1848+: Last and First Men

Published on Saturday, March 31, 2012 by Common Dreams Occupying Leadership: What Will it Take to Accomplish Real Change? by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher and Jamphel Yeshi, the young Tibetan monk who set himself on fire last week, are more alike than might first meet the eye.Tim DeChristopher, a jailed climate [...]

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How Occupy Wall Street plans to spring back to action Christian Science Monitor Occupy Wall Street isn't dead, leaders of the movement say. It's ready to emerge from a winter of hibernation with a spring of renewed activism. By Gloria Goodale, Staff writer / March 30, 2012 An Occupy Wall Street protester stands on the [...]

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Published on Thursday, March 29, 2012 by Common Dreams Spanish Workers, Students Mass in General Strike Labor unions shut down transportation, businesses, and government offices to protest austerity measures, unemployment http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/29 – Common Dreams staff Spain’s transportation, public sector, and industrial unions are executing a general strike today in a show of their opposition to [...]

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Published on Thursday, March 29, 2012 by Common Dreams Ignoring Empire: King, Gandhi, and the 99% Spring by Brian Terrell

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Occupy Wall Street Affiliates Chain Subway Gates Open For Fare Strike Village Voice (blog) A press release claiming credit for the action said it was carried out by activists affiliated with Occupy Wall Street, as well as by rank-and-file members of Transit Workers Union Local 100, which is currently in negotiations with the Metropolitan … [...]

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March 28: Dick Cheney's new heart and Occupy Wall Street New York Daily News Henry Honig Yonkers: Re “Their true colors,” (editorial, March 24): Occupy Wall Street protesters have the constitutional right to protest in America. However, what was their message waving a doughnut and calling police officers “piggy”? See all stories on this topic [...]

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http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-03-28/news/occupy-spring-may-day/ Occupy Spring The protests are back and building to a May Day to remember Nick Pinto Wednesday, Mar 28 2012 Almost from the moment Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from their camp in Zuccotti Park last November, observers have speculated whether the movement was finished, or if it would somehow rebound in the [...]

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Occupy Springs Forward: An Update On The Past Few Months And What's Ahead Dowser To readers of mainstream media, it would seem that Occupy Wall Street had been hibernating for the winter. But, in fact, Occupiers spent the winter working hard on movement-building, strategizing, planning, and dealing with internal problems. See all stories on this [...]

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Ayn Rand’s Nightmare is Today’s Wall Street by PAM MARTENS The high priestess of corporate deregulation and free markets, Ayn Rand, wrote a novella in the 1930s. It was published in the U.S. in 1946 under the title, Anthem, by a corporate front group, a precursor to today’s astroturf groups. Anthem is currently being pumped [...]

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