Tag Archive for ‘Occupy’
My Year with Occupy
I remember July of 2011, complaining loudly to friends and family, “Isn’t it obvious to everyone now that we are getting screwed by the government and the banks? It’s all over the papers. What’s it take for people to stand up?”
Natasha Lennard | Lessons From Occupy Wall Street’s First Political Prisoner
Originally published at Truthout. Mark Adams’ short but excessive sentence is, for many, an introduction to the risks of dissent. While media pundits sound out death knells for Occupy, many committed participants are now facing harsh consequences for their involvement. Mark Adams, a long-term fixture in New York’s Occupy Wall Street community, woke up this ...
Student Loan Debt: Wall Street’s Next Bubble?
Since the Occupy Movement emerged as a mass phenomenon in September of last year, student debt has grown into a flashpoint issue. Occupy Education, a group affiliated with the movement, called for a “National Day of Action Against Student Debt” on March 1st. Some in the media have even heralded a springtime resurgence of Occupy ...
