What the Occupy Movement Means for Canada
There is a surprisingly good article (but only online, I think) in the Globe and Mail by an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Armine Yalnizyan, who offers…
Occupy Wall Street
Not a shocker. Americans support Occupy Wall Street 2-1 over Tea Party.
That's news to most news organizations, which have virtually ignored OWS while kowtowing to the Tea Party.A new Time magazine poll asked respondents for their opinion of “the Tea Party…
Lech Walesa supports Occupy Wall Street
You can't get much better than that.Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters."How could I not respond," Walesa…
Former NYPD cop: we fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas
Next time you see some NYPD thug beating on Occupy Wall Street protesters, remember Stephen Anderson.If you don't think this is happening in your local burgh, think again. With Harper's…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chantal Hebert wonders whether the Libs have reached the point of no return, while Stephen Maher also points out that the NDP is…
Gerald Caplan Writes on The Occupy Wall Street Movement
In an online article entitled This is what democracy looks like: Occupying Wall Street and Bay Street, Gerald Caplan and Amanda Gryzyb discuss why the occupation movement is a healthy…
Chris Hedges vs Kevin O’Leary
A debate with Kevin O'Leary and Chris Hedges exposes the depth of hypocrisy that O'Leary exudes.
Voter Apathy: When Complacency is Collaboration
(click pic to enlarge)Well I must admit that on a gloriously warm Indian Summer long weekend, it was easy to forget that I'm living in Stephen Harper's monstrous Canada.Easy to…
“We Are The 53%”
For every action, there’s an equal reaction — within + or -3%. I suppose that would be an apt characterization of “We Are The 53%”, a Tumblr site started by…
Goldman’s Blankfein bails on college address
Oh, those damn *cough/eyeroll/puke* scheduling conflicts: The students of Barnard College were expecting to hear from Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, as part of a lecture…
“Fox News Lies” Chants Shut Down Geraldo Rivera On Wall Street
Beautiful! Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera attempted to report from the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan on the weekend, but was forced to abort the broadcast after a…
On concealed agendas
Just because the Cons have no credibility in decrying popular protest as a means of political change doesn't mean they won't do their best to undermine activism now that they…
Chris Hedges: At This Moment In History, Either You Are A Rebel Or A Slave
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and author, had this to say about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement last week: “The only word that these corporations know is ‘more’…There is…
McKibbon: The Sky Does Not Belong To Exxon
Bill McKibbon addressed the crowd gathered in Washington Square this past Saturday as part of “Occupy Washington”. Here is the text of his speech, thanks to the crew over at…
Panic of the Plutocrats
That's the title of an excellent article by the New York Times' Paul Krugman as he writes about the hysteria being elicited in the power elite over the implications of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Murray Dobbin comments on the role that the Occupy protest movement can play in countering corporate power that's faced far too little opposition for…
Leading by example
David Atkins points out how the Tea Party (however contrived and astroturfed) may have contributed to the rise of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement by legitimizing protest as a…
Chris Hedges From The Occupy D.C. Protest
In a very informative interview from Washington, Chris Hedges incisively and very articulately holds forth on the implication of the protests, the difference between the Occupy Movement and the Tea…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
We can create a world as yet unimagined, a world undreamed, yet dimly felt. We are like the corn. Mysteriously hidden within each of us are the seeds that can…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Armine Yalnizyan points out what a "Buffett tax" could do for Canada:Put Larry and his 99 fellow CEOs together, and they could put…