For those who were there, November 13th will be a day long remembered in Portland, Oregon. Occupy Portland again proved why it remains…
"Power concedes nothing without a demand." – Frederick Douglass In a movement based on general anger about inequality and the domination of big banks,…
In Portland, Oregon, all the promise and pitfalls of the Occupy Movement are on public display. Portland is second only to New York…
Should Occupiers be concerned that the Nazi Party has given official “support” to the Occupy Movement? Or be worried that other far-right…
As the Occupy Movement gains strength nationally and internationally, questions of "what next" are popping up. Although there are no easy answers…
By definition, capitalism is: an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production (industry, banks, technology), where, through the process…
It should be no surprise that a city dubbed "Little Beirut" by President Bush Senior — due to the large protests against him — began its…
At a time when the country is demanding that Wall Street pay up, Democrats and Republicans are insisting that China be punished…
Sometimes it explodes. But social explosions are rare events. Are the Wall Street protests and their nationwide copycats an explosion or just a…
President Obama may have opened Pandora's box with his latest tax-the-rich rhetoric, but he'll try to keep the lid half-shut. Truly informing the…
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