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We Need to Protect the Whistleblowers Who Save Our Skins but Pay the Price
Whistleblowers alert the public to financial fraud, abuse in institutions and potential environmental disasters.

Kentucky Organizer: Ending White Supremacy Is in Everyone’s Interest
Longtime organizer Meta Mendel-Reyes discusses organizing for racial justice across racial lines in Kentucky.

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Dear Garry McCarthy
McCarthy wants to play dumb.

The Real “Looting”: From Slavery to Policing and Beyond
Recent US protests are part of a growing movement against systemic racism, including the looting of Black wealth and violence against Black people.

Paddle Up! Resistance to Shell’s Arctic Drilling Grows on Land and Sea
Seafaring activists are planning a direct action off the coast of Washington State to protest Shell's plan to drill in the Arctic.

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Organized Labor Should Spend the Rest of 2015 Training Workers How to Fight
Imagine if a tidal wave of worker strikes for economic and social justice began to rock job sites across the country in the months and years to come.

Swedish Fishing Trawler Leaves Sweden for Gaza Flotilla
The fishing trawler “Marianne of Gothenburg” left Gothenburg, Sweden on May 10, 2015, to meet the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

Fears for Juveniles and Activist in Line for Saudi Execution
Saudi Arabia has been urged to spare the lives of two juveniles and an ageing political activist.

Bolivia: 15 Years After the Cochabamba Water Revolt, Echoes in New Cases of Corporate Abuse
Fifteen years ago this month the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia were victorious in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world.

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Populism 2015: Construction Crew for Democracy
For anyone dispirited by the malaise of powerlessness or disgusted by the dysfunction of mainstream politics, the Populism2015 conference was a hopeful sign that in every part of the …