[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLlbtm5oUmo&w=560&h=315] “Our aim is to confront Wall Street’s unchecked power to put profits over people’s right to housing.” April 16, 2012 Nation of Change In support of homeowners facing foreclosure and eviction in NYC, members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and other community groups will conduct vibrant singing protests and raise the More
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, How You Subsidize the Energy Giants to Wreck the Planet Posted by Bill McKibben at 9:20am, April 5, 2012. Just in case you’re running for national office, here are a few basic stats to orient you when you hit Washington (thanks to the invaluable Open Secrets website of the Center for Responsive Politics). In 2011, the More
The Fable of the Century April 5, 2012 Robert Reich.org Imagine a country in which the very richest people get all the economic gains. They eventually accumulate so much of the nation’s total income and wealth that the middle class no longer has the purchasing power to keep the economy going full speed. Most More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZVtPhVBM5Q&w=560&h=315] I will be pleading guilty at a hearing on Thursday, 12 April, 2012. There will be a press conference at 8:30 am that morning in front of the DC Superior Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave NW, Washington DC. leahpeaceful Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” us. riseuptimes.wordpress.com. WAMMToday is now on More
Whose Recovery? Many Remain in Critical Condition By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog 01 April 12 RSN Luxury retailers are smiling. So are the owners of high-end restaurants, sellers of upscale cars, vacation planners, financial advisors, and personal coaches. For them and their customers and clients the recession is over. The recovery is now More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWzLsUyXms&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Apr 3, 2012 Lynn Parramore, Contributing Editor-Alternet joins Thom Hartmann. Corporations in America used to care about the best interests of their communities and country - but their role in society has changed. How have corporations become a predatory monster - preying on Americans and their wallets? Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TvPWh5pnec&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by OccupyTVNY on Mar 12, 2012 This is a short snippet from an extended conversation with Noam Chomsky, available here - http://studiooccupy.org/#!/media/10319 The full interview is about: -The Occupy Movement -Economic democracy and cooperatives -Limiting the accumulation of wealth -Consciousness raising -Latin America Information about the interviewer: Dada Maheshvarananda is an activist, writer and monk of More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtLsTROv-Bk&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by democracynow on Mar 19, 2012 democracynow.org - Famed sociologist Frances Fox Piven and labor organizer Stephen Lerner discuss how Occupy Wall Street could grow into a major political movement that draws millions into the streets. "I am absolutely convinced that Occupy is the beginning of another massive protest movement," Fox Piven says. "Protest movements More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih-7naoBvp8&w=560&h=315] Visit http://Doo-Occupy.org to learn more and register for the Doo-Occupy, Bail Out America trainings and actions that will take place in Washington, DC from Friday night March 30 through Tuesday, April 3. Join us - Be part of it - it is going to be EPIC! This music video was created as part of the More
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Why the Media Loves the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks Posted by Rebecca Solnit at 9:40AM, February 21, 2012. Tom Dispatch In December 2001, 110 of 112 revelers at a wedding died, thanks to a B-52 and two B-1B bombers using precision-guided weapons to essentially wipe out a village in Eastern Afghanistan (and then, More
April 9-15, 2012 — 100,000 Americans Will Train for Non-Violent Direct Action The 99% Spring Published on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Common Dreams TO: America RE: The 99% Spring Things should never have reached this point. Click here to sign up for the 99% Spring! Every day, the American Dream seems a little farther away. More of More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auu4akyyedw&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by LilKing420s on Nov 27, 2011 Occupy is 4 months in, with the exception of a handful of incidents by trouble makers and provocatuers, the occupy demonstrations continue the nonviolent expression of our malcontent. We will not stop. This is why we will win! The problem isn't the one persons fault or another... the true More
