My heart sinks every time someone I like and/or respect expresses frustration with the Occupy movement due to traffic congestion. It’s not that I don’t understand their frustrations—I know what it is to be stuck and to want to be home. I get that some people have children and other responsibilities—that they really need to be home. But […]
By David Brin Yes, Phase Three of the American Civil War has been foisted on us by powerful, cynical men for their own political and economic gain. But there have to be deeper things going on. Psychological drives that those men cleverly exploit. Our next guest, researcher and science fiction author Dr. Charles Gannon, has offered his […]
By David Brin Continuing in a political vein… I’ll hand over the floor to a few Large Minds – some of them pals – offering them a chance to lay some politically redolent thoughts on you. Successful Capitalists Decry The Hijacking of Capitalism Let’s hear from two fellows who are unabashed capitalists and acolytes of […]
As the Cold War was ending, journalist Christ Hedges found himself meeting in a Leipzig cafe with leaders of East Germany’s underground opposition movement. They told him they were really hopeful that change could come soon – maybe even in a year or two. It was November 9, 1989. Within hours, the East German regime had […]
Frank Luntz is one of the premier messaging gurus of the Republican party. He’s the guy responsible for misleading weasel words like death tax and government takeover of healthcare. And when it comes to Occupy Wall Street, Luntz says he is terrified. Why? Because it’s working. Before September, all anyone was talking about in this country […]
This has gotten seriously crazy. Former Democratic Congressional candidate Ray Lutz brought a table down to Freedom Plaza/Civic Center Plaza, home of Occupy San Diego, to do voter registration. He even printed out a Supreme Court ruling, just in case he had to show something to the police to prove he had the right to […]
One of the unified themes that has emerged from the very disunified Occupy Wall Street movement: Preventing corporate cash from buying elections (and politicians). Now, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) has introduced a Constitutional Amendment to do just that. Un-officially called the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment, it would […]
As 30,000 marchers crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, Occupy Wall Street once again demonstrated that it was a movement that could shine a spotlight on the parts of America that need to change – and the parts of America that make it so amazing, so inspiring. Using a high-powered projector, they cast a spell on the […]
New York | Austin | Houston | Portland | San Francisco | Tampa New York: To kick off a national day of action, Occupy Wall Street took to the streets of Manhattan to try to blockade the New York Stock Exchange (much as the NYPD had blockaded them two days ago). They managed to outflank police […]
This is just nuts. Have Homeland Security, the FBI and other federal police agencies been helping to coordinate the actions against Occupy Wall Street over the past week? According to an anonymous Justice Department source, the Feds helped the mayors of Occupy cities plan their raids for maximum effect and minimum fallout. These included: Seek a legal reason to […]
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 […]
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? […]