Ours would have to be a party with a different conception of government, far more democratic and participatory. A different government altogether, based on our communities, workplaces, and social centers. Ours would have to be a party prepared to reorganize the economy, to reshape the culture, to remold our values from below. Ours would have … More Dan La Botz
You have to read this on the origins of Occupy Wall Street, it is truly marvelous. See also this video of Occupied Barcelona: Katharine Ainger discusses the election in Spain. The indignados took the risk of letting the PP win. Am I right in my impression that they can afford this risk in a way … More Pre-Occupied
You know, it’s enough right now that this movement just—first of all, it’s already had some important victories. It has alleviated despair in this country. It has—it has killed apathy. It has changed the conversation in a profound way. Seven, eight weeks ago, all we were listening to was about the debt ceiling and the … More From Michael Moore
“I feel for the first time my voice is actually being heard,” Speanburgh says of Occupy Gainesville. “I never really felt like I could speak out and say these things. It took forever for people to say, ‘Wait a minute, this is freakin’ wrong.’ And it really, it made me feel good about myself that … More Occupy Gainesville
I am supposed to go home but I am in the office reading the news. I hear the Partido Popular won in Spain with the help of some indignado vote. In Cairo I hear Tahrir Square is full of tear gas and the Cabinet is offering its resignation. Back to Madrid I am posting this … More Glenn Greenwald, again
Our friend Anthony Dubovsky sent this song (above), one we have sung before, and this picture (below) I had not seen before of Paul Robeson singing to and with workers at Moore Shipyard in Oakland, California, in September, 1942. Here is some more biographical information on Paul Robeson. People say Occupy looks like various things … More Paul Robeson
Commentary from zunguzungu. UCD faculty association calls for chancellor’s resignation. Axé.
A Mexican professor of U.S. labor history is on a hunger strike to bring attention to inequality in Mexico. The Mexican minimum wage is $.40 per hour. He discusses Occupy as an educational movement. “Ser cultos para ser libres.” Axé.
This is another of my not exactly true, composite stories, which meld various stories to make a point. My size is 8. I can be size 6, 4, 2, but it takes work and at some point long ago I realized it would be far more practical to simply remain at 8. There is someone … More On weight. On pregnancy. On what we worked for. Sobre la juventud actual
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