Occupy Movement

Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform? Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform?

In the wake of the superstorm, we need to involve communities—not corporations—in reconstruction efforts. 

Nov 15, 2012 / Press Room

Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It

The Strike Debt movement is planning a Rolling Jubilee—a bailout of the people, by the people. 

Nov 12, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy Sandy Efforts Highlight Need for Solidarity, Not Charity Occupy Sandy Efforts Highlight Need for Solidarity, Not Charity

Occupy Sandy, the grassroots relief effort started by Occupy Wall Street, has been helping individuals when traditional aid groups and organizations have failed to show up.

Nov 5, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines

A report from Downtown Manhattan, and a Hurricane Sandy volunteer.

Nov 1, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims

Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims

Occupy Wall Street and 350.org have teamed up with Recovers.org, a disaster relief platform, to help coordinate response to Hurricane Sandy.

Oct 31, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked ‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.

Oct 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tracey

Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home

Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.  

Oct 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Occupy DC Plans to Protest on K Street for First Anniversary Occupy DC Plans to Protest on K Street for First Anniversary

Also, an Illinois judge rules the mass arrest of Occupy Chicago protesters is unconstitutional.

Oct 1, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Laura Flanders: What Is the Legacy of Occupy? Laura Flanders: What Is the Legacy of Occupy?

Organizers are thinking critically about how to increase impact in Occupy’s second year. 

Sep 20, 2012 / Press Room

School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park

School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park

Free University's set up in Madison Square Park is just downtown from the original Free Academy of the City of New York, which was founded in 1847 as a completely tuition-free scho...

Sep 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Anna Robinson

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