The New Dark Age

9 October 2011 — williambowles.info

9 October 2011
Is it Revolution 2.0?
Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 10:28
Sun, 09/10/2011
By Chris Atkinson
There’s no doubt that the explosion of social media, mobile technology and online-organising capabilities have dramatically altered the battle terrain of class struggles today in ways good, bad and ugly.

Ralph Nader: Obama is a Dictator! + Nader, Ron Paul, Kucinich Speak to Occupy Wall Street
Dandelion Salad Today at 09:01
Dandelion Salad With Ralph Nader MOXNEWSd0tCOM on Oct 7, 2011 October 07, 2011 News Corp http://MOXNews.com Ralph Nader ‘The Tea Party Now Is Basically The Corporatist Wing Of The Republican Party’ *** Ralph Nader Encourages #OccupyWallStreet by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Oct. 8, 2011 Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Encourages #OccupyWallStreet Protesters to Challenge Wall […]

End the Fed… but don’t stop there! by Andrew Gavin Marshall + Could Occupy Wall Street be infiltrated by political groups?

Occupy Wall Street: major protest against minority rule
Russiatoday.ru Today at 06:40
The collective voices of American dissent has manifested into a movement impossible to ignore. ‘Occupy Wall Street’ began in the world’s financial capital, but this week protests have blazed through dozens of cities…

Occupy Wall Street Strikes a Chord: NYC Action Inspires Hundreds of Occupations Around the World
The Greanville Post Today at 04:29
By Jake Blumgart,  AlterNet
The American left has been waiting the whole Great Recession for a decent protest movement. Envious of their European counterparts abroad and the Tea Party at home, progressives watched with growing rage as the Obama administration compromised its way through its first term and historic Democratic congressional majorities withered away.

Pepper-Sprayed for Peace
Dissident Voice Today at 03:08 David Swanson
I’ve been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray.  I’ll post videos and photos of why at this link.

VIDEO: “The Revolution Business”: “Occupy Wall Street” Affiliated With “Professional Revolutionary Organization” OTPOR (CIA)

8 October 2011

Mark Nowak, “The American Revolution (#OWS Remix)”
MRZine.org Yesterday at 23:53
If ‘Women, People of Color, Queers’ (as the photo that accompanies this piece proclaims) are to ‘Grab the Wheel,’ the featured keynote dignitaries (Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenrecih — who didn’t show up at her scheduled time slot on Friday — Anti-Flag, and others) will need to much more regularly represent a more inclusive 99%.

Mayor Bloomberg slanders Wall Street protest
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 20:52
New York’s billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg renewed his attack on the three-week-old Wall Street protest, claiming it was aimed at destroying New Yorkers’ jobs.

San Diego: “Why has no one gone to jail for the financial crisis?”
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 20:52
On October 7, San Diego became another of the many cities across the United States to see a swelling on the streets of popular opposition to Wall Street and the policies of the financial elite.

Ann Arbor: “End the influence of corporate money in politics”
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 20:52
A crowd of at least 200 gathered on the central square of the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus Thursday evening to support the growing protests against Wall Street. The event was held as a planning meeting, or general assembly, in preparation for upcoming demonstrations in Detroit and Lansing.

From Tunisia to “Occupy Wall Street”: Who is the AFL-CIO’s Stuart Appelbaum?
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 20:52
The New York Times October 5 noted the role of Stuart Appelbaum, of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, in relation to the Wall Street protests. Appelbaum has extensive ties to the US government and political establishment.

Freedom Rider: Occupying Wall Street
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 19:49
By Black Agenda Report editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

Wall Street as Public Enemy Number One
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 19:43
By Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford
They are very young, very white, and largely inexperienced in organizing. But the Occupy Wall Street crew has picked the right target: finance capitalists, the class that is the common enemy of the human race.

Occupy Wall Street Saturday 10.08.11
The Wild Wild Left – Front Page Yesterday at 17:12 RiaD

Michael Hudson on #OccupyWallStreet: “Wall Street Is A Crime Gang, A Criminal Organization.” – #OWS (Video)
ampedstatus.org Yesterday at 16:00

Paul Carline: revolts everywhere, the broader picture
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 15:31
Plus ça change …. Occupy Wall Street and the centenary of Francis Delaisi’s groundbreaking work ‘Les financiers et la démocratie’ (The financiers and democracy)

Right After All: Marx Hits Mark on Cruelties of Capitalism
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 14:30
By Linn Washington, Jr.

Issue #2 ‘The Occupied Wall Street Journal’ to read/download
Links – International journal of socialist renewal Yesterday at 09:28 normd