From Occupying London to Wall Street: Shared Tactics and Demands
Exploring the similarities between the London occupation and Occupy Wall Street.
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Introducing The 1% and Their Target: The Middle Class
"I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half." – Railroad baron Jay Gould, 1886, during the Great Southwest Railroad’s hiring of strikebreakers.
The Magnetic Force of the Moment: Perils and Potential on the Road to Transformation
For all the head-scratching and hand-wringing in the corporate media over the “message” -- or lack of one -- as it turns out, the American people understand exactly what the Occupy Wall Street movement is talking about.
Organizing Cools the Planet: A Book Review
How do we develop a genuine movement for Climate Justice in the U.S.?
Peru’s Forgotten Villages Have Great Expectations for Ollanta Humala
The widespread dissatisfaction with conservative politicians in indigenous and farming communities swept Ollanta Humala – a left-leaning nationalist - to the presidency in July. Now his supporters are waiting for Humala to begin the promised social revolution, but in many parts of the country, patience is wearing thin.
MINUSTAH in Haiti: Keeping the peace, or conspiring against it?
"Nou dwe sèl mèt bout tè sa a/We should be the only owners of this land." - This was Haitian protesters’ message at a demonstration last month against the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known by its French acronym, MINUSTAH.