Occupy Wall Street and related movements:
Sources and links
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1. Especially useful commentaries and overviews on the underlying issues to share
Paul Krugman, “Panic of the Plutocrats,” NY Times, Oct. 10, 2011 www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html
Barbara Ehrenreich, “The Guys in the 1% Brought This On,” The Progressive, current issuewww.progressive.org/one_percent_barbara_ehrenreich.html
Robert Reich, “The Seven Biggest Economic Lies,” 12 October 11, Robert Reich's blog, www.ask.com/news?qsrc=&o=100000031&l=dis&q=Robert+reich+blog&qsrc=2431
Elizabeth Warren, “Occupy Everywhere,” Oct 7, http://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-wall-street-broke-this-country-one-lousy-mortgage-at-a-time-2011-10 …and...www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/678020/Elizabeth_warren
David Korten, “Why I'm in solidarity with Occupy Wall St,” 10-4-11, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhzwgIxqOc0 or www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/david-korten/in-solidarity-with-occupywallstreet
Jim Wallis, “Praying for Peace and Looking for Jesus at OccupyWallStreet,” 10-6-11,
http://sojo.net/blogs/2011/10/06/praying-peace-and-looking-jesus-occupywallstreet
Rabbi Michael Lerner, “Occupy Wall St–It’s Everywhere where Corporate Power Shapes our Lives, So You Can Occupy it in Your Hometown too!” Oct 6, www.Tikkun.org and alternet.org
Frida Berrigan, http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2011/10/faith_leaders_join_occupywalls.html
2. For more on the Occupy movements and their activities and goals in their own words see:
http://occupywallst.org/ very good general site
http://nycga.cc/ (the official site of the OWS general assembly, Liberty Square); for their declaration statement see: http://nycga.cc/2011/09/30/declaration-of-the-occupation-of-new-york-city/
see also: www.occupytogether.org/ and www.commondreams.org/occupy
3. Many cities have their own sites or Facebook pages, for example:
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyFM (FargoMoorehead)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/OccupyQuadCities/270410002991293 (Iowa)
https://www.facebook.com/OccupySeattle https://www.facebook.com/#!/occupyLA,
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-San-Francisco/,
4. Other sites that have offer especially useful reporting and commentary
http://search.huffingtonpost.com/search?q=occupywallstreet&s_it=header_form_v1
www.truth-out.org http://www.alternet.org http://westandwiththe99percent.tumblr.com/
http://readersupportednews.org/ www.yesmagazine.org
www.democracynow.org
live streaming video: http://occupywallstreet-worldwide.blogspot.com/
www.thenation.com/ www.progressive.org www.mettacenter.org on nonviolence
www.forusa.org Fellowship of Reconcilation https://www.facebook.com/NonviolentConflict
www.wagingnonviolence.org www.offthechartsblog.org -- Center on Budget & Policy Priorities blog
www.nybooks.com -- NY Review of Books, e.g. Michael Greenberg (tell us about others you discover)
http://www.shalomcenter.org www.tikkun.org
archive of: http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/ https://www.facebook.com/TheChristianLeft
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161988007225292
cached copy of: http://www.domestichumanneeds.org/faithfulbudget/
6. Advocacy groups that had useful postings,despite the fears among some of their taking over/ having too much influence…:
www.avaaz.org www.moveon.org www.dccc.org/pages/occupy
7. Graphics and humor that have received the most comment on our blog
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1221739710899.34982.1451144676
https://www.facebook.com/beingliberal.org
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1969258962619.2092178.1577310052
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2062241869801.114477.1057325634
www.theroot.co.in www.mercadoetico.com.br
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=293212854038758&id=612737868
https://www.facebook.com/NonviolentConflict
https://www.facebook.com/erik.christensen/posts/165108903575918
and of course, www.theonion.com Jon Stewart’s www.thedailyshow.com/ etc.
compiled by Glen Gersmehl, coordinator of the “Light, Links, Laughs…” blog
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