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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A message to the 99% Spring
What we need is a mass movement that fights to defend the little guy against corporate greed and corrupt politicians. What we don't need is for Occupy Wall Street to turn into the hipsters of the protest world.
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Occupying Your Workplace
OccuCopy, an Occupy Wall Street workers collective modeled on Latin American successes of the past, could mark a way forward for the Occupy Movement.
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Poetry: Proposal to Change the World
We have grown tolerant of lying on every level of our national existence, yet everybody hates being lied to. In our private lives we rarely stand for what in public we barely notice.
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Pre-Existing Condition
What ‘government takeover’ of healthcare? Corporate interests still determine what sort of system we have.
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Rejecting Foreclosure in Minnesota
Occupy Homes helped an Air Force veteran and his wife stave off foreclosure by U.S. Bank, which refused to modify the terms of their mortgage.
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Vermont Passes Resolution to Overturn Citizens United
The Vermont Senate has given preliminary approval to an amendment to the U.S. Constitution aimed at reversing the U.S Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision of 2010.
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Tea Party Protest Reveals Friction
The counter-protest focused on what protesters asserted to be anti-gay elements within the Tea Party, specifically several noted anti-gay activists who were invited there to speak.
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Opinion: How to succeed in reoccupation without really trying
I’ve lately been getting the feeling that Occupy Wall Street’s past successes are starting to go to the heads of some people in the movement.
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A DIY Civilization?
The first step to total sustainability, according to one social entrepreneur, is "Civilization's Starter Kit," which will include durable, modular machines that people can build and maintain themselves with sustainable, locally available materials like scrap metal.
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Dispatch: A Hunger Striker Protests Foreclosure Fraud
We hope others throughout the country will join our national chain hunger strike until bank officials are prosecuted for the massive crimes against homeowners.
