25 of the Most Unforgettable Images of the Occupy Movement

Occupy Congress First General Assembly on April 17th

              Since December 1st, 2011, we have gathered on media sharing platforms, social networking sites and email listserves. Now we hope to create a formal General Assembly to bring together our many supporters from cities and towns everywhere. Our main goal in creating a General Assembly is to bring...

Occupy Wall Street Marks Half-Year Anniversary

The Occupy Wall Street movement turned six months old on Saturday. As many as a thousand protestors descended on Liberty Plaza in New York City’s financial district to show their continued presence on the movement’s anniversary. At least 73 protestors were arrested, and several were injured, when police forced the crowd out of Liberty...

Why Did Obama Relocate the G8 Summit?

COMMENTARY | On March 5th, President Obama surprised everyone when he announced that the upcoming G8 economic summit would be moved from Chicago to Camp David, a remote military base in rural Maryland. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who personally lobbied President Barack Obama to host the NATO and G8 summits, was informed of the change only hours...

Congress is not a place to do Business: Distinguishing Negligence

As if the honor of serving hundreds of millions of people and being the custodians of a new era of technology and abundance weren’t enough, we also pay our Congresspeople around $175,000, and provide a deluxe office, staff, great food, transportation, security, and access to our deepest technology and near limitless resources.  We grant our...

Outlawing the Occupy Movement: Congress Makes Free Speech a Felony

              COMMENTARY | What does rape, murder, and protesting the government all have in common? They are all felonies. On February 28th 2012, Congress voted 399 to 3 in favor of H.R. 347, a bill which breezed through the Senate with unanimous consent and now lacks only President Obama’s signature to...

Financial Crisis Reveals Hopelessly Enslaved

              For a free society to function in any capacity there has to be transparency of and access to information, as well as a set of rules that are applied equally to everyone. Our society has chosen not to hold those responsible for the financial meltdown accountable. This is destroying our society...

Occupy Wall Street Press Release: AMERICA OCCUPIES THE CAPITAL

This press release was presented by Occupy Wall Street on 16 January 2012: January 17 at 9 am Capitol Hill Washington, DC—On January 17 Americans from across the nation and the world will assemble in the shadows of a broken system to participate in real democracy. At 9 am on the opening day of Congress, Occupy Congress will convene for a day of...