Laugh at the Tea Party, Liberally
For some reason, the worse things seem to get, the better our humor turns out to be. When writing about this dynamic, Kurt Vonnegut specified that “All I really wanted to do was give people the relief...
View ArticleTorture Views Indicative of Fox News
Could there possibly be a better indication of why Fox needs to be fought than their glee at pondering the magnanimous nature of torture? Fox is leading the right wing media crusade about how it was...
View ArticleFox News' Tea Party Movement
Ever since the Job Party started protesting Fox News out of support for Wisconsin, we have been unequivocally tying their bile to the war against workers. As I told Ed Schultz, decked out in a...
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Who Will Take On Walker?
The Wisconsin Netroots are abuzz after Senator Feingold released a ‘message from Russ’ announcing he will not be running in 2012. Given the post-State Senate recall environment, and the ramp up...
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Come to Netroots New York: Learn about the Wisconsin uprising
Get ready! The latest Netroots Nation regional conference -- Netroots New York on December 17th and 18th -- is coming up soon, and it couldn’t be in a better time or place. Occupy Wall Street is...
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Standoff Coming in Wisconsin Against Restrictions to Protest at Capitol
Things may be coming to a head in Wisconsin soon, most interestingly, almost exactly when we will be doing a whole lot of analysis on the Wisconsin uprisings’ past and future at Netroots New York....
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Come to Netroots New York: Check out the Job Fair
Are you looking for a progressive job? If so, that's another great reason to come to Netroots New York! The Job Party is sponsoring a Netroots New York job fair, including the following progressive...
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Get Ready: Netroots New York will be talking Wisconsin
The Netroots New York conference is coming up this weekend, and I couldn’t be more excited! Likewise, I couldn't encourage you more to register for it. Things have been developing rapidly on the...
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#NY2WI Netroots New York In Person & Online Discussion
Netroots New York this weekend will comprise another big step in the relationship between activists in New York and Wisconsin. There is naturally a strong sense of solidarity between occupiers in the...
View ArticleOccupy Madison GA Endorses Solidarity Sing Along Standoff
A whole lot of my and the whole Wisconsin contingent's efforts at large during Netroots New York and the Occupy Wall Street unconference this weekend were spent explaining and advocating for the big...
View Article#WIsing Illegally Singing for Free Speech
The action is just starting to get going in the Occupy Madison endorsed Solidarity Sing Along standoff in the Wisconsin Capitol. The hashtag is #WIsing, and @legaleagle is already livetweeting. I'd...
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Hundreds Challenge Walker with Illegal Singing
Photo via @CityofContempot Wisconsin protesters have Walker in retreat on his unconstitutional restrictions on freedom of speech in the Capitol, as he does not instruct police to even enforce their...
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Solidarity Sing Along Charges Ahead in Fight for Freedom of Speech
Photo via Jenna Pope aka @BatmanWI Yesterday was quite eventful in light of the hundreds of Wisconsin 'Solidarity Singers' flooding the Capitol rotunda to specifically break the unconstitutional...
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Occupy & Wisconsin discussions at Netroots New York
Netroots New York, and the Occupy Wall Street unconference held in cooperation with it, made for one of the most productive and exciting weekends I've ever had. The timing for it right before the...
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Reflecting before the #LL12 Living Liberally Celebration
This year's Living Liberally celebration is coming up on May 10th, and it has me reflecting on what my favorite Living Liberally moment was from 2012. Although there are many of them, I have to say...
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Occupy Forward From Wisconsin
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came to office in the spectre of the Arab Spring, and opened America’s 2011 legislative session by declaring class war on working families. He shamelessly put up...
View ArticleWisconsin Occupied Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation 2012 started just a few days after the Wi$con$in recall elections, and served as an extremely cathartic experience for me. In particular, I was quite proud to join the panel Take a...
View ArticleThe Wi$con$in Model to Subvert Democracy
The Wisconsin recall elections were a canary in the coal mine to working families across the country, and we were lucky that it happened so close to Netroots Nation so that we could immediately begin...
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Speaking From the Heart About Money in Politics
It has been an emotional rollercoaster for progressives across the board ever since Scott Walker’s billionaire backers successfully bought the state of Wisconsin. The blatant manner in which it has...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street & Electoral Politics
The uneasy relationship between Occupy Wall Street and electoral politics has always been one of the greatest distinguishing factors for our burgeoning movement.Likewise, in the leadup to the 2012...
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Occupy Wall Street's Impact on the Presidential Election
In my view the quickest way to explain the relationship between Occupy Wall Street and electoral politics is that OWS is above the electoral, but it impacts it.So how did this work in practice during...
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OWS Fighting Back Against the Lies
Yetta Kurland and myself negotiating with police and Newscorp security. Photo via Jenna PopeOccupy Wall Street brought in the 2013 New Year on an all too familiar foot, as the New York Post made an...
View ArticleHow to Create & Share Videos of Great Activism
Occupy Wall Street’s success was certainly due in part to great video activism. This was similarly the case in the Wisconsin uprising the spring before, not to mention throughout the Egyptian...
View ArticleBush’s Emboldening of the 1% Inspired the Netroots & OWS Alike
Our mainstream media has been atwitter this week with analysis of the ‘Bush Legacy’ now that his presidential library is set to open.I have many thoughts on how history should judge the first president...
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OWS Reflections in Anticipation of Drinking Liberally Annual Celebration
It’s that time of year again, where we make sure to take a break from the pervasive shuffle of organizing liberally to raise a glass and celebrate our collective accomplishments...
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Past is Prologue
This feels like the Summer before Occupy Wall Street began.Past is prologue, yet in our real time age captured by the sea of social media it can be hard to orient yourself to see the bigger picture...
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Occupy's Impact Continues to Blossom
September 17th this week marked Occupy Wall Street’s second anniversary, and as we depicted in the Occupy Network S17 newsletter, it could not be a better time to take stock of where we are at and...
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Winning Video - Elizabeth Warren & Occupy Wall Street Models
If you know me, you know I’m an extreme optimist about the potential for progressive activists to take advantage of the game-changing advances in video that are just starting to get going.I was...
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Sandy Survivors and supporters 'Occupy Christie' at Camp Sandygate in lead up...
Cross-posted at act.tv Our mainstream media has been awash in coverage of Governor Chris Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ scandal. But are they reaching the broader implications? The closing of the GW Bridge is...
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“Wall Street hero” Governor 1% Andrew Cuomo receives a well-deserved public...
Yesterday I joined hundreds of activists occupying our state Capitol to demand a New York that works for #AllOfUs, not only the 1%. Dozens of groups came together to stop Governor Andrew Cuomo’s...
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Zephyr Teachout taking on Gov. 1%
Zephyr Teachout on All In With Chris I couldn’t be more excited that Zephyr Teachout is looking increasingly “ready to run an absolutely serious campaign at a critical time for New York.” We know that...
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Why you should phone bank to save the Senate
Progressive activists of all stripes are fighting to prevent the GOP from taking control of the Senate on behalf of their billionaire backers. But how can we best do this if we live in blue states?...
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