Occupy Wall St
We Now Live In A Country Where Right Wing Terrorism is Legal
On Thursday, seven armed and violent right wing extremists were acquitted after being charged with seizing a government building and occupying it for weeks while promising to kill anyone that tried to remove them. A lot of people are outraged at this display of white privilege ...read more
Quote of the Day: Why Left and Right Should Unite on Wall St Protests
Image by emilydickinsonridesabmx via Flickr Matt Taibbi on why the 'Occupy Wall St' movement should transcend traditional political labels: This is an issue for the traditional "left" because it's a classic instance of overweening corporate power -- but it's an issue for the ...read more
Matt Taibbi on What the 'Occupy Wall St' Movement Could Achieve
Matt Taibbi speaks to Don Imus about the problems the 'Occupy Wall St' movement is having articulating their cause and makes some suggestions as to what could be realistically achieved. Taibbi also discusses the possibility that not having a set of objectives might actually be a ...read more
Conservative Rationale for Backing Wall St Protests
Andrew Sullivan provides the conservative rationale for backing the 'Occupy Wall St' movement that looks like it is here to stay: I've arrived at the conclusion these past few years that the kind of fantastic income and wealth inequalities in this country (and the trends that ...read more