Wall Street and London: Evictions Are a Sign of Occupy Movement’s Success
A report from the occupation at St Paul’s Cathedral in London suggests that the wave of evictions are a sign of the Occupy movement's success .
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Mexico: Communities Organize Against Spiraling Violence
A pressing concern of Mexican communities today is how to organize against the escalation of violence triggered by the government's militarized war on drugs, and how to counteract the temptation of easy money and other perks offered by the drug trade, especially to young men.
Community Organizing in Radical Times: An Interview with Amy Sonnie and James Tracy
A hidden history of the 1960s and what lessons it offers movements in these current radical times.
The Importance of Nonviolence in the Occupy Revolution
Violence is what the police use. It’s what the state uses. If we want a revolution, it’s because we want a better world, because we think we have a bigger imagination, a more beautiful vision. So we’re not violent; we’re not like them in crucial ways.
An Occupy Road Trip
The Occupy movement was most profoundly influenced by the wave of democratic uprisings and public occupations that have stretched from Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and Syria to Spain, Greece, Chile and Puerto Rico over the last year.
Gaza Boats Seized, But ‘Freedom Waves’ Will Continue
“Despite this Israeli aggression, we will keep coming, wave after wave, by air, sea, and land, to challenge Israel’s illegal policies towards Gaza and all of Palestine,” said Huwaida Arraf, a spokeswoman for the Gaza flotilla activists. “Our movement will not stop or be stopped until Palestine is free.”