Activism

400,000 Brits Protest Against Austerity 400,000 Brits Protest Against Austerity

Half a million people marched through London in opposition to the British government's austerity program. But is anyone listening?

Mar 26, 2011 / D.D. Guttenplan

When Illegal Doesn’t Matter: US Uncut’s National Day Of Protest When Illegal Doesn’t Matter: US Uncut’s National Day Of Protest

Today marked US Uncut’s second big nationwide protest. Coast-to-coast, more than 40 cities joined in a day of action protesting the tax dodging practices of massive corporati...

Mar 26, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

This Week: The Ashes of Triangle Fire. PLUS: GOP’s Despicable Politics This Week: The Ashes of Triangle Fire. PLUS: GOP’s Despicable Politics

This week, we commenorate the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire with an essay by Joshua Freeman, AFL-CIO's Tula Connell and a must see slideshow. I wei...

Mar 25, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US Uncut: It’s Not About Budgets, it’s About Revenue US Uncut: It’s Not About Budgets, it’s About Revenue

US Uncut wants Americans to stop fighting each other and focus on the real enemy: billion-dollar corporate thieves dodging taxation.

Mar 25, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable

The US Uncut movement is spreading across the country staging protests to make corporate tax dodgers pay up.

Mar 25, 2011 / Press Room

US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global

There are now anti–tax dodging groups in the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Sudan, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico and Australia. While the movement grows abroad,...

Mar 23, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Barack Obama, Oscar Romero and Structural Sin Barack Obama, Oscar Romero and Structural Sin

In El Salvador, Barack Obama pays tribute to Oscar Romero.

Mar 23, 2011 / Greg Grandin

The National Conference on Media Reform The National Conference on Media Reform

The NCMR meshes the seriousness of policy sessions, the vitality of grassroots activism and  performances by great artists into a coherent whole. 

Mar 22, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go

Hard-working Americans are losing their homes and paying their taxes while corporate executives walk away with billions. The system has got to change.

Mar 22, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

An Interview With Nawal El Saadawi An Interview With Nawal El Saadawi

The Egyptian feminist author and activist talks about the US media’s coverage of events in Tahrir Square and the future for women in her country’s quickly evolving poli...

Mar 21, 2011 / Anna Louie Sussman

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