How Syriza Rose to Power in Greece

By Bob Morris | 06/19/2012 | Activism, Featured, Movements, Organizations

Greek party Syriza came in second yesterday with 26% yet barely existed a few years ago. They built their power through grassroots organizing. Organizers can learn from them.

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Air Force F-35 Base Decision Threatens 1,300 Vermont Homes

By William Boardman | 06/19/2012 | Issues, Vermont, War and Foreign Policy | 4 Comments

If the Pentagon bases its new F-35 nuclear-capable attack fighter at Burlington International Airport, it is expected to put 1,366 nearby houses into a noise zone that the federal government defines as “incompatible with residential use”.

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