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.
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The Occupy Caravan: Dispatch From Reno
As the Occupy Caravan roars east, organizer and Occupy.com editor Michael Levitin will be filing dispatches from the road. First up: Reno.
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The NYPD Rewrites History
After serving as the epicenter for press suppression and journalist arrests over the last nine months, the NYPD is trying to rewrite history and pretend like nothing ever happened.
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Join Us in Philly for the Occupy National Gathering
The Occupy National Gathering, implemented through a horizontal, democratic and transparent process and endorsed by almost 60 occupations across the country, will allow us to strategically plan for the coming year, work on a vision for the future, and most importantly build relationships and skills that will allow us to strengthen our ties as a movement!
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Reconsidering Word of Mouth
Word-of-mouth made "The Avengers" the third highest-grossing film of all time. I have a hunch that social movements work the same way.
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Biased? Damn Right I Am
I would like to address the most common complaint about my writing about the Québec student movement: namely, that it is “biased.” My simple response to this is: You’re god damned right it is!
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Letter From Newfoundland and Labrador: If Helpers Fell From the Sky
I wonder what we would do if helpers fell from the sky. If, here in St. John’s, a couple dozen people came out of nowhere and started putting in their own time to making this city (and by extension the world at large) a more welcoming place.
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The Occupy Caravan Starts Now
Kicking off this afternoon, the Occupy Caravan will travel the nation’s highways to spread the word that we need to end corporate rule, reclaim our government and establish a new measure of economic fairness.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, Scott Walker is sadly still Wisconsin’s governor, a judge ruled the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA to be unconstitutional, Occupy won major victories in New York and Seattle, Occupy Fresno became the longest-running encampment in the country and everyone who was anyone wrote the Movement’s obituary.
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At the Heart of an Occupation: Brian Douglas
At the Heart of An Occupation is photographer Stacy Lanyon’s photo journal of the people who comprise Occupy Wall Street. On March 29, she presented Brian Douglas, in his own words.
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NYPD Clamps Down on Casserole March
This week’s casserole march in solidarity with Canada's student movement was a record in how quickly NYPD stepped in to crack down on marchers.