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On Founders and Keepers of Occupy Wall Street
Last week, a power struggle within an Occupy collective emerged into the public realm when one member took sole ownership of the @OccupyWallSt Twitter handle.
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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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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: A Veteran, Occupier and Teacher Wants His Job Back
I am David Suker, the teacher and outspoken critic of the Bloomberg administration who was fired for participating in Occupy Wall Street.
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Why Social Transformation Is a Lot Closer Than You May Realize
By understanding the current stage of our social movement's development, we can better define the work that must be done to achieve success and predict how the power structure and public will react to our actions.
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Did you buy your Occupy Wall Street Poster at Wal-mart?
In a tone-deaf display of irony, Walmart - which refuses to pay its employees a living wage - is selling posters depicting the movement that fought everything the retail behemoth stands for.
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Money in Politics: Six of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
Charles and David Koch, of Koch Industries, have poured some of their combined $72 billion into conservative politicians while the Walton family, owners of Walmart, exercise a subtler but equally corrosive influence on our national politics.
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Thousands March on Washington Demanding End to Surveillance
Masses of protesters aligned with the coalition Stop Watching Us assembled on the 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act to urge Congress to reform the legal framework that supports the government's secretive online data gathering network.
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The World Is Still Up For Grabs: A Manifesto For the Year Ahead
Revolution is a Rhizome. We now have a confidence in this generation that we didn’t have before.
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Occupy Wall Street Lawsuits Seek Justice For Arrests, Pepper Spray Two Years Later
As Occupy Wall Street notched its second anniversary, many of its supporters marked another milestone: one more day pursuing lawsuits against New York City.
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Occupy Wall Street, Two Years On: We're Still the 99%
Two years ago, in scores of encampments across America, a new generation found its calling.
