WOW Demands Respect from the OWS Community
It was my honor to deliver the following message to the OWS community tonight on behalf of WOW (Women Occupying Wall Street). The statement was drafted to express our collective outrage at being...
View ArticleWhy is CODEPINK part of the Occupy Movement?
“Someday the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!” – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Since the start of the Occupy Wall Street...
View ArticleThis is What Displacement Looks Like
I’ve been on a tumultuous emotional journey since the NYPD violent raided Liberty Square last week. After initially plunging into a sea of despair, my dreams of building an even better, brighter...
View ArticleNancy Kricorian’s Statement on Occupy Wall Street for Occupy Writers
By Nancy Kricorian “The deeds of occupier and occupied alike suggest that there come cruel times when to save a nation’s deepest values one must disobey the state.” ~ Robert O. Paxton, Vichy France I...
View ArticleBusted for Busting Out at Bank of America
“Stripping Protestors In Pink Bras Crashed Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan’s Speech,” declared Business Insider on March 8, showing Moynihan’s stern photo with a pink bra playfully dangling in the...
View ArticleWhy I’m Striking
By Janet Weil My husband works in information technology for a large corporation. After a little encouragement from me when I mentioned the upcoming General Strike on May Day, he decided to take a...
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