Category Archives: Occupy America

Watching Breitbart’s Throne

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Watching Breitbart’s Throne”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis morning, when I posted on Nadia Naffe’s lawsuit against Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Patrick Frey @Patterico, I used the words “Breitbart empire.” Naffe’s suit was in fact one subject of many among the … Continue reading →

Posted in Breitbart, James O'Keefe, Occupy America | Tagged @Patterico, @ZAPEM, Deputy District Attorney, John Patrick Frey, los angeles | Leave a comment

Occupy Stranahan: Monday, September 17 is “Everyone Blog About Lee Stranahan Day”

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Stranahan: Monday, September 17 is “Everyone Blog About Lee Stranahan Day””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I’d like to try a scientific experiment. What happens when the Breitbart.com blogger who started “Everyone Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day” gets a day of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Action, Burn Notices, Occupy America | Tagged Lee Stranahan | 6 Comments

Morning Awful: What Occupy Movement?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: What Occupy Movement?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Chris Weigant sums up the problem with Occupy succinctly: by rejecting the opportunity to take part in electoral politics, aka “The System,” the protest movement has failed to replicate the success enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Why the Occupy Movement Won’t Be Relevant Until it Involves Itself in Electoral Politics

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Emilia1956

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Occupy and the Great Pool Jump

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy and the Great Pool Jump”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOccupy didn’t go away. MoveOn.org, just one of several big name organizations now swept up in Occupy, is training people in civil disobedience. I have to say I saw this coming, and … Continue reading →

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Occupy Irrelevance

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Irrelevance”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ve entertained hope that Occupy would evolve into what tea parties pretended to be, and failed to become: a populist uprising that grows roots and becomes a lasting force. Unfortunately, the militantly-leaderless nature of the movement … Continue reading →

Posted in Obama Derangement Syndrome, Occupy America, Organizing | 4 Comments

Occupy Restaurant Kitchens

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Restaurant Kitchens”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is apparently real, in which case screw this guy. I want his name and photos so there can be a “least wanted” flyer for every restaurant kitchen everywhere. Wait staff have a hard enough … Continue reading →

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Occupy Andrew Breitbart

Posted on February 19, 2012 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post “Occupy Andrew Breitbart”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “An image without context is less than half a truth.” – Concrete: Fragile Creatures, by Paul Chadwick.

Posted in Breitbart, Occupy America, Webcomix | 8 Comments

Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Author Chris Hedges has been an important figure in the peace party’s revolt against the Obama administration’s war policy since 2009. His bona fides … Continue reading →

Posted in Movement Politics, nonviolence, Occupy America | Tagged anarchism, black bloc, chris hedges | 2 Comments

The Politics of Being Progressive

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Politics of Being Progressive”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In 2011, the progressive blogosphere assumed that fabled, infamous circular firing squad formation and opened fire. The internal politics of netroots are showing up in posts. Digby: The jobs numbers are good, but … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 GOP nomination, Digby, Occupy America, progressives | 4 Comments

Occupy Homes

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Homes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWe can see this campaign of organized squatting as a direct response to the conditions of today’s housing market, which is still struggling to let out the air of rampant speculation pricing from the housing boom. … Continue reading →

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