Will Occupy Choose Super-PAC Funding Over Radical Action?
In the past thirty six hours, several stories have emerged to highlight a growing problem that threatens the continued effectiveness, and perhaps the very existence, of the Occupy movement. Left-wing politicos have come out against radical tactics such as those of the Black Bloc. Establishment activists involved in Occupy seek to end the actual occupations […]
Occupy DC: Two Days Two Raids
On Saturday, February 4, the Federal Parks Police raided the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square. Less than 24 hours later they are at it again at Freedom Plaza. Live streaming video of the violation of protesters rights can be viewed here. Equipped with riot gear, mounted troops, and hazmat suits, the police executed a […]
DC Metro Labor Council Backs Occupy Against Eviction
In their daily publication, Union City, the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO, issued a strong statement to their 20,000+ readership in support of Occupy DC, calling on the rank and file to join the protesters in fighting for the rights of the 99%. The statement reads as follows: Occupy DC to Resist Eviction at Twin Noontime […]
Has Occupy Forgotten Why?
By Gilbert Mercier and Liam Fox Even though the revolution in Egypt is still at an uncertain, fluid stage, they’ve already made an irreversible geopolitical impact in the Middle-East, and beyond. If 9/11/2001 marked the start of a dark chapter in world history, 2/11/2011 may have been the beginning of a new era of positive […]
Stop SOPA: Don’t Let Big Brother Blacklist the Free Press
The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA) if passed would create a “legal” tool for censoring websites. Just like others coercive and repressive legislation such as the Patriot Act and more recently the NDAA, it contains vague provisions, open to interpretations, which could be used to silence dissent, free speech and the freedom of the […]
