“Feel free to raise your voice, and keep a riot in your heart.”
“No government can exist for a single moment without the cooperation of the people, willing or forced, and if people withdraw their cooperation in every detail, the government will come to a standstill.” —Gandhi
Occupy Their Minds
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Tao of #Occupy
November 27, 2011 By 3 Comments
As the #Occupy movement decentralizes, writes Alison Leigh Lilly, it continues to bring the elements that make it revolutionary: space, persistence, flexibility and resilience.
My 2 Cents for the 99%
November 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
Pepper Spray and Police Violence: How Do We Explain Freedom To Our Children?
November 20, 2011 By 55 Comments
Matt Salesses doesn’t know how to tell his daughter that she is not being lied to when she learns about freedom.
Dear Santa: My Son Won’t Leave Occupy Boston
November 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
#Occupy Is Art
November 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
The #Occupy movement has already changed the conversation, Alison Leigh Lilly writes, and that makes it a success.
Parents for Occupy Wall Street
October 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
Parents are protesting, Lisa Duggan writes, because they want a better future for their children.
Occupying the East Coast: Lose the Fear
October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
At their roots, the Occupy movements are expressions of the rights of the 1st Amendment. The only thing that can stop them? Fear.
Does Occupy Wall Street Have a Misogynist Side?
October 27, 2011 By 25 Comments
Stephanie Rogers believes the protesters recognize the intersecting oppressions of gender, race, class, and sexuality, but there are still some sides she wishes she didn’t see.
The Economy Needs Family Therapy
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The solve any national discordance, we must first turn to the mind of the individual, writes Max Lugavere.
Occupy Toronto: A Spiritual Renaissance
October 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
Through emphases on dialogue and community, the Occupy movement has displayed a new brand of political and spiritual expression, writes Avi Zer-Aviv.
Is #OccupyWallStreet the First Online Riot?
October 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Megan Rosker visited Liberty Plaza and found the protests surprisingly subdued.
This Is not My Story
October 15, 2011 By 20 Comments
Andrew Cotto has his story about middle-class debt, but that’s not what this is about.
The Spirituality of #Occupy
October 13, 2011 By 2 Comments
Jack Varnell looks at the #Occupy movement through the lens of “everything has spiritual consequences”.
#OccupyWallStreet Needs More Cojones
October 11, 2011 By 11 Comments
Occupy Versus the Tea Party: Reconsidered
October 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
Sure, they’re both movements for change, Matthew Salesses writes, but the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street are fundamental opposites.
Vocalyze
“When I was in a men’s group in 1972, I distinctly remember feeling edgy when we would hug.”
“My son and daughter keep reminding me that things are changing.” The times they are a changin’ (comment and Marco Magnani video cover of Bob Dylan song.)
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