Category Archives: Occupy Movement
What happened to the Occupy movement? (Aljazeera)
Although media coverage has dwindled, Occupy cells are alive and well all over the United States – and beyond. Occupy Wall Street was at the pinnacle of its power in October 2011, when thousands of people converged at Zuccotti Park … Continue reading
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How to Rebrand Occupy (Truthout)
“The 99% Movement” has something for everyone, even the left, but is it Occupy? By all measures the Occupy movement is a powerful brand. It has thousands of spin-offs such as Occupy Our Homes, Occupy Money, Occupy the Hood, Occupy … Continue reading
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The Wonderful, Unpredictable Life of the Occupy Movement (Truthout)
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 By Arun Gupta, Truthout | Report I met Nomi on a bus in Baltimore. She was from Wisconsin and had been involved with Occupy Wall Street. She was part of Occupy Judaism and fondly recalled the … Continue reading
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Occupying the Unexpected (The Nation)
Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett March 14, 2012 The few remaining occupations aren’t easy to find, but visiting one reminds you why Occupy set the imagination on fire. At a late-February “Occupalooza” organized by Occupy Fullerton in Orange County, we talked with Wolf, a … Continue reading
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Occupy invades “America’s storage shed” (Salon)
Faced with protest, Walmart unilaterally shuts down three warehouses in Southern California BY ARUN GUPTA AND MICHELLE FAWCETT TOPICS: OCCUPY WALL STREET Spilling out below the snow-dusted San Bernardino Mountains, California’s Inland Empire in Southern California is America’s storage shed. Its economy is a … Continue reading
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To camp or not to camp? That is Occupy’s question (Salon)
After a wave of shutdowns, about 20 Occupy camps still stand. What do they tell us about the state of the movement? By Michelle Fawcett and Arun Gupta Topics: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy Tampa Occupy Tampa has had a … Continue reading
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Occupy’s challenge: Reinventing democracy (Salon)
Behind the scenes with rogue drummers, homeless, liberals and the black bloc as OWS grapples with self-government By Arun Gupta Topics: Occupy Wall Street The panicked emails and texts sounded like a prank worthy of the Yes Men. Occupy Wall Street … Continue reading
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Occupy fights the law: Will the law win? (Salon)
From Boise to Nashville, the movement faces an unconstitutional legal siege BY ARUN GUPTA AND MICHELLE FAWCETT TOPICS: OCCUPY WALL STREET, OCCUPY BOISE, NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, EDITOR’S PICKS The Occupy movement is an exercise in the workings of power whether it is social, financial, policing or political. … Continue reading
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Arun Gupta comments for The Atlantic on Occupying the ‘Wall Street Journal’
Occupying the ‘Wall Street Journal‘ By Susie Cagle The protest movement is appropriating the names and logos of corporate-owned publications. Is it copyright infringement or satire? Courtesy of Scott Johnson excerpts: “I think it is great how it became a meme … Continue reading
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What Occupy taught the unions (Salon)
SEIU and others are embracing the movement that has succeeded as they have faded By Arun Gupta Topics: Occupy Wall Street, The Labor Movement Unions are in a death spiral. Private sector unionism has all but vanished, accounting for a measly … Continue reading
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