Occupy Oaklanders vigil for injured vet
On the evening of Oct. 27, over a thousand people held a vigil for Iraq veteran Scott Olsen, seriously hurt two days earlier when he was struck in the head by a police tear gas canister.
Chicago lawmakers: It’s time to decriminalize possession of pot
Several aldermen announced they plan to introduce an ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana caught on people by the police.
Attacks on protesters backfire as Occupy raises the heat on banks
More than 100 arrests in Oakland, unions, their allies, and now Amnesty International have all condemned the use of tear gas.
Journey by bus to a state capital: A firsthand account
It was six in the morning of Oct. 26 and two busloads of motivated Chicago teachers and friends were on their way to Springfield to rally and lobby to protect their pensions.
Anti-union water outfit now in court on contamination charge
One of the nation's biggest private water companies, which is pursuing an anti-union campaign, is also in federal court for water contamination and an attempted cover-up.
Occupy Chicago: A first hand account
With the crowd chanting and drums and brass playing, the police slowly started surrounding the crowd.
Civil rights groups say: Tell MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan
Buchanan has written a new book that predicts among other things the '"end of white America."
Students: Obama loan relief plan good first step, more needed
Student activists say the president's executive order on the issue is not nearly enough to tackle the larger student debt crisis.
Oakland demos spark call for nonviolence & end to repression
In the wake of the early morning police eviction of Occupy Oakland protesters from their encampments Oct. 25, confrontation between protesters and police came to a head in the early evening after protesters regrouped at the city's main library to march through the city.
Occupy Oakland at the crossroads
Getting lost is the goal of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, which is to make the banks accountable to the people and pay for the mess they created.
