Occupy Wall Street

Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign

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Back in 2011, as the Occupy Wall Street movement was still spreading through the country, a smaller standoff was unfolding at Sea-Tac, the international airport in the small, eponymous town between Seattle and Tacoma that serves both cities. Along with some of her coworkers, Zainab Aweis, a Somali Muslim shuttle driver for Hertz car rental, …

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Occupy the Hood: Fighting for Those at the ‘Bottom of the Bottom’

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MILWAUKEE—The “We are the 99%” message of the Occupy movement has provided a unifying umbrella under which people of widely-varied backgrounds can connect their experience of America’s appalling economic and social inequality. One of the most interesting offshoots of the Occupy movement has been the national emergence of the “Occupy the Hood” movement composed of …

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The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington

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As ThinkProgress has previously noted, the 99 Percent Movement has been set off thanks to long-standing economic inequities and and a recession caused primarily by Wall Street’s misdeeds. But Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64 million people worldwide into extreme poverty — in a vacuum. In order to engage in …

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Seven Snappy Comebacks for Those Lame Anti- ‘Occupy’ Talking Points

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Lame, pat, pre-packaged putdowns of Occupy Wall Street: We all deal with ’em, whether we’re arguing with a neighbor, appearing on Fox, or answering the jeers of relatives who’ve just received a chain email that “really puts the protesters in their place.” Here are a few easy comebacks for your next argument. They cover everything …

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Trumka: AFL-CIO Will Support Occupy Wall St. Protest “In Every Way’ it Can

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Finally, anger at the abuses of the rich against the other 99 percent of Americans is bubbling up, giving energy to the Occupy Wall Street protests and their progeny around the country and fueling other actions. And just as unions are throwing their support behind those demonstrations, they hope the populist upsurge on the left …

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Occupy Wall Street

Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign

Occupy the Hood: Fighting for Those at the ‘Bottom of the Bottom’

The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington

Seven Snappy Comebacks for Those Lame Anti- ‘Occupy’ Talking Points

Trumka: AFL-CIO Will Support Occupy Wall St. Protest “In Every Way’ it Can

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