Occupy Wall Street Gets Real on MTV

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 MTV is developing reality shows inspired by Occupy Wall Street; the tea party turns its back on Michele Bachmann; and a British cleric resigns rather than retract his support of the Occupy London protests. These discoveries and more, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fighting Corporations and a Death Sentence

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 Four years after a health insurance company decided her life wasn’t worth saving, 18-year-old Miran Istina, who suffers from myelogenous leukemia, has dedicated her struggle to the global fight against the corporate control of politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Occupy Oakland Defies Mayor, Pitches Camp

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2011 Do the mayors of, say, Oakland, Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles have each other on speed dial this week? That's kind of what it looked like, with tensions between those city leaders, aided by creative interpretations of public property regulations, and their respective Occupy movements ratcheting up this week. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Oakland Calls for Citywide Strike

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2011 Tuesday night's showdown between Occupy Oakland protesters and police, during which former Marine and two-tour Iraq vet Scott Olsen was critically injured, has spurred movement organizers and local activists to put out a call for a strike across Oakland on Nov. 2. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

L.A. Has a Change of Heart, Decides to Evict Occupiers

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2011 Despite showing support early on for the protesters occupying their lawn, the people who run L.A. City Hall have decided the occupation "cannot continue indefinitely." Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa complained to the Los Angeles Times, "The lawn is dead, our sprinklers aren't working … our trees are without water." (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oakland Cops Press Assault on Protesters Through the Night

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2011 Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and what appeared to be flash-bang grenades at Occupy Oakland protesters trying to retake their camp Tuesday night Police deny using flash-bangs, accusing protesters of throwing fireworks However, local news footage contradicts that claim Updated (more)Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and what appeared to be flash-bang grenades at Occupy Oakland protesters trying to retake their camp Tuesday night (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Occupy Movement Shuts Down St. Paul’s in London

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2011 An encampment of protesters allied with the Occupy London Stock Exchange, or OccupyLSX, movement has already brought a major city institution to a temporary standstill, but it's of a different sort, perhaps, from what protesters would ideally want to bring about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Which Side Are You On!

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 I am all for Occupy Wall Street -- and a lot of other places -- but I wish I understood where this is going. And why it took so long to get going. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There’s Something Happening Here

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: It's all about Occupy Wall Street, which Pulitzer Prize winner and guest David Cay Johnston says is unlike any movement he's covered. Also: voices from Occupy L.A., Nomi Prins, Scott Tucker and the NYPD arrests journalists.This week on Truthdig Radio: It's all about Occupy Wall Street, which Pulitzer Prize winner and guest David Cay Johnston says is unlike any movement he's covered. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Proof That L.A. Is Better Than New York

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2011 Whereas protesters occupying Wall Street depend on a McDonald's to relieve themselves, their counterparts in Los Angeles have port-a-potties Whereas New York's billionaire mayor and pepper-spraying police appear to have sided with the 1 percent, the LA City Council voted unanimously (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ron Kovic Rallies at Occupy L.A.: ‘This Is the Beginning of a Revolution’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2011 On Oct. 1, Vietnam veteran, author and activist Ron Kovic gave a throng of Occupy L.A. protesters gathered near Los Angeles' City Hall an enthused boost with this speech, in which he invokes the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and serves notice to President Obama by co-opting the president's campaign slogan … (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Long Live the New American Revolution

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 8, 2011 The stitched-together movement that is overflowing from the Wall Street protest can have a huge impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and the political hucksters who dangle promises of “hope and change.” The movement stemming from the Wall Street protest can have an impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and political hucksters. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )