As the name for a protest, the word "Occupy" works okay when you put it in front of "Wall Street," but as it becomes a worldwide political movement, it's pretty iffy. Try out: "Occupy Poland." Or ...
On a day when the world celebrates the rights of everyday workers, we sat down with activists of color to talk about Occupy Wall Street. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, ...
New York Police roughly ousted Occupy Wall Street campers in Zuccotti Park, and occupations in cities around the country had similar endings. The use of force gave the movement additional visibility, ...
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has often been portrayed as the Tea Party’s ideological mirror image: a left-wing response to the global economic crises that began in August 2007. Initiated with a tent city ...
A excellent piece on the 'middle class' and the Occupy movement, and how this identity and experience has shaped what the movement has looked like. This article appears in LBC Books new collection of ...
The national “Occupy” movements may have taken their cues from the takeover of public spaces in Spain and the Arab Spring, but Occupy Wall Street has actually pitched its camp on a privately owned ...
About 20 Occupy DC protesters camped out in McPherson Square this week to take a stand against national political leadership. The protests are an offshoot of Occupy Together, a loosely organized ...
As the Occupy DC movement gains steam more than two weeks after the first protesters headed to McPherson Square, Georgetown students and faculty are being drawn to the movement. Hundreds of people, ...
When Occupy Wall Street was evicted from its home base in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011, by the NYPD in a paramilitary-style operation under cover of the night with a press blackout, ...