Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Retooling the Occupy Movement Into An Effective Mobilizer for Change

What the Occupy movement has done so far is admirable. It has taken media coverage skewed towards the deficit-reduction obsession of the global elite and forced it to cover the tangible economic problems of the United States:canyon-sized inequality through financial … Continue reading

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Why the Charge “OWS Has No Clear Message” Is Wrong in One Photo

Update: This woman is a reporter and was fired from her job (big surprise, it was part-time) for expressing her political opinion outside of work. Political movements are about steering different interests, and not about getting everyone into one group … Continue reading

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Police Fraternity in Brutality

Saturday at the Occupy Wall Street protest, the NYPD officers were pulling cameramen unprovoked across the barricade, to beat them just to stop recording arrests. Then the commanding officer pepper sprays a bunch of girls just passively watching. See for … Continue reading

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