Activism

Occupy Atlanta: Life After Eviction Occupy Atlanta: Life After Eviction

With some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, the Southern city is fertile ground for the growing Occupy movement. 

Dec 21, 2011 / Jin Zhao

Dr. Jill Stein: Occupy Student Debt and the Environment Dr. Jill Stein: Occupy Student Debt and the Environment

Shouldering insurmountable student debt yet seeing fewer opportunities, young Americans share the same desperation and frustration of the Arab youth.

Dec 21, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

The Change I Believe In The Change I Believe In

2012 needs to be about what comes next, not just who comes next.

Dec 20, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Whither the Occupation? Whither the Occupation?

As the D17 attempt to occupy Trinity Church’s Duarte Park showed, Occupy Wall Street is struggling to figure out if it needs a physical occupation—and if so, where.

Dec 20, 2011 / Rachel Signer

Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate

Health Care Not Warfare campaigners propose a Democratic Caucus alternative to Obama: an uncommitted slate. Others urge caucus goers from both parties to reject current contenders ...

Dec 20, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Thank You, Anarchists

Thank You, Anarchists Thank You, Anarchists

With their emphasis on participatory direct democracy, the anarchists behind Occupy Wall Street have changed the very idea of what politics could be.

Dec 19, 2011 / Nathan Schneider

Singing the Recall Carol in Wisconsin Singing the Recall Carol in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's Solidary singers were singing—illegally—at noon in the WIsconsin Capitol. 

Dec 19, 2011 / Blog / Laura Flanders

The Four Occupations of Planet Earth The Four Occupations of Planet Earth

How the occupied became the occupiers.

Dec 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Occupy Harvard Moves to Next Phase of Action Occupy Harvard Moves to Next Phase of Action

Occupy Harvard will consolidate the footprint of its original encampment to a winterized geodesic dome—provided by Occupy supporters at MIT—serving as a hub of activity...

Dec 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear

Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear

As administrators declare there's no alternative to austerity and corporatization in higher ed, student Occupyers fight back.

Dec 16, 2011 / Josh Eidelson

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