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Journalists Under Fire in 2012 →
aaroncynic:
Reporters Without Boarders released its 10th annual Press Freedom Index, which found that while 2011 may have been Time Magazine’s “Year of the Protester,” it was also the year of government crackdowns on journalists. The opening of the report reads: “Never have journalists, through their reporting, vexed the enemies of freedom so much. Never have acts of censorship and physical...
Moving the 99 Percent Forward: Certain Actions... →
oldenough2burmom:
After watching (what I could) and reading accounts of yesterday’s events in Oakland, I feel the need to reflect on a few facts. Let me preface my remarks by noting that I am on the East Coast so I did not witness events firsthand.
I hope you all read this statement with an open mind, and I…
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Bill Clinton answers questions about the Occupy... →
transpondster:
“Occupy Wall Street has done more in the short time they’ve been out there than I’ve been able to do in more than the last eleven years trying to draw attention to some of the same problems we have to address,” President Clinton said.
I asked if the Occupy Wall Street movement should have a platform. I was getting into another area he is passionate about, delivering messages on...
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Walking across that intersection handcuffed was the proudest moment of my life.
– Captain Ray Lewis, a retired Philadelphia police officer arrested in November at Occupy Wall Street. (via thirdskin)