They face racism daily. It is built into conditions of discriminatory poverty – no jobs or low-paid jobs, or unprotected work that is too often dangerous in nature. As tenants, many African Americans are defenseless against evictions and landlord safety code violations. As ripped off borrowers (payday loan rackets) defrauded consumers (the poor pay more … Continue reading Moving Street Protests from Futility to Utility | Ralph Nader
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‘Real Americans’ have always been rebels: a guide for progressive patriotism
During this people’s struggle for sovereignty, a very large number of Americans favored keeping the government the same. They loved their colony as it was and actively fought against change. These reactionary Americans were known as loyalists and they reasonably believed, as historian Sheila Skemp puts it: “King and Parliament had made some mistakes but … Continue reading ‘Real Americans’ have always been rebels: a guide for progressive patriotism
Iceland Bailed Out Workers And Unions, Not Too Big To Fail Banksters
ICELAND CHOSE NOT TO BAIL OUT THE 1% AND TOO BIG TO FAIL BANKSTERS, AND THRIVED AS A RESULTAs Iceland's banking system went into meltdown at the start of the global financial crisis, it came under enormous pressure from the rest of Europe to accept crippling austerity measures that would have burdened its people for … Continue reading Iceland Bailed Out Workers And Unions, Not Too Big To Fail Banksters