Category Archives: OCCUPY!

HAPPY NEW YEAR’s

will 2012 prove to be significant for the anti-capitalists? I believe this time next year we’ll know, though based on the choices – I’m afraid it’ll be mighty grim. at any rate it seems to me 2012 will be an … Continue reading

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Winning Moments for the 99% in 2011

Re-posted from AlterNet / By Sarah Jaffe / December 26, 2011 This year saw working people around the world begin to stand up and fight back. Ten organizers share their most inspiring moments from the U.S.’s year of action. 2011 … Continue reading

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The Decline of Labour Unions in the US and Its Devastating Effect on The Economy

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OCCUPY ART!

It’s encouraging to see a momentum building in the art world in support of and/or response to the Occupy movement. When we first launched CIO! in July 2010 we encountered a good deal of ambivalence and resistance from the art … Continue reading

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We Are The 99%

In progress! 99% 99% is a public art/street art project that speaks to the need for a fundamental shift in the status quo approach to current economic models, labor, the environment, human rights, and the health and wellbeing of all. … Continue reading

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Occupy Y’All Street: Three Generations Try To Escape Poverty Through Occupy Columbia

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Anticapitalism and Occupation

Re-posted from THECURRENTMOMENT  19 Dec The novelty of Occupy in relation to the past decades of anticapitalism has been to introduce one other way of thinking about alternatives – the camp itself as a kind of autonomous, self-sufficient community, with … Continue reading

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One People Flash Mob — Occupy

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An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports

Re-posted from Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day. We have been elected by committees of our … Continue reading

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TODAY! WE ARE THE POWER! SHUT DOWN THE PORT!

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