Activism

Calling All Liberals: It’s Time to Fight Calling All Liberals: It’s Time to Fight

As Occupy Wall Street goes global, we must define a bold, clear vision going forward. The stakes have never been higher.

Oct 19, 2011 / Feature / Benjamin R. Barber

Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work

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 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

This (Past) Week: Occupy Wall Street Goes Global. PLUS: Hacktivism and Social Change This (Past) Week: Occupy Wall Street Goes Global. PLUS: Hacktivism and Social Change

This past week, we continue to bring you the latest on Occupy Wall Street, including Saturday’s global day of action. Plus, the latest Nation Conversation on Hacktivism ...

Oct 17, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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

Rediscovering Civil Disobedience Rediscovering Civil Disobedience

In Dr. King’s tradition, Occupy Wall Street and the anti-foreclosure movement have been taking the risks that successful activism requires.

Oct 17, 2011 / George Goehl

When Women Make Peace When Women Make Peace

In the wake of three women being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a new PBS documentary series celebrates women’s roles as peacemakers--but oversimplifies complex conflicts lik...

Oct 17, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

Wall Street’s Second Occupation Wall Street’s Second Occupation

The police occupation of the Wall Street area has been hardly less massive, sustained or impressive than the Zuccotti Park encampment.

Oct 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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