Opinion

From Bernie to Mamdani, how the Occupy movement transformed American politics

Yotam Moram, who helped lead Occupy Wall Street, discusses why power must be built through movements, not simply through elected officials ...
KCRW

Occupy Movement's Last Gasp or a New Beginning?

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, ...
Libcom

The right hand of Occupy Wall Street: from libertarians to nazis, the fact and fiction of right-wing involvement - Spencer Sunshine

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 ...
ColorLines

Where's the Color in the Occupy Movement? Wherever We Put It

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, ...
The Atlantic

The Occupy Movement's Branding Problem

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 ...
Untapped Cities

Privately Owned Public Spaces and the Occupy Wall Street Protests

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 ...
The Hoya

Occupy Movement Comes to DC

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 ...
Libcom

Occupied with class: the middle class in the Occupy Movement

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 Hoya

Occupy DC Movement Swells

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, ...
The New York Times

Occupy Movement (Occupy Wall Street)

As Democrats wrestle over the direction of their party, a new crop of progressive candidates sees college graduates among its biggest supporters. By Natalie Kitroeff, Noam Scheiber, Stella Tan, Rikki ...
The Atlantic

Two Ways to Attack The Occupy Movement

Not to be outdone by colleagues in Oakland and New York, police at the University of California at Davis decided to remove a group of seated, passive Occupy Movement protesters by pepper spraying ...