Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

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Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

Berkeley Faculty Votes to Condemn Chancellor for Police Violence

Berkeley Faculty Votes to Condemn Chancellor for Police Violence Berkeley Faculty Votes to Condemn Chancellor for Police Violence

A nearly unanimous vote at our greatest public university.

Nov 29, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in  Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence

Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence

Linking arms, the chancellor said, “is not non-violent.”

Nov 25, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Pepper Spray on Campus: A Tale of Two Videos

Pepper Spray on Campus: A Tale of Two Videos Pepper Spray on Campus: A Tale of Two Videos

At UC Davis, students let the cops know “we are not like you.”

Nov 21, 2011 / Jon Wiener

How Homeland Security Increases Your Cancer Risk How Homeland Security Increases Your Cancer Risk

Why you should tell them “I'd like to opt out.”

Nov 2, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Occupy Fox News: A Message to Murdoch Occupy Fox News: A Message to Murdoch

Rich media = poor democracy.

Oct 21, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Hard Hats and Hippies, Together at Last: The Action at Occupy Wall Street Hard Hats and Hippies, Together at Last: The Action at Occupy Wall Street

Change comes to working class politics.

Oct 14, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Question: What Does Sarah Palin Want? Answer: Money. Question: What Does Sarah Palin Want? Answer: Money.

Ask an Alaskan.

Oct 10, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Occupy LA Endorsed by City Council Members; Demonstrators Protest at Home of Bank CEO Occupy LA Endorsed by City Council Members; Demonstrators Protest at Home of Bank CEO

Official responses to Occupy Wall Street in LA and NYC have been different—really different.

Oct 5, 2011 / Jon Wiener

The Reconstruction of Iraq: Peter Van Buren on What Went Wrong With ‘That Hearts and Minds Thing’ The Reconstruction of Iraq: Peter Van Buren on What Went Wrong With ‘That Hearts and Minds Thing’

What exactly happened to that $62 billion?

Sep 29, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Irvine Muslim Students Convicted of Shouting at Israeli Ambassador

Irvine Muslim Students Convicted of Shouting at Israeli Ambassador Irvine Muslim Students Convicted of Shouting at Israeli Ambassador

A case that never should have been brought.

Sep 24, 2011 / Jon Wiener

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