OWS to Supercommittee: Accountability, Not Austerity! OWS to Supercommittee: Accountability, Not Austerity!
As the Congressional budget supercommittee deliberates, fiscal hawks are calling for “tough choices.” The 99 percent are demanding economic justice.
Oct 19, 2011 / The Editors
Occupy Wall Street: The Beginning Is Here Occupy Wall Street: The Beginning Is Here
Its power lies not in any specific demands, endorsements or alliances but in its direct appeal to the hearts and minds of the population at large.
Oct 19, 2011 / Jonathan Schell
Organize and Occupy! Organize and Occupy!
Groups long committed to challenging inequality and the power of big banks are joining the Occupy movement, in a mutually reinforcing relationship.
Oct 19, 2011 / Stephen Lerner
We Are All Occupiers Now: The Mainstreaming of OWS We Are All Occupiers Now: The Mainstreaming of OWS
Don't be left behind: everyone from Jeffrey Sachs to Deepak Chopra and Suze Orman is jumping on the Occupy Wall Street wagon.
Oct 19, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Can Occupy Wall Street Succeed as a Leaderless Movement? Can Occupy Wall Street Succeed as a Leaderless Movement?
What the legacies of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Derrick Bell and Steve Jobs could teach the protesters.
Oct 19, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work
How can women make their voices central to the debate that the Occupy movement has created?
Oct 19, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
The Silence of the Elites The Silence of the Elites
Even as Occupy Wall Street heats up, Washington plans to spend the winter arguing about how to further mutilate the economy.
Oct 18, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Occupy Movement Is Changing the Political Landscape of the World Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Occupy Movement Is Changing the Political Landscape of the World
As signs demanding the rightful economic equality for the 99% are seen in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Toronto, Hong Kong and Madrid, we know that this movement is occupying not ...
Oct 18, 2011 / The Ed Show
Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope
A letter of thanks to Mohammed Bouazizi, the young man whose death set off a year of revolutions.
Oct 18, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
Brecht on Wall Street Brecht on Wall Street
The clever, impassioned homemade signs dotting Zuccotti Park recall the work of Bertolt Brecht.
Oct 17, 2011 / Richard Lingeman