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​NATO Dipsatches: The Other Side of Sunday
The following is a collection of dispatches from May 20, 2012, a major day of protests against the NATO Summit in Chicago.  The vision of the protests presented here is solely the view of

#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the Cruz home at 4044 Cedar Avenue in South Minneapolis became a national flashpoint for the Movement, overthrown Egyptian former dictator Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison, Canadian

CISPA Follows SOPA in Attacking Internet Freedom
The Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was drafted by Representative Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) with the stated intention of protecting consumers and business owners by reducing intellectual property theft, identity theft, and perceived

NATO Dispatch 1: This Is What A Police State Looks Like
There is much to take away from the mass actions against NATO in Chicago, but most protesters seem to be talking about the menacing police presence throughout the events. Thousands of ‘security’ personnel, drawn

Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint
This article is form the Occupied Media news wire.  It was originally published by Occupy Los Angeles News. Under cover of the night around twelve police cars stopped five journalists when they were heading

#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This article was originally posted over at The Occupied Wall Street Journal. This week in Occupy, tens of thousands of people descended on Chicago to protest the NATO summit, two judges sided with Occupy

A War On Homelessness, or a War on the Homeless?
On March 2, Hank Rush, the CEO of Houston’s Star of Hope Mission—who makes a quarter-million dollar salary for his work with the poor—joined several other homeless service leaders in signing a commentary in

Going For it All: The Everything for Everyone Festival
As Bob Dylan said, “The times, they are a-changing” – a statement true now more than ever. Since last fall, the rise of the Occupy Movement in the United States has been creating new

The Birth of Revolutionary May Day: That Troublesome Element in Haymarket Square
This article was originally posted over at the Occupied Wall Street Journal. A circular passed hand-to-hand, calling for militant action in the U.S. on May 1, 1886: “One day of revolt – not rest!

The Trayvon Martin Tragedy
On the night of February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American child, was shot and killed while walking back from the store; Martin was unarmed, carrying only an Arizona iced