Activism
Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power
by Bill Quigley Bringing corporations down to controllable size is a gargantuan task, but an absolute necessity if there is to be any hope for democracy. “Corporations have worked the courts mercilessly since 1819 to take a wide variety of constitutional rights that were designed to cover only people.” In one 30-year period, “African Americans [...]
Man Arrested At Kansas City Move To Amend Rally / January 20, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngB_CFVYnc4
WHY WE OCCUPY!
“With its giant underclass, the income gap in the United States resembles that of many third-world nations. The top 1 percent of Americans has more income to spend than the bottom 40 percent taken together. This is a huge gap compared with Europe and Japan. British economist Richard Wilkins argues that large income disparities erode [...]
OccupyKC members arrested in Washington DC
Several Midwest occupy groups went to DC together and are trying to meet with their members of Congress. According to their stream on JustinTV, they were forcibly removed from Representative Hartzler’s office and when one or two people insisted on waiting in the lobby to speak with her, they were arrested. [SOURCE]