Occupy Movement

Slide Show: Nine Cities of Occupied America

Slide Show: Nine Cities of Occupied America Slide Show: Nine Cities of Occupied America

Last month, The Nation reported on nine cities in which the Occupy Wall Street movement had really taken hold. As the weeks have worn on, many cities have faced a crackdown from lo…

Nov 11, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Veterans Occupy Wall Street

Veterans Occupy Wall Street Veterans Occupy Wall Street

With foreclosure and unemployment rates even higher for veterans, their participation in the Occupy movement was inevitable.

Nov 11, 2011 / Paolo Cravero

Occupy the Home Front: Why Veterans Are Deploying With the 99 Percent

Occupy the Home Front: Why Veterans Are Deploying With the 99 Percent Occupy the Home Front: Why Veterans Are Deploying With the 99 Percent

The United States has not learned enough about avoiding unwarranted wars. And if has not learned much about respecting the veterans of wars.

Nov 11, 2011 / John Nichols

Penn State and Berkeley: A Tale of Two Protests

Penn State and Berkeley: A Tale of Two Protests Penn State and Berkeley: A Tale of Two Protests

Two coasts and two riots: a frat riot and a cop riot. Each riot, an indelible mark of shame on their respective institutions.

Nov 10, 2011 / Dave Zirin

Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement

On November 9, hundreds of Harvard students put down tents to begin an occupation of Harvard Yard.

Nov 10, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism

The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have much in common, though most of the reporting on them in the mainstream media has obscured the similarities.

Nov 10, 2011 / Juan Cole

Stanching the Flow of Corporate Dollars into Campaigns Stanching the Flow of Corporate Dollars into Campaigns

When our nation arrives at a level of corruption we cannot bear, we shouldn’t.

Nov 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’

Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’ Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’

In this new video series, Reich takes on corporate influence in the political system and economic inequality in a way that only the former secretary of labor can.

Nov 9, 2011 / MoveOn.org

The 99 Percent Vote to Protect Labor Rights, Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights and Immigrant Rights The 99 Percent Vote to Protect Labor Rights, Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights and Immigrant Rights

From Ohio to Maine to Mississippi, voters rejected the conservative agenda on key issues.

Nov 9, 2011 / John Nichols

Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street

Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street

As Seattle police chief in 1999, my disastrous response to the WTO protests should have been a cautionary tale. Yet our police forces have only become more militarized.

Nov 9, 2011 / Norm Stamper

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