Amidst record levels of unemployment, the former mayor of New York takes a stab at Occupy protesters, telling them to get a job?! They are working hard, standing up for the American Dream to make a better economy and a better future for all of us. History will repay them.
Meanwhile, the random incidents of violence at Occupy encampments have been isolated and roundly condemned by the majority of other protesters. But enemies of the middle class are dredging up anything they can to try and undermine this popular, mass movement.
For a small but merry band of conspiracy theorists, Stephen Lerner is the lynchpin of the rising “red army” of anti-capitalist radicals in America. For everyone else — those struggling to make ends meet in an economic system that we know is rigged against ordinary Americans – Stephen Lerner is a hero.”
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“I tend to favor the sort of well-ordered, well-bathed protests of the early 1960s; I want to know what democracy looks like, not what it smells like.” My latest for the American Prospect.
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Four tips for journalists covering civil disobedience and direct action protests — beginning with OnMay12.org actions today. For the media insider website, Mediaite.
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