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People Powered Media Mobilizes Masses While Mass Media Remains Silent
If we continue to build the independent, people-powered media, greater numbers of people will build up immunity to the destructive misinformation of corporate media.
Illinois Department of Corrections and Attorney Staughton Lynd Respond to Ongoing Menard Prison Hunger Strike
The Illinois Department of Corrections' response to last week's story about hunger strikers at the Menard Correctional Center may represent an opening for resolution of the strike.
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The Day We Fight Back Against The NSA
The use of the Verizon building is significant because Verizon has been complicit with the NSA in spying on U.S citizens.
How Arts and Organizing Helped Defeat Alabama’s Anti-Immigration Law
While much of the media coverage has focused on the work of large legal aid groups, I saw firsthand the power and impact that community and arts organizing played …
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Whose Radical Jesus? The Story of a Literary Success
Reza Aslan's “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” looks at issues of class and colonialism, oppression and rebellion, in first century Judea in a way that …
Occupy Monsanto Protesters Push Labeling Resolution at Annual Shareholder Meeting
Protesters hoped to make a single powerful statement: Label it.
NATO 3 Terror Case Called Weak, Chicago Police Witch Hunt Alleged
Emerging details in the “NATO 3” trial point to overblown charges.
New Hampshire Rebellion in the Footsteps of Granny D
Despite winter's ice and sleet, it was a fitting starting point on January 11 for a march across New Hampshire from north to south, a protest demanding that our …
Michael Pollan on the Food Movement’s Next Goal of Justice for Food Workers
Paying fast food workers a living wage would reflect the true cost of our food.
From Fire to Autonomy: Zapatistas, 20 Years of Walking Slowly
The Zapatistas, who rose up in arms against central authority in Mexico 20 years ago, are now 250,000-strong and remain independent.