Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Robert Jensen : Occupy ‘Demands’: Energy, Economics, Ecology

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from humanbannersf.com. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Occupy demands:Let’s radicalize our analysis ofempire, economics, ecology Rallying around a common concern about economic injustice is a beginning; understanding the structures and institutions of illegitimate authority is the next step. By … Continue reading →

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Judy Gumbo Albert : Past Seeds the Present at Oakland General Strike

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Judy Gumbo Albert: Past seeds the present.General Strike in Oakland:The past seeds the present By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2011 OAKLAND — I felt very much at home at Occupy Oakland’s General Strike yesterday … Continue reading →

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Danny Goldberg : Don’t Diss the Drum Circles

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Drummer at Occupy Wall Street in Philadelphia. Image from PhillyNow.Don’t diss the drum circles:Why hippie culture is stillimportant to our protests By Danny Goldberg / AlterNet / November 2, 2011 Progressives and mainstream Democratic pundits disagree with each other about … Continue reading →

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Wayne Grytting : Gandhi Meets Monty Python

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

We are all Guy Fawkes. Occupiers in Zuccotti Park in New York turn protest into theater. Photo by Andrew Burton / AP.Gandhi meets Monty Python:The comedic turn in nonviolent tactics By Wayne Grytting / Waging Nonviolence / November 1, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : The Occupy Movement is Changing the Conversation

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s changing the conversation:The wealth gap and the Occupy MovementBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2011 The image above brings home a very disturbing fact about the United States — the vast inequality of wealth and … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : It’s all Trick, no Treat, as Cops Bust Occupy Austin Protesters

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin police confront demonstrators at City Hall, Oct. 29, 2011. Photo by Ann Harkness /Flickr.All trick no treat:Austin police take downfood table in midnight raid By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2011 Police in Austin, Texas, … Continue reading →

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David Van Os : ‘Non-Lethal Projectiles’ in Oakland

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Police officers with “non-lethal ordnance” after an early morning raid on Occupy Oakland’s tent city, Oakland, CA, Oct.25, 2011. Photo by Stephen Lam / Reuters.Military zone in Oakland:Riot cops use ‘non-lethal projectiles’to attack occupiers’ encampment Scott Olsen, who served two … Continue reading →

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William Rogers : Austin Labor Marches in Solidarity with Occupy Movement

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Union workers march in solidarity with Occupy Austin, Oct. 23, 2011. Image from YNN.Injury to one is injury to all:Austin labor demonstrates solidarity with Occupy movementBy William Rogers / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2011 AUSTIN — Five hundred … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Occupy Nukes!

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Occupy Wall Street image from eleven degrees north.Merge and win:Occupy Wall Street andthe ‘No Nukes’ movement By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2011 The global upheaval that is the Occupy Movement is hopefully in the process … Continue reading →

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Mike Davis : No More Bubblegum

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Nada’s magic glasses in John Carpenter’s They Live.No more bubblegum:Occupy Wall Street’s magic glasses As [John] Carpenter foresaw, force enough Americans out of their homes and/or careers… and something new and huge will begin to slouch toward Goldman Sachs. By … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Occupied Wall Street and the Emergence of a Popular Front

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Emily Laermer / Crain’s.We shall not be moved!A report from occupied Wall Street: A new popular front against finance capital, encompassing a progressive majority of the country, is beginning to take shape. By Carl Davidson / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Even Weather Turns Spiritual at Occupy Austin

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

General Assembly at Occupy Austin. Photo from Occupy Austin.Even the weather turns spiritual:Onward through the storms at Occupy Austin As Occupy Austin entered its second week, organizers were looking more rested, wholesome, happy, and relaxed as they mixed themselves into … Continue reading →

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