Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist
Where does the idea of catastrophic change come from?
Apr 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Occupy Prepares for May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking Occupy Prepares for May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking
Occupy Wall Street readies for what organizers hope will be a massive protest and resurgence for the fledgling group.
Apr 27, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World? David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World?
Hip hop and the Occupy movement have even more in common than you might think.
Apr 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / On The Earth Productions
Talib Kweli’s Love Letter to #OWS Talib Kweli’s Love Letter to #OWS
Prisoner of Conscious is meant to both celebrate and inspire the Occupy movement.
Apr 26, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition
This week, Cooper Union student organizers preparing for an Occupy Wall Street protest against student debt were infuriated by their school’s decision to introduce tuition ...
Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin
Hundreds March in ACT UP/Occupy Rally, Nineteen Protesters Arrested Hundreds March in ACT UP/Occupy Rally, Nineteen Protesters Arrested
Hundreds of activists from ACT UP, Occupy Wall Street and housing rights groups took to the streets Wednesday to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of ACT UP.
Apr 26, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike
What are some alternative tactics to create a different, more powerful general strike?
Apr 24, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm
Student and community activists cleared and tilled the ground and planted hundreds of vegetable starters before setting up tents on the Gill Tract, a plot of land at the corner o...
Apr 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Christopher Yee
Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP
Like OWS, ACT UP used direct action against government agencies and corporations—and were vilified in the press for it.
Apr 23, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Could Occupy New Haven’s Eviction Reinvigorate the Movement? Could Occupy New Haven’s Eviction Reinvigorate the Movement?
Just after its six-month anniversary, the last occupation in New England was evicted. Freed from maintaining camp life, will the occupiers' momentum return?
Apr 20, 2012 / Melinda Tuhus