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Feb 17 2010 - 1:42pm

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John Nichols: How to Build a Movement (Movements, Society)

What qualities and characteristics can help create a real movement?

Francis Reynolds
Gayatri Spivak: The Long and Short of Capitalism’s Demise (Occupy Wall Street, Social Justice, Activism)

Agitating for change beyond the general strike.

Francis Reynolds
May Day 2012, New York City (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

Footage from New York City's massive May Day protests.

Francis Reynolds
A Q&A With Harry Kelber: 'Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate' (Occupy Wall Street, Labor Organizing and Activism, Activism)

Lessons from over eight decades of labor activism.

Josh Eidelson
Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO] (Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Labor)

The general strike was once a powerful tactic for labor. Can it be revived?

Francis Reynolds
May Day
Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond (Occupy Wall Street, Labor)

 Plug into the spirit Occupy on May Day and throughout the spring.

The Nation
General Strike
Occupy Activists Resurrect May Day for Americans (Occupy Wall Street, Labor)

Outside the US, May 1 is international workers’ day. Unions, immigrant activists and Occupiers are now resurrecting May Day for Americans. 

Peter Dreier
Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

Where does the idea of catastrophic change come from?

Francis Reynolds
David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World? (Occupy Wall Street, Music, Society)

Hip hop and the Occupy movement have even more in common than you might think.

On The Earth Productions
Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike (Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Labor, Society)

What are some alternative tactics to create a different, more powerful general strike?

Francis Reynolds

Blogs

Congress Will Be Diminished by the Departure of Dennis Kucinch
John Nichols

The Ohio Democrat opposed wars that needed to be opposed, fought to preserve civil liberties and always sided with workers and farmers against corporations.

January 3, 2013
Activists Stage 'Block the Boat' Protest Against Ship Bearing Walmart Goods From Bangladesh
Josh Eidelson

New Jersey protesters are holding Walmart accountable for a factory fire that killed 112 Bangladeshi workers. 

December 18, 2012
Occupy the NRA
Allison Kilkenny

An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement has responded to the Connecticut massacre, calling for gun control policies that will save lives. 

December 17, 2012
After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond
Laura Flanders

From public housing to living wages, how can New York rebuild as a more equal, just city? 

December 7, 2012
PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out
StudentNation

Mutual aid is alive and well on the devastated peninsula, filling in where the government failed.

November 28, 2012
'No Services, No Rent': NYCHA Residents Call For Action in Sandy's Wake
Allison Kilkenny

NYC public housing residents call for a cancellation of rent following Hurricane Sandy and loss of basic services.

November 27, 2012
Occupy Shows Solidarity With Walmart Employees
Allison Kilkenny

A coalition of labor supporters protested alongside striking employees to speak out against Walmart's intimidation and abuse. 

November 23, 2012
Black Friday Strike Will Test the Power of High-Stakes Online Organizing
Josh Eidelson

Will Facebook conversations mobilize workers to strike?

November 21, 2012
Occupy Walmart: Workers Plan Black Friday Protests
Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Wall Street is showing solidarity with striking Walmart workers. 

November 20, 2012
Marching Against the Death Penalty in Texas
Liliana Segura

For family members of death row prisoners, including those who have been executed, gatherings like the March for Abolition are a critical lifeline, and a link to a desperately needed community.

November 16, 2012