Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
The sun came up this morning over a Zuccotti Park that had been scrubbed clean of the Occupation. Meanwhile, a few blocks away, Occupy Wall Street carried on with its regular morning General Assembly, this time at Foley Square. The park is dead, but the movement lives on. Mayor Bloomberg says Occupy Wall Street had 2 [...]
Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force. The New York City Mayor’s office issued this statement at around 1o:00 pm. “Occupants of Zuccotti should temporarily [...]
As the Occupy movement spreads throughout the nation and world, sustainable fishing communities, consumer groups and grassroots environmentalists have mobilized to stop the 1 percent from stealing ocean public trust resources from the 99 percent. This week the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on a critical bill that would continue a recently instituted ban [...]
One thing is clear this election season – a lot of Republicans don’t want Mitt Romney to be their nominee. The other thing that is clear – they don’t really have anyplace else to go. The anti-Mitt mantle has been passed to Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Herman Caine… and as each has melted down, rather [...]
By David Brin (Originally posted at Contrary Brin) A few days ago, the famous comic book writer and illustrator Frank Miller issued a howl of hatred toward the young people in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Well, all right, that’s a bowdlerization. After reading even one randomly-chosen paragraph, I’m sure you’ll agree that “howl” understates the red-hot fury [...]
All the signs point toward an early morning assault on Occupy Oakland. There are already a number of police arrayed at entrance and exit routes around the Frank Ogawa Plaza, with word of as many as 700 staging in the vicinity. The officers seen so far do not seem to have badge numbers. Eviction notices [...]
President Obama held a Luau for leaders of Pacific Rim nations at a summit in Honolulu last night. As part of the entertainment, popular Hawaiian singer Makana was invited to serenade them. But Makana had just released his new homage to the Occupy Movement, We Are The Many. How could he resist the opportunity? [...]
After a night of standoff, it looked like Portland Police had agreed to give the Occupiers a three-day extension before they had to leave. So people dropped their guard, and many who had been up all night left to get some sleep. There were only a couple of dozen people left… when the police moved [...]
The GOP says we can’t afford clean energy. They say there’s no money left to build the future. But is that really true? In The Story of Broke, Annie Leonard and her team of wonderful animators (the folks who gave us The Story of Stuff and The Story of Citizens United) bring yet another funky [...]
Here’s the rundown for the day, as we wait to see what will happen in Portland at midnight: Portland, OR | Albany, NY | Denver, CO | San Diego | San Francisco | St. Louis Portland, OR:Mayor Sam Adams had been an on-again, off-again friend to the Occupation, but he’s issued an ultimatum: Out of the park by midnight or face arrests. [...]
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