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Black Lives Matter, Hurricane McCulloch, and the Winds of Change
From this moment forward, this whole system is on trial.
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Why the Rams Should Never Apologize for “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot“
The “hands-up” gesture has proved to be an explosive and iconic moment in the growing Ferguson-related protests.
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Seattle Ferguson Protests Block Traffic and Shut Down Westlake Mall
Protests against police violence have continued in Seattle since a Ferguson grand jury decided not to prosecute Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown.
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“Another Politics” – From Anti-Colonial to Occupy
It's rare to find a book on social movements written explicitly for people with less academic credentials than its author.
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Keystone XL Can Be a Win-Win for Us
If the Keystone pipeline is approved, we can still win. If it is approved, that is a call to action.
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The Fallacy of Right-Wing Appeals to Race in Criminal Justice Reform
Ferguson and cities across the world took to the streets in continued protest of the police homicide of Mike Brown and a seemingly endless list of mostly young Black …
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Revolution Versus the Counterrevolution in the Age of Social Media
Revolutionary organizations probably exist almost everywhere in some form throughout the world. The problem is that they tend to be small, or small relative to other political parties.
43 US Cities to Hold Vigils, Protests Demanding Obama, Congress End “Plan Mexico” Drug War Funding
In Mexico, more than 100,000 people have been murdered and more than 25,000 have been disappeared since the beginning of Plan Merida.
Repression, Resistance and Rebellion in Police State Ferguson
After claiming to be a democracy that respects the people's right to assemble, speak, and protest, the government has deployed dozens of police, spies, and military organizations that have …
The Root Is Racism in the US: Ferguson Activist Speaks Out on Police Abuses After Meeting Obama
One week after the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case, President Obama has given his first major policy response to the protests from Ferguson and beyond.