It’s Time to “Occupy the Dream:” African-American Faith Community Joins Forces with Occupy Wall Street – First Day of Action on MLK Day, Jan 16 at Federal Reserve Banks
Members of the African-American faith community have joined forces with Occupy Wall Street to launch a new campaign for economic justice inspired by the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Faithful to its philosophical origin, the “Occupy the Dream” coalition has called for a National Day of Action on Martin Luther King Day – [...]
The Truth Hurts–And Heals
Confidence in a systemically corrupt financial system cannot be restored without a complete public exposure of all the lies, fraud, misinformation and complicity. The truth has a unique sting, and an equally unique ability to heal the destruction wrought by dishonesty, fraud and lies. The truth hurts, because the daylight of truth demands changes that the [...]
Occupy Shuts Down Ports of Seattle, Portland, Oakland and Longview
Occupy protesters shut down all or a large portion of each of the following ports yesterday: Seattle Portland Oakland Longview, Washington
Economists Support Occupy Movement
367 Economists (And Counting) Support Occupy Movement In October, I started gathering a list of economists who support the Occupy movement. Now, Econ4.org has gathered 367 signatures (and counting) of economists from a diverse group of schools, some of them very well known: “We are economists who oppose ideological cleansing in the economics profession. Equally [...]
Say NO to the Use of the Military in the United States
Is the Use of the Military Designed for the Occupy Movement? By Kevin Zeese A radical change in law to allow the use of the military inside the United States, against U.S. citizens and residents, and to allow their indefinite military detention based merely on suspicion of being engaged in hostilities against the U.S is [...]
An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports
An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports by cleanandsafeports.org December 12, 2011 We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day. We have been elected by committees of our co-workers at the Ports of Los [...]
Occupy The Ports (Livestream) – Great Vampire Squid Occupied
Solidarity action at Goldman Sachs headquarters in NY: After a contentious press conference, the Great Vampire Squid, now occupied…
Occupy is Not Just About Occupying: The Goal is Not to Occupy it is to End Corporate Rule
By Kevin Zeese With encampments being closed across the country it is important to remember the end goal is not to occupy public space, it is to end corporate rule. We seek to replace the rule of money with the rule of people. Occupying is a tactic but the grand strategy of the Occupy Movement [...]
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending details of its 2008-09 bank bailout. Bloomberg reported that by March 2009, the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion in below-market loans and guarantees to rescuing the financial system; and that these nearly interest-free loans [...]
#OccupyEverything: #OpESR & #OWS (Anonymous Music Videos)
Ben Bernanke’s reign of terror is over!
“Mockupy” Wall Street Protesters Occupy Law & Order SVU at FAKE Zuccotti Park Set
OWS staged a peaceful protest in occupying a fake Zuccotti Park set in Foley Square for an early AM shoot of Law & Order SVU. It was a replica tent city with the same signs, “We are the 99%”, a library and kitchen like the original demolished by Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD.
The Occupy Movement, Gentrification and Black America’s Ancient Struggle
by Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford The “Occupy” brand is a hit, having embedded its “99%” emblem in the popular consciousness like no other political slogan of the past two generations. And, no wonder. Among the movement’s core non-leaders are the skilled counter-corporate-culturalists of Adbusters magazine, the Canada-based outfit that turns the instruments [...]
Cops Pushing Back on #OccupyDC with Horses. Watch LIVESTREAM
Police are using horses to divide #OccupyDC protesters. Protesters are yelling “Get those animals off those horses!”
Occupy San Francisco Raided, 70 Arrested – Livestream & Report
From SF Chronicle: Police raided the Occupy SF camp early today, arresting 70 campers and protesters at Justin Herman Plaza and clearing out the 2-month-old encampment. Officers, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and public works crews converged on the camp at the foot of Market Street at about 1 a.m. and gave protesters five minutes to clear [...]
Occupy Our Homes Occupies with More Moving Parts
By Nathan Schneider, via Waging Nonviolence Occupy Wall Street found a new home today—not a new park, or a plaza, or a square, but a house. Just weeks after the eviction from its encampment in the financial district, hundreds of occupiers joined local community members in a foreclosure tour of the East New York neighborhood [...]
Occupy Movement … Stronger than Ever?
By Washington’s Blog OWS: Down, But Not Out … While some might assume that the Occupy movement is dead – given that scenes of large protests have been absent from the news recently – but the truth is quite different. The city of Cleveland has passed a resolution endorsing the Occupy movement, calling on congress [...]
Sean Penn Acts on Behalf of Occupy LA
When rumors become reality, you know you must be living in the occupation zone. Many had accused Mayor Villaraigosa of raiding the Occupy LA camp on City Hall lawn to make room for the Hollywood movie, Gangster Squad. Back in early October, this film began shooting at City Hall and curious occupiers were greeted warmly [...]