Six years after the 2008 economic meltdown, the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. and the E.U are still struggling. Most people know
Tag: Occupy Wall Street
Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?
Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say
Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president
The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with
“The Self Destruction of the 1 Percent”
Chrystia Freeland’s October 13th, New York Times opinion piece, “The Self Destruction of the 1 Percent” compares the rise of the oligarchy in 14th century Venice
Alan Grayson: Why we need him back in Congress
Republicans like to refer to former Florida congressman Alan Grayson as “stupid.” If you put “Alan Grayson is stupid” in Google, you will get
The militarization of local law enforcement
One of the many disturbing trends since 9/11 is the steady militarization of our domestic police. Thanks to loads of money and equipment funneled
OCCUPIED Amendment to end corporate money in politics
As a testament to the growing influence of the Occupied movement, on November 18, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), a member of the House Judiciary
Occupy Wall Street redefines the American dream
Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and
Thinking outside the tent: Where the 99% movement could “camp out” next
Now what? Now that the political establishment has succeeded in physically removing Occupiers from several cities, what direction should the movement take? Many have
Is concern about the diminishing middle class causing us to forget the poor?
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s been a major problem for poor people in the United States. When John F. Kennedy was a