February 2012
19 posts
Today: #F29 Occupy Day of Action Against Corporate... →
“But the DHS also appears to have scoured OWS-related Twitter feeds for much of...”
– Exclusive: Homeland Security Kept Tabs on Occupy Wall Street | Michael Hastings | Rolling Stone
We wonder if they read this Tumblr!
Occupy Online: Higher social classes more likely... →
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A raft of studies into unethical behaviour across the social classes has delivered a withering verdict on the upper echelons of society.
Privileged people behaved consistently worse than others in a range of situations, with a greater tendency to lie, cheat, take things meant for others, cut up…
“Sotheby’s actions are a direct attack on the Museum’s mission to...”
– Whitney Biennial Breaks with Corporate Sponsors; Apologizes to Participating Artists
-An awesome hoax website putting pressure on the Whitney.
How Right-Wing Smears Against Occupy Exploit... →
Right-wingers are using sexual assault at Occupy to justify smears and attacks. Here are the facts.
“Now here’s something astonishing. While the camp was in existence, crime went...”
– Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence: Occupy Heads into the Spring | Common Dreams
Aerial Surveillance, Snipers, Face Masks:... →
Each time a new measure that the city of Chicago is preparing for the coming NATO and G8 summits is unveiled, the tension in the city ratchets up a notch.
Is NYPD Running Wild? Patterns of Brutality Raise... →
A series of incidents last year, in some cases where police broke the law, has sullied the reputation of the NYPD. From the department’shandling of Occupy protesters and journalists, to officers’ participation in illegal gun sales and a ticket-fixing scandal, to rape charges and reports that allege thetargeting of Muslims, the NYPD’s pattern of abuse, law-breaking, and poor judgment is raising...
Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the... →
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WatchBill Moyers: The Economy Has Been Engineered to Screw Over Millennials (With an AlterNet Shoutout!)
Join Us: AlterNet Expands its Coverage of Labor... →
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“… many scientists have pointed to a two-degree rise in global temperatures as...”
– Bill McKibben, “The Great Carbon Bubble, Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard”
“The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our...”
– New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World | Visions | AlterNet
“is time to generate a new conversation — one that asks: What comes next?...”
– What’s Next? Join With AlterNet in Looking into the Future | Visions | AlterNet
6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working... →
