Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation I confess to being driven insane this past month by the spectacle of television pundits professing to be baffled by the meaning of Occupy Wall Street. Good grief. Isn’t the ability to read still a job requirement for a career in journalism?Show original
Posts published in October 2011
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationPrior to Occupy Wall Street, the dominant narrative in US politics was about debt and deficit reduction, and the attendant austerity measures that entailed. A study of keywords from network newscasts shows that the national policy discussion has shifted in the wake of the Occupy demonstrations, with an increased emphasis on unemployment and fairnessShow original
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationAs they vowed earlier this week to do, Egyptian pro-democracy protesters marched from Tahrir square to the U.S. Embassy today to march in support of Occupy Oakland—and against police brutality witnessed in Oakland on Tuesday night, and commonly experienced in Egypt.Show original
Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Irvine City Council UNANIMOUSLY AGREED that the Occupy Orange County Tent Village is accepted as a form of free speech. The City Of Irvine passed and emergency motion to add Occupy Irvine to the official agenda.Show original
Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Two proposed energy projects (each with a $7 billion price tag) present two very different directions for America’s future. Which would you choose?Show original
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWe don’t have health care. We don’t have jobs. Our civil liberties are being quashed. Income and wealth disparities in this country are immense and growing more pronounced as each hour passes, making the 1% richer and the rest of us … dirt. So what are our elected representatives in Congress doing to help us…