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Grossman: Populist alliances of ‘cowboys and Indians’ are protecting rural lands
The success of these unlikely alliances challenges political stereotypes. Some progressives tend to dismiss rural whites as recalcitrant and unwilling to treat people who are different as equals
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and Marta Popadiak: Organizing for governing power in Chicago
Interview on this election cycle and how it relates to the long-term project of building progressive infrastructure in the city
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Cole: ExxonMobil wrecked a planet to make a few bucks
Are ExxonMobil Executives the most evil people in the 200K-yr-long History of Humanity?
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It was 7 AM April 30th in Caracas when I awoke to hear gun shots outside my hotel. Our group, seven US citizens and one Canadian, had been in here since April 27 attending a housing conference and looked forward to the next day’s May Day celebration
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Koehler: War’s unanswered questions
Donald Trump and his team, led by National Insecurity Advisor John Bolton, are playing rogue right now with two countries not currently under U.S. control, Iran and Venezuela
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Rebellion: Eco-action sweeps the globe
The environmental narrative has been irrevocably changed: public concern is at an all-time high, with a clear majority of UK voters now backing (comparatively) radical action
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Greeman: Yellow Vests Six Months Later
The Yellow Vests represent a spontaneous, self-organized social movement has ever held out for half a year in spite of repression while retaining its autonomy, resisting cooptation, bureaucratization and sectarian splits
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Cohn: US Illegally Evicts Protectors From Venezuelan Embassy
On May 16, law enforcement agents broke into the Venezuelan...
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Raina: VVPAT Verification: The Supreme Court Must Defend Democracy
Judges of the highest court were anguished that democracy was in "peril”, but seem to be reluctant to take the necessary steps to ensure elections are "free and fair"
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Zunes: The Threat of War with Iran
Is the U.S. lurching towards another illegal war in the Middle East?
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Pine: Academic Arrested for Protecting the Venezuela Embassy
As a scholar and educator, there are times when standard tools of teaching, publishing, and public speaking aren't enough. There are times when we need to put our bodies on the line
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Shanahan: Human wellbeing threatened by ‘unprecedented’ rate of biodiversity loss
Major UN report warns 1 million species are at risk of extinction
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Monbiot: Saving the life in our seas
Industrial fishing is the biggest threat to our blue planet. So why don’t we act on it?
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Benjamin: We Need to Build Up the Antiwar Movement
Interview on the growing threat of war with Iran and the role of National Security Advisor John Bolton, who Benjamin says has been pushing for war with Iran for years
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Cole: 9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran
The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US public on a war footing with Iran. Here is how it is done
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Hughes: Organising the ‘unorganisable’
In this new union movement a new attitude to workplace organising can be found, one based on action, militancy and unconditional support
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Johnson: Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative
British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran
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Russo: Locking people up won’t help combat sexual violence
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Chomsky: Rousing the Multitudes
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Pilger: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
A war has been declared on Venezuela, of which the truth is “too difficult” to report
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Rosenberg: Drug Company Executives Defend Their Prices on the Hill
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Winslow: Labor’s Spectacular Revolt
On February 6, 1919, Seattle’s workers struck—all of them. In doing so they took control of the city
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U.S. neocons are once again back in charge of U.S. foreign policy, driving the U.S. toward yet another war and attempt at regime change of a foreign government
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Hallam: Why International Rebellion?
Explaining the concept behind the forthcoming International Rebellion starting from April 15, 2019
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Noor: Hopkins Students Sit-In to Oppose University Police and ICE Contract
The protestors say they will occupy Hopkins until officials end the militarization of its campus
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Wilpert: The Origins of Venezuela’s Economic Crisis
Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing
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Ocasio-Cortez: Demolishing GOP Claim That Green New Deal Is “Elitist”
Speech in defense of the Green New Deal
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Rebellion: Eco-action
Greeman: Yellow Vests
Kliff: Medical Madness
Zunes: Threat of War with Iran
Benjamin: Build Antiwar Movement
Hughes: Organising ‘unorganisable’
Russo: Locking people up
Feffer: Bolton in Wonderland
Albert: Socialism: Ecology or Nothing
Prashad: The Plot to Kill Venezuela
Lakey: Connect the pipeline fights
Greenberg: Redacting Democracy
Roy: Form of Religion
Rasmus: China-US Trade War
Falk: Required Reading
Owliaei: Uber Drivers Strike
Albert: "Socialism" or What
Ferner: Save Lake Erie
Porter: Spinning Israeli ‘Intelligence’
Swanson: Forbiggen Facts
Taibbi: Sanders 2.0
Fuentes: Venezuela’s crisis
Nichols: Spanish elections
Slaughter: Toledoans Rally
Bennis: Escalating Tensions
Hallinan: Lessons from Spain
Day: Fighting Loan Sharks
Albert: Socialism: Kinship
Giroux: Hope in Dark Times
Halimi: As bellicose as ever
Feffer: Global Game of Thrones
Ellsberg: Assange’s case
Ross: Nurses To Big Pharma
Minter: African Development
Sanchez: Striking Against Uber
Albert: Socialism: Community
Kaminski: Citizen Assemblies
Prashad: U.S. and Iran?
Foster: Eco-Revolution
Foley: Ireland’s Citizen Assembly
Albert: Socialism: The Polity
Kernan: Surveillance Capitalism
Cohen: “Troika of Tyranny”
Joedan: Dear Xtinction Rebellion
Deen: Xtinction Rebellion
Orphan: Hopeful in Bad Times
Olson: Meritocracy is a Lie
Piggot: ER’s “regenerative culture”
Matin: Democracy from below
Many: Dear Extinction Rebellion
Flacks: Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger
Albert: Socialism: Strategy
Sachs: U.S. Has Devastated Venezuela
Lawrence: Rethinking ownership
Parmenter: Letter to N.C. Students
Albert: Judging Participatory Socialism
Stannard: Symbiosis is Different
Bader: Restaurant Workers
Barkan: Medicare for All
Monbiot: Problem is Capitalism
Grzegorczyk: Strike Sweeps Poland
Wittner: The Story of Vieques
Albert: Socialism: Disputing Planning
Climate emergency manifesto
Mesec: Building the Slovenian Left
Falk: Second Arab Spring?
Ehrenreich Interview on Parecon
Aronoff: Spanish Green New Deal
Albert: Querying Young Chomsky
Douglas: To Parliament, and Beyond
Smith: Game Developers
Bacon: Organizing Farmworkers
Hallinan: Revenge of the Kurds
Wen: Trump’s “Pro-Life” Agenda
Albert: Socialism: Planning
Marin: Participatory Democracy
Yates: The Road Beckons
Leopold: Medicare for All
Berman: Prisoner Voting Rights
Albert: Socialism: Allocation?
Fletcher: 2020 Elections & Beyond
Taylor: Extinction Rebellion
Grossman: Many Feet
Benjamin: Venezuelan Embassy
Hensby: Extinction Rebellion
Fletcher: Left Election Strategy
Hamouchene: Algerian revolution
Symborski: New York City nurses
Albert: Socialism: Classlessness?
Piascik: Stop and Shop Strike
Bennaidja: Algerian Civil Resistance
Turse: AFRICOM & My “Elimination”
Contributors: Intl Rebellion #6
Kushner: Is Prison Necessary?
Monbiot: Only rebellion
Blakeley: Millennial socialism
Royle: Climate movement
Prashad: Hour of Madness
Kolahi
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Chomsky: The Green New Deal
Chesler: American Schools
Albert: Socialism: Disputing Jobs
International Rebellion Update #4
Klein: AOC's Message From the Future
International Rebellion: Update 3
Taylor: Extinction Rebellion protests
Feffer: The Dictator and the Nihilist
Albert: Socialism: Who Does What?
Bennis: Trump Embrace of Netanyahu
Ellner: Venezuela and setbacks
Arria: Stop & Shop Strike
Johnston: Strike Goes on
Pilger: Chelsea Manning
Wetzel: Eco-syndicalist Alternative
Albert: Socialism: Who Decides What?
Falk: Assange: Criminal or Benefactor?
Glass: Assange in Prison
Ali: Outside the Gate of Hell
Jaunes: Assembly action
Bee: Youth Are Striking
McAlevey: Why strikes
Chomsky: “Ultranationalism"
Fuentes: Venezuela’s colectivos
Emersberger: Assange
Hallam: Why International Rebellion?
Clawson: Who Controls Our Time?
Pilger: The Assange arrest
Cook: Media Rendition
Albert: Socialism: Property Problem
Mesec: Slovenian Left
Rachidi: Uprising in Algeria
Tchie: Sudan’s protesters
Reichman: Academic Freedom
Greeman: Reinvent Democracy
Guimarães: Women driving resistance
Rosenberg: Consumer Drug Ads
Oberg: Addicted to Militarism
Rodriguez: Socialism Be Feminist
Albert: Socialism: Disputing Pie Slices
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