The Occupied Wall Street Journal,”a four-page, full-color broadsheet newspaper, has gained surprising traction as a tool of protest at the Occupy Wall Street rallies in Manhattan. The newspaper has flourished even though many of the demonstrators, here at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, are preoccupied with digital media. THE MEDIA EQUATION A Protest’s Ink-Stained Fingers More
Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism is the collective autobiography of several members of the RNC 8. Charged with felony conspiracy and violations of the Minnesota Patriot Act for organizing logistics for protests against the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, authors reveal their upbringings, early political involvements, the “RNC Welcoming Committee,” infiltration, arrests, legal defense and outcomes of the case. Authored by RNC 8 defendants, Luce GuillénGivins, Max Specktor, Eryn Trimmer, Monica Bicking, Robert Czernik More
Those Who Say Occupy Wall Street Movement Should Go To Washington Don’t Get It By Rob Kall (about the author) October 10, 2011 at 08:43:02 opednews.com Herman Cain says Occupy Wall Street protests should go to the White House. Willy Geist on Morning Joe says “I’m glad to see it’s moving to Washington,” referring to the More
Shut Down the School of the Americas We won't stop until the SOA is shut down and the U.S. government has stopped relying on violence - be it military, political, or economic - to enforce its oppressive foreign policy in Latin America and the Carribean. Join us for the 21st anniversary of non-violent protest at More
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Press Passes John Grant Published: Sunday 9 October 2011 Nation of Change The First Amendment right to gather news is, as the Court has often noted, not one that inures solely to the benefit of the news media; rather, the public’s right of access to information is coextensive More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2cAQ-Qc2U&w=560&h=315] October 7th, 2011 - Excerpts from interviews with people attending the first day of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Minneapolis. Interviews include Governor Jesse Ventura and WAMM member Marie Brown. WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. You may More
Pepper-Sprayed for Peace David Swanson Published: Sunday 9 October 2011 Nation of Change War is A Crime Video Compilation A lot of people were effected, directly or — like me — indirectly by the pepper spray. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9OSFLnyUI] I’ve been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray. I’ll post videos More
Police Pepper-Spray Protesters at the Air&Space Museum Posted on 08 October 2011 October2011.org At a demonstration by the October 2011 Movement at the National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Protection Services security officers pepper sprayed protesters as soon as they entered the museum. They pepper-sprayed a young woman from Woodlawn, VA who is not part of More
Waiting for our Tahrir Square Revolution Practicing for the Revolution: Preparing for our Tahrir Square Moment Steve Clemens. Oct. 5, 2011 Mennonista NOTE: To see livestream video of the Washington D.C. protest and occupation, go to October2011.org Peacemaker Kathy Kelly told our new friends, Zahra, Shahrbanoo, and Basir, in Kubul in March, “We didn’t More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TF8L2DWhpw&w=420&h=315] Joseph Stiglitz Was at Occupy Wall Street and He Looked Like He Was Having a Great Time Linette Lopez | Oct. 3, 2011, 12:47 PM | Business Insider Economist Joseph Stiglitz was at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park yesterday. He was joined by New York Times book reviewer a and economics columnist, Jeff Madrick. Here are some highlights: Stiglitz More
Mass Arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge> Is This What Democracy Looks Like? by Nathan Schneider Published October 1, 2011 Nation of Change This was the second major Saturday march halted by a mass arrest, largely on account of obstructing traffic. News is by now getting around that today there were mass arrests of More
Gandhi’s Lessons for Today Gandhi’s Birthday is October 2> he was born 142 years ago. Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence Posted: 10/1/11 07:25 PM ET Hufflington Post Kathy Kelly: Afghanistan and the Arab Spring. Monday, October 3, 7:00 p.m. Macalester Plymouth United Church, 1658 Lincoln Avenue (adjacent to Macalester College), St. Paul. In a soon-to-be More
