Can We Have A Day Of Global Love?

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I won’t be celebrating Global Love Day. Real love isn’t global. To say that we can achieve worldwide “oneness” through easy embraces of is to cheapen the idea of love. Real love isn’t easy. We aren’t all united as one, and we’re not going to be.

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Liberation Summer Statement of Purpose

The following is the text of the Statement of Purpose of Liberation Summer, a nascent organization that aims to direct the energies of the Occupy movement to grapple with issues of imprisonment in the United States. Liberation Summer: Statement of …

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May Day General Strike Coming Together

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Next Tuesday, May 1 will be a day of General Strike in communities across the United States. It’s a day of no working, no school, no banking and no shopping, with 123 American cities planning participation so far.

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Middletown, CT set to March on Bank of America 4/27/2012

For a movement that is supposed to be dead, Occupy is curiously active. Take this word sent to Irregular Times by Daniel Pflaker of Wesleyan University today: What: #Occupy march on Bank of America Where: Wesleyan University’s Olin Library When: …

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Protests Against Financial Injustice Come Surging Back

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Protest today hit Wells Fargo bank, accused of taking public money while refusing to work with homeowners to avoid foreclosure. Tomorrow, protests against the burden of student loan debt will take place across the country.

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Protest To Raise Restaurant Minimum Wage of 2.13 In DC Today

On a protest to raise the $2.13 minimum wage in restaurants and on efforts to oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

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ReOccupation Proceeds… Where?

Don’t let the media blackout convince you that the Occupy movement is done. It isn’t — not by a longshot. ReOccupations for this American Spring are happening in: Atlanta Boston Chicago Detroit Minneapolis New York City Raleigh San Francisco And …

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Barnes & Noble Publishes On Illegal Rainforest Paper

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A Greenpeace investigation has found that the giant bookstore chain has been publishing books using paper made from trees illegally harvested on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where there are many endangered animals, including tigers and orangutans.

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Occupy Reawakens In Worcester, Massachusetts

Occupy Worchester is becoming active again, now that the green grass and warm sun of springtime have become secure in Massachusetts.

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Are you Moving your Money from Bank of America on 4/13?

Occupy activists are asking people who hold Bank of America accounts to shut them down and move their funds to a credit union or community bank on April 13. Do you have a Bank of America account?  If you do, …

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Occupy Protests Spring Back on April 7 2012

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Indicator #1 that the “dead” Occupy movement isn’t dead: 133 arrests in the last month alone. Indicator #2: just use your eyes. Follow the hashtag #TakeTheSpring to learn more.

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National Occupation of Washington D.C. Keeps Occupied

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If the organizers of the National Occupation of Washington D.C. are doing nothing but holding workshops from now on, there won’t be anything to build a narrative around. If there is more activity, such as actual protests, then the National Occupation of Washington D.C. needs to start by making that information available.

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The Call Goes Out to Occupy the Bohemian Grove in July 2012

A working group of the Occupy movement on the West Coast of the United States has put out a call and started a website devoted to mounting protests outside the Bohemian Grove on July 14th and July 21st, planned in …

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National Occupation of Washington DC Set to Begin Today — Watch for What Happens Next

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NOW DC, a national occupation bringing together representatives from various area occupations, is scheduled to begin today, March 30 2012. What goes down will be an indication of the strength of the Occupy movement.

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A Hood On The Head Does Not Mean A Hoodlum In The Head

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Today, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush wore a hooded sweatshirt on the floor of Congress and delivered the following message: “The death of Trayvon Martin is an American tragedy. Too often this violent act is repeated in the streets of our …

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The People’s Gong Coming To Wall Street This Afternoon

They kicked Occupy Wall Street out of Zuccotti Park. Occupy Wall Street is still in Zuccotti Park. Today, Occupy Wall Street is beginning a series of marches that will lead up to a massive May Day protest. Today’s march will …

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But They Told Me Occupy Was Over and Done With!

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Image Credit: @SingnPlay Occupy takes Union Square in NYC. Track arrests, mysteriously continuing to occur in this “dead” movement.

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Get Bottled Water Pollution Out Of America’s National Parks!

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55 National Parks in the United States are actually encouraging people to litter with water bottles. National Parks are not just allowing people to bring disposable plastic bottles of water into the parks, the National Parks are themselves selling bottled water to hikers.

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