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Weekly Update: Courageous and Inspiring Popular Resistance

Every week we are inspired by the many people throughout the country who are doing excellent work to challenge the power structure and put forward a new path for the country. The popular resistance to plutocracy, concentrated wealth and corporatism is decentralized, creative and growing.

One growing series of protests is the “Moral Monday” demonstrations in North Carolina.They do not have ‘one demand’ but rather are challenging the systemic corruption, undermining of democracy and misdirection of a state government that puts human needs second to corporate profits – which they have dubbed ‘Robin Hood in Reverse.’  This week 49 of 200 protesters inside the capitol were arrested singing, chanting and

#FitchtheHomeless A&F Get a New Look

Abercrombie and Fitch get a VERY new look: Filmmaker hands out label's clothes to LA homeless in revenge for CEO 'only wanting thin and beautiful customers'

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Federal Judge: Only Powered-Off Cell Phones Deserve Privacy Protections

 

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A federal magistrate judge in New York recently ruled that cell phone location data deserves no protection under the Fourth Amendment and that accordingly, the government can engage in real-time location surveillance without a search warrant. In an opinion straight from the Twilight Zone, magistrate judge Gary Brown ruled two weeks ago that “cell phone users who fail to turn off their cell phones do not exhibit an expectation of privacy.”

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