Katrina Heuvel: Reshaping US Politics with Moral Clarity

Will Occupy Wall Street’s Spark Reshape Our Politics? Katrina vanden Heuvel on October 11, 2011 – 2:21pm ET Editor’s Note: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. When the organizers of Occupy Wall Street first gathered to discuss their plan …

DefDog: First Ignored, Now Fat Cats Organizing a Negative Information Operations Campaign Against “Protesters Behaving Like Spoiled Brats”

Little coverage to begin with, then mostly negative following ….. indications that the “fat cats” are calling in favors to discredit this initiative. With the Transport Workers Union filing a complaint about the commandeering of buses to move the detained, word is spreading….time for social media to step up to the plate as it has …

Berto Jongman: ICSR Report – As American As Apple Pie – How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad + US Government Assassination RECAP

From the Introduction: This is an ICSR Insight written by Research Fellow, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens On the ten year anniversary of 9/11 earlier this month ICSR published an authoritative report on Anwar al-Awlaki, As American as Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki became the Face of Western Jihad. The demise of Anwar al-Awlaki, if reports of his …

John Steiner: Declaration of Occupation of NYC + Revolution USA RECAP

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on september 29, 2011As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all …

Koko: Leaderless Mobs – Occupy Wall Street & Occupy Freedom Plaza in Limbo

Occupy Wall Street protesters driven by varying goals Almost two weeks into an anti-greed sit-in, the ‘leaderless resistance movement’ is at a crossroads. By Tina Susman Los Angeles Times September 29, 2011, 5:48 p.m Reporting from New York— Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon have dropped in. A seasoned diplomat dispenses free advice. Supporters send everything …

Koko: One Simple Demand — Electoral Reform — Photographic Essay in Search of the Truth

‘One Simple Demand’: Scenes From the Wall Street Protests Julie Dermansky – Julie Dermansky is a multimedia reporter and artist based in New Orleans. She is an affiliate scholar at Rutgers University’s Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Visit her website at www.jsdart.com. The Atlantic, 27 September 2011 They’re calling it America’s …