Springtime is finally upon us, and the Occupy Wall Street folks are back again on the first day of May. Many protests and demonstrations are set to occur in major U.S. cities across the country involving labor unions, immigration activists and Occupiers in support of international workers’ holiday. STORY: Occupy’s Back! OWS Will Let Freedom […]
Acclaimed director John Singleton talks to Cenk form the Young Turks about his new documentary “Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots” and how rap music paved the way for the resistance. STORY: Occupy The Bay! Stinging Gas Sent May Day Oakland Protesters Running Singleton also recalls his fury when four LAPD officers were found […]
It was on and popping today as thousands of protesters across the world joined the May Day demonstrations on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several U.S. cities leading rallies and in some cases, clashing with police. STORY: May Day, May Day! Occupy Wall Street Is BACK! In Oakland, Calif., stinging gas sent demonstrators […]
If you thought spring training was only for baseball, then you are truly mistaken. STORY: Occupy’s Back! OWS Will Let Freedom Spring In NYC Once Again After a winter hibernation, the Occupy Wall Street movement has risen once again and the OWS folk are taking their talents back to Zuccotti Park. The movement has […]
Occupiers around the world need to take a victory lap – because they won. STORY: Call ‘Em Out! Obama Addresses The Haters In His State Of The Union Last night as President Barack Obama addressed the nation for his third State of the Union, it was evident that what Occupy Wall Street has been bellowing […]
Today, Monday, January 16th, all across the country people will be marching on the Federal Reserve Bank to promote racial and economic justice. I will be at the Federal Reserve Bank in NYC on Liberty Street and Broadway at 11:30AM. Join me and thousands of others around the country as we honor the legacy of […]
My name is Vanessa Bahmani, I’m a Brooklyn based artist and photographer. I recently launched a Kickstarter Campaign to help fund the completion of my photography project titled “We Are the 99%”. This project consists of compiling over 1,000 black and white film portraits taken with a medium format camera, at the various occupy NYC, and occupy […]
Acclaimed director, Oliver Stone, is no stranger to the world of politics. The Academy Award-winning Director recently sat down with the media team of Occupy Los Angeles and discussed everything from Ron Paul to the collapse of the Soviet Union. STORY: LAPD Goes Undercover At Occupy LA In a four part video series (part one […]
The time has come to amplify the Occupy Movement like never before. Civil Rights leaders and heads of the African American Clergy have joined with Representatives of Occupy Wall Street, David DeGraw & Shamar Thomas, to expand its base and intensify its efforts. OWS is welcoming Black church clergy into the movement to address income […]
Yesterday was Occupy Our Homes National Day of Action. VIDEO: Miley Cyrus Liberty Walks It Out For Occupy Wall Street This group’s efforts were aimed at stopping and reversing foreclosures on homeowners and people fighting for a place to live. Actions were taking place in over twenty-five cities around the country. STORY: NYPD Makes Wrongful Arrests […]
Joan Donovan, an Occupy L.A. demonstrator, witnessed firsthand how Academy Award winning actor Sean Penn used his celeb voice on behalf of the Occupy L.A. movement, by demanding that the people let their voices be heard. Penn is currently shooting Gangster Squad, a period piece shot in the streets of L.A. and one scene happens to be […]
Say word! Has an Occupy Wall Street protester gone to the dark side and took a job on Wall Street? It seems so, according to the New York Post. Tracy Postert, who has been down at Zuccotti Park making sandwiches and holding up protest signs reading “Reagan sucks,” “I’ll vote after the revolution,” and “Ph.D. […]
