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
Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike
What are some alternative tactics to create a different, more powerful general strike?
Apr 24, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm
Student and community activists cleared and tilled the ground and planted hundreds of vegetable starters before setting up tents on the Gill Tract, a plot of land at the corner o...
Apr 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Christopher Yee
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
Could Occupy New Haven’s Eviction Reinvigorate the Movement? Could Occupy New Haven’s Eviction Reinvigorate the Movement?
Just after its six-month anniversary, the last occupation in New England was evicted. Freed from maintaining camp life, will the occupiers' momentum return?
Apr 20, 2012 / Melinda Tuhus
Police, Protests and Pepper Spray in California Police, Protests and Pepper Spray in California
According to a new report, the pepper spraying of peacefully protesting UC Davis students last year “should and could have been prevented.”
Apr 18, 2012 / Tom Hayden
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
Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation
A guide.
Apr 16, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
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