Bank Sleep-in at #NatGat
Editor’s note: This post is part of our #NatGat coverage. You may read more #NatGat-related stories here. Philadelphia, PA – After arriving by bus from New York late Sunday morning, I found the...
View Article#NatGat, Day 2
Editor’s note: This post is part of our #NatGat coverage. You can read the author’s coverage of the first day of #NatGat by clicking here. Philadelphia, PA–The second day of the Occupy National...
View ArticleImprisoned for a Declaration of Interdependence
Editor’s note: This post is part of our #NatGat coverage. You may read more #NatGat-related stories here. Philadelphia, PA–There was a synchronicity manifesting at the Gathering: There was a large...
View ArticleWould They Really Do That to Veterans?
Editor’s note: This post is part of our #NatGat coverage. You may read more #NatGat-related stories here. Philadelphia, PA–Last night I saw one of the most beautiful moments of my entire 40 years on...
View ArticleDebt To Burn
Last Sunday I took the L train out to East River State Park, a beautiful riverside park in the ultra-gentrified waterfront of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There, wrapped by new luxury condos and a stunning...
View ArticleDispatches from Chicago’s Teacher Strike, Day 1: Out of the Classrooms and...
Chicago, IL – You know things are getting serious when you find yourself sitting with a roomful of occupiers, silently and on the edge of your seats watching the evening news. This past Sunday I...
View ArticleDispatches from Chicago’s Teacher Strike, Day 2: The Revolution Will Not Be...
Chicago, IL–I didn’t think much could top the excitement, energy, and inspiration I felt during the first day of the Chicago Teachers Union strike. Enter day 2. First, an activist PSA: self care....
View ArticleDay Five of the CTU Strike & the World is Not Our Oyster
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared at Simone and the Silver Surfer. You can read the author’s previous account on the CTU strike here. 1. I am awake at 6:30 and feel refreshed. I eat a big...
View ArticleMy #S17
We were at the Red Cube by 7:15am, joining hundreds of other Occupiers and supporters for the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Liberty Square itself was barricaded, a dozen or...
View ArticleHow to get sued by the Chamber of Commerce and influence people
Editor’s note: This post was originally published by Joseph Huff-Hannon at Waging Non-Violence Last week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — the world’s most formidable big business lobby — quietly...
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