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With Lopez Obrador In, Thousands Of Workers Walk Out
During the past month, between 30,000 and 40,000 maquiladora workers in Matamoros plants have walked off their jobs – and now Mexican workers elsewhere are considering following their example.
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277 Events Nationwide Protest #FakeTrumpEmergency
Protesters signed thousands of petitions, called Congress and filed lawsuits. Then on Presidents’ Day, thousands converged at 277 events nationwide to stand up against the #FakeTrumpEmergency.
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Regime Change In Venezuela, But Human Suffering Continues
Our country is so divided, on so many issues, yet intervening in foreign countries is a united addiction we just can’t tear ourselves away from.
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Rebel Cities 20: With Hip-Hop As Sound Track, Young Senegalese Say Enough Is Enough
The Y’en a Marre ("We Are Fed Up") movement, which traveled the country raising awareness about the need to vote, played a crucial role helping defeat Senegal's two-term president in 2012.
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Why Black Teenage Gun Reform Activists Are Barely Recognized
As the March for Our Lives movement enters its second year, it would benefit to have black faces at the forefront to expand the narrative around gun reform.
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Denver Teachers Go On Strike After Failing to Reach Pay Deal
Denver’s teachers started picketing before the start of the school day and students crossed through the picket lines on their way to class in some locations.
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As Brexit Stumbles Towards No Deal, Calls Escalate for a Second Referendum
Fears that Ireland will stand fast on its border claims are among the most pressing concerns still dogging the Brexit deal, which could ultimately force a new referendum.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Should Nationalize Utilities
PG&E is asking for a bailout. Instead, we should make that utility, and all utilities, public assets.
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Homelessness and Hate Crimes Set to Rise in Post-Brexit Britain
As Brexit bedlam intensifies and Britain edges closer to its agonizing E.U. departure date of March 29, grim reports are surfacing about the real impacts the move will have on U.K. citizens' safety and well being.
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Rise of Spain's Far-Right Vox Party Signals European Shift
As Vox's xenophobic, right-wing messaging cause open alarm among political analysts, the party is hard at work rebranding itself as anything other than another European right-wing populist movement.