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It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Revealed: 2012 Graduates Have Highest-Ever Student Debt
College graduates who borrowed for bachelor’s degrees granted in 2012 have an average student loan debt of $29,400, the highest average student loan debt ever on record. Overall, 70% of college seniors graduated with debt in 2012.
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Occupy Sandy: OWS Helps Storm Victims
Occupy Wall Street and 350.org have teamed up with Recovers.org, a disaster relief platform, to help coordinate response to Hurricane Sandy.
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Nonviolent Resistance Works
Teachers in Chicago, Verizon workers, and students in Quebec recently proved that not only are strikes and general resistance and dissent essential to any democracy, they also work.
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The Occupy National Gathering is Here
Occupy participants from around the country have converged on Philadelphia for the “National Gathering” June 30 through July 4.
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Eight Months On, Still Fighting Foreclosures
One of Occupy Wall Street’s enduring legacies is the Occupy Our Homes movement, which successfully managed to protect families from evictions when the government didn't seem overly concerned by an epidemic of foreclosures.
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Don't Count Chicago Out
Although the G8 was removed from Chicago, the NATO and International Security Assistance Force meetings are still scheduled for the third week in May, promising mass turnouts from Occupy Chicago and people across the nation despite new anti-protest rules and a quadrupling of jail fees, imposed by Mayor Emanuel to intimidate those assembling to oppose the meetings.
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Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
Posted 1 week 6 days ago
Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
Posted 6 days 3 hours ago
The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
Posted 1 week 6 days ago
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
