Occupy DC: Police Clear Camp Making Way for Van Jones
NJP Exclusive: Gilbert Mercier reporting from Washington DC At noon today, Sunday, December 4, the Federal Parks Police entered McPherson Square to challenge the existence of a wood frame structure that had been erected to accommodate the Occupy DC General Assembly during inclement weather. Several of the occupiers refused to participate in the removal of […]
Unions Back Keystone XL Pipeline Threatens Clash With Occupy Movement
TransCanada Corporation announced an agreement with American labor unions supporting the Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone XL). The Project Labor Agreement is with the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Laborers International Union of North America, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States […]
My Thoughts on Occupy
By Min Reyes Editor’s Note: Min Reyes is a journalist and student of historical materialism and dialectics. Presently, Min is fully committed to the global movement of human dignity against neoliberalism. In addition to being a News Junkie Post contributor, Min can be found at her own blog, MinReyes.ca, and you can connect with […]
The Occupy Movement: Crumbling Communes or Class Warfare?
“You’re a bunch of Pussies” the intoxicated passer by charged. “You can’t even run a fucking park. How do you expect to run a country let alone change the world? You come to this park and expect to be taken care of, how do you expect to topple the most powerful people and governments in […]
Occupy Birmingham: ICE, DHS, and the Modern Market of Slavery
This is public notice of an investigation into the political and fiscal relationship between the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, and their agents), the Etowah County Detention Center (ECDC) and staff (especially Sheriff Todd Entrekin), and Representative Robert Aderholt of the US Congress (Alabama’s 4th District). I.C.E. officers Sheriff Entrekin I reported […]
