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Walmart Moms’ Walkout Starts Friday
According to a Thursday conference call hosted by the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, hundreds of mothers who work at Walmart stores throughout the country will begin walking …
One Size Does Not Fit All: Fighting the Common Core Curriculum
Corporate interests are pushing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in an attempt to privatize public elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States and impose a one-size-fits-all curriculum on …
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Ruben Salazar and the Filmmaker in the Middle
The new documentary ‘Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle’ fails to address the questions raised about a possible assassination of the Chicano journalist in 1970 - or to assuage …
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Jeju Island: A Pivot on the Peace Island
Since 2007, activists have risked arrests, imprisonment, heavy fines and wildly excessive use of police force to resist the desecration caused as mega-corporations like Samsung and Daelim to build …
Living Thought, Living Freedom Through Three Portraits of Philosophy Born of Struggle
Lewis Gordon's closing keynote address at the 2013 Philosophy Born of Struggle Society meeting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspires a Revitalization of US Movement
An intellectual paradigm shift in the Caribbean and in other parts of the African diaspora is revitalizing the reparations campaign that must become a critical component of the human …
Reflections on Vietnam and Other Moments of Campus Activism: An Interview With Radical Professor Bertram Strieb
Bertram Strieb, LaSalle University professor emeritus in the Department of Geology, Physics and Environmental Science, reflects on antiwar activism in Philadelphia during the Vietnam War.
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Let’s Stop Searching for a “Messiah” and Build a Movement
Money put into building a movement is money put into every single progressive initiative and candidate in every single future election.
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Making an Impact: Are You an Activist?
Who are the “real” activists? How do they make a difference?
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Meet Six Nutrition Blogger Moms Who Crashed the McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting
Current trends suggest one in three kids will develop Type 2 diabetes as adults. These moms told McDonald's CEO Don Thompson what they think about the fast food industry …