October 2011

Why Cornel West was arrested in memory of MLK, in support of the Occupy movement

by News Sources 10.17.2011

John Nichols writes: On the day that President Obama and others celebrated the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the dedication of Washington’s King memorial, Dr. Cornel West was a few blocks away—celebrating King with activism on behalf of economic justice and the "Occupy" movement. After attending the dedication of the King [...]

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Global day of rage: Hundreds of thousands march against inequity, big banks as occupy movement grows

by News Sources 10.17.2011

From Buenos Aires to Toronto, Kuala Lumpur to London, hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in a global day of action against corporate greed and budget cutbacks, demanding better living conditions and a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources. Protests reportedly took place in 1,500 cities, including 100 cities in the United [...]

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Charting inequality in America

by News Sources 10.17.2011

Henry Blodget writes: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation’s history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a record high. In other words, in the never-ending [...]

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A real challenge to corporate power

by News Sources 10.17.2011

Interview with Arthur MacEwan, co-author of Economic Crisis, Economic Change: Getting to the Roots of the Crisis. Share

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Israel plans new settlement of 2,600 homes that will isolate Arab East Jerusalem

by News Sources 10.17.2011

The Guardian reports: Israel has submitted plans to build the first big Jewish settlement in the occupied territories in 25 years, in a move condemned as an “assassination” of attempts to revive peace negotiations. A leading Israeli peace group, Peace Now, denounced the plan to build 2,600 homes at Givat Hamatos on the southern edge [...]

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Nick Turse: mapping America’s shadowy drone wars

by TomDispatch 10.17.2011

Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com These last weeks, there have been two “occupations” in lower Manhattan, one of which has been getting almost all the coverage — that of the demonstrators camping out in Zuccotti Park. The other, in the shadows, has been hardly less massive, sustained, or in its own way impressive — the [...]

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Mark Cuban’s soapbox advice to the OWS movement and then some

by News Sources 10.17.2011

On Blog Maverick, Mark Cuban writes: I may not know much, but I know a lot of it. So I decided to share my opinions and thoughts on what I would do if the OWS movement either elected me Grand Poobah or asked for my advice: 1. The Great Lie of Wall Street. Every CEO [...]

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To isolate Iran, U.S. presses inspectors on nuclear data

by News Sources 10.17.2011

The New York Times reports: President Obama is pressing United Nations nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing that Iran is designing and experimenting with nuclear weapons technology. The president’s push is part of a larger American effort to further isolate and increase pressure on Iran after accusing it of a plot to assassinate [...]

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The dirty fucking hippies were right!

by News Sources 10.17.2011

There’s a black granite wall in Washington D.C. that bears 58,260 names on it. All of those whose names are carved on that wall are dead. For what? Freedom? If this country had listened when kids were screaming to stop that slaughter, that wall would have been one hell of a lot shorter. Yet we [...]

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From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere

by News Sources 10.16.2011

Nathan Schneider writes: It all started with an e-mail. On July 13 Adbusters magazine sent out a call to its 90,000-strong list proclaiming a Twitter hashtag (#OccupyWallStreet) and a date, September 17. It quickly spread among the mostly young, tech-savvy radical set, along with an especially alluring poster the magazine put together of a ballerina [...]

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It’s not just the economic inequality, stupid

by Paul Woodward 10.16.2011

Nicholas Kristof writes: It’s fascinating that many Americans intuitively understood the outrage and frustration that drove Egyptians to protest at Tahrir Square, but don’t comprehend similar resentments that drive disgruntled fellow citizens to “occupy Wall Street.” There are differences, of course: the New York Police Department isn’t dispatching camels to run down protesters. Americans may [...]

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Obama plans to hijack Occupy Wall Street

by News Sources 10.16.2011

The Washington Post reports: President Obama and his team have decided to turn public anger at Wall Street into a central tenet of their reelection strategy. The move comes as the Occupy Wall Street protests gain momentum across the country and as polls show deep public distrust of the nation’s major financial institutions. And it [...]

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American teenager killed in drone strike

by Paul Woodward 10.16.2011

An American teenager gets blown up in a US drone strike and the only explanation provided for why he was killed is that his father was alleged to be a terrorist. And given the small amount of reporting on yesterday’s killings it appears that having covered the Obama-kills-an-American story last month, Obama-kills-another-American is a story [...]

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Some U.S. officials question administration response to Iran plot

by News Sources 10.16.2011

Reuters reports: While President Barack Obama and top aides have been united this week in grave warnings over an alleged Iranian assassination plot, some U.S. government officials are privately expressing disquiet that the outlandish-sounding plan has triggered U.S. calls for stiff new action against Iran. These officials, while not disputing many facts of the case, [...]

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October 15 protests, Puerta del Sol, Madrid

by News Sources 10.16.2011

These are the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who had converged on Puerta del Sol in the center of Madrid at 8.30pm yesterday, voicing their demand for real democracy. Share

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A manifesto for regime change on behalf of all humanity

by News Sources 10.15.2011

Ana Sofia Suarez and Shimri Zameret write: The following manifesto was produced over four months through consultation among groups, activists and people’s assemblies in countries such as Britain, Egypt, Tunisia, Germany, Spain, the US, Palestine, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, India and Australia. We got comments, suggestions, support, and wrote and rewrote it again and [...]

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Occupy Wall Street goes global

by News Sources 10.15.2011

The New York Times reports: In dozens of cities around the world on Saturday, people took to the streets, clutching placards and chanting slogans as part of a planned day of protests against the financial system. In Rome, a protest thick with tension spread over several miles. Protesters set fire to at least one building [...]

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Wall Street tells senators: We pay you to represent us

by News Sources 10.15.2011

The New York Times reports: Publicly, bankers say they understand the anger at Wall Street — but believe they are misunderstood by the protesters camped on their doorstep. But when they speak privately, it is often a different story. “Most people view it as a ragtag group looking for sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll,” [...]

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Insiders voice doubts about CIA’s 9/11 story

by News Sources 10.15.2011

Rory O’Connor and Ray Nowosielski write: A growing number of former government insiders — all responsible officials who served in a number of federal posts — are now on record as doubting ex-CIA director George Tenet’s account of events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Among them are several [...]

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Egypt’s military, with U.S. support, blocks transition to civilian rule

by News Sources 10.15.2011

The New York Times reports: Egypt’s military rulers are moving to assert and extend their own power so broadly that a growing number of lawyers and activists are questioning their willingness to ultimately submit to civilian authority. Two members of the military council that took power after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak said [...]

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The war on Copts in Egypt: its origins

by News Sources 10.15.2011

As’ad AbuKhalil writes: There is a war on Copts in Egypt. It is unmistakable and state military and religious institutions are guilty in sponsoring and launching the war. It was no coincidence that the chief of Al-Azhar (a former puppet of Mubarak and his ruling party) was on an official visit to Saudi Arabia during [...]

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Meltdown – Part 4: After the fall

by News Sources 10.15.2011

Meltdown is a four-part investigation that takes a closer look at the people who brought down the financial world. See Part 1: The men who crashed the world, Part 2: A global financial tsunami, and Part 3: Paying the price. Share

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Meltdown — Part 3: Paying the price

by News Sources 10.15.2011

Meltdown is a four-part investigation that takes a closer look at the people who brought down the financial world. See Part 1: The men who crashed the world, Part 2: A global financial tsunami, and Part 4: After the fall. Share

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Meltdown — Part 2: A global financial tsunami

by News Sources 10.15.2011

Meltdown is a four-part investigation that takes a closer look at the people who brought down the financial world. See Part 1: The men who crashed the world, Part 3: Paying the price, and Part 4: After the fall. Share

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