Occupy Movement

What Is Occupy Wall Street About? What Is Occupy Wall Street About?

This video, courtesy of Occupy Animators, helps explain what’s at stake and why the new movement against economic inequality is growing so rapidly.

Nov 1, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike

Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike

In less than two weeks, Occupy Oakland went from its first public action to calling for a city-wide general strike.

Nov 1, 2011 / Gabriel Thompson

Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change

Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.

Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room

Thinking Big on Poverty Thinking Big on Poverty

We should be a country that does big things—like cut poverty in half in the next decade.

Oct 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Is Occupy Wall Street Responsible for a New York Crime Wave? Is Occupy Wall Street Responsible for a New York Crime Wave?

 Conservatives are trying to blame the protests for every shooting in New York City. 

Oct 31, 2011 / Ben Adler

Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge

A (self-) graduation speech for the Occupiers at Zuccotti Park.

Oct 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice

The church has proposed a financial transaction tax in order to steer the economy “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?

Oct 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood

A very specific and concrete proposal has caught on like wildfire in Occupy encampments across the nation: Amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood.

Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Why do austerity measures remain so popular within the beltway while the overwhelming evidence in the rest of the country points to the fact that such measures increase unemploymen...

Oct 28, 2011 / The Nation

Solidarity Teach-Ins at a College Near You Solidarity Teach-Ins at a College Near You

Starting November 2, schools across the nation will participate in teach-ins about Occupy Wall Street in hopes of continuing and extending the dialogue that was started by the Oc...

Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams

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