The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
Occupy Movement
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15 Years After Seattle WTO Uprising, Global Democratic Rebellions Keep Getting Louder
Before Seattle, corporatization rolled forward with an air of inevitability – but the uprising that began the 21st century unleashed a new global spirit of democratic resistance and revolution.
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Worldwide #WaveOfAction Begins April 4 at Former Occupy Sites
One of the beautiful things about this decentralized, non-hierarchical effort is that it is impossible for anyone to predict what will happen.
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Spain’s Radical Catholic Activist and the Future of the Church
The leader of the Occupy Movement in Spain—who leads debates on feminism, takes on corporate interests and criticizes modern capitalism—is a nun.
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Film Premiere: "Red Ink" A Film About Money, Politics and Media in America
"Red Ink" takes the Occupy movement as an entry point to look at the American state apparatus, specifically how politics, money and media are interwoven.
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Students Occupy Sofia University Calling for Fair and Transparent Elections
Students at Bulgaria's Sofia University are occupying the entire central building of the school and vow to remain until the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of new elections.
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Sequester the Billionaires, Not the People
Where is the Occupy movement now that the depravity of the super rich is on full display?
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A New Insurgency for a New Year
Millions of progressives who understood the tactical wisdom of supporting Obama’s re-election should now recognize that the time has come to renounce his leadership.
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Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters
When we allow governments to forfeit our civil rights to protect "us" from "them," we lose sight of how quickly we can become "them."
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We Are the Occupation Nation
B Media Collective, a community-based video art collective, presents this hourlong montage of remixed shorts that explore the philosophical roots of Occupy Movement.