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'Margin Call' Occupies Wall Streetnew

If the current global financial crisis is remotely interesting to you, I can't recommend Margin Call enough.
Boise Weekly  |  George Prentice  |  10-26-2011  |  Reviews

Occupy Indianapolis Attracts Over 1,000new

An estimated 1,200 people participated in Saturday's Occupy Indianapolis rally. People of all ages seemed to be equally represented.
NUVO  |  Mike Allee  |  10-25-2011  |  #OCCUPY

The Perils of OWS' Cut-and-Paste Revolution, Part I

The Occupy movement has grown nicely. But, just as Mao found it necessary to adapt industrial-proletarian-based Marxism to China's agrarian economy with "Marxism with Chinese characteristics," activists are about to face the negative consequences of trying to replicate Tahrir Square in the United States. The U.S. isn't Egypt. It isn't even European. Americans need Tahrir Square with American characteristics.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  10-24-2011  |  Commentary

The Occupation of Torontonew

A new movement for a fair economy in the midst of a global financial crisis showcases a fresh paradigm where leaders, demands and hierarchies no longer exist – and that’s a good thing.
NOW Magazine  |  Ellie Kirzner  |  10-21-2011  |  #OCCUPY

Age Divides the Small Crowd at Occupy Charlestonnew

Whereas the other occupations around the country seem to be largely made up of feisty young whippersnappers, Occupy Charleston appears to be nothing more than a dozen or so old white people gathered around a coffee table piled high with pizza boxes.
Charleston City Paper  |  Chris Haire  |  10-19-2011  |  #OCCUPY

Occupy Atlanta's Message May be Muddlednew

But its grievance resonate with middle-class Americans.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Editorial Board  |  10-19-2011  |  #OCCUPY

Welcome to the Occupationnew

While still in an embryonic stage, the prevailing sentiment of the Occupy Wall Street movement is to reduce income inequality in the U.S. and loosen the perceived control that large corporations have on government and public life.
Columbia Free Times  |  Corey Hutchins  |  10-19-2011  |  #OCCUPY

Hey, #OWSers—Quit Whining About Your Student Loans

There is no immediate rush, nor should there be, to issue demands. The horizontal democracy format of the Occupy movement's General Assemblies is less about getting things done than giving voices to the voiceless. For most citizens, who have been shut out of politics by the fake two-party democracy and the corporate media, simply talking and being heard is an act of liberation. At some point down the road, however, the movement will come to a big ideological fork: do they try to the system? Or tear it down?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  10-18-2011  |  Commentary

Stop Demanding Demands

Before last week I thought this decision-making process was madness. No leaders means inefficiency, right? Well, right. It sucks. And it's great. It's great because it gets out from behind our keyboards and out into the streets and in direct contacts with our fellow human beings.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  10-13-2011  |  Commentary

Occupiednew

Almost everyone likes a party in our fiesta town (though not necessarily every party). Give this one a try? The next Occupy San Antonio rally is a 6 p.m. Wednesday drum circle at HemisFair Park. Then on Saturday, a larger rally is planned from noon to 3 p.m. at South Alamo and Caesar Chavez. More info online at various FB pages, including Occupy San Antonio.
San Antonio Current  |  SA Current News Team  |  10-12-2011  |  #OCCUPY

#Occupy: What to Say to Reportersnew

Don't give reporters the opportunity to portray you as a stink-foot, hippie no-nothing bent on taking down capitalism and tossing a garbage can through a Starbucks window. (Unless that's what you are, then go ahead.) Here are some tips on what to say to reporters and how to say it.
The Portland Mercury  |  Wm.™ Steven Humphrey  |  10-06-2011  |  #OCCUPY

'Occupy Wall Street' Updatesnew

The latest "Occupy Wall Street" updates from Village Voice staff reporters on the scene.
The Village Voice  |  Staff  |  10-06-2011  |  #OCCUPY

It's Fall Already, but "Occupy Wall Street" Has Finally Brought an American Springnew

Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
The Memphis Flyer  |  Marty Auusenberg  |  10-04-2011  |  Politics

It's Fall Already, but "Occupy Wall Street" Has Finally Brought an American Springnew

Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
The Memphis Flyer  |  Marty Auusenberg  |  10-04-2011  |  Politics

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