Occupy, Anonymous and Michael Moore join students

Last month, a broad alliance of organizations from across the progressive spectrum came together to train 100,000 people in non-violent direct action in the hopes of supporting a wave of action targeting corporations and the politicians that own them. …

As attention turns toward the mass student strike on the streets of Montreal, ongoing for three months, the Quebec student movement clearly exemplifies the power that activism holds to shape our collective imagination.
The student protests distant from…

Celebrated professors and authors Cornel West and Frances Fox talk about the future of the Occupy movement, and their opinions on a changing America during the 2012 Left Forum, held at Pace University, in New York City in March. 

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- In an excerpt from the Occupy Handbook, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells discuss how a right-wing obsession with exacerbating inequality led to the U.S.’ disastrous response to the 2008 crash:How did Ameri…

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – In an excerpt from the Occupy Handbook, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells discuss how a right-wing obsession with exacerbating inequality led to the U.S.’ disastrous response to the 2008 crash: How d…

I just received an invite from an activist friend to attend the Ottawa launch of Judy Rebick new book on the Occupy movement and solidarity-building, Occupy This! The book excites the activist in me already, even before I’ve read it. … Cont…

As of Wednesday April 11, 2012, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demonstrators have been sleeping on the sidewalk as a new phase in the Occupy movement. The sleep-out tactic was first employed earlier this week as activists slept outside of banks near Union Sq…

Occupy Wall Street is back this spring and with it, occupations of cities and towns across Canada are popping back up. Occupiers may have been busy working underground but now it’s time to rise up and organize. The activist toolkit is going on a spring…

Figured I should drop by and post some… stuff. You know, for the fun of it! Okay, let’s start today with the difference between climate and weather, trends and vagaries… How about the difference between people who put effort into t…

While the budget was released, activists were already speaking out. It was clear before the budget hit Parliament that it was not going to be written with poor folks, seniors and other minorities in mind, that it would be full of cuts to social service…

Last weekend I was in New York City attending Left Forum, conveniently located at PACE University in Lower Manhattan, just a short walk from Zuccotti Park. So it was easy to head over and take part in events this past Saturday, March 17 marking the six…

Spring has sprung, the grass is green, where has Occupy Ottawa been? According to activist Obert Madondo, working harder than ever. From managing multiple working groups to community collaborations, the activists have their work cut out for them.
I spo…

Zuccotti Park is located in my least favourite neighbourhood in New York City, halfway between Ground Zero and the Stock Exchange. It’s usually a grey and lifeless part of the city inhabited by gawking tourists and rushing traders. The moment I stepped…

The six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street began with joy and ended in terror.
A crowd of 500 Occupy activists — which later swelled to over 1,000 — gathered at Zucotti Park on Saturday March 17, 2012, for the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wal…

Demands of the Occupy Movement. One child’s perspective. A loving compassionate future for all of Earth’s Children. No More Violence! Created by a father and daughter team.

This episode of Alert gives a taste of Left Forum, a unique phenomenon in the U.S. and the world, that convenes the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the intere…

Tom B.K. Goldtooth is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), headquartered at Bemidji, Minnesota. A social change activist within the Native American community for over 30 years, he has become an environmental and econ…