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“Voting With Their Feet”
In Afghanistan, Dr. Hakim and the Afghan Peace Volunteers plant trees, not bombs.
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Get Intersectional! Or, Why Your Movement Can’t Go It Alone
“Intersectionality” is a way of thinking holistically about how different forms of oppression interact in people's lives, and movements need to use it.
An Ode to Seasons for Peter Matthiessen
"u2028u2028Peter was one of the greatest human beings to have ever lived on this Earth. He loved wild places and animals. He fought for the indigenous peoples and conservation …
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Make the Bankers Squeal
A financial transaction tax would help prevent investment banks from continuing to make the kind of risky bets that cause a financial crisis.
Appeals Court Upholds Olympia Food Co-op’s Boycott of Israeli Goods
Today, the Washington State Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by five members of the Olympia Food Co-op against current and former members of the …
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Defining the Real Terrorism
A new definition of terrorism - one that better addresses the crimes of these times - is required.
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A Dispatch from 350’s Divestment Trenches
The 350 movement is using a variety of strategies and tactics to convince investors to divest of fossil fuel and related companies' financial instruments.
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Occupy Sandy and the Future of Socialism
The impromptu relief efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, as in every crisis, quashed the notions that humans are inherently selfish.
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How Jews Brought America to the Tipping Point on Marriage Equality: Lessons for the Next Social Justice Issues
In a few short years, same-sex marriage went from being an untouchable political hot potato to a broadly accepted civil right. Jews, and their social justice organizations, helped make …
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Changing Our Climate of Indifference
In a million ways, the changing climate is ruining lives around the world by changing rain patterns, floods, mudslides, crop failures, and more. What will it take to for …