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A People’s Movement for Housing Justice Builds in Chicago
This article is form the Occupied Media news wire. It was original published over at the Occupied Chicago Tribune. Amid the urban sprawl and industrial decay that have come to mark Chicago, a growing
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Mortgage Fraud Settlement: A Slap on the Wrist for Banks, Continued Troubles for the 99%
Last month, a chapter was closed in the story of bank malpractice in the US. A $26 billion settlement was agreed to by forty-nine states and five financial giants — Bank of America, Citigroup,
Read More »Beyond the Voting Booth: The Future of Black Politics
On March 7th an audience of roughly a hundred people gathered at Brattle Theatre in Cambridge for a discussion of black politics in the United States. The event brought Michael C. Dawson (Professor of
Read More »Occupy Boston and the Return of the Christian Left
By Dan Schneider There was a time when the backdrop for Occupy Boston’s General Assemblies was a mosaic of movement-related imagery, spread across the wall of a Big Dig ventilation building. In the months
Read More »A Movement and the Hostile Media
This article is from the Occupied Media newswire. It originally appeared on The Occupied Wall Street Journal. Every progressive movement in U.S. history was portrayed negatively by mainstream media at the time it was
Read More »Occupying Student Debt: How OWS Is Saying “No” to $1 Trillion in Debt
This past October, an article in USA Today caused a flurry of reports and re-reports concerning a daunting fact: the student-loan debt in the United States will soon reach over 1 trillion dollars. The
Read More »Help Our Friends At The Occupied Chicago Tribune
The following is a personal appeal from Alberto, of the Occupied Chicago Tribune. The group is attempting to raise money to start a newspaper similar to The Boston Occupier, The Occupied Wall Street Journal
Read More »Free School University (Dec. 10 – Dec. 19)
Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square. Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes,
Read More »Occupy Worcester Handles Frequent Evictions
Since its humble beginnings on Wall Street, occupations have sprung up in cities and towns all over the country, and Worcester, MA is no exception. Worcester saw its first General Aseembly on October 9th,
Read More »The Public Face of an Oath of Honor
Thanks in large part to a free and open internet, a plethora of evidence showing violent aggression by police officers on Occupy participants has made its way around the globe. In each instance, the
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