http://techpresident.com/news/23062/hurricane-sandy-moves-occupy-wall-street-protest-people-powered-recovery A group of people from the Occupy Wall Street movement is collaborating with the climate change advocacy group 350.org and a new … [Read more...]
Thousands Call on Congress to “Fix This Bridge!”
It was cold and rainy, but that didn't stop thousands of people from marching from Dewey Square to the Charlestown bridge yesterday. Calling on congress to create “jobs, not cuts,” the action followed a string of votes in which Scott Brown … [Read more...]
Why We Are Taking to the Streets Today in Boston
Today, in Boston and across the country, thousands of people are taking to the streets to say enough is enough. It has been three years since Wall Street crashed our economy, and yet 25 million people are still unable to find … [Read more...]
Occupation: To Be or Not To Be…Coopted
(This is a cross post of course from LiL, but I am hoping it has bigger appeal than just my little corner of electoral politics. This is a big movement, with so much potential, I felt compelled to express my concerns for it. Slight edits in … [Read more...]
Occupy Wall Street Tops Tea Party in Popularity
Another day dawns and with it comes more bad news for those who want to deny the rising influence of the "Occupy" movement that's been spreading like a political prairie fire across America Tea Party movement isn't in a state of serious … [Read more...]
Grass Roots vs. The Tea Party
Some conservatives are desperately trying to besmirch the ever growing "Occupy Wall Street Movement" as something other than a grass roots movement and some have gone so far as to say that America's newest grass roots movement is trying to … [Read more...]
Where are the Tea Party Counter Demonstrations?
In the wake of the growing number and crescendo of Occupy Wall Street protests and the rising level of alarm among conservative politicians and pundits, one would think that there would be a wave of counter demonstrations by the rank and … [Read more...]
Spare, eloquent testimony from the 99 percent
on Tumblr. … [Read more...]
From Quirky, to Movement…
(Cross posted from my blog Left in Lowell. I've been thinking a lot about where we are and where we are headed lately in light of the Occupy[America] protest movement. Are we seeing a sea change, or just another blip like the anti-Iraq-war … [Read more...]