Thank You for Standing Up By Chris Hedges (about the author) January 23, 2012 opednews.com This article cross-posted from Truthdig I spent Friday morning sitting on a wooden bench in a fourth-floor courtroom in the New York Criminal Court in Manhattan. I was waiting to be sentenced for “disturbing the peace” and “refusing to obey a lawful order” More
Busted for tweeting Police escalation in New York as my brother and 17 other people are arrested for observing an occupation. MOLLY KNEFEL DEC 13, 2011 8:02 AM Salon.com Police outside New York’s Winter Garden (Credit: Molly Knefel) Monday morning marked yet another Day of Action for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Eight cities More
Who’s Wrecking America? Meet Your 1 Percent Nominees Monday 21 November 2011 truthout Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation | News Analysis The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1% get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99%. But who’s doing the most to damage our economy More
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests Much more than a movement against big banks, they’re a rejection of what our society has become. By MATT TAIBBI November 10, 2011 8:00 AM ET Rolling Stone TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images I have a confession to make. At first, I misunderstood Occupy More
Image: Julia La Roche for Business Insider Nov 03 11:00 PM Julia La Roche Business Insider The Occupy Wall Streeters turned their ire toward the "evil vampire squid" Goldman Sachs today. The Occupy Wall Streeters, joined by Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West and columnist Chris Hedges, convened at their Zuccotti Park headquarters for More
Meet the 0.01%> The War Profiteers [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipM_wRnAzSY&w=560&h=315] Watch the Video | Share It With Your Local OCCUPY Group Dear Friend, While the growing Occupy movement targets the 1 Percent, we want to introduce you to the elite among the gang of the superrich: the war profiteers. Help give your local Occupy group the tools they need to fight More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC9Vyt1ZBpQ&w=420&h=315] This is a message from anonymous to the people of New York city, wall street and members of the protest. We are crowding your streets, we are filling its veins. This might be painful, but you will not open your eyes so we are being forced to dilate them. This your protest. Welcome More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SIhY6El5jk&w=560&h=315] Chris Hedges ends up on Fox News By scarce October 13, 2011 07:40 PM Crooks and Liars This interview actually took place last week on the CBC but I just got around to seeing it. Seems they have A-holes up there as well, even on their public broadcasting network. Chris Hedges is More
