Activism

Solidarity Teach-Ins at a College Near You Solidarity Teach-Ins at a College Near You

Starting November 2, schools across the nation will participate in teach-ins about Occupy Wall Street in hopes of continuing and extending the dialogue that was started by the Oc...

Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams

Ball of Confusion Ball of Confusion

Alterman on Motown and Reed on Tom Waits and the 99 percent.

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

‘It’s Up To Us’: Occupy Colleges Gains Traction

‘It’s Up To Us’: Occupy Colleges Gains Traction ‘It’s Up To Us’: Occupy Colleges Gains Traction

There is nothing more important than participating in the largest demonstration of social change in our lives.

Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park

Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park

It’s not hard to understand how environmental quality and economic inequality came to be joined at the hip.

Oct 27, 2011 / Chip Ward

Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed and the Beginnings of Class Warfare Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed and the Beginnings of Class Warfare

Those three decades of rampant upper-crust greed unleashed by the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s will be well marked by future historians recording the death of the American dream.

Oct 27, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Re-reply to Prof Lawrence Lessig: Where Does Change Actually Come From? Re-reply to Prof Lawrence Lessig: Where Does Change Actually Come From?

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig just doesn't get where change historically actually comes from.

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland

Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

The Body Acoustic

The Body Acoustic The Body Acoustic

The Occupy movement is not a sexual revolution. But in a society organized for alienation, it has made human contact its sword and its shield.

Oct 26, 2011 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski

OWS: Ideas From the 99 percent

OWS: Ideas From the 99 percent OWS: Ideas From the 99 percent

The OWS movement is already a success for having raised the issues explored in the articles presented here.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Various Contributors

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