agencies. Now they are on strike.
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Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters
When we allow governments to forfeit our civil rights to protect "us" from "them," we lose sight of how quickly we can become "them."
