The native-led resistance at Standing Rock has emphasized environmentalism of a different complexion than is typically associated with ecological activism in the United States.
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Social Movements
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Stubborn and visionary got the goods.
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Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.
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Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.
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Like Bernie Sanders today, Martin Luther King, Jr. considered launching a presidential campaign to oppose military interventionism and promote democratic socialism. Here’s why he decided against it.
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Protests work when they escalate, refusing to be silenced. And right now, urgent cries for racial justice must not go unheard.
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Sometimes those who are creative and daring — those who paddle hard and bring enough friends — prevail in spite of cynics and detractors.
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Society as a whole is bearing the true cost of the company’s misbehavior.
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If the country is to be redeemed, it will depend on those who dissent—those who are now using their bodies to blockade bridges and highways.