Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
Occupy
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Folk the Banks
U.K.-based Occupation Records, born out of Occupy London, will release its debut compilation on June 4, and a small sampler of songs is available now to whet your appetite.
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We Are All Illegals
Outernational is not your typical rock ‘n roll band: the five-piece activist rock group flavors their music with mariachi and Spanish shout outs, recently released an album slamming U.S. immigration policy, and has even played gigs at Native American reservations.
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Europeans to Rise Up May 12
We are united in our demands: the welfare of the 99% must be respected.
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Music Carried Occupy Nigeria
Whether Occupy Nigeria was a successful revolution or no, is a debate I’ll leave to pundits.
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Tar Sands Production In America Is Closer Than You Think
Tar sands in Utah, like in Canada, contain a form of petroleum called bitumen that can be refined into gasoline. But the process is costly, energy-intensive, and on a life-cycle basis releases far more global warming pollutants than conventional oil refining operations.
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Our Government, the Keyboard Cops
If CISPA enters into U.S. law alongside the recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act – which gives the government the power to detain any American for anything forever – fundamental civil liberties will be threatened in a way that no democracy can tolerate.
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Four Poems for an Occupy Spring
Following the dispossessed to Zuccotti / I never looked up at what blocked the sun / from warming the rebel camp, / The shadow of a country / that lost its spine, Consumed by smoke and zealotry.
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Fighting Austerity, Reclaiming our City
Between May 10 and May 15, New Yorkers — in solidarity with global calls to action from around the world — will carry out Another City is Possible, Another World is Possible, a week of actions connecting the city budget to austerity measures around the world, all culminating on May 15 at 6 p.m. in a mass convergence in Times Square.
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The Sounds of the L.A. Riots
Reflecting back on 1992 uprising, so much in Los Angeles has changed. But so much has also remained the same.
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Illustrating the Revolution
Seth Tobocman, one of the founding editors of the political comic book World War 3 Illustrated, has used his illustrating skills to challenge our warped system.