This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Occupy Movement
Follow:
-
10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the movement known as Occupy Wall Street. Michael Levitin, author of the book Generation Occupy, joins us to talk about how the Occupy movement served as a catalyst for current activism...
-
5 Years After Zuccotti Park, Occupy Movement Is Driving America's Political Change
The next time someone says the Occupy movement is dead, ask them this: “Do you really think serious activists for social and economic justice were going to spend the rest of their lives living in tents in parks?”
-
Musical "Zuccotti Park" Brings Economic Justice to New York International Fringe Festival
The musical "Zuccotti Park" brings economic justice to the New York International Fringe Festival.
-
"They are Millionaires, We are Millions!" - Nuit Debout Looks Ahead As Occupation Winds Down
Nuit Debout is, like Occupy, a manifestation of people who want to do things differently.
-
Europe Needs A Plan B: Radical Political Change Is Coming
With Yanis Varoufakis at the helm of a recent weekend gathering in Madrid, workshops and debates fed into a concluding statement that called for no less than a democratic revolution across Europe.
-
Berning of America: When the Impossible Becomes Inevitable
What’s happening in America right now doesn’t come as a surprise to those who have been trying to shed light on so many social injustices our country is facing.
-
The Revolt Against the Ruling Class
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are agents of a revolt, from the left and the right, fueled by anger at those who have had power over our economic and political system since the start of the 1980s.
-
Radio: Occupy, Then and Now
NYU sociologist Michael Gould-Wartofsky traces the on-the-ground history of the Occupy Wall Street movement, through the eviction of Zuccotti Park to what the movement has morphed into.
-
"Zuccotti Park" Musical In New York Shines A Light on Occupy and Economic Justice
It's not easy writing a play about injustice in America much as it's not easy telling the complex, multi-layered story of the Occupy movement – something Catherine Hurd set out to do in her musical that premieres this week.
-
Musical "Zuccotti Park" Brings Economic Justice to the Stage In New York City
"I was appalled at the bank bailouts, I was frustrated at the unfairness of it all – and wanted to do something to help educate people."
