Occupy Wall Street

10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong

When Occupy Wall Street was evicted from its home base in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011, by the NYPD in a paramilitary-style operation under cover of the night with a press blackout, the obituaries were being written. The day before, Occupy Oakland, which vied with New York as the leader of the leaderless movement, was evicted for the second and final time. A convergence[Read More...]

You Never Know

David Perez The other day I called my homie, Big Danny, and asked what he thought was gonna make all this COVID madness go away. “A comet hitting the earth, and the human race starting all over again,” he said. “Besides that.” “A meteor.” Danny and I have often spoken about Earth’s history of cosmic …

Reddit rebellion: amateur investors hold the line against Wall Street fat cats

A movement that formed on Reddit groups to challenge challenge billionaire hedge funders with coordinated buys of failing companies has exposed the un-democratic foundations of US capitalism Max Blumenthal visits a spontaneous protest outside the Securities and Exchange Commission after online investing companies like Robinhood blocked trades in Gamestop to prevent retail investors from challenging hedge funds, and takes a look at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s staggering conflicts of interest.

Democrats Have Found Their Own Autocrat

Conor LYNCH
Since Donald Trump captured the Republican nomination four years ago, mainstream media across the political spectrum have warned us about the rise of “populism.” The standard narrative goes something like this: those on the political extremes — especially the far-right but also the far-left—are rapidly gaining ground and subverting liberal democracy across the globe, ushering in a new age of authoritarianism.

Twitter Allows Leftists to Dox and Make Death Threat Against EPA Chief Scott Pruitt

The far-left Occupy Wall Street organization 'doxxed' EPA chief Scott Pruitt and exposed his home address, in addition to encouraging their followers to take a pitchfork to him directly.  While Twitter removes conservative voices from its platform for merely hurting people's feelings, the company has no problem with the prolonged hate campaign against Pruitt, and is now allowing an actual death threat to remain published.  [...]

Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases is Bad for Business

Goldman Sachs has outdone itself this time. That’s saying a lot for an investment firm that both helped cause and then exploited a global economic meltdown, increasing its own wealth and power while helping to boot millions of Americans out of their homes.
But now Goldman Sachs is openly saying in financial reports that curing people of terrible diseases is not good for business.