Tag Occupy Wall Street

Rent Strike in Sunset Park, Queens

First published here. My local Occupy group, Occupy/Ocupemos Sunset Park, has been immersed in a local struggle, a rent strike in a series of buildings on 46th street in this Brooklyn neighborhood. Here are some of the flyers we’ve been…

Where Is Occupy Wall Street Going?

This is an excerpt of an interview conducted by Andrew Sernatinger (A.S.) with Pham Binh (P.B.) of Occupy Wall Street for Solidarity’s Web zine. A.S.: Where is the Occupy movement going now, especially with general elections on the horizon? David…

Occupy and inviolability of private property

A couple of months ago, I discussed one of the most difficult challenges facing Occupy, the willingness of middle class progressives to rationalize the abuses of the police because they place a greater priority upon the preservation of social order…

May Day 2012. General Strike

On May 1, 2012 we will have a “Day without the 99%” We are urging all to not go to work or school, don’t bank or shop, don’t engage in the capitalist system that robs and steals from us; take…

Federal agents coordinated Occupy crackdown

Newly-released documents confirm DHS and other federal agencies coordinated the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters. I assume liberal blogs who defended the Obama Administration on this will now issue an retraction. Really folks, Obama is no different than George Bush…