Showing posts with label Movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movement. Show all posts

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Revolutions Don't Happen in a Day: Five Ways OWS Can Stay Powerful and Truly Build a Movement

Social transformation means not only harnessing a moment, but building a movement.
On September 17, we took Liberty Square, used it to begin to create the social norms and institutions of a society to come, and became the Occupy movement. We hit the streets fiercely, abandoning the metal barricades they once contained us in, rejecting the marching permits they offered us, refusing their sidewalks...  Read more:  Truth Out

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Occupy Everywhere: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement Against Corporate Power

How does the Occupy Wall Street movement move from "the outrage phase" to the "hope phase," and imagine a new economic model? In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we bring you excerpts from a recent event that examined this question and much more. "Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power... 
Read and watch video:  Democracy Now

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Occupy DC Protesters Push Back Against Coverage Of Sexual Assaults At Camps

One of the subplots of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the exploitation of reports of sexual violence by opponents of the movement, particularly conservatives stung by the negative press that the Tea Party received. At Occupy DC Monday, I spoke with several of the protesters to see if they were aware of the issue, what they thought of the coverage, and most importantly, what was being done to keep people safe....  Read more:   Mediaite

Friday, November 18, 2011

Meet The Mountain Community That Has 4,000 Residents And An Occupy Movement

The Occupy Movement has existed for about two months, and during that brief tenure it has garnered worldwide attention for the demonstrations and protests in some of the largest cities in America. Indeed, the large crowds of occupiers in New York, Oakland, Los Angeles, and other large cities have captured the majority of the media’s attention because of the large number of protestors, but the movement is alive and well in every city in America even if the public is unaware of it...  Read more:   Politicususa

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Voices From The Occupations



The Occupy protesters have been ridiculed by the press, celebrated by the left, and reviled by the right—but rarely allowed to speak for themselves. After the initial New York protest morphed into a national movement in October, reporters struggled to understand the spectacle and pundits stepped in to... 
Read more:  Truth Out