October 4, 2011
Oh my stars, Occupy Wall Street is the half-sister and antithesis of the Tea Party. From CNN (like, omg! Is the media blackout fizzling out? I guess after 2 weeks and accusations of perpetuating no/misinformation this situation gets hard to ignore): In New York City, several unions endorsed the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan […]
October 4, 2011
Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution. If you haven’t been to the website, go. This is from one of their posts regarding the march across the Brooklyn Bridge: As members of the 99 percent, we occupy Wall Street as a symbolic gesture of our discontent with the current economic and political climate […]
September 29, 2011
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 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 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 […]
October 5, 2011
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