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Occupy Wall Street and ‘White Privilege’: A Personal Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2011 by toxic

 The issue of racial minorities and the Occupy Wall Street movement has been making big news recently.  For example, the Boston Metro reported last week that some in the Occupy The Hood movement have been breaking ties with Occupy Boston.  … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg Thought He Could Repress This: He Needs To Think Again

Posted on November 17, 2011 by toxic

On the 2 month anniversary of the beginning of Occupy Wall Street, and just two days are a police raid on Zuccotti Park, protesters across the country came back strong to show support for Occupiers under attack.  In New York, … Continue reading →

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Mayor Bloomberg and Occupy Wall Street: Matt Taibbi was right!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by toxic

Last night police raided Zuccotti Park with acts of violence.  The NYC sanitation department cooperated with police in assisting to throw away tents, signs, and other articles at the encampment.  Nearly 200 people were arrested in the raid and on … Continue reading →

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Michael Kazin: Anarchy Now: Occupy Wall Street Revives An Ideology | The New Republic

Posted on November 9, 2011 by toxic

Michael Kazin: Anarchy Now: Occupy Wall Street Revives An Ideology | The New Republic.

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Bank Transfer Day and Debt as a Means to Control

Posted on November 4, 2011 by toxic

It is the eve of Bank Transfer Day and already there is some encouraging news.  It has been reported by ABC News and other organizations that in the month of October, 650,000 people transferred their money from big banks like … Continue reading →

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Ben Stein’s Day Off

Posted on November 3, 2011 by toxic

Well, his name was being called over and over but he had gone missing.  Or at least his comprehension had!  I’m talking about Ben Stein.  Recently the former professor, speechwriter, game show host, and deliverer of the famous roll call … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Occupations

Posted on November 2, 2011 by toxic

Lately I have been hearing critics of the Occupy Wall Street Movements use its cost to city and town budgets as a means to protest it.  Isn’t it hypocritical, they ask, to call for more government spending when they are … Continue reading →

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Democrat Strategy for Re-election: Use Occupy Wall Street to talk only about the Middle Class

Posted on October 31, 2011 by toxic

As I was watching Michael Moore’s appearance on CNN’s Piers Morgan show earlier in the week, I noticed a recurring theme: talk of the middle class.  To begin the show, producers used a montage of ordinary individuals talking about the … Continue reading →

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Is Occupy Wall Street a Left-Wing Tea Party Movement? NO

Posted on October 30, 2011 by toxic

In a recent article in Z Magazine, Paul Street did a wonderful job explaining the differences between the two groups.  I share it with you all…   “While the Tea Partiers are heavily nationalistic, Nativist, “patriotic,” racist, and militaristic, OWSers … Continue reading →

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Occupy The Hood: Fighting the Inner City Blues

Posted on October 29, 2011 by toxic

Earlier in the year one of my favorite artists, Gil Scott-Heron, passed away.  He was a prophetic poet with a voice befitting the blues.  I particularly love his rendition of Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues which includes a poem called “The … Continue reading →

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