Sarah Jaffe wrote this interesting article in Truthout, “What Occupiers Learned from Obama – And What He Should Learn From Them.” Jaffe…
Yearly Archives: 2012
Remembering Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin — the trailblazing civil rights activist and the organizer of the famous March on Washington in 1963 —…
More Success for Occupy
More evidence of the effectiveness of the growing protest movement is the recent enacted of “responsible banking ordinances” in several…
Success in the Occupy Movement
Many unions and community organizing groups have been challenging corporate power and fighting for consumers, workers, and communities for many years, but…
The Occupy Movement Lives
The protest movement that began at Zuccotti Park last September, and took a brief winter break after being evicted from…
The 2012 Election
The New York Times recently published this provocative article, “Capitalists and Other Psychopaths,” which is worth reading. Of course not everyone in the 1%…
Occupiers want an end to Outrageous Student Debt
Another by-product of the Occupy movement has been the growing uproar over mounting student debt. This was a key aspects…
Vital Lessons from the past – the LA Riots
Riots, Protest and Organizing: Lessons From the 20th Anniversary of the LA Riots The 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots…
The Fight for Wisconsin – Help get out the VOTE!
“Help Defeat Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.” Wisconsin is now ground zero in the battle for fairness and workers’ rights. What…
Obama’s Support for Same-Sex Marriage
The gay rights movement has won Americans’ hearts and minds. The tide has turned. Opponents can try, but they can’t…