Activism

Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep

The city of Rio de Janeiro is planning to demolish a precious, hundred-year-old Indigenous Cultural Center for stadium parking spaces.

Sep 19, 2012 / Dave Zirin

#S17 2012: One Year of Occupy Wall Street

#S17 2012: One Year of Occupy Wall Street #S17 2012: One Year of Occupy Wall Street

We spoke with organizers, union workers and students in debt who all seem to agree that Occupy isn't over.

Sep 18, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

It’s the 1 Percent, Stupid (the Case Against the 47 Percent) It’s the 1 Percent, Stupid (the Case Against the 47 Percent)

This election remains about the genuine struggles and solutions that benefit all but the most privileged in this country.

Sep 18, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue

Terror and Tear Gas on the Streets of Bahrain Terror and Tear Gas on the Streets of Bahrain

The US media continue to turn their backs as Bahraini activists stage a revolution. 

Sep 18, 2012 / Jen Marlowe

Voting’s Outcasts: Why One in Five Blacks in Kentucky Can’t Cast a Ballot Voting’s Outcasts: Why One in Five Blacks in Kentucky Can’t Cast a Ballot

Kentucky makes it nearly impossible for former felons to vote, but a grassroots group is fighting back.

Sep 18, 2012 / Aura Bogado, Meta Mendel-Reyes, and Voting Rights Watch

More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary

According to the mainstream media, Occupy is dead. So why are the police taking so many into custody? 

Sep 18, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

What I Learned from Occupy Wall Street What I Learned from Occupy Wall Street

A democratic revolution is possible—and necessary.

Sep 17, 2012 / Max Berger

Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary, In Drawings Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary, In Drawings

Contributions to our special issue on Occupy at one by artist and occupier Molly Crabapple.

Sep 17, 2012 / The Nation

How Occupy Has Changed the Conversation on Class How Occupy Has Changed the Conversation on Class

The year-old movement doesn’t need its own candidate to influence politics. 

Sep 17, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Occupy Your Victories Occupy Your Victories

Those claiming Occupy has failed already forget what other social justice sucesses have taught us: change is slow. 

Sep 17, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit

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