Occupy Wall Street protests have garnered very little media attention, especially the television kind. Yes, there’s been the usual ‘dirty fucking hippies’ smirking from the New York Times and the like, but nothing substantial. Most Americans, except th…
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Politics and its Discontents: Velcro Ripper On The Occupy Wall Street Movement
A young black man named Hero, who had just been released from jail after being arrested at the September 24th march, shared his experience with me, “Someone pushed a little red button and the police turned into adrenaline packed zombies. I found myself…
Continue readingFree the Wall Street Bull!
Wall Street’s famous “Charging Bull” has been incarcerated — for his own good, of course. Because this hasn’t been a typical 10 days in the cold, constantly pounding, never sleeping heart of international finance that is his home. In a testament to Twitterpower, the message to “#occupy” New York’s financial district instantly spread far and […]
Red Tory v.3.0.3: Protests: Now & Then
The team at Fox News attacks the “radical left-wingers” and “nutjobs” currently protesting the fraud, corruption and lack of accountability on Wall Street (amongst other things the participants see as being horribly dysfunctional in America at the moment). Do the … Continue reading →
Politics and its Discontents: The Guardian Writes About The Occupy Wall Street Movement
For those interested, there is a thoughtful article on the implications of the Occupy Wall Street Protest found, not in an American newspaper, but in The Guardian. Entitled Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination, it provides both the c…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Chris Hedges On The Wall Street Occupation
Chris Hedges, whose purity of vision and integrity I deeply admire, has an interview posted in a series of parts on You Tube regarding the Occupy Wall Street Protest and why he is part of it. Below is the first part of that interview:Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Occupy Wall Street Protest
The Occupy Wall Street Protest, now in its 12th day, has received very little coverage in the mainstream press, for reasons that seem too obvious to state. As usual, The Real News Network informs us where corporate media fears to tread. The following…
Continue readingPew Research: trust in news organizations hit new low
It’s no wonder. When you consider this yesterday from the ‘liberal’ New York Times:The group’s lack of cohesion and its apparent wish to pantomime progressivism rather than practice it knowledgably is unsettling in the face of the challenges so many …
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