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How Occupy and the Indignados helped inspire Quebec, where 'every street is...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 This movement may be drawing on global influences — Paris 1968, the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, European anti-austerity movements - but it is still fundamentally Quebecois....
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Occupy feminism: Start of a fourth wave?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 What challenges will a fourth wave of feminism face? What lessons have been learned? Is a fourth wave of feminism rising from an ocean of unrest? The First Feminist General...
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A conversation about Occupy Wall Street: 'Making the impossible seem possible'
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Nine months ago Occupy Wall Street set up an encampment in New York's financial district, an action that served as an 'opening bell' for a movement that quickly coursed across...
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Vancouver launch of 'Occupy This!' with Judy Rebick and Musqueam spokesperson...
Is this show currently playing? June 25, 2012 On Sunday, June 17, author and activist Judy Rebick spoke at a launch of her new book, 'Occupy This!' The event was held at the W2 Media Cafe, and...
View ArticleActivist Communique: Occupy Fourth of July and the Canadian Occupy Summer
Hey everyone,While not traditionally a Canadian event -- we don't celebrate our national day with the same amount of patriotism, reflected in the U.S. motto of "The first duty of a patriot is to defend...
View ArticleActivist Communiqué: Occupy Fourth of July American conference
A few months ago, a state-wide call went out across the United States to gather all occupiers together for a national conference in Philadelphia that ran from Saturday June 30 to July 4, 2O12.It was a...
View ArticleActivist Communiqué: Occupy Hong Kong's nine-month encampment coming to an end?
Occupy Hong Kong has outlasted other global occupy encampments by months, even the beating heart of Occupy Wall Street's encampment at Zucotti Park (Liberty Square).Occupy Wall Street's encampment...
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Paul Krugman: How to End This Depression
dek: As Krugman makes clear, no one should listen to the austerians Story Publish Date: August 2, 2012End This Depression Now!End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman (W. W. Norton & Company,...
View ArticleActivist Communiqué: New York City refuses to back officer who pepper-sprayed...
On September 24, 2011, at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration at Union Square, one officer from the New York Police Department (NYPD) singlehandedly became the catalyst for the burgeoning Occupy...
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Wall Street crooks: A brief history of financial deregulation
Tuesday, August 21, 2012'Deregulation for Wall Street crooks' is one chapter of a manuscript entitled, Wall Street Thieves: the Crisis of Capitalism and the 99% Movement for a Just and Better World....
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The Occupy movement one year on: What is left?
Friday, September 14, 2012In few days, on September 17, we will commemorate one year since the start of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement -- a movement that many said was inspired by the Arab...
View ArticleActivist Communique: This is not an Occupy eulogy
This is not a one year Occupy anniversary piece.This is not a reflective obituary of a short-lived movement as if I were writing about a young life tragically cut short. This is not a eulogy. Nor is...
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Occupy anniversary: The movement still has momentum
dek: "Whatever happens next, Occupy Wall Street has already accomplished something that changes everything" Story Publish Date: September 20, 2012this_changes_everything.jpgBook Publishing...
View ArticleGutting a stranger's home: Disaster relief post Hurricane Sandy
My first instinct was to rummage through the trash, see if there was anything I would like.I can’t help it, that’s how I react to large piles of garbage.I’d have to remind myself several times that...
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Occupy Sandy: Horizontal lessons in community-based disaster recovery
Thursday, June 20, 2013 By October 2012, pundits had long-declared Occupy Wall Street 'dead.' But the global movement had in fact begun to grow roots that would support the city's communities hardest...
View ArticleCecily McMillan found guilty of assault police in Occupy Trial
Yesterday, a New York court found Cecily McMillan guilty of second degree assault for deliberately elbowing New York police officer Grantley Bovel during an Occupy raid.McMillan struck Officer Bovel on...
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Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal
rey-2014-05-23a.mp3We live in a society where the majority of people are up to neck in debt. And contrary to what we are told, the big banks want to keep it that way, according to Andrew Ross. Ross is...
View ArticleCecily McMillan released after serving 58 days from an Occupy arrest that...
Occupy activists tried unsuccessfully to re-occupy Zuccotti Park on the same day New Yorkers were also celebrating St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012. Only hoping to stop by the demonstration to meet...
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Dealing with Tear Gas
Publish Date: August 14, 2014Summary: When tear gas is used against peaceful protesters, use this guide to stay safe A Ferguson protester throws tear gas back at policeFrom Gaza to the protests in...
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Why are we afraid of naming and confronting capitalism?
Friday, February 6, 2015 Capitalism is a problem. A big problem. All forms of capitalism are unacceptable and revolting to justice, solidarity and equity. Like this article? Chip in to keep stories...
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