The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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How Mega-Corporations Like Nestle Threaten Colombia’s Coffee Farmers
Nestlé has a huge presence in Colombia. But it has no fair trade policy to ensure its coffee producers are paid a living wage.
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Even McCutcheon Supreme Court Case Won't Alter Money's Influence on Politics
If the court were to axe the current overall contribution limits posed in McCutcheon v. FEC, some predict that fewer than 500 people could fund all of electoral politics, creating a government run of, by and for those 500 people.
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Robert Reich on the Shutdown: "You Can't Negotiate with Extortionists"
Members of the Tea Party hate government viscerally. They say we ought to shrink government down to the size that it can drown in a bathtub. They're not in Washington to govern; they're in Washington to tear it down.
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Nearly 1 Million Gallons of Fracked Oil Spilled in North Dakota
Over 20,000 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale spilled from a pipeline in North Dakota in September, but the agency tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills did not make the report available until last week.
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Exposed: Senator Dianne Feinstein's Husband Is Selling Post Offices to Friends
University of California Regent Richard Blum has built vastly over-budget municipal airports, tunnels and bridges and sold high-tech weaponry in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he's liquidating U.S. post offices for private gain.
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Reclaiming the Roadblock, UK Uncut Takes Direct Action Against Austerity
Complementing other British anti-austerity movements in recent years, UK Uncut has proved perhaps the most successful at mobilizing activists from across the country to challenge corporate evasion of taxes.
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Even Google Is Doing Evil with ALEC
Quietly, Google has joined the American Legislative Exchange Council, the shadowy corporate alliance that pushes odious laws through state legislatures: cutting taxes for mega-corporations and the wealthy, privatizing schools and killing clean energy.
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Cashing in on Catastrophe: How to Stop the Climate Crisis Profiteers
Rather than burying their heads in the sands, political and business leaders are maintaining the pretense to tackle climate change while actually focusing instead on how to manage its impacts—through militarization-—in the interests of elites.
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Global Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance, Part 1
The Institute of International Finance represents the very "visible hand" of financial markets, wielding immense influence and boasting unparalleled access to central bankers and top policymakers from around the world.
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Seattle Social Justice Film Festival Brings New Voices to the Big Screen
This week in Seattle, the second Social Justice Film Festival draws a sharp focus to injustice and unfairness.
