Monthly Archives: May 2012 »
CISPA Follows SOPA in Attacking Internet Freedom
The Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was drafted by Representative Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) with the stated intention of protecting consumers and business owners by reducing intellectual property theft, identity theft, and perceived
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NATO Dispatch 1: This Is What A Police State Looks Like
There is much to take away from the mass actions against NATO in Chicago, but most protesters seem to be talking about the menacing police presence throughout the events. Thousands of ‘security’ personnel, drawn
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Minimum Wage Buys Less Than It Used To
This article was originally published in Spare Change News. At 24 years old, Michaud is not backpacking abroad, sharing an apartment with friends, or beginning to build a professional resume. He is working 30
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New Englanders Organize in Solidarity with International Occupy Assembly
On May 12, a group of about sixty people marched through Worcester, MA, with a banner displaying Time Magazine’s 2011 “Person of the Year” — the protester. They did so in solidarity with Spain’s
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The Great Inequality, Part 1
This essay is based upon the “Review of the Month” from Monthly Review, March 2012, as is published here as a part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. The Occupy Wall Street uprising
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Money in Politics is a Civil Rights Issue
It was not too long ago that in many states individuals had to pay to vote. As recently as the 1950s, if you could not pay a poll tax — an actual tax required
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Zinn Series: Michael Staudenmaier on the Sojourner Truth Organization
Founded in Chicago in 1969 from the rubble of the recently crumbled SDS, the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) brought working-class consciousness to the forefront of New Left discourse, sending radicals back into the factories
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Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint
This article is form the Occupied Media news wire. It was originally published by Occupy Los Angeles News. Under cover of the night around twelve police cars stopped five journalists when they were heading
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Quebec Inches Closer to Martial Law
This article originally appeared on Media Co-Op. On Friday, May 18, the Québec legislature signed a special “emergency law” to “restore order” in the province following three months of student protests in a strike against
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