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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

Another Victory for Resistance: Restaurant Workers Win Settlement From Star Chef
Laura Flanders

Score another victory for resistance. After thirty-one workers sued his acclaimed restaurant Del Posto, celebrity chef Mario Batali has agreed to a $1.15 million settlement.

September 27, 2012
Laura Flanders: What Is the Legacy of Occupy?
Nation in the News

Organizers are thinking critically about how to increase impact in Occupy’s second year. 

September 20, 2012
School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park
StudentNation

Free University's set up in Madison Square Park is just downtown from the original Free Academy of the City of New York, which was founded in 1847 as a completely tuition-free school.

September 19, 2012
It's the 1 Percent, Stupid (the Case Against the 47 Percent)
Ilyse Hogue

This election remains about the genuine struggles and solutions that benefit all but the most privileged in this country.

September 18, 2012
More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street's First Anniversary
Allison Kilkenny

According to the mainstream media, Occupy is dead. So why are the police taking so many into custody? 

September 18, 2012
How Occupy Has Changed the Conversation on Class
Melissa Harris-Perry

The year-old movement doesn’t need its own candidate to influence politics. 

September 17, 2012
Year One: Occupy Wall Street Plans Anniversary Protest of Wall Street
Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Wall Street plans a protest on the financial district to celebrate its one year anniversary.

September 10, 2012
Occupy Monsanto
Peter Rothberg

Anti-GMO activists will stage a week of protests in St. Louis, home of the Monsanto Corporation, starting on the anniversary of OWS, September 17, 2012.

September 5, 2012
A New Phase for the Quebec Student Uprising
StudentNation

Tuesday’s provincial election was a pretty good day for the Quebec student movement.

September 5, 2012
Undocumented Protesters Arrested at DNC, Police Pre-emptively Detain Prominent Activist
Allison Kilkenny

Ten undocumented protesters are arrested at the DNC, and a prominent activist is pre-emptively detained for reportedly being on a terrorist watch list.

September 5, 2012