In a middle-of-the-night raid involving hundreds of heavily-armed police officers, the New York Police Department on November 15 forcibly…
US Opposition to Arab Democracy, in Iraq and Beyond
The withdrawal of almost all US forces from Iraq by December 31 now appears likely. Although the United States…
To Repress or Co-opt? OWS Media Coverage Mirrors Splits Within the 1 Percent
Gandhi is often credited with saying, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,…
167 Million People Support Occupy Wall Street
Recent US public opinion polls on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests suggest a high level of public sympathy…
The Impact of Occupy Wall Street: Some Early Indicators
A quote well-known among activists, variously attributed to Gandhi or US labor leader Nicholas Klein, says that “first they…