Occupy Movement — Next Step Convergence
There is a growing convergence of thinking about where the US Occupy movement should go as a next step to turning its values, concerns and commitments into changing what most [...]
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Occupy Revolution
History tells us that it is nearly impossible to know in real time whether some kind of national, grassroots public protest ends up being the beginning of a true revolution [...]
MF Global Looted Customer Accounts
Wall Street’s business model is grand theft. Jon Corzine was MF Global’s CEO. Earlier he headed Goldman Sachs, America’s premiere racketeering organization. He also was one of legions of corrupt [...]
Transforming Easy Cynicism (And Other Forms Of Conformity) Into Deep Resistance
In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about–or should be about–the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy this or that particular demand–they [...]
The Occupy Movement Needs a Good Fight
“Power concedes nothing without a demand.” –Frederick Douglass In a movement based on general anger about inequality and the domination of big banks, it becomes difficult to focus the rage into something [...]
Why the Movement to Occupy Wall Street?
The corporate-controlled media’s treatment of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has not provided much useful information about the movement. Instead of reporting on OWS, media pundits whined about a lack of [...]
We Shall Not Be Moved — Police Repression, Official Mendacity & Why OWS Has Already Overcome
Until recent events proved otherwise, the hyper-commercialized surface of the corporate state gave the appearance of being too diffuse–too devoid of a center to pose a threat of totalitarian excess. [...]
Numbers Justify Occupy Movement
Feeling angry about being betrayed by a corrupt government owned by rich and corporate elites has driven the Occupy Wall Street movement. Emphasizing how the top one percent has prospered incredibly [...]
Where Occupy & No Nukes Merge & Win!
The global upheaval that is the Occupy Movement is hopefully in the process of changing — and saving — the world. Through the astonishing power of creative non-violence, it has [...]
Why the Far Right “Supports” the Occupy Movement
Should Occupiers be concerned that the Nazi Party has given official “support” to the Occupy Movement? Or be worried that other far-right groups — including sections of the Tea Party — are “pro occupy?” Absolutely. These [...]
