Occupy 2.0: The Great Turning
Building a movement to build a new reality By Michael Nagler April 5, 2012 http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/occupy-2.0-the-great-turning The spinning wheel, and the spinning wheel alone, will solve the problem of the deepening poverty of India….
Occupy Wall Street Protests ALEC In What Activists Call Largest Coordinated Occupy Event This Year
By Saki Knafo 03/01/2012 Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ In cities around the country today, hundreds of Occupy protestors gathered for what the movement described in a release as its “largest coordinated action this year.”…
Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence: Occupy Heads into the Spring
by Rebecca Solnit Feb. 21, 2012 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/21-5 When you fall in love, it’s all about what you have in common, and you can hardly imagine that there are differences, let alone that you…
A Call to Amend the Constitution and Reverse Citizens United
Dave Lefcourt, Opednews, 01-19-2012 http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Call-to-Amend-the-Consti-by-Dave-Lefcourt-120119-973.html This morning I attended a rally called, “Take Back Democracy, End Corporate Rule” in Annapolis, Maryland. It was sponsored by “Public Citizen” and a number of other state,…
Hungary Passes Controversial Central Bank Law
BBC, 12-30-2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16362662 Hungary has passed a law that critics say could undermine the independence of its central bank. The ruling Fidesz party, which has a two-thirds majority, has approved the constitutional change…
Huge Public-Sector Strike Hits the UK
Many schools and hospitals closed as workers take to the streets in protest against changes to their pensions. Al Jazeera, 11-30-11 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/11/2011113015916961952.html British public-sector workers opposed to government pension cuts are on a 24-hour…
Foreclosed Homeowners Re-Occupy Their Homes
by Zaineb Mohammed, Common Dreams, Nov. 25, 2011 http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/25-1 SAN FRANCISCO – Carolyn Gage was evicted from her foreclosed home in January. Earlier this month, she moved back in. “I’ve been in here…
Police Captain Joins Occupy Wall Street, Gets Arrested
One always hopes that this will prove to be the thin edge of the wedge, as with the Syrian army officers who turned against Assad. Philadelphia Police Department Captain Ray Lewis joins OWS…
Burgeoning Movement Needs Your Support: #Occupy Foreclosures
The Inevitable Has Happened: Occupy Foreclosures Linette Lopez, Business Insider, Nov. 1, 2011 http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-oakland-to-encourage-occupation-of-foreclosed-properties-2011-11#ixzz1cY8v52C5 Last night Occupy Oakland’s General Assembly did something that is likely to catch on with occupations across the country.They voted to…
Thousands of Military Veterans to March on Occupy Wall Street
by Gregg Prescott, M.S. www.in5d.com www.maya12-21-2012.com www.HolisticCancerResearch.com November 3, 2011 – NEW YORK, NY- In a movement of solidarity to Iraq veteran Scott Olsen’s injury in Oakland, CA, around 100 members of the military…
