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Occupy Wall Street then the World Newslinks 11-15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info 15 November 2011NY police remove Occupy protesters Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 11:48 Continue reading
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Arabian Sights 11 November 2011: NATO's criminality…The ultimate showdown…Castro, Malcolm X's insights…A Note On Occupied Wall Street
11 November 2011 The ultimate showdown, The Racist Colonial “West” against the Rest Continue reading
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How to Make Robin Hood Proud BY David Moberg
Tax Wall Street,’ read a simple, homemade placard high above the crowd of thousands of members of unions, community groups and Occupy activists protesting outside the mid-October convention of bankers and futures traders in downtown Chicago. Curtis Smith, president of the local affiliate of National People’s Action, a network of community organizations focused on the… Continue reading
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Video: Police beat Occupy protesters at Berkeley — RT
Demonstrators at the University of California Berkeley were assaulted by police on Wednesday night for failing to leave a peaceful encampment they attempted to establish in solidarity with the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street and then the World Newslinks 7-10 November 2011
10 November 2011 — williambowles.info 10 November 2011 Introducing the Robin Hood tax Links – International journal of socialist renewal Today at 13:09 Notes from a talk at Occupy Wellington on October 29, 2011, to coincide with the #RobinHood global march By Grant Brookes, Tax Justice Campaign (New Zealand) The campaign for a Robin Hood tax Continue reading
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Video: EU: Democracy Incompatible with Debt Collection By Michael Hudson
Democracy Now! video stream from Germany by Michael Hudson, who’s been closely following the Greek crisis. Continue reading
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You Say You Want A Revolution. What Will Happen To Occupy Wall Street If It Loses Its Park? By Danny Schechter
The hard real-world contradictions of urban life have bumped up against the idyllic hopes of the occupiers as all the urban crises that our society has ignored and neglected surface in that half acre of hope. Continue reading
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A Chill Descends On Occupy Wall Street; "The Leaders of the allegedly Leaderless Movement" By Fritz Tucker
On Sunday, October 23, a meeting was held at 60 Wall Street. Six leaders discussed what to do with the half-million dollars that had been donated to their organization, since, in their estimation, the organization was incapable of making sound financial decisions. The proposed solution was not to spend the money educating their co-workers or… Continue reading
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Video: 'Build a future which reflects our dreams' — Angela Davis addresses Occupy Wall Street
Author, activist and member of the Committees of Correspondence (former Communist Party USA) Angela Davis spoke at Occupy Wall Street in Washington Square Park, New York City, on Sunday, October 30, 2011. Continue reading
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Capitalism and Environmental Catastrophe By John Bellamy Foster
30 October 2011 — MRZine John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by Carrie Ann Naumoff This is a reconstruction from notes of a talk delivered at a teach-in on “The Capitalist Crisis and the Environment” organized by the Education and Empowerment Working Group, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza), Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 25-27 October 2011
27 October 2011 — williambowles.info 27 October 2011Amidst police crackdown, widespread public support for Occupy movementWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 16:22Recent polls show widespread popular support for the Occupy Wall Street movement and its basic aims, centered on opposition to inequality and corporate domination of politics. The growth of support comes as local governments, Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street: What You Can Demand versus What You Must DO By Glen Ford
Occupy Wall Street activists are under some pressures to come up with demands to make of the powerful. However, ‘in many cases, there is no point in demanding anything from your enemy, except that he drop dead in a hurry.’ Continue reading
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ColdType, November 2011: OWS / Guantanamo / UK / South Africa / Libya…
Cover story this month is an 11-page section on the War on Wall Street with words by Tom Engelhardt and Richard Pithouse, accompanied by David Shankbone’s photo essay on the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City and a full-page cartoon from Mark Hurwitt. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 24-25 October 2011
25 October 2011 — williambowles.info 25 October 2011 Brutal arrests at Occupy Oakland Russiatoday.ruToday at 16:31 Police officers in Oakland, California arrested upwards of 75 protesters early this morning as they launched a crackdown on participants in the local Occupy Wall Street offshoot. Continue reading
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I AM NOT MOVING – Occupy Wall Street Movie
16 October 2011 — Ogilvie Film Please share as much as you can, this film is a warning to our elected leaders. To connect to the filmmaker and get updates on new film projects: http://www.facebook.com/OgilvieFilm http://www.ogilviefilm.com Buy song and album at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/versions-prepared-piano/id215661219 UNALTERED MIRRORING IS ENCOURAGED, but please do not change video in any way Continue reading
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Music Video: Liberate Wall Street "At Last"
‘At Last’ – made famous by the great Etta James set to new lyrics by Lincoln Bergman and sung by Anna Bergman to the original orchestration, strings and all. Liberate Wall Street: “AT LAST”! Continue reading
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Video: Consensus (Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall Street)
The community of occupiers at Liberty Plaza have sparked the process of building a movement that now transcends any one physical landmark. The tools to keep the movement alive belong to all of us. Continue reading
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Video Intermission: Occupy Is NOT An Obama Reelection Campaign
Stephen C. Webster writing at RawStory notes that ‘Speaking to a ‘We Are Change’ activist at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ this week, political hip-hop artist Immortal Technique threw down the gauntlet to those in the media who characterize the anti-corruption movement as a partisan affair, suggesting that the 99 Percent are willing to ‘sacrifice’ President Barack… Continue reading
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