Activism

Occupy Wall Street on Your Street

Occupy Wall Street on Your Street Occupy Wall Street on Your Street

Banks trying to foreclose on homes are surprisingly vulnerable to direct action—a fact that Occupy Our Homes intends to exploit.

Dec 7, 2011 / Astra Taylor

How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist

After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”

Dec 7, 2011 / John Nichols

Occupying Senator Scott Brown’s Office Occupying Senator Scott Brown’s Office

Take Back the Capitol stormed Congressional offices today, calling for more action to help the unemployed. 

Dec 7, 2011 / George Zornick

Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society

Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society

What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.

Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati

It’s Accountability Time for Banks and Wall Street It’s Accountability Time for Banks and Wall Street

The bailouts were worse than we thought.

Dec 6, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise

The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise

Cuts in service, shuttering facilities and mass layoffs will hurt workers, communities, the USPS and the economy.

Dec 6, 2011 / John Nichols

Jackson Browne Caps a Busy Weekend at Occupy DC Jackson Browne Caps a Busy Weekend at Occupy DC

More than thirty people were arrested at Occupy DC this weekend, and protesters are preparing to “take back the Capitol.”

Dec 5, 2011 / George Zornick

Occupy Our Homes Occupy Our Homes

In what is fast becoming the most promising new front in the Occupy Wall Street movement, the effort to forestall foreclosures is taking center stage.

Dec 4, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Heat From the Arts on Mayor Mike Bloomberg Heat From the Arts on Mayor Mike Bloomberg

At Occupy Museums at Lincoln Center Thursday night, it was "Glass war" not "class war"—and Glass won, composer Philip Glass. 

Dec 2, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Syracuse Rallies Against Campus Violence Syracuse Rallies Against Campus Violence

Local organizers are hoping that the November 30 rally is only a starting point for SU students to open up an important dialogue about issues of police brutality and civil rights...

Dec 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

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