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Structural Reform: The Case for Public State Banks By Ryan Holeywell
Try to find a bank president that’s beloved by supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s not impossible. You’ll just have to travel to North Dakota. Continue reading
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The Top Ten Revolutionary Videos of 2011
Rarely do we see the BBC and their ilk reminding us of the startlingly powerful images of resistance and revolution. So, in honour of those who were maimed or killed in 2011 in service of a better world, here are ten of the most memorable moments of revolt in 2011 Continue reading
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Guided By Our Grandchildren By Jane Miller
Paternoster Square, in the heart of London, is the grim and newish development owned by Mitsubishi. It contains the Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and a wing of the London School of Economics (once the nursery of left politics, now a bastion of the right). It was there that the Occupy protestors planned to… Continue reading
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CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns — RT
With demonstrators suspecting governmental assistance in the crackdowns clobbering Occupy Wall Street encampments, the CIA is trying to distance itself from divulging any incriminating evidence regarding their role in the raids. Continue reading
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Did the US Co-opt OWS in Order to Legitimize Egypt's Flawed Elections? By Jacob Levich
Although Occupy Wall Street protesters have so far resisted attempts by the Democratic Party to co-opt their movement, a New York City “General Assembly” was bamboozled by what may be a State Department and/or NED initiative aimed at granting legitimacy to Egypt’s flawed election process. Continue reading
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#OWS and the Young Trade Unionists by Mark Nowak
If you head down to the IBEW Local 24 Union Hall Auditorium on W. Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore on the first Tuesday of any month, you’ll encounter a meeting of an energetic group of young union members from the Metro Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 23 November 2011: Van Jones Is Not OWS / Black Income Segregation / Brazil Death Squads
23 November 2011 — Black Agenda Report • News, commentary and analysis from the black left Gridlock is a Blessing: To Hell With Obama and His Van Joneses by BAR executive editor Glen Ford As BAR predicted, gridlock – which has finished off the congressional SuperCommittee – was the last, best hope to prevent Barack Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 13-18 November 2011
19 November 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The AIPAC Caucus in the United Nations 18.11.2011 | 09:25 | Wayne MADSEN (USA) Recent votes in the United Nations and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provide evidence that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliates not only own and operate most Continue reading
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Portland pepper spray incident generates iconic Occupy photo
Phot: A woman is blasted with pepper spray during Occupy protests in Portland Thursday Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 November 2011: The United States isn't broke
19 November 2011 — Information Clearing House Britain in Secret Talks with Syrian “Rebels” By Kim Sengupta and Catrina Stewart The progression of the working relationship opens up the prospect of the rebels eventually being recognised as the country’s representatives and supplanting the Assad regime. The development comes as France said that it, too, was Continue reading
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Videos: Police Conspire to Shut Down OWS Nationwide By Michael Chester
19 November 2011 — Veterans Today Similar Tactics in Use Throughout the Country In recent days, a pattern has appeared across the country in the actions of police in dealing with the peaceful protesters taking part in the OWS movement. This coordinated effort leads many to suspect the dark presence of the Federal government in Continue reading
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FAIR Blog » Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
During the early morning raid on the Occupy Wall Street camp journalists were blocked from covering much of what was happening. Josh Stearns from Free Press has a rundown–as he points out, ‘By dawn, 10 journalists, including reporters from NPR, the Associated Press and the New York Daily News, had been arrested.’ Continue reading
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FAIR Blog » Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
During the early morning raid on the Occupy Wall Street camp journalists were blocked from covering much of what was happening. Josh Stearns from Free Press has a rundown–as he points out, ‘By dawn, 10 journalists, including reporters from NPR, the Associated Press and the New York Daily News, had been arrested.’ Continue reading
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‘Civil disobedience is the only way to go’ — RT
Violent arrests have taken place in New York during a huge anti-Wall Street rally. RT correspondents as well as independent commentators bring the latest from the scene. Continue reading
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Insurgent Notes | The Next Step for Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Buildings, Occupy Workplaces
Today, after two months of occupations and the attacks on the occupations in Portland, Oakland and now Manhattan, OWS might be crossing a new threshold–a massive convergence of students in Union Square and a working-class convergence in Foley Square attempting to give reality to the growing calls for a general strike. Continue reading
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NYPD blast LRAD sound cannons at OWS — RT
17 November 2011 — NYPD blast LRAD sound cannons at OWS — RT http://rt.com/s/swf/player5.4.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/news/ows-police-sound-canons-603/ia0488725f3f2c24bbbbf11852aefeffb_live2000.dv.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/news/ows-police-sound-canons-603/twitpic-image-jopauca.n.jpg&skin=http://rt.com/s/css/player_skin.zip&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false RT’s New York crew has witnessed NYPD using LRADs, or sound cannons on Occupy Wall Street protesters. Eyewitnesses at the site have tweeted police fired as protesters sang the US national anthem . NYPD has previously threatened to use LRADs during Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street then the World Newslinks 16-17 November 2011
17 November 2011 — williambowles.info 17 November 2011Mayors conspired to close Occupy Wall Street encampments World Socialist Web Site Today at 18:14 As cities throughout the United States step up the police crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement, evidence has emerged of a conspiracy between city officials—possibly coordinated with federal intelligence agencies—to shut down Continue reading
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Movement Moves On After Police Occupy the OWS Park BY Danny Schecter
Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park had now been power cleaned and was pristine when activists were allowed to reenter without tents or sleeping bags, More than 200 had been arrested in the takeover that included teargas and selective physical violence against resisters. Continue reading
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Video: Eviction Reinforces OWS Determination
Occupy Wall Street supporters will attempt to shut down Wall Street and New York subways Continue reading
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