Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope
A letter of thanks to Mohammed Bouazizi, the young man whose death set off a year of revolutions.
Oct 18, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
This (Past) Week: Occupy Wall Street Goes Global. PLUS: Hacktivism and Social Change This (Past) Week: Occupy Wall Street Goes Global. PLUS: Hacktivism and Social Change
This past week, we continue to bring you the latest on Occupy Wall Street, including Saturday’s global day of action. Plus, the latest Nation Conversation on Hacktivism ...
Oct 17, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brecht on Wall Street Brecht on Wall Street
The clever, impassioned homemade signs dotting Zuccotti Park recall the work of Bertolt Brecht.
Oct 17, 2011 / Richard Lingeman
Rediscovering Civil Disobedience Rediscovering Civil Disobedience
In Dr. King’s tradition, Occupy Wall Street and the anti-foreclosure movement have been taking the risks that successful activism requires.
Oct 17, 2011 / George Goehl
When Women Make Peace When Women Make Peace
In the wake of three women being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a new PBS documentary series celebrates women’s roles as peacemakers--but oversimplifies complex conflicts lik...
Oct 17, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Wall Street’s Second Occupation Wall Street’s Second Occupation
The police occupation of the Wall Street area has been hardly less massive, sustained or impressive than the Zuccotti Park encampment.
Oct 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement
On the day the King memorial was dedicated, Dr. Cornel West was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Oct 17, 2011 / John Nichols
‘The First Amendment Is Our Permit’ ‘The First Amendment Is Our Permit’
Sign on to RootsAction’s petition to the nation’s mayors and police chiefs affirming your support for the right to unfettered peaceful protest.
Oct 16, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Pack Times Square Occupy Wall Street Protesters Pack Times Square
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street activists flooded Times Square on Saturday in a dramatic protest against the upper one percent.
Oct 16, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change
From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 will be remembered as a year of youthful mass movements and popular revolts—none of which could have occurred without the surreptit...
Oct 15, 2011 / The Nation