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As the Private Immigrant Detention Business Persists, Families Fight Back
Privately run ICE detention centers make millions off the broken US immigration system and backwards policies.
When Martin Luther King Jr. Came Up Against Chicago Racism
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference took on a new challenge.
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In Latin America, Environmentalists Are Being Murdered by the Hundreds
Conflict over surging development in Latin America is a driving factor of the rising murders rates over land disputes throughout the region.
Criminalizing Solidarity: Syriza’s War on the Movements
The eviction of three occupied refugee shelters in Thessaloniki marks another episode in the Greek government's war on grassroots solidarity efforts.
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World Social Forum in Montreal: “Another World Is Once Again Being Constructed Without Africa“
Representatives from several African nations plan to boycott the World Social Forum proceedings in Montreal.
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Fixing Hong Kong Begins With Fixing Homes
The volunteer group Fixing HK is getting ready for another night of repair and outreach in Hong Kong.
Dave Zirin: Protests by Athletes and Displaced Rio Residents Accompany Opening of 2016 Olympic Games
Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, says protests from athletes attending the 2016 Olympics.
Freedom Square: Making Black Lives Matter
Freedom Square invites collaboration with families of police violence as well as intra-community violence, survivors of police torture and brutality and all community residents.
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Which Side Is Michael Jordan On?
Jordan and other donors can't play both sides of the fence. They're either for freedom now, or not.
Rep. Keith Ellison: DNC Sanders Protesters Are “Actually Helping Us“
In a week when Democrats focused on the national election, progressives emphasized the need for local organizing.