Occupy Bangkok: Protesters Shut Down the Wall Street of Thailand
Jan 14, 2014 An estimated 100,000 protesters shut down Bangkok's commercial district Monday.
Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant Takes Office
Jan 6, 2014 Seattle's first socialist city official in decades, an economics teacher, former Occupy Wall Street activist and former Truthdigger of the Week, ran on a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. She enters office Monday along with Mayor Ed Murray.
Coming in 2014: An Even Bigger Occupy Wall Street Movement
Dec 31, 2013 A research firm believes by the end of the new year social unrest will mark American politics; Pope Francis is reportedly "shocked' by gay adoption; meanwhile, 33 percent of Americans refuse the idea of evolution. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Walmart’s Cashing In on the Occupy Movement
Dec 20, 2013 For $52 you can own a poster of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, courtesy of Walmart; police officers in Texas can get search warrants based on a future crime they somehow foresee; meanwhile, a group of editors is trying to correct varied translations on Wikipedia. These discoveries and more after the jump.
The Revolutionaries in Our Midst
Nov 11, 2013 The corporate state's illegitimacy and destruction of privacy and civil liberties are spawning a class of young idealists such as Jeremy Hammond.
Pepper Spray Villain’s Compensation Exceeds Occupiers’
Oct 24, 2013 The UC Davis cop who pepper-sprayed at close range a group of peacefully protesting students was awarded $38,000 for his experience in the aftermath of the altercation, more than those he brutalized received.New Journalist Tim Pool Has a Drone in His Backpack
Oct 24, 2013 This eight-minute documentary provides a fascinating look at the future of journalism in the person of Tim Pool, whose pioneering coverage of the Occupy movement relied on phones, drones and more.
Big Banks Trying to Kill Off Credit Unions
Sep 19, 2013 In an effort to gain even more control of Americans' banking assets, the banking industry is trying to stamp out member-owned credit unions -- which began amid the banking failures of the Great Depression -- by stripping them of their nonprofit status.
A Public Advocate for Mayor of New York?
Aug 24, 2013 New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio told Bhaskar Sunkara of Jacobin magazine that he disapproved of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's handling of the Occupy protests and that if he were elected, he would appoint an independent official to monitor the NYPD and lead the effort to strengthen unions.
Green Light for City-Owned San Francisco Bank
Aug 2, 2013 Moving San Francisco's money into a municipal bank would protect the city's deposits and reduce its debt burden. A chief roadblock to forming such a bank was recently overcome by a legal opinion issued by one of the city's deputy attorneys.
