A Guide to May Day A Guide to May Day
This year, with the Occupy movement taking full advantage of May Day’s historic significance, we're likely to see the greatest explosion of outrage at the excesses of capital...
Apr 27, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
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Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO] Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO]
The general strike was once a powerful tactic for labor. Can it be revived?
Apr 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond
Plug into the spirit Occupy on May Day and throughout the spring.
Apr 27, 2012 / The Nation
Occupy Activists Resurrect May Day for Americans Occupy Activists Resurrect May Day for Americans
Outside the US, May 1 is international workers’ day. Unions, immigrant activists and Occupiers are now resurrecting May Day for Americans.
Apr 27, 2012 / Peter Dreier
Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist
Where does the idea of catastrophic change come from?
Apr 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Occupy Prepares for May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking Occupy Prepares for May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking
Occupy Wall Street readies for what organizers hope will be a massive protest and resurgence for the fledgling group.
Apr 27, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World? David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World?
Hip hop and the Occupy movement have even more in common than you might think.
Apr 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / On The Earth Productions
Talib Kweli’s Love Letter to #OWS Talib Kweli’s Love Letter to #OWS
Prisoner of Conscious is meant to both celebrate and inspire the Occupy movement.
Apr 26, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition
This week, Cooper Union student organizers preparing for an Occupy Wall Street protest against student debt were infuriated by their school’s decision to introduce tuition ...
Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin
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