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Gift Currency

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A new project called datti is offering a way to build gift economies on a community level by witnessing and memorializing gift transactions using beautiful, pewter coins. (more)

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P2P Currency

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Bitcoin is an open-source digital currency system that allows instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world, with no central authority.
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The Fight Against Corporate Personhood

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Throughout the U.S. people are organizing against a court-created doctrine that gives corporations basic human rights at the expense of flesh and blood humans. (more)

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Dear Woman (and Man)

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The "Dear Woman" video is a one-sided communication, channeling a collective spirit of man speaking to woman.  While it may seem presumptuous, and the concept might be confusing, I've been surprised by the backlash, which seems to reflect how major a transition we are facing. (more)

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Alive on Death Row

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A federal appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal. [Video] (more)

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Make the Happiness Stop

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A little evolutionary thinking with a quirky twist, set to indie rock/pop beats and hooks. [Free Download] (more)

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Criminalized Defense

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A recent court ruling convicting a defense attorney of conspiracy may chill the willingness of lawyers to handle terrorism cases.

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Children's Rights Prevail

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In a stunning decision, a South African judge has set a new precedent that parents should not be sent to jail if doing so will violate their children's rights. (more)

Student Solidarity

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NYU is the latest university to join a wave of global collegiate occupations in the name of student empowerment. (more)

Fighting the Power

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Power Shift 2009 will bring 10,000 young people to Washington to hold elected officials accountable on climate and clean energy policy. (more)

Home Squatters

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US Congress- woman Marcy Kaptur is encouraging her constituents to squat in their foreclosed homes. (more)

Eco Equity

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Green for All founder Van Jones is holding a public telephone conference to discuss how to use media to push for eco equity with the "Climate Security Act." (more)

The Long Here and Now

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The Clock of the Long Now project provides a new framework for humans to consider the phenomenon of time. (more)

Defund the War

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wtr.gif"It’s time for taxpayers who oppose this war to join together in nonviolent civil disobedience and show Congress how to cut off the funds for this war and redirect resources to the pressing needs of people." (more)

Poly-Science 101: New Age Non-Monogamy

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Is monogamy the natural order of our species? It would seem that thousands of people around the world are architecting pluralistic relationships, undeterred by the fact that this lifestyle is more closeted, and arguably more scandalous, than homosexuality. But if poly people are anything, they are communicative. (more)

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