The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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A Farmer's Tale
On December 4, 2011, farmers, activists and ranchers traveled from as far as Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and upstate New York to join the
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#whilewewatch, a Media Movement Blossoms
As soon as Occupy Wall Street set its tents down in Zuccotti Park, an independent media movement sprung up to cover it, asking the questions and telling the stories the corporate media wouldn't dare.
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Hey, Armchair Activist: This One's For You
Comedian Lee Camp devotes one of his infamous three-minute political comedy rants to the May 1st General Strike.
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Ode to Occupy
"Occupied, we were all standing outside...our homes foreclosed and we cried..."
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The Monk Who Got Arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge... for Meditating
Dada Pranakrsnananda is a yogic monk of Ananda Marga, a social activist, a member of the Occupy Wall Street and one of the first arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1. 700 other arrests soon followed.
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Bringing Mindfulness to a Social Movement
Caroline Contillo went to Occupy Wall Street on a whim. After staying the night with the help of some friendly anarchists, Contillo knew she'd found her call to action.
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Confessions of a Banker with a Bullhorn
Last November, a member of Occupy Portland got on a bullhorn, claimed he was a banker and asked all of Portland to please not move their money from "his" multibillion-dollar bank.
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Everything is Not O.K.
Before the Occupy Movement even began, London had Everything is OK, a collaborative art project aimed at provoking people to more critically consider the status quo.
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Economists Support the Occupy Movement
On November 13, 2011, economists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst drafted an open statement to the Occupy Wall Street movement pledging their support.
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Occupy by the Numbers
The folks at Occupy Animator have broken down the reasons we Occupy in terms even non-occupiers can understand.
