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Category Archives: Occupy Movement
Activists Arrested on K Street: Pete Talks with News Ch.8’s Bruce DePuyt
Yesterday, more than 60 protesters were arrested for blocking traffic on K Street, which is home to the country’s most influential lobby firms. As part of a day of action targeting the corporate influence on politics, activists braved the cold … Continue reading
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Postmaster General Gets Mic Checked
LISTEN TO BRIAN TIERNEY AND KENNETH LERCH: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “The Postmaster General is really trying to dismantle the United States Postal Service and have it privatized,” said Kenneth Lerch, president of the National … Continue reading
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SOA WATCH: Father Louis Vitale
LISTEN TO FATHER LOUIS VITALE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Unlike the past two years, Father Louis Vitale’s participation in last weekend’s protest outside the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA) didn’t lead to his … Continue reading
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Some One Percenters Stand with the 99
LISTEN TO BURKE STANSBURY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “The One Percent are… being targeted by this movement, and rightfully so,” Burke Stansbury, an activist who inherited over a $1 million at age 25, told TheFightBack … Continue reading
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At Occupy DC, a Veterans Day Discussion with 21-Year-Old Vet
Listen to Michael Patterson: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “‘Terrorists’ and ‘insurgents’ [are] just dehumanizing terms so that you can do your job more efficiently and without any sort of objections to your conscience,” 21-year-old Michael … Continue reading
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Taxi Leader Haimanot Bizuayehu Visits Occupy DC
LISTEN TO HAIMANOT BIZUAYEHU: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “I share their ideas,” D.C. taxi leader Haimanot Bizuayehu told TheFightBack in an Oct. 28 interview at Occupy DC at McPherson Square. Inspired by the occupation of … Continue reading
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Councilmember Evans Represents the 1%, Not the Occupiers in His Ward
LISTEN TO JOHN HANRAHAN [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans represents the 1% much more than the 99. Ironically – or maybe appropriately – both of D.C.’s ongoing occupations, at Freedom Plaza … Continue reading
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Occupy Student Debt
LISTEN TO STEF GRAY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “I’d like to tell my 99 percenter story,” 23-year-old Stef Gray said yesterday at Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, now renamed Liberty Plaza. One of the … Continue reading
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Jim Hightower on the Occupy Movement and the Republican Presidential Candidates
LISTEN TO JIM HIGHTOWER: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “This is a movement that can grow into something not only big, but important,” progressive author and commentator Jim Hightower said Oct. 15 after addressing protesters at … Continue reading
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Ralph Nader on the Occupation Movement
LISTEN TO RALPH NADER: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “We’ve got a huge opportunity here because we have huge numbers of people,” said consumer advocate Ralph Nader. “There are twenty-five million Americans who want to work … Continue reading
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