No matter what your views on the Occupy Wall Street protests, whether you don’t understand it, can’t get behind it, don’t really care that much, whatever. This is some powerful language that I think could, and should, resonate with a lot of people. Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly.: […]
September 29, 2011
September 27, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protestors face police violence — Feministe. Over the last, 4-5 days (when people actually started to pay attention or even know what was happening) I’ve heard a lot of different sentiments. One common one is dismissal. ”there’s only x amount of people there” ”they’re not making a difference” “it’s just a bunch […]
September 26, 2011
WikiLeaks Cable: U.S. And Israel Kept Lid on Bomb Sale to ‘Avoid Any Allegations’ of Preparations to Strike Iran | NationofChange. read it. research it yourself. nothing suprising really.
September 24, 2011
I wish I was in New York!!!! Solidarity from Hawaii from a Bay Area native. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy Here’s a petition for the White House to recognize those occupying wall street: This article was particularly informative, imo: For someone who has been following this […]
September 23, 2011
I tried to get to it from occupywallstreet.org but the site is a flurry of activity (definitely worth checking out!) so here we go: A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Five) Published 2011-09-22 07:51:42 UTC by OccupyWallSt This is the fifth communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street. On September 21st, 2011, […]
September 23, 2011
First, How You Can Help #OCCUPYWALLSTREET | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters. Here’s the good news – you can help, right now today – no matter where you are. Spread the word – there’s something going on. People have started a movement – they’re occupying Wall Street. Hundreds of people have been camped out in lower Manhattan for […]
September 22, 2011
SignOn.org Beta. Interesting. Since most of us have loans from banks.. what would this do to the financial industry? What will they say will be the repercussions? Does it matter? We’ve bailed them out once already. At least this would have a purpose behind it: Forgiving the student loan debt of all Americans will have an immediate stimulative effect […]
September 22, 2011
If there is any social/political issue millenials can get behind, it’s legalizing weed: Marijuana question sky-rockets to top of new White House petition site | The Raw Story. The petition, on the White House’s “We the People” site, asks: “Isn’t it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please […]
September 22, 2011
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Speech 2011: Delegates Leave General Assembly Hall. Ok, so it’s no secret that Ahmadinejad is a little nuts, but you have to give him props for calling things as they are: Ahmadinejad’s speech pitted the poverty and unhappiness of most countries against the riches and power of the U.S. and unnamed European […]
September 29, 2011
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