How (and Why) to Co-opt Those Cops on Wall Street

Joe Conason / Truthdig Oct 7, 2011 If teachers, bus drivers, firefighters, nurses and, yes, police officers show up to demand change -- then this could be the beginning of something very, very big. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Steve Jobs vs. Wall Street ‘Greedheads, Famewhores and Powermongers’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 In the last 24 hours, many have lauded Steve Jobs as a visionary, a genius, a fearless leader. Although all of those are certainly true, there are those who point out that he was also an unabashed capitalist and even kind of a jerk. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Herman Cain to Protesters: ‘Blame Yourself!’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain condemned the Occupy Wall Street protests in an interview in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, saying it was nothing but a ploy to distract the public from the "failed policies of the Obama administration." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges on the 99 Percent

BLANK Oct 6, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Rep Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges explain why the 99 percenters are "the best among us" Plus: Occupy LA, Obama's "secure communities" and modern midwifery Update: Full transcriptThis week on Truthdig Radio: Rep Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges on why the 99 percenters are "the best among us and modern midwifery. Dig deeper ( 40 Min. Read )

What Do They Want? Justice

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 How can anyone possessed of the faintest sense of social justice not thrill to the Occupy Wall Street movement now spreading throughout the country? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYT Columnist Answers to Bankers First

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 A New York Times financial columnist who specializes in covering Wall Street went to the Occupy Wall Street protest for the first time Saturday only after he said he received a call from "the chief executive of a major bank" who wanted to know whether the protests were "a big deal" or a potential "personal safety problem." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Government’s Indifference to Popular Protest

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 If political news doesn't have to do with the presidential race and Barack Obama's war with Congress, it's not important. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wall Street Pizzeria

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Oct 6, 2011 Dig deeper

New York’s Finest Are Neither Amused Nor Inspired

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2011 In the battle protesters are waging against U.S. corporations in lower Manhattan, appeals to NYPD officers' sense of class solidarity have so far failed to shake them from their traditional role. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Origin and Future of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2011 Salon reporter Justin Elliott sat down with Adbusters co-founder and editor-in-chief Kalle Lasn to talk about the formation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in print with a poster published in Lasn's “culture-jamming” magazine in mid-July. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Policing the Prophets of Wall Street

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 5, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street protest grows daily, spreading to cities across the United States. The response by the New York Police Department has been brutal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Signs of the Times

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