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Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy

New documents prove what was once dismissed as paranoid fantasy: totally integrated corporate-state repression of dissent

 

What Can Afghanistan and Pakistan Teach Us About Nonviolence?

This is an old article, but still very relevant. Something to contemplate as we enter this new year.

By David Swanson

March, 2011


New Year’s Revolution: Connecting the Dots, Coming Together and Fighting Like Hell

Published on Thursday, December 27, 2012 by Common Dreams

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As a longtime writer and activist campaigning for decades on food and farming issues, most recently Prop 37, the California Ballot Initiative to label genetically engineered foods, I am reminded daily of the allure, indeed the addictive pleasure, of single-issue organizing. Despite the constant frustration of being the underdog in a David versus Goliath battle, it's great to have an avocation, not to mention a paying job, fighting Monsanto and its minions.

Idle No More Gaining Momentum and Forming Plan of Action

 

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December 27, 2012

 

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Florida homeowners foreclose on deadbeat banks

By Samantha Kimmey
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Weekly Update: A Year of Growing Global Justice

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This is our last newsletter of 2012. We want to thank all who have continued the work of protesting corporate greed and building the just and democratic society that places the needs of people and the planet above profit. And we want to wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Canada's 'Idle No More' Movement Spreads Like Wildfire

 

The 'Idle No More' movement, a campaign of grassroots First Nations protests, has spread like wildfire over the past week in response to bills passed by the conservative Canadian government.

Chief Theresa Spence on 14th day of hunger strike

 
First Nations protesters march towards Parliament Hill during a demonstration as part of the spreading 'Idle No More' movement in Ottawa, Canada, December 21, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

How Occupy Won Over Religion

 

Religion is the means by which many imagine and work for a world more just than this one. Last year, Wall Street’s Trinity Church refused to shelter the movement; this year, churches and Occupiers are sharing a very different kind of Advent season.
Trinity Street protest
 
Photo credit: Rev. Michael Ellick, right, asks Rev. Matt Heyd of Trinity Wall Street, left, for space for Occupy Wall Street (Marc Beja)

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