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Occupy The Neolithic?

| Michael Balter on 28 May 2012, 3:00 PM | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Neolithic Age, Video, Stone Age, Neolithic, Hierarchies, 99%, Social Classes, Occupy, Social Class, Early Humans, Inequality, Science News

Even the most democratic societies are rife with social and economic inequalities, as the current tension between the poorer "99%" and the richest "1%...

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Occupy Cuba: The Plaza Inside

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Occupy, Cuba, Human Rights in Cuba, World News

We Cubans occupy our beds, the stairs of our houses, the piece of the table before us, the chair in front of the television, the empty refrigerator, the half open shutters we peer out of. The ground we occupy is not visible,

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Police Retreat From Foreclosed Home In Minneapolis After Standoff With Occupy Protestors

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.25.2012

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On Friday morning, police from the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office abandoned an attempt to evict protestors from a foreclosed home in south Minneapo...

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Friday Faults: Occupy Is So Close

Christopher Caen | Posted 05.25.2012

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I actually support the basic premise of Occupy, and believe there wouldn't be a national discourse right now about the disparity in wealth in this country if not for Occupy. But I also believe that you have to be the change you want to see in the world.

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What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Politics, Youth Vote, Activism, People of Color, Occupy Wall Street, Millennials, Occupy, Race, Youth Activism, Occupy Movement, Minorities, Politics News

Today, Colorlines.com's publisher, the Applied Research Center, released "Millennials, Activism and Race," a report on the motivations of young people...

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3 Reasons There Wasn't an American Spring

Stuart McIntyre | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: American Spring, College Tuition, Occupy, Higher Education, Activism, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Occupy Wall Street, College News

As costs rise, quality has stagnated, and undergraduates have been herded into giant lecture halls to be taught by graduate students and adjunct faculty. The operation of the machine has become pretty odious, but why aren't students putting their bodies on the upon the gears?

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Around The World In 10 Photos

Posted 05.19.2012

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From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across th...

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The Occupy Movement Descends On Chicago For NATO Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.19.2012

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Busloads of Occupy activists have been arriving in Chicago to protest the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "We're trying to bring ...

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DIGITAL JUSTICE: Law Enforcement's Controversial Crowd Control Device

Posted 05.18.2012

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Long Range Acoustic Hailing Devices help cops control crowds. But whether they are potentially life-saving law enforcement tools or nefarious speech-s...

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What Is Obama's Position on Afghanistan? Say It Again?

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Nato, Chicago, Pakistan, Occupy, Afghanistan, Iraq, Peace, Barack Obama, Nato Summit 2012, Politics News

Three years later, bin Laden is dead, the drones inflame Pakistan opinion and complicate a peace settlement, and 33,000 American troops are scheduled to pull out by the end of 2012 with "steady withdrawals" to continue after.

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Obama's Quandry: Bashing Blundering Banks While Courting Wall Street Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's response to JPMorgan Chase's spectacular trading failure underscores a persistent tension in his presidency -- ...

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Police Raid Occupy Camp On UC Berkeley Land

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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ALBANY, Calif. — University of California police raided a four-week Occupy encampment at a college-owned farm used for agriculture research earl...

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The Bank vs. America Showdown

Mark Engler | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Bank of America, #Bankvsamerica, 99% Spring, Occupy, #Ows, 99% Power, Charlotte, Occupy Wall Street, Cooptation, Bank vs America, Nato Summit 2012, Politics News

It doesn't appear that 99% Spring, despite trying to ready tens of thousands of people for escalating civil disobedience, resulted in very disruptive actions in Charlotte. On the plus side, there's more than a month of spring opportunities left.

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Protests Begin At Bank of America Shareholder Meeting

Posted 05.09.2012

Activists from Occupy Wall Street, the environmental movement and labor unions, along with victims of home foreclosures, have begun massive demonstrat...

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Bank Of America Meeting Gets Protestors Warmed Up For Democratic National Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.09.2012

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Dozens of good-government groups, Occupy Wall Street contingents, environmental activists, struggling homeowners and institutional investors are desce...

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The Many Faces Of Occupy New York

Posted 05.07.2012

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You have seen them in marches, crowds and tents, on television, in the news and in your city. The activists of Occupy, aka "the 99%," are often seen a...

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CEO Backs Controversial Plan

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.04.2012

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JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday backed the Simpson-Bowles proposal, which cuts entitlements, other spending and raises taxes to reduce the...

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America: Home of the Bewildered Serf and Land of the Feudal Lords.

Dave Pederson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Adam Davidson, Debt, JP Morgan, Ed Conard, Neo-Feudalism, Class Warfare, Ronald Reagan, Bain Capital, Ows, Mitt Romney, Trickle-Down Economics, Arthur Laffer, Economic Inequality, Reaganomics, Occupy Movement, Nypd, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, Politics News

Two news items popped this week that highlight the ever-growing Neo-Feudalism that has become our new economy. First, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) filed ...

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Occupy a Wing of the Democratic Party

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.03.2012

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Often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. Become an alternative to the Tea Party. And then, once that happens, occupy the majority in Congress.

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It's Springtime in America -- Can the Occupy Movement Reinvent Itself?

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.02.2012

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The Occupy movement has been in hibernation mode for several months, but with warmer weather on the horizon, odds are it will become a fixture in every major city in America during this election year.

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Why I Occupy...

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Russell Simmons, Occupy the Dream, Occupy Wall Street, Global Occupy, Citizens United, Russell Simmons Occupy Wall Street, Campaign Finance, Get Money Out, Occupy, Campaign Finance Reform, Occupy Movement, Politics News

Our democracy has been hijacked. The corporations and special interests pay our politicians to do their bidding instead of the people's. This legal bribery has to stop.

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May Day Protests Signal Growing Bond Between Occupy Wall Street And Liberal Establishment

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.02.2012

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A little over six months ago, Stephanie McGuinness was camping out in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of a new movement that often shunned politicians an...

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Bank of America Protest Draws Preemptive Crackdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.02.2012

The city of Charlotte, N.C., has announced broad restrictions on protests planned for a May 9 Bank of America shareholders meeting, citing safety conc...

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May Day Coverage - Oakland

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Ows, Jobs, May Day, Occupy, Impact, Protest, Occupy Oakland, Video, Impact News

Youth Radio reporters are live Tweeting May Day demonstrations in Oakland, California @YouthRadio, and we're archiving the stream on this p...

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Occupy Reality: A Video Interview With Douglas Rushkoff on Facebook, Community, and Starting a Good Zombie Apocalypse

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Douglas Rushkoff, Media, May Day, Occupy, Technology, Facebook, Occupy Wall Street, Video, Politics News

Enter Occupy. Rushkoff has watched the movement with cautious optimism, penning editorials on CNN and organizing November's Contact Con, a powwow of net roots activists and open source hackers working to foster new civic-minded apps and hardware.

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