OWS to Supercommittee: Accountability, Not Austerity!
As the Congressional budget supercommittee deliberates, fiscal hawks are calling for “tough choices.” The 99 percent are demanding economic justice.
Print Magazine
November 7, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
Occupy Wall Street: The Beginning Is Here
Its power lies not in any specific demands, endorsements or alliances but in its direct appeal to the hearts and minds of the population at large.
Organize and Occupy!
Groups long committed to challenging inequality and the power of big banks are joining the Occupy movement, in a mutually reinforcing relationship.
Column
We Are All Occupiers Now: The Mainstreaming of OWS
Don't be left behind: everyone from Jeffrey Sachs to Deepak Chopra and Suze Orman is jumping on the Occupy Wall Street wagon.
Can Occupy Wall Street Succeed as a Leaderless Movement?
What the legacies of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Derrick Bell and Steve Jobs could teach the protesters.
Letters
Feature
How the Austerity Class Rules Washington
A powerful, bipartisan coalition of deficit hawks has manufactured a center-right consensus that dominates the Beltway.
Is the Perfect Factory Possible?
Anti-sweatshop activists are embracing Alta Gracia, a company that is going head-to-head with brands like Nike to sell socially responsible clothing on college campuses.
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.
Cuba Rethinks the Revolution
Under Raúl Castro, major economic reforms are shrinking the state-run economy and making room for a greatly expanded private sector.
Books & the Arts
In the Clear: On Scientology
The body of the church of Scientology is not well. Will its main legacy be its contribution to US tax law?
The Edge of Comprehension: On Steven Millhauser
With We Others, Steven Millhauser remains the master of the inevitable ending in American fiction.
