You want a reason for the uprisings in Greece, where workers are on strike to protest the brutal austerity measures, or OccupyWallStreet or the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia fanned by the deep unemployment? Or are you looking for a reason people don’t believe the economy is getting better even when "growth" seems to […]
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The Rich Control 38 Percent of WORLD’S Wealth. Time To #OccupyTheWorld
Posted on 20 October 2011.
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Four Simple Lessons From Today’s Defense of OWS–And Why I’m Optimistic
Posted on 15 October 2011.
To step back for a moment from the terrific on-the-ground accounts of this morning’s action to defend Liberty Square, I took a moment to think about what took place–and why this make me even more optimistic than I was even a week ago that we are building something. Lesson Number One: some things are […]
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Smoking Out The Billionaires Hiding in NYC
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Occupy Wall Street has been a phenomenal awakening–and I have been proud to be a part of the non-sleepover (wimp…) outer ring of regular marchers. Tomorrow, c’mon out for another important phase in holding the economic Thieves Guild accountable–with a tour of the lairs of a few billionaires who hole up in Manhattan and […]
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I Feel Optimistic After Yesterday’s March on Wall Street
Posted on 07 October 2011.
Jammed in yesterday with the thousands of others of people in Foley Square, I turned to look at the crowd all around. I felt an incredible burst of optimism. I turned to one friend and said, "looks like the revolution will happen before I die." We laughed. I hope people hold on to the […]
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