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The World Cup You Won’t See on TV: Protests, Tear Gas, Displaced Favela Residents
Protests are continuing on the streets of Brazil. Many Brazilians have expressed fury over Brazil spending an estimated $11 billion to host the cup while the country’s hospitals and schools remain woefully underfunded.
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Joseph Stiglitz Calls Out Corporate Tax Dodgers – Here Are 10 of Them
In this recent report for the Roosevelt Institute, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz suggests that paying our fair share of taxes and cracking down on corporate tax dodgers could be a cure for inequality and a faltering economy.
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Albuquerque protesters say video acquits man accused of assault
David Correia charged with assaulting police officer when group occupied mayor's office in protest over police shootings
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Brazilian Military Deployed As Civil Unrest Intensifies On World Cup Opener
It would seem Brazil is gearing up for war, not football.
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Winners of the Radical Democracy European Video Challenge
On May 18, the 10 best videos from the Radical Democracy: European Video Challenge 2014 were awarded and screened at the Planete+ Doc Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland.
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Reset The Net: We’re Not Asking For Online Privacy – We’re Taking It Back
A broad-based coalition of online freedom organizations, Internet companies and advocacy groups have issued a call to "Reset the Net" on June 5, the anniversary of the Snowden leaks.
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The May One SuperPAC: Spending Big Money to End the Influence of Big Money
With MayOne.US, we launch an experiment to see whether we the people can kickstart a SuperPAC big enough to mobilize the people to demand reform – and get money out of politics.
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Pieces of Madrid: The Evolution of an Uprising
This short documentary explores ongoing resistance and self-organization happening amidst economic and social crisis in the Spanish capital.
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Dashing Toward Oligarchy, Government Is Now a Protection Racket For the 1%
A new report shows that top C.E.O.'s were paid 331 times more than the average U.S. worker in 2013, and the poorest fifth of Americans paid twice the average tax rate as the richest 1%.
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Krugman: What the 1% Doesn't Want You to Know
The Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman explains how the U.S. is becoming an oligarchy.
