If you missed the story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition.
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Capitalists really do run the world—science says so
Science, it seems, is confirming the Occupy movement’s concerns about capitalists running the world. A trio of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology combined the mathematics used to model natural systems with comprehens…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Media Pundits Don’t Understand
Robert Hackett, a professor in the school of communication at Simon Fraser University and a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. Office, has written an incisive article on the failure of media pundits to understand …
Continue readingwmtc: a short film about ows human rights: "i am not moving"
Solidarity with Oakland: The Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette brought to you by the People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street.The whole world is watching.Scott Olson, 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, is in critical condition after his head was bashed in by Oakland …
Continue readingwmtc: pollitt: we are all occupiers now
Katha Pollitt on “The Mainstreming of OWS”: Maybe OWS will vanish with the lovely fall weather, or drift off into the anarchist subculture, or break down in fights and factions. But already it has accomplished more than anything put forward by organize…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Occupy Wall Street vs the GOP leadership contest
Since the 2010 midterms, the dominant topic in American domestic politics has been on deficit reduction. The rhetoric built up for a while and then culminated in the twin crises over the potential government shut down and then the raising of the debt c…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy: the people’s library and how to build the movement
In my post here, recapping a report-back from Occupy Wall Street, I mentioned The People’s Library – but I neglected to see if the people’s librarians have a blog. Silly me, of course they do! Please visit and scroll through, it’s quite amazing: Occupy…
Continue readingwmtc: top 10 ows signs (as chosen by a friend of wall street)
Top Ten OWS signs, courtesy of International Business Times.
Continue readingwmtc: income inequality in canada: the facts
From ReWORKit: In light of Occupy Wall Street and the spinoffs that are growing in many other cities, there have been a large number of excellent articles and studies going around looking at the top 1% of income earners in the United St…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The media’s questionable coverage of the Occupy movement
It can’t be said that the mainstream media isn’t covering the Occupy Wall Street et al protests. Indeed, a major difference between these protests and so many others that came before it is that the media has given it quite extensive coverage. Ho…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy woof street: dogs of the 99%
The dogs of Occupy Wall Street
Continue readingwmtc: tomorrow: occupy toronto: all out against the corporate agenda
Join Occupy Toronto: All Out Against The Corporate AgendaJoin Occupy TO for a family friendly march to Nathan Phillips Square.* Meet: 2:00 p.m. at the Occupation site (St James Park, Adelaide & Jarvis)* Rally: 2:45 p.m. at Nathan Phillips Square (City …
Continue readingwmtc: greetings from occupy toronto
I’m writing this from the IS encampment at Occupy Toronto, in St. James Park. It’s chilly and wet out today, but people here are warm and energized. There are at least 75 tents set up, and I’ve heard that number is growing every day. There are tents fo…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Occupation, democracy and coops
I hung out a while yesterday at the Vancouver Occupation, and was impressed with their efforts at radical democracy. Many in the mainstream press have been quick to pile on for how time-consuming decision-making can be under this model, but perhaps they have not spent enough time in legislatures and committee meetings and public consultations. […]
Continue readingwmtc: occupy movement: some answers to cynics and detractors
While at work this past weekend, I spent some time reading comments and posts written by people who dislike the Occupy movement. Most of these comments were angry, or cynical, or dismissive. I thought I’d address a few of them here.Laziness. Supposedly…
Continue readingwmtc: mcfadden: "giving food away only encourages the poor not to starve"
McFadden: Occupy Poor Street.I love this guy!
Continue readingwmtc: open letter from the middle class: two responses to the 53%ers
I have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post takes on the hypocrisy of right-wingers flaunting their status as t…
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