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Oct 20, 2011

The African World

The Occupy Together Movement is Great!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I have heard some commentators refer to the Occupy Wall Street and other such efforts at the “US Autumn.” I have been reflecting on that phrasing. I assume they mean that this rising is taking place in the autumn but I still do not like the imagery. We are either looking at a “January Thaw”…

I have heard some commentators refer to the Occupy Wall Street and other such efforts at the "US Autumn." I have been reflecting on that phrasing.…

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View from the Battlefield

The People’s Occupation: Making Demands and Building Democracy

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is now about a month old. It began way before people gathered at Zuccotti Park, which sits in the shadows of Wall Street. It began before the Canadian anti-capitalist maga zine Adbuster issued a call to spark an American “Tahrir moment” (in reference to the situation in Cairo that resulted…

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is now about a month old. It began way before people gathered at Zuccotti Park, which sits in the shadows of…

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Commentary

When We All Are Doing Better

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

One young occupier in New York’s Zuccotti Square held aloft a simple sign that read: “I Demand Empathy.” Seeing it immediately brought to mind a recent attempt to denigrate the very thing the young man was asking for. “Nobody is against empathy,” wrote the New York Times columnist David Brooks September 20. “Nonetheless, it’s insufficient.…

One young occupier in New York’s Zuccotti Square held aloft a simple sign that read: “I Demand Empathy.” Seeing it immediately brought to mind a recent…

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Commentary

Critics Of “Occupy Wall Street” Jumping the Gun

By John Funiciello Columnist

There was an Internet headline this week in a right-wing Washington, D.C.-based publication that said, “One month in, protests yet to topple capitalism.” If its intent was to minimize the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests that have sprung up all across the country, in Europe, and in a number of other countries, it widely missed…

There was an Internet headline this week in a right-wing Washington, D.C.-based publication that said, “One month in, protests yet to topple capitalism.” If its intent…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Manifest Destiny on a Global Scale

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Give the people what they want. America’s streets are, at long-last, being invaded, seized, alas occupied – by, can you believe it… White folks – who’ve just had that 2:37 in the AM wake-your-ass-up call; yes, either we all stand together… or we’ll all swing together. Believe it, this country’s “Everyday people” who sing-a-simple-ass song…

Give the people what they want. America’s streets are, at long-last, being invaded, seized, alas occupied - by, can you believe it... White folks - who’ve…

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Guest Commentary

The 2011 Occupy/Decolonize Moment

By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD Guest Commentator

Occupy Wall Street (“OWS”) is a social movement begun September 17, 2011 by a handful of protestors who encamped at “Liberty Square” in lower Manhattan. In a month it has spread to over a thousand actions across the United States. It is also denominated as the 99% as against the 1% of the wealthiest and…

Occupy Wall Street (“OWS”) is a social movement begun September 17, 2011 by a handful of protestors who encamped at “Liberty Square” in lower Manhattan. In…

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Commentary

Has the Fighting Spirit of Black America Been Co-opted & Neutralized?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.” – W.E.B. DuBois “Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism,…

"The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become." -…

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