Activism

Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring

Occupiers respond to the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action.

Apr 6, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved

Looking to join the fight against poverty? Start right here.

Apr 6, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

The 99% Spring The 99% Spring

An impressive coalition of liberal-left groups are aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans in the precepts of non-violent direct action.

Apr 4, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’ Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’

Just down the road from the Kremlin is a television station with opposition spirit. 

Apr 3, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism

The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism

Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.

Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012 Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012

Police arrest nearly eighty protesters in San Francisco during the 'First Real Occupation' of 2012.

Apr 3, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the six-month anniversary of one of the largest mass arrests of activists in US history.

Apr 2, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

The Problems With BDS The Problems With BDS

If the anti-Israel boycott's losing vote at the Park Slope Food Coop really was a victory for BDS, that's a bad thing. 

Mar 31, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out

Fresno adopts a policy of seizing and destroying homeless residents' property and a local legal services non-profit fights back.

Mar 30, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy

Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy

A longtime activist recalls the roots of participatory democracy.

Mar 29, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

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