People Power on the Plains
Resistance builds to the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Indypendent
Paul Street
The Presidential Election and the Prospects for a Decent Future
The content and character of the 2012 U.S. presidential election does not bode well for the human race and…
Economic Fact as Thought Crime: Reflections on the RNC and Inequality
Amidst the standard nauseating surfeit of arch-plutocratic and white-nationalist nonsense displayed during last week’s Republican National Convention (RNC), one…
The New Military Urbanism in NATO-Occupied Chicago
Many Americans seem to believe that the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the deployment of the U.S. military in…
The Sonic Cannon, the Pain Ray and the Irony of the American Revolution
The disproportionately nonwhite city of Oakland, California has more than its share of poverty and unemployment. According to the…
The Fetishization of Expression
A handwritten note stuck on the message board of an old Occupy site I know reads as follows: “If…
Less Than Zero: the 1 Percent and the Fate of the Earth
“No Way the World Should Take These Risks” Beneath and beyond the flow of current events, including the rise…
Intellectuals and Occupy: Seven Reasons to Reject Condescension
One of the many refreshing aspects of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is its openness to outside ideas and thinkers.…
The Global Austerity Party Meets Global Resistance, From Cairo to Athens to Madison
If you pay attention and dig around a little in the newspapers and online you can mark the outlines…
Black History is American History and It Lives On
The Shortest Month of the Year We’re more than half way through Black History Month. Should it exist? Is…