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Category Archives: Occupy Movement
On NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt, Tucker Discusses D.C.’s Ongoing Occupations
Watch TheFightBack‘s Pete Tucker and NewsTalk‘s Bruce DePuyt discuss the ongoing occupations beginning at 46:37 Appearing on News Channel 8’s NewsTalk, TheFightBack‘s Pete Tucker joined host Bruce DePuyt for a discussion on the ongoing occupations in D.C. (at Freedom Plaza … Continue reading
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Chuck Hicks On the MLK Jr. Memorial Dedication, the Occupy Movement and D.C. Statehood
Listen to the extended, hour-long interview with Chuck Hicks: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 (In this extended interview, Hicks discussed growing up in Mississippi in a family deeply involved with the civil rights movement, which will … Continue reading
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Occupy DC @ Freedom Plaza: Meet Xan Sam Joi
LISTEN TO XAN SAM JOI: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “People like to say, ‘They’re not listening.’ I like to say, ‘We’re not talking loud enough,’” said Xan Sam Joi, as she stood beside her vegetable … Continue reading
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Rethinking Columbus Day: A Conversation with Catalina Nieto
LISTEN TO CATALINA NIETO: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “He deserves no holiday, no parades, no statues,” read the flier Catalina Nieto passed out earlier today at the foot of the Christopher Columbus statue outside Union … Continue reading
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Justin Rodriguez on the Ongoing Occupation of K Street
LISTEN TO JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Let’s put the politics of the old aside [and] let’s come together and do something new,” said Justin Rodriguez, a participant in the ongoing occupation on K … Continue reading
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“Occupy the USA,” Says/Sings Emma’s Revolution
LISTEN TO EMMA’S REVOLUTION: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Yesterday, sitting in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza, where an ongoing occupation is taking place, Pat Humphries and Sandy O., the guitar-wielding duo that make up Emma’s Revolution, … Continue reading
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From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy DC
As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its third week, similar occupations are popping up all over the country, including here in D.C. At McPherson Square, located just a couple blocks from the White House on K Street, an occupation … Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street: A Movement is Born
LISTEN TO JASON MCGAUHEY [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Wall Street is War Street” – A sign at the Occupy Wall Street protest As trading came to a close on Sept. 28, Day 12 of the Occupy … Continue reading
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Grandmother Walks From West Virginia to D.C. for Oct. 6 Protest
“If you are tired of waiting for politicians to fix what’s wrong & if you believe our policies are going in the WRONG direction, here is your chance to join with thousands of other Americans to DO something besides complain,” … Continue reading
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Oct. 6, Freedom Plaza May Feel a Bit Like Tahrir Square
LISTEN TO DAVID SWANSON: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 We will be nonviolently shutting down buildings and offices and hallways and streets. – David Swanson Oct. 6 marks the end of the first decade of the … Continue reading
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