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Today is the Occupy Wall Street DAY OF ACTION, marking the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. And in the wake of the NYPD’s now-infamous raid on Zuccotti Park earlier this week, MASSIVE protests are planned today in New York City. Check out a LIVE STREAM of today’s events below! From CBS […]

There’s been so much said and written these past few months about the lack of diversity at the OCCUPY protests. Well, video like this one tell a very different story. Check out this fascinating series of interviews with Black Occupy Wall Street participants, at BlackYouthProject.com!

While the issues surrounding the #OccupyWallStreet movement are of deep significance to me, I have to admit that I’ve been more impressed with the way the movement was born and has continued to grow.

The news media wants us focused on the back-and-forth, he said-she said, GOP Presidential nomination bullshit, so they’re burying this kind of footage amid other relatively mundane headlines. Go figure. But anybody with a brain, and some level of frustration with corporate greed and political corruption, knows that the biggest and most fascinating story in […]

The OCCUPY WALL STREET Movement Is Heating UP! Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but there are huge protests going on in NYC. Aiming for worldwide participation, Occupy Wall Street has attracted hostile media attention, outright police violence, and support from celebrities like Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore. The movement is in its 12th day, and it’s […]

Below is an interview I did recently with legendary Hip-Hop journalist Davey D, on his show Hard Knock Radio, about Occupy Wall Street. Davey asked me about people of color’s participation in the movement, whether I saw any connection between Occupy Wall Street and the protest I witnessed in Madison, Wisconsin, and also whether Occupy […]

Photo by Paradise Gray Last week I wrote that many of couch potato critics of #OccupyWallStreet need to get in the game. A great example of what can happen by just showing up with the proper attitude and spirit is Occupy the Hood, founded by activists Malik Rhasaan, 39 of Queens, N.Y., and Ife Johari […]

After the Occupy Wall Street Movement finally got some coverage form the mainstream media, due to some very bad behavior by the NYPD, the blogosphere began to buzz with post after post about what #OccupyWallStreet was doing wrong. From the message to the way the protestors were dressed, #OccupyWallStreet was dissected and criticized by so […]

Two individuals in different situations, both black, both innocent. Each individual gets pulled over by a white police officer that is notorious for racial profiling. They both are wrongfully discriminated against, they both are wrongfully put in jail, but both do not become heir to the same fate. One individual remains in jail. The other […]

When the Occupy Wall Street Movement kicked off September 17th, 2011, many thought it would be short lived and a waste of time. For awhile, the objectives, goals and demands of the protesters were unclear and many thought this this demonstration would pass over just like the other dozens of rallies happening across the United […]

Check out this fascinating article about Occupy Harlem, and why the Occupy movement ain’t just a “white thing.” There are definitely prominent Black voices in the movement. Activists and scholars like Angela Davis and Cornell West have been major supporters of the movement since practically day one; Dr. West was even  arrested on October 21st […]

Morning. Last week, I ranted a little about the language of Occupy _insert city here_, and how we really need to consider how semantics inform our actions. As a bit of a reminder, I support actions that look to significantly counter the growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots, but I don’t think we […]