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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Four Thousand Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Internet Surveillance, and More
These programs and rulings are violating our civil rights, but they're also waking the sleeping giant of progressive activists.
Vermont Students, Workers Object to Tuition Dollars Being Used to Fund Poverty Wages
Rising tuition, faculty cuts and non-living wages for workers at Vermont colleges are prompting student labor organizers to ask if tuition dollars should be used to exacerbate inequality.
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How Eviction Resisters Are Using Stand-Your-Ground Laws To Challenge Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae evicted Mark Harris from his Atlanta home; now he and Occupy Our Homes Atlanta will argue that the eviction was unlawful.
The Romanian Mining State Company, Minvest Deva, Occupied by Anti-Cyanide Goldmining Activists
Large-scale cyanide use does not bring prosperity to a community, only death and the impossibility to develop other economic activities.
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Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the …
President Obama, You Are Invited to Visit Arizona’s Operation Streamline at the Federal Courthouse
24 human rights activists put their lives and liberty on the line to end this for-profit scheme called Operation Streamline.
Ten Principles to Guide the Young Activist
They say people who live for a higher cause are happier than those who don't.
NATO 3 Terror Case Called Weak, Chicago Police Witch Hunt Alleged
Emerging details in the “NATO 3” trial point to overblown charges.
Pete Seeger Interview: How Can I Keep From Singing?
At the age of 94, Pete Seeger has passed away. Sarah van Gelder interviewed him in 2007 on a life of music and the power of millions of small …
1969: The Year the Black Panther Party Was to Be Annihilated
Former member Elaine Brown talks about the savage attacks on the Black Panther Party in 1969.