Occupy Movement

Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow

The ranks of those sleeping “in the belly of the beast” as a form of protest continues to grow in New York City.

Apr 13, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Returns to Its Roots With ‘Sleepful Protests’ Occupy Returns to Its Roots With ‘Sleepful Protests’

Occupy Wall Street's new strategy combines two of its most powerful elements: physical occupation and the targeting of Wall Street.

Apr 11, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America

How Occupy Wall Street plans to make Bank of America go “kaput.”

Apr 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring

Occupiers respond to the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action.

Apr 6, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

The 99% Spring The 99% Spring

An impressive coalition of liberal-left groups are aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans in the precepts of non-violent direct action.

Apr 4, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012 Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012

Police arrest nearly eighty protesters in San Francisco during the 'First Real Occupation' of 2012.

Apr 3, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the six-month anniversary of one of the largest mass arrests of activists in US history.

Apr 2, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase

"I’m not okay with being a part of an institution that enables suffering in the community that it inhabits."

Mar 29, 2012 / StudentNation / Lucy Xiong

Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street

Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Tom Hayden

North Carolina Students Say No to Bloomberg North Carolina Students Say No to Bloomberg

UNC students are organizing an Alternative Commencement Ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the class of 2012 without symbolically honoring New York City Mayor Michael Bloo...

Mar 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Eric Bost

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