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General Strike Sweeps Europe as Millions Reject Austerity
Spanish and Portuguese workers are coordinating their strike with work stoppages underway in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.
First World War: Same Protests of Futility, Folly Heard Today
Voices of some veterans of WWI eerily echo plaints of futility and folly we hear from today's protesters
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Portland Anti-Austerity Protest Draws 1,000 Despite Police Violence
Over 1,000 people marched the streets in Portland, Oregon on November 3 against austerity cuts to education and other public services and the consequent debt accumulated by students.
When a Celebrated Activist Turns Out To Be an FBI Informant
It's time for the FBI to come clean about 60s-era manipulation of social movements.
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It’s Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy’s Closet of Shame
We must resist the dominant cultural shaming of the poor. Here are some ways to begin.
Education Not for Sale
From Quebec to Puerto Rico students have taken to the street to fight for their education. Here are interviews with those students who are taking a stand to preserve …
Anti-Drone Protest Shuts Down Hancock Air Base, 17 Arrested, 13 Held in Jail
Forty concerned citizens created a blockade outside of the Hancock Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in order to protest drone warfare across the seas. Many were arrested.
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Portland, Oregon Prepares for Pre-Election Anti-Austerity Protest
The activists hope the action will have the potential of growing into a powerful European-like movement capable of changing social policy on a national level.
Veterans For Peace, Arrested By NYPD, Writes to Bloomberg
In early October 25 citizens, mostly US veterans, were arrested outside of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza. This is an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Raymond Kelly …
Vandenberg 15 Case Dismissed
The Vandenberg 15, activists who were arrested after protested the launching of a ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, were released with no charges on yesterday.