Allison Kilkenny

@allisonkilkenny

Allison Kilkenny is the co-host of the progressive political podcast Citizen Radio (wearecitizenradio.com) and independent journalist who blogs at allisonkilkenny.com. Her work has appeared in The American Prospect, the LA Times, In These Times, Truthout and the award-winning grassroots NYC newspaper the Indypendent.

Hundreds March in ACT UP/Occupy Rally, Nineteen Protesters Arrested Hundreds March in ACT UP/Occupy Rally, Nineteen Protesters Arrested

Hundreds of activists from ACT UP, Occupy Wall Street and housing rights groups took to the streets Wednesday to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of ACT UP.

Apr 26, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP

Like OWS, ACT UP used direct action against government agencies and corporations—and were vilified in the press for it.

Apr 23, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Hundreds Protest America’s Crooked Tax System Hundreds Protest America’s Crooked Tax System

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets yesterday to protest America’s crooked tax system, in which the richest corporations and individuals avoid paying taxes and the res...

Apr 18, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

NYPD Arrests Occupiers For ‘Sleepful Protest’ NYPD Arrests Occupiers For ‘Sleepful Protest’

Ending its brief "truce" with OWS activists last night, the NYPD arrested some of the protesters who have been sleeping in front of the New York Stock Exchange all w...

Apr 17, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’ Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’

The group hopes its initiative will be the beginning of a spring surge.

Apr 16, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow

The ranks of those sleeping “in the belly of the beast” as a form of protest continues to grow in New York City.

Apr 13, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Returns to Its Roots With ‘Sleepful Protests’ Occupy Returns to Its Roots With ‘Sleepful Protests’

Occupy Wall Street's new strategy combines two of its most powerful elements: physical occupation and the targeting of Wall Street.

Apr 11, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America

How Occupy Wall Street plans to make Bank of America go “kaput.”

Apr 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring

Occupiers respond to the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action.

Apr 6, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012 Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012

Police arrest nearly eighty protesters in San Francisco during the 'First Real Occupation' of 2012.

Apr 3, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

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