Donald Trump is just a blip on the political screen. That might sound like wishful thinking, but in the context of the long term devolution of the United States, it is absolutely true. Imagine for a moment that you have liver cancer. Not the most malignant kind, but one that ...read more
One of the burning questions over the weekend was how the press was going to respond to the massive Women's March on Washington. Would they mostly ignore it or would they treat it like the Big F*cking Deal that it is? This was a bellwether test for the media, a test they failed ...read more
by Nina Ippolito On Monday, 25-year-old Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan was sentenced to three months in jail for elbowing a police officer during her 2011 arrest in Manhattan’s Zucotti Park. Like Occupy Wall Street itself, McMillan’s case has raised more questions ...read more
Occupy Wall Street was a failure because its millennial leaderless co-leadership refused to employ the basic and well-known template for successful activism. The main problem was its lack of a coherent message or legislative agenda, which stemmed from its aforementioned lack of ...read more
Occupy Wall St movement has largely disappeared from the public's eye, not because it has diminished in ambition or desire to spark a social revolution, but because it has been working on the next phase of it's agenda - taking the economy back from Wall St and giving to the ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via Yahoo! News): CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The big protests that were planned outside the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Florida, never really materialized, doused in part by a tropical storm. But activists say ...read more
The Occupy Wall Street movement has attempted to breathe new life into its campaign against inequities in the global financial system with a series of May Day protests across around the US. Thousands of people turned out in New York for a day of action that culminated in a ...read more
This is a transcript of a discussion between Occupy Wall St supporters Mikal Kamil and Ian Escuela and Professor Noam Chomsky: Professor Chomsky, the Occupy movement is in its second phase. Three of our main goals are to: 1) occupy the mainstream and transition from the tents ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The culture you grow up in usually has a significant effect on the values you hold. If you have moved to another country you become keenly aware of this fact as you are able to contrast the values of your own society against that of your host's. When people are ...read more
In this weeks mailbag we discuss the role of the Occupy Wall St movement in this years election, Chez's career at CNN, and the disastrous state of the Republican Party! The questions: Hey guys, wanted to know what you thought about the OWS movement. Do you think it has ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The departure of Greg Smith, the executive director and head of Goldman Sachs’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has made huge ripples in the financial industry. While there have been other Wall St bankers quitting ...read more
Occupy Wall St kicks off a new series of protests. From OccupyWallSt.org: 5:40PM EST: via @F29PDX: "Here's what's happening now: March in Las Vegas; direct action in Rockland, MA; march in Norfolk, VA; Rally in Gainesville, FL, rally and march in Phoenix, AZ; Rally in ...read more
A Brit reports on what it is like to get sick in America: When I finally wobbled out of the shiny lobby of the Beth Israel, clutching a bag of drugs, follow-up advice and complimentary hospital toiletries, I understood what it really means to be without means in America. ...read more
