This article was originally published on the author’s website. by Andrew Gavin Marshall What are the Spending Priorities of the Government? In the debate raging over increased costs of tuition in Quebec, increased debt loads of the federal and provincial governments, the need to reduce costs – impose “fiscal austerity” – and find “solutions” to…
Month: April 2012
The Existentialist Politics Behind “The Cancer in Occupy”
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by Robert McKay What did Chris Hedges think of mass movements before he became involved in the tactical controversies within Occupy Wall Street? Way back in 2010, Hedges’ book “Death of the Liberal Class” defined his take on the deteriorating political and economic situation of the turn of the 21st century. I picked the book up…
An Epic Choice on May 1
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published on Hella Occupy Oakland. by DB Scott Spring has sprung and along with the chirping of baby birds, daffodils and the air of love, this spring has the serious potential to leave last fall looking as threatening as a breast cancer march. Planned…
OP Session for Long-Term Jobless Pushes WPA
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by Barbara G. Ellis Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity committee’s first effort at helping the area’s long-term unemployed restart the Great Depression’s public-works program didn’t pack SEIU/503’s ballroom on a sunny Sunday afternoon (April 15). But participants from East County/Clackamas County received significant advice and materials from area experts on two successful routes to launch a…
Livestream and the Raised, Blue-Gloved Fist
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by Jess E. Hadden I’m revising this draft, over a cup of coffee, from roughly umpteen-thousand feet in the air, as I return to my beloved city in Cascadia. For the first time in a long time, I boarded an airplane without first being fondled by blue-gloved agents of security theater. Earlier, as I awaited…
B Media Collective Presents: Occupation Nation
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From our friends at B Media Collective, come their fifth feature clip show, “Occupation Nation! Says the group: An hour-long episode of remixed shorts that explore the philosophical roots of the recent movement of the 99%. As zombies threaten to consume all that’s left of our spectacular society, B Media’s fifth video variety show showcases…
Redefining the Black Power Movement 20 Years After the L.A. Rebellion
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By Ahjamu Umi It was April 29, 1992. I remember the moment when the verdict was read, acquitting four L.A. police officers in the beating of Rodney King. In spite of all of the assurances by mainstream civil rights leaders, we knew L.A. was going to blow up. Within hours, people started taking the streets…
A Partial History of US General Strikes
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This piece is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published at The New Inquiry. Oakland, 1946 “More Like a Revolution Than an Industrial Dispute” San Fransisco, 1934 “The general strike is quite another matter. That is a threat to the community. That is a menace to government. That is civil war.” Seattle, 1919…
The Pot Calls the Kettle Black
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by Vargus Pike Once again in America the pot is calling the kettle black. In a grandstand maneuver, our illustrious president stands tall with Elie Wiesel at the national Holocaust museum to speak out against the governments of Syria and Iran and the way they control their citizens’ internet and phone access. Meanwhile, the NSA…
May Day Land Action Aims For Community Liberation; Three Local Groups Stand in Solidarity
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by Adam Rothstein Spokespeople from three Portland coalitions gathered together in front of a decrepit, bank-owned property today, April 26, to announce that they would be organizing a community-based takeover of property on May 1, as a first action in a series of efforts to liberate property for the use of those who reside in…
