United States of Occupation
Liberty Square is where it all began. But far from Wall Street, in parks and plazas and public spaces across the nation, people outraged at...
Poverty & Riches
Fifty million Americans live in poverty, as do a quarter of this nation’s children. The new poor are the former middle...
Breaking Through
When New York City’s mayor ordered an assault this week on Liberty Square, the story played like a script only the 1% could...
We Are Free People
The 1% is just beginning to understand that the reason Occupy Wall Street makes no demands is because we aren’t talking to them. The 99%...
Another American Way
When I went looking for Occupy Johnson City, Tennessee, the spiky profile of pickets and placards struck my eye first, and then the people underneath...
Why We Fight
If you’re marching at Occupy sites in lower Manhattan or Joliet, Illinois or Outremont, Quebec or Rapid City, South Dakota or any of a hundred...
A Love Supreme
We the people of the global Occupy movement embody and enact a deep democratic awakening with genuine joy and fierce...
Common Threads: We Are Not Alone
We’re at a curious moment in this remarkable movement. Has there ever been one so widespread that has not yet made demands? Yet at the...
Enacting the Impossible
On August 2, at the very first meeting of what was to become Occupy Wall Street, about a dozen people sat in a circle in...
So Real it Hurts: Building a New Republic
On a Thursday night when I showed up at Occupy Wall Street from a community meeting with some South Asian friends, we were handed a...