Occupy Boston Crowdsourced Reading List
Anyone Can Edit!
Please add articles, blog posts, videos, any linkable media that offer evidence for our discontent, articulate our “demands” and frustrations in useful ways, and help us form our personal talking points.
The goal is a growing list of links that people can easily read through, get informed, and share with others (including other Occupy movements). So please keep your annotations brief, and take your longer comments to the source websites/blogs.
The short link for this page is http://tinyurl.com/occupyboston. It’s also posted here: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Main_Page and http://occupywiki.info
Document Sections (so far)
WEBSITES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Not meant to be an exhaustive list; find more at the official site: http://occupyboston.com/
Occupies everywhere
http://occupationalist.org
Occupy Boston on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/OccupyBoston/
Occupy Boston on Foursquare
Check-in, leave tips and upload photos.
https://foursquare.com/v/occupyboston/4e864b86469035fb8bfcc92f
Ask Metafilter Questions
Basic information and links to detailed articles, documentaries, etc from users
http://ask.metafilter.com/197543/Help-me-help-occupywallstreet
Notable Twitter Accounts
- @Occupy_Boston
- @OccupyBOS_Media
- @StudentsOccupy
- @OccupyBosReddit
- #OccupyBoston (hashtag, not account)
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyBoston
http://www.facebook.com/classwarfareexists?sk=wall (good reading list)
Occupy Boston in a few other places
http://occupyboston.tumblr.com/
http://www.occupybostonvoices.com/
http://occupygeorge.com/ Dollar hacking for the 99%
BACKGROUNDERS AND NEWS ON ECONOMY, POLITICS, CORRUPTION, CORPORATIONS, HOUSING, (UN)EMPLOYMENT
The Koch Brothers
People & Power asks if the tycoon duo's fortune could put the radical right into the White House.
Al Jazeera, 11/1/11
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/10/2011102683719370179.html
It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style
by William Greidner, Nov. 2011 ed. of The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/164216/its-time-debt-forgiveness-american-style#comment-895061
A serious treatment of a big idea
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Earth
by Chip Ward, 10/27/2011
http://www.grist.org/pollution/2011-10-27-from-occupy-wall-street-to-occupy-earth
Lucidly highlights the connection btwn corporate power, ecological degradation, and social injustice.
What does the Bonus Army tell us About Occupy Wall Street?
The Awl, 10/25/2011
http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/what-does-the-bonus-army-tell-us-about-occupy-wall-street
Really interesting comparisons about the occupation of DC in 1932.
Now, Let Me Tell You What They’re Talking About
fmr. Rep. Alan Grayson takes on PJ O’Rourke
http://openmobile.tumblr.com/post/11316915307/this-is-off-topic-from-mobile-politics-but-holy
Prosecuting Financial Titans
On Point, 10/18/2011
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/10/18/prosecuting-wall-street
Excellent, clear discussion that starts on the premise, ‘Ok, they’re guilty, why aren’t they in prison yet?’
Chart of the Day: These are the 47 Percent
by Brian Beutler 10/14/11
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/chart-of-the-day-these-are-the-47-percent.php
Could This Time Have Been Different?
Ezra Klein, Washington Post, 10/8/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html
SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals
10/4/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Db_P0wHsSz0#
Group Pushes for Corporate Tax Holiday
NPR, 10/4/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/04/141054578/group-pushes-for-corporate-tax-holiday
5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans
by ThinkProgress / Zaid Jilani, 10/4/11
http://www.alternet.org/economy/152601/5_facts_you_should_know_about_the_wealthiest_one_percent_of_americans
The Reign of the One Percenters
Orion Magazine 9-10/2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6470
Author’s postscript/response to Occupy Wall Street: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6518
Good capitalism does exist. And it's more crucial now than ever
Will Hutton, The Guardian Observer, 10/1/2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism
The Truth About “Class War” in America
Richard D. Wolff, September 28, 2011
http://www.zcommunications.org/the-truth-about-class-war-in-america-by-richard-d-wolff
The Curse of Tina
Adam Curtis, September 13th, 2011
Blog post on the creation and proliferation of neoliberal think tanks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html
Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 8/24/11
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-goes-all-out-for-dirty-banker-deal-20110824
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans
Bloomberg, 8/21/11
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html
Dylan Ratigan’s Mad As Hell Moment
MSNBC, 8/2011
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/dylan-ratigans-mad-as-hell-moment.html
This is the face of the 99%:
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/post/11123158326/im-fortunate-to-be-working-this-year-but-in
Fareed's Take: How to fix America's jobs crisis
Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 6/5/2011
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/fareeds-take-how-to-fix-americas-jobs-crisis
Zakaria is trying to support the 99% but he can do more - reference the Global Public Square Blog. I would like to see the OccupyBoston movement influence the media and stop the blackout -- compel CNN to talk about what the bloggers are actually saying. People, the 99% are blogging about these issues and not being heard. CNN must expose all corporations laying off massive numbers of Americans while CEOs still get their bonuses.
CALL TO ACTION - click CNN blog (link above) to express your support
Debt Crisis Hangs Over Washington Politics
NPR’s Mara Liasson reports on a gathering of just 40 “Tea Party patriots”, 4/29/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829375/debt-crisis-hangs-over-washington-politics
Biggest Fish Face Little Risk of Being Caught
New York Times, 2/25/11
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/business/economy/26nocera.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Inside Job
http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
Academy Award winning documentary about the financial crisis.
Michael Lewis Drops Some Wisdom on Wall Street
Columbia Journalism Review 3/15/2010
http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/michael_lewis_drops_some_wisdo.php
The Quiet Coup
The Atlantic 5/2009
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/7364/
“A whole generation of policy makers has been mesmerized by Wall Street, always and utterly convinced that whatever the banks said was true.”
How Washington's Bailout Will Boost Wall Street Bonuses
Time, 10/27/08
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1853846,00.html#ixzz1ZgCSAOVZ
The Giant Pool of Money, and Return to the Giant Pool of Money
This American Life and NPR’s Planet Money, 5/9/2008 and 9/25/2009
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/return-to-the-giant-pool-of-money
Additionally, Planet Money’s blog - this podcast, begun in September of 2008, offers a comprehensive explanation of how our economic system works.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
A global assessment of wealth and wellbeing
http://www.prosperity.com/country.aspx?id=US
As if we didn’t already know that our financial institutions don’t exude confidence and are making us the 99% unhappy...now there is quantitative research to prove it - see this article and the next few below. “US Economy Ranked 14th: The US economy is strong with high living standards, but confidence in American financial institutions remains low.”
The World's Happiest Countries
http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/19/norway-denmark-finland-business-washington-world-happiest-countries.html
Christopher Helman, 01.19.11
“Most of the nations atop our list are democratic, business-friendly and boast strong social safety nets.”
Do Americans Work Hard? Yes, they do...
http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/19/norway-denmark-finland-business-washington-world-happiest-countries_4.html
“Lacking: the U.S. scored just 62nd in feeling "well rested." Compare that with China, which ranked 12th in being well rested.”
Tax Justice Network Blog
Why tax havens cause poverty.
http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/
“With 25 million Americans looking for fulltime work, and nearly one in six Americans relying on federal food assistance, some of America's most flush corporations are demanding a "one-time" corporate tax holiday on their more than $1.4 trillion in profits now sitting offshore.”
Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works
Palan, Ronen; Murphy, Richard; Chavagneaux, Christian
Widely acclaimed report on tax havens, banking secrecy jurisdictions, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Havens-Globalization-Cornell-Studies/dp/0801476127/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317858538&sr=1-5
1) Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1996-2000
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGNlOWMxMzItMjIzNy00MDA1LWJjZTYtMTExNDMxMTBhYjhj&hl=en_US
2) Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGJjMTU3NDAtOTI1OS00YjlmLTg0OTYtOTZiYTIwMjRhN2Mw&hl=en_US
A pair of GAO reports detailing a survey of the effective rates of corporate taxation and found that 60% of corporations reported NO taxable income. These are not S-corporations (pass through entities), but C corporations, like those listed on the Wall Street exchanges. Think GE and Exxon/Mobil.
The L-Curve: Tour of the US Income Distribution Graphs and numbers describing income and wealth distribution across America’s population. A lot of the data is now out of date (from the late 90’s early 2000’s), but that’s because the wealth gap is even more extreme than it was only 10 years ago.
The Crisis of Credit, Visualized, an 11 minutes video describing the mechanism of the crash.
Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics "Documentary featuring Tom Ferguson, Noam Chomsky and other prominent thinkers, on how money rules politics."
Legal Personhood and the Nonhuman Rights Project (pdf) Steven M. Wise, 2010. Provides a decent overview of what exactly legal personhood is and why it matters.
Citizens United v. FEC Full text of the 2010 SCOTUS opinion
BOOKS
Real Leadership: Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges (2005), by Dean Williams
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1999), by Jared Diamond
The Ecology of Commerce (revised 2010), and Blessed Unrest (2008), by Paul Hawken
Ishmael (1995), by Daniel Quinn
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001), by Barbara Ehrenreich
New afterword by Ehrenreich, 10 years later: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175428/
Methland by Nick Reding. Review.
Do It Anyway by Courtney Martin. Review.
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Review.
On Dialogue and Thought as a System by David Bohm
Winner Take All Politics (2010) by Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson
The Divine Right of Capital (2003) by Marjorie Kelly
The Shock Doctrine (2007) by Naomi Klein
Economic Justice for All (1986, 10th anniversary ed. 1997) by US Catholic Council of Bishops
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, The full text of Adam Smith’s work
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Another Adam Smith full text
ECONOMIC POSSIBILITY HERE AND NOW
"I decided I didn't want to wake up in the morning fighting capitalism anymore. I wanted to wake up thinking about how to create something new."
-Julie Graham
Gibson-Graham, J.K. 2006. A Post-Capitalist Politics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Miller, Ethan. Oct. 2011. Occupy. Connect. Create: Imagining Life Beyond “The Economy.” Pamphlet
www.communityeconomies.org
“The Take.” 2004. A documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein. Argentine workers take over factories and make them into co-operatives after an economic crisis.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative -in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Valley Alliance for Worker Co-ops -in Western Massachusetts
THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT: FORMATION, IDEOLOGIES
Direct press coverage of Occupy Boston is already tracked here: http://occupyboston.com/press
Occupy Bucharest Manifesto
http://occupybucharest.com/
Don’t be put off by the anti-capitalist tone in the beginning. Keep reading, it’s wonderful, even if you don’t agree with all of it.
“The full framework of understanding required for inter-disciplinary action is never given – the mere existence of people completely segregated into disciplines suggests that even the framework for wanting to solve problems rarely exists.”
“There are no clean-cut demands to be made, because there isn’t a system currently capable of enacting them.”
“While broadscale economic reform needs to happen, it’s much more important to simply stop the massive destruction of value, immediately – with no more bailouts followed by seizing of property, both on a personal scale, with home foreclosures and massive job loss, and on a national scale, with sale of historical and social assets, as is happening in Greece.”
Occupy Wall Street Is Starting To Alter The Media Narrative
Huffington Post, 10/19/11
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-media-coverage_n_1019836.html
Ambiguous UpSparkles From the Heart of the Park (Mic Check/Occupy Wall Street) Eve Ensler, Huffington Post, 10/10/2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/ambiguous-upsparkles-from_b_1003908.html
“In a culture obsessed with product, the process of creation is almost unbearable. Nothing is more threatening than the moment, the living breathing ambiguity of now. We have been trained to name things, own things, brand things and in doing so control and consume them. Well, the genius of Occupy Wall Street is that so far it is not brandable and that's what makes its potential so daunting, so far reaching, so inclusive, and so dangerous. It cannot be defined and so it cannot be sold, as a sound bite or a political party or even a thing. It can't be summed up and dismissed.”
God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement
By ANTHEA BUTLER, ELIZABETH DRESCHER, PETER LAARMAN, SARAH POSNERAND NATHAN SCHNEIDER 10/16/11
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5268/god_dissolves_into_the_occupy_movement
America’s Primal Scream
Nicholas Kristof, 10/15/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/kristof-americas-primal-scream.html
“Inequality is also a cancer on our national well-being.”
Interviews with people at Occupy Boston
http://www.occupybostonvoices.com/
‘Occupy Wall Street,’ a primer
Ezra Klein 10/03/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/occupy-wall-street-a-primer/2011/08/25/gIQAbX7oHL_blog.html
Meet Four Middle-Class Americans Who've Been Politicized by #OccupyWallStreet
Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones 10/9/11
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-middle-class
What #OccupyMiami learned from #OccupyBoston learned from #OccupyWallStreet
by Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix, 10/2/11
http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/10/02/what-occupymiami-learned-from-occupyboston-learned-from-occupywallstreet.aspx#ixzz1ZgOe47O3
#OccupyBoston is Coming. Expect Us.
Jason Pramas for Open Media Boston
http://openmediaboston.org/node/2004
We are the 99 Percent
Lots of people, telling their own stories of financial struggle
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/
The Metamovement
Umair Haque, 10/1/2011
http://www.umairhaque.com/2011/10/metamovement.html
“it's not just about inequality--but the deeper failure of institutions.” Follow @umairh on Twitter - he’s got great thinking about what a good capitalism and good society could be.
#OccupyWallStreet Is a Church of Dissent, Not a Protest
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/matt-stoller-occupywallstreet-is-a-church-of-dissent-not-a-protest.html
#OccupyWallStreet: There's Something Happening Here, Mr. Jones
Micah Sifry, TechPresident
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/occupywallstreet-theres-something-happening-here-mr-jones
#OccupyWallSt, Then #OccupyKSt, Then #OccupyMainSt
Larry Lessig
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/occupywallst-then-occupyk_b_995547.html
#OCCUPY: NEWS, CRITICISM, COMMENTARY
Occupy Writers
Impressive list of writers who support the Occupy movements
http://occupywriters.com
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/25/neil_gaiman_gloria_steinem_and_other_writers_on_occupy_wall_stre.html
Brilliant: US marine takes on NYPD #OWS
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2011/10/18/amazing-video-of-us-marine-taking-on-nypd/
Here are our talking points vs. amped up cops. Except you probably should be huge, and a Marine, to try it.
In Private, Wall St. Bankers Dismiss Protesters as Unsophisticated
New York Times, 10/14/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/business/in-private-conversation-wall-street-is-more-critical-of-protesters.html
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Hit bankers where it hurts
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 10/12/11
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/my-advice-to-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-20111012
“The time is rapidly approaching when the movement is going to have to offer concrete solutions to the problems posed by Wall Street. To do that, it will need a short but powerful list of demands. There are thousands one could make, but I'd suggest focusing on five:” (Read on)
Bill McKibben Links Climate Change to Corruption in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech (Video)
Treehugger, 10/9/11
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/bill-mckibben-climate-coruption-corporation-occupy-wall-street-washington-square-park-speech.php
Who Really Owns The NYPD? Turns Out It's Not Such A Rhetorical Question
Susie Madrak, Crooks and Liars
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/who-really-owns-nypd-turns-out-its-no
Quote and Comment - Jay Rosen
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/
NYU professor Jay Rosen’s insights into media coverage and other happenings in the Occupy movements
Listen to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, for Huffington Post, 10/10/2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mohamed-a-elerian/occupy-wall-street-_b_1004222.html
Panic of the Plutocrats
Paul Krugman, NY Times, 10/10/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html
'Occupy Wall Street': A media blackout?
Al Jazeera’s Listening Post blog, 10/8/2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2011/10/201110875949746728.html
Confronting the Malefactors
Thomas Friedman, NY Times, 10/7/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html
Three clear points: “In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through reckless lending. In the second act, the bubbles burst — but bankers were bailed out by taxpayers, with remarkably few strings attached, even as ordinary workers continued to suffer the consequences of the bankers’ sins. And, in the third act, bankers showed their gratitude by turning on the people who had saved them, throwing their support — and the wealth they still possessed thanks to the bailouts — behind politicians who promised to keep their taxes low and dismantle the mild regulations erected in the aftermath of the crisis.
Given this history, how can you not applaud the protesters for finally taking a stand?”
Parks and Demonstration
Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, 10/5/2011
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration
Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it
Douglas Rushkoff, 10/5/2011
http://www.rushkoff.com/blog/2011/10/5/think-occupy-wall-st-is-a-phase-you-dont-get-it.html
Thanks to students and unions, #OccupyBoston is growing. It's also dividing.
by Carly Carioli 10/5/11 http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/10/05/thanks-to-students-and-unions-occupyboston-is-growing-it-s-also-dividing.aspx#ixzz1a0PD7TOb
Erin Burnett is Vapid; Occupy Wall Street matters
by Eric Jackson 10/6/11
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/10/05/erin-burnett-is-vapid-occupy-wall-street-matters/
Can the #Occupy Movement Be a Turning Point?
Doyle Canning - Yes! Magazine (October 3, 2011)
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/can-the-occupy-movement-be-a-turning-point
“As the Wall Street occupation continues, Boston residents are sitting in to save their homes—and providing a lesson in how to sustain the powerful spark of the #Occupy movement.”
The Bankers and The Revolutionaries
Nicholas Kristoff, 10/2/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-the-bankers-and-the-revolutionaries.html
#OccupyWallStreet and the Failure of Institutions
BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis, 10/3/2011
http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/10/03/occupywallstreet-the-failure-of-institutions/
The Wall Street Take on Occupy Wall St.
WNYC 10/4/11
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2011/oct/04/wall-street-take-occupy-wall-street/
What Arab Bloggers Make of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest
by PRI’s The World 10/3/11
http://www.theworld.org/2011/10/arab-bloggers-occupy-wall-street/
Moving in on Boston
by Patrick Tracey, 10/1/11
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/01/occupyboston/singleton/
Global Revolution? The Occupy Movement Spreads around the World
By Jo Harrington, 10/1/11
http://www.suite101.com/news/global-revolution-the-occupy-movement-spreads-around-the-world-a391043
Video: Cornel West at OccupyWallSt GA
http://youtu.be/H31XN8zgXlI
What’s behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests?
Glenn Greenwald, Salon 9/28/11
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/28/protests_21/singleton/
“Does anyone really not know what the basic message is of this protest: that Wall Street is oozing corruption and criminality and its unrestrained political power — in the form of crony capitalism and ownership of political institutions — is destroying financial security for everyone else?”
Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination
The Guardian, 9/25/2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/25/occupy-wall-street-protest
Why NPR won’t give air time to the Occupy Wall Street protests in lower Manhattan.
Jay Rosen, 9/27/2011
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/post/10727380765/why-npr-wont-give-air-time-to-the-occupy-wall
LEGAL + MEDIA + ORGANIZING RESOURCES
Occupy Design
http://occupydesign.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyDesign
Graphics for signs and other graphic needs that anyone can print and use
Legal Resources for Journalists Covering Protests
notebook by JC Stearns
http://jcstearns.posterous.com/legal-resources-for-journalists-covering-prot
A Citizen's Guide to Reporting on #OccupyWallStreet
Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard
http://bit.ly/r410KC
ACLU Pocket Guide for what to do if you’re stopped by police/arrested
http://t.co/W02zu2s9 (pdf)
Anyone Can Edit!
Please add articles, blog posts, videos, any linkable media that offer evidence for our discontent, articulate our “demands” and frustrations in useful ways, and help us form our personal talking points.
The goal is a growing list of links that people can easily read through, get informed, and share with others (including other Occupy movements). So please keep your annotations brief, and take your longer comments to the source websites/blogs.
The short link for this page is http://tinyurl.com/occupyboston. It’s also posted here: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Main_Page and http://occupywiki.info
Document Sections (so far)
- Websites and Social Networking
- Backgrounders and News on Economy, Politics, Corruption, Corporations, Housing, (Un)Employment
- Books
- Economic Possibility, Here and Now
- The Occupy Movement: Formation and Ideologies
- Occupy: News, Criticism, Commentary
- Legal + Media + Organizing Resources
WEBSITES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Not meant to be an exhaustive list; find more at the official site: http://occupyboston.com/
Occupies everywhere
http://occupationalist.org
Occupy Boston on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/OccupyBoston/
Occupy Boston on Foursquare
Check-in, leave tips and upload photos.
https://foursquare.com/v/occupyboston/4e864b86469035fb8bfcc92f
Ask Metafilter Questions
Basic information and links to detailed articles, documentaries, etc from users
http://ask.metafilter.com/197543/Help-me-help-occupywallstreet
Notable Twitter Accounts
- @Occupy_Boston
- @OccupyBOS_Media
- @StudentsOccupy
- @OccupyBosReddit
- #OccupyBoston (hashtag, not account)
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyBoston
http://www.facebook.com/classwarfareexists?sk=wall (good reading list)
Occupy Boston in a few other places
http://occupyboston.tumblr.com/
http://www.occupybostonvoices.com/
http://occupygeorge.com/ Dollar hacking for the 99%
BACKGROUNDERS AND NEWS ON ECONOMY, POLITICS, CORRUPTION, CORPORATIONS, HOUSING, (UN)EMPLOYMENT
The Koch Brothers
People & Power asks if the tycoon duo's fortune could put the radical right into the White House.
Al Jazeera, 11/1/11
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/10/2011102683719370179.html
It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style
by William Greidner, Nov. 2011 ed. of The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/164216/its-time-debt-forgiveness-american-style#comment-895061
A serious treatment of a big idea
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Earth
by Chip Ward, 10/27/2011
http://www.grist.org/pollution/2011-10-27-from-occupy-wall-street-to-occupy-earth
Lucidly highlights the connection btwn corporate power, ecological degradation, and social injustice.
What does the Bonus Army tell us About Occupy Wall Street?
The Awl, 10/25/2011
http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/what-does-the-bonus-army-tell-us-about-occupy-wall-street
Really interesting comparisons about the occupation of DC in 1932.
Now, Let Me Tell You What They’re Talking About
fmr. Rep. Alan Grayson takes on PJ O’Rourke
http://openmobile.tumblr.com/post/11316915307/this-is-off-topic-from-mobile-politics-but-holy
Prosecuting Financial Titans
On Point, 10/18/2011
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/10/18/prosecuting-wall-street
Excellent, clear discussion that starts on the premise, ‘Ok, they’re guilty, why aren’t they in prison yet?’
Chart of the Day: These are the 47 Percent
by Brian Beutler 10/14/11
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/chart-of-the-day-these-are-the-47-percent.php
Could This Time Have Been Different?
Ezra Klein, Washington Post, 10/8/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html
SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals
10/4/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Db_P0wHsSz0#
Group Pushes for Corporate Tax Holiday
NPR, 10/4/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/04/141054578/group-pushes-for-corporate-tax-holiday
5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans
by ThinkProgress / Zaid Jilani, 10/4/11
http://www.alternet.org/economy/152601/5_facts_you_should_know_about_the_wealthiest_one_percent_of_americans
The Reign of the One Percenters
Orion Magazine 9-10/2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6470
Author’s postscript/response to Occupy Wall Street: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6518
Good capitalism does exist. And it's more crucial now than ever
Will Hutton, The Guardian Observer, 10/1/2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism
The Truth About “Class War” in America
Richard D. Wolff, September 28, 2011
http://www.zcommunications.org/the-truth-about-class-war-in-america-by-richard-d-wolff
The Curse of Tina
Adam Curtis, September 13th, 2011
Blog post on the creation and proliferation of neoliberal think tanks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html
Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 8/24/11
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-goes-all-out-for-dirty-banker-deal-20110824
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans
Bloomberg, 8/21/11
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html
Dylan Ratigan’s Mad As Hell Moment
MSNBC, 8/2011
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/dylan-ratigans-mad-as-hell-moment.html
This is the face of the 99%:
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/post/11123158326/im-fortunate-to-be-working-this-year-but-in
Fareed's Take: How to fix America's jobs crisis
Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 6/5/2011
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/fareeds-take-how-to-fix-americas-jobs-crisis
Zakaria is trying to support the 99% but he can do more - reference the Global Public Square Blog. I would like to see the OccupyBoston movement influence the media and stop the blackout -- compel CNN to talk about what the bloggers are actually saying. People, the 99% are blogging about these issues and not being heard. CNN must expose all corporations laying off massive numbers of Americans while CEOs still get their bonuses.
CALL TO ACTION - click CNN blog (link above) to express your support
Debt Crisis Hangs Over Washington Politics
NPR’s Mara Liasson reports on a gathering of just 40 “Tea Party patriots”, 4/29/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829375/debt-crisis-hangs-over-washington-politics
Biggest Fish Face Little Risk of Being Caught
New York Times, 2/25/11
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/business/economy/26nocera.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Inside Job
http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
Academy Award winning documentary about the financial crisis.
Michael Lewis Drops Some Wisdom on Wall Street
Columbia Journalism Review 3/15/2010
http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/michael_lewis_drops_some_wisdo.php
The Quiet Coup
The Atlantic 5/2009
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/7364/
“A whole generation of policy makers has been mesmerized by Wall Street, always and utterly convinced that whatever the banks said was true.”
How Washington's Bailout Will Boost Wall Street Bonuses
Time, 10/27/08
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1853846,00.html#ixzz1ZgCSAOVZ
The Giant Pool of Money, and Return to the Giant Pool of Money
This American Life and NPR’s Planet Money, 5/9/2008 and 9/25/2009
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/return-to-the-giant-pool-of-money
Additionally, Planet Money’s blog - this podcast, begun in September of 2008, offers a comprehensive explanation of how our economic system works.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
A global assessment of wealth and wellbeing
http://www.prosperity.com/country.aspx?id=US
As if we didn’t already know that our financial institutions don’t exude confidence and are making us the 99% unhappy...now there is quantitative research to prove it - see this article and the next few below. “US Economy Ranked 14th: The US economy is strong with high living standards, but confidence in American financial institutions remains low.”
The World's Happiest Countries
http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/19/norway-denmark-finland-business-washington-world-happiest-countries.html
Christopher Helman, 01.19.11
“Most of the nations atop our list are democratic, business-friendly and boast strong social safety nets.”
Do Americans Work Hard? Yes, they do...
http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/19/norway-denmark-finland-business-washington-world-happiest-countries_4.html
“Lacking: the U.S. scored just 62nd in feeling "well rested." Compare that with China, which ranked 12th in being well rested.”
Tax Justice Network Blog
Why tax havens cause poverty.
http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/
“With 25 million Americans looking for fulltime work, and nearly one in six Americans relying on federal food assistance, some of America's most flush corporations are demanding a "one-time" corporate tax holiday on their more than $1.4 trillion in profits now sitting offshore.”
Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works
Palan, Ronen; Murphy, Richard; Chavagneaux, Christian
Widely acclaimed report on tax havens, banking secrecy jurisdictions, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Havens-Globalization-Cornell-Studies/dp/0801476127/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317858538&sr=1-5
1) Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1996-2000
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGNlOWMxMzItMjIzNy00MDA1LWJjZTYtMTExNDMxMTBhYjhj&hl=en_US
2) Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGJjMTU3NDAtOTI1OS00YjlmLTg0OTYtOTZiYTIwMjRhN2Mw&hl=en_US
A pair of GAO reports detailing a survey of the effective rates of corporate taxation and found that 60% of corporations reported NO taxable income. These are not S-corporations (pass through entities), but C corporations, like those listed on the Wall Street exchanges. Think GE and Exxon/Mobil.
The L-Curve: Tour of the US Income Distribution Graphs and numbers describing income and wealth distribution across America’s population. A lot of the data is now out of date (from the late 90’s early 2000’s), but that’s because the wealth gap is even more extreme than it was only 10 years ago.
The Crisis of Credit, Visualized, an 11 minutes video describing the mechanism of the crash.
Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics "Documentary featuring Tom Ferguson, Noam Chomsky and other prominent thinkers, on how money rules politics."
Legal Personhood and the Nonhuman Rights Project (pdf) Steven M. Wise, 2010. Provides a decent overview of what exactly legal personhood is and why it matters.
Citizens United v. FEC Full text of the 2010 SCOTUS opinion
BOOKS
Real Leadership: Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges (2005), by Dean Williams
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1999), by Jared Diamond
The Ecology of Commerce (revised 2010), and Blessed Unrest (2008), by Paul Hawken
Ishmael (1995), by Daniel Quinn
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001), by Barbara Ehrenreich
New afterword by Ehrenreich, 10 years later: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175428/
Methland by Nick Reding. Review.
Do It Anyway by Courtney Martin. Review.
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Review.
On Dialogue and Thought as a System by David Bohm
Winner Take All Politics (2010) by Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson
The Divine Right of Capital (2003) by Marjorie Kelly
The Shock Doctrine (2007) by Naomi Klein
Economic Justice for All (1986, 10th anniversary ed. 1997) by US Catholic Council of Bishops
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, The full text of Adam Smith’s work
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Another Adam Smith full text
ECONOMIC POSSIBILITY HERE AND NOW
"I decided I didn't want to wake up in the morning fighting capitalism anymore. I wanted to wake up thinking about how to create something new."
-Julie Graham
Gibson-Graham, J.K. 2006. A Post-Capitalist Politics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Miller, Ethan. Oct. 2011. Occupy. Connect. Create: Imagining Life Beyond “The Economy.” Pamphlet
www.communityeconomies.org
“The Take.” 2004. A documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein. Argentine workers take over factories and make them into co-operatives after an economic crisis.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative -in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Valley Alliance for Worker Co-ops -in Western Massachusetts
THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT: FORMATION, IDEOLOGIES
Direct press coverage of Occupy Boston is already tracked here: http://occupyboston.com/press
Occupy Bucharest Manifesto
http://occupybucharest.com/
Don’t be put off by the anti-capitalist tone in the beginning. Keep reading, it’s wonderful, even if you don’t agree with all of it.
“The full framework of understanding required for inter-disciplinary action is never given – the mere existence of people completely segregated into disciplines suggests that even the framework for wanting to solve problems rarely exists.”
“There are no clean-cut demands to be made, because there isn’t a system currently capable of enacting them.”
“While broadscale economic reform needs to happen, it’s much more important to simply stop the massive destruction of value, immediately – with no more bailouts followed by seizing of property, both on a personal scale, with home foreclosures and massive job loss, and on a national scale, with sale of historical and social assets, as is happening in Greece.”
Occupy Wall Street Is Starting To Alter The Media Narrative
Huffington Post, 10/19/11
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-media-coverage_n_1019836.html
Ambiguous UpSparkles From the Heart of the Park (Mic Check/Occupy Wall Street) Eve Ensler, Huffington Post, 10/10/2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/ambiguous-upsparkles-from_b_1003908.html
“In a culture obsessed with product, the process of creation is almost unbearable. Nothing is more threatening than the moment, the living breathing ambiguity of now. We have been trained to name things, own things, brand things and in doing so control and consume them. Well, the genius of Occupy Wall Street is that so far it is not brandable and that's what makes its potential so daunting, so far reaching, so inclusive, and so dangerous. It cannot be defined and so it cannot be sold, as a sound bite or a political party or even a thing. It can't be summed up and dismissed.”
God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement
By ANTHEA BUTLER, ELIZABETH DRESCHER, PETER LAARMAN, SARAH POSNERAND NATHAN SCHNEIDER 10/16/11
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5268/god_dissolves_into_the_occupy_movement
America’s Primal Scream
Nicholas Kristof, 10/15/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/kristof-americas-primal-scream.html
“Inequality is also a cancer on our national well-being.”
Interviews with people at Occupy Boston
http://www.occupybostonvoices.com/
‘Occupy Wall Street,’ a primer
Ezra Klein 10/03/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/occupy-wall-street-a-primer/2011/08/25/gIQAbX7oHL_blog.html
Meet Four Middle-Class Americans Who've Been Politicized by #OccupyWallStreet
Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones 10/9/11
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-middle-class
What #OccupyMiami learned from #OccupyBoston learned from #OccupyWallStreet
by Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix, 10/2/11
http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/10/02/what-occupymiami-learned-from-occupyboston-learned-from-occupywallstreet.aspx#ixzz1ZgOe47O3
#OccupyBoston is Coming. Expect Us.
Jason Pramas for Open Media Boston
http://openmediaboston.org/node/2004
We are the 99 Percent
Lots of people, telling their own stories of financial struggle
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/
The Metamovement
Umair Haque, 10/1/2011
http://www.umairhaque.com/2011/10/metamovement.html
“it's not just about inequality--but the deeper failure of institutions.” Follow @umairh on Twitter - he’s got great thinking about what a good capitalism and good society could be.
#OccupyWallStreet Is a Church of Dissent, Not a Protest
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/matt-stoller-occupywallstreet-is-a-church-of-dissent-not-a-protest.html
#OccupyWallStreet: There's Something Happening Here, Mr. Jones
Micah Sifry, TechPresident
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/occupywallstreet-theres-something-happening-here-mr-jones
#OccupyWallSt, Then #OccupyKSt, Then #OccupyMainSt
Larry Lessig
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/occupywallst-then-occupyk_b_995547.html
#OCCUPY: NEWS, CRITICISM, COMMENTARY
Occupy Writers
Impressive list of writers who support the Occupy movements
http://occupywriters.com
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/25/neil_gaiman_gloria_steinem_and_other_writers_on_occupy_wall_stre.html
Wealth, Income, and Power
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
by Sociology Professor G. William Domhoff, University of Santa Cruz
This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, with tables and charts containing wealth statistics on the 1%, 9%, 80% of wealth owners. It also explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators and provides links that study power, describe Theories of Power, power at the local level, social cohesion and social change.Brilliant: US marine takes on NYPD #OWS
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2011/10/18/amazing-video-of-us-marine-taking-on-nypd/
Here are our talking points vs. amped up cops. Except you probably should be huge, and a Marine, to try it.
In Private, Wall St. Bankers Dismiss Protesters as Unsophisticated
New York Times, 10/14/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/business/in-private-conversation-wall-street-is-more-critical-of-protesters.html
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Hit bankers where it hurts
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 10/12/11
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/my-advice-to-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-20111012
“The time is rapidly approaching when the movement is going to have to offer concrete solutions to the problems posed by Wall Street. To do that, it will need a short but powerful list of demands. There are thousands one could make, but I'd suggest focusing on five:” (Read on)
Bill McKibben Links Climate Change to Corruption in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech (Video)
Treehugger, 10/9/11
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/bill-mckibben-climate-coruption-corporation-occupy-wall-street-washington-square-park-speech.php
Who Really Owns The NYPD? Turns Out It's Not Such A Rhetorical Question
Susie Madrak, Crooks and Liars
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/who-really-owns-nypd-turns-out-its-no
Quote and Comment - Jay Rosen
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/
NYU professor Jay Rosen’s insights into media coverage and other happenings in the Occupy movements
Listen to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, for Huffington Post, 10/10/2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mohamed-a-elerian/occupy-wall-street-_b_1004222.html
Panic of the Plutocrats
Paul Krugman, NY Times, 10/10/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html
'Occupy Wall Street': A media blackout?
Al Jazeera’s Listening Post blog, 10/8/2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2011/10/201110875949746728.html
Confronting the Malefactors
Thomas Friedman, NY Times, 10/7/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html
Three clear points: “In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through reckless lending. In the second act, the bubbles burst — but bankers were bailed out by taxpayers, with remarkably few strings attached, even as ordinary workers continued to suffer the consequences of the bankers’ sins. And, in the third act, bankers showed their gratitude by turning on the people who had saved them, throwing their support — and the wealth they still possessed thanks to the bailouts — behind politicians who promised to keep their taxes low and dismantle the mild regulations erected in the aftermath of the crisis.
Given this history, how can you not applaud the protesters for finally taking a stand?”
Parks and Demonstration
Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, 10/5/2011
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration
Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it
Douglas Rushkoff, 10/5/2011
http://www.rushkoff.com/blog/2011/10/5/think-occupy-wall-st-is-a-phase-you-dont-get-it.html
Thanks to students and unions, #OccupyBoston is growing. It's also dividing.
by Carly Carioli 10/5/11 http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/10/05/thanks-to-students-and-unions-occupyboston-is-growing-it-s-also-dividing.aspx#ixzz1a0PD7TOb
Erin Burnett is Vapid; Occupy Wall Street matters
by Eric Jackson 10/6/11
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/10/05/erin-burnett-is-vapid-occupy-wall-street-matters/
Can the #Occupy Movement Be a Turning Point?
Doyle Canning - Yes! Magazine (October 3, 2011)
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/can-the-occupy-movement-be-a-turning-point
“As the Wall Street occupation continues, Boston residents are sitting in to save their homes—and providing a lesson in how to sustain the powerful spark of the #Occupy movement.”
The Bankers and The Revolutionaries
Nicholas Kristoff, 10/2/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-the-bankers-and-the-revolutionaries.html
#OccupyWallStreet and the Failure of Institutions
BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis, 10/3/2011
http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/10/03/occupywallstreet-the-failure-of-institutions/
The Wall Street Take on Occupy Wall St.
WNYC 10/4/11
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2011/oct/04/wall-street-take-occupy-wall-street/
What Arab Bloggers Make of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest
by PRI’s The World 10/3/11
http://www.theworld.org/2011/10/arab-bloggers-occupy-wall-street/
Moving in on Boston
by Patrick Tracey, 10/1/11
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/01/occupyboston/singleton/
Global Revolution? The Occupy Movement Spreads around the World
By Jo Harrington, 10/1/11
http://www.suite101.com/news/global-revolution-the-occupy-movement-spreads-around-the-world-a391043
Video: Cornel West at OccupyWallSt GA
http://youtu.be/H31XN8zgXlI
What’s behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests?
Glenn Greenwald, Salon 9/28/11
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/28/protests_21/singleton/
“Does anyone really not know what the basic message is of this protest: that Wall Street is oozing corruption and criminality and its unrestrained political power — in the form of crony capitalism and ownership of political institutions — is destroying financial security for everyone else?”
Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination
The Guardian, 9/25/2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/25/occupy-wall-street-protest
Why NPR won’t give air time to the Occupy Wall Street protests in lower Manhattan.
Jay Rosen, 9/27/2011
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/post/10727380765/why-npr-wont-give-air-time-to-the-occupy-wall
LEGAL + MEDIA + ORGANIZING RESOURCES
Occupy Design
http://occupydesign.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyDesign
Graphics for signs and other graphic needs that anyone can print and use
Legal Resources for Journalists Covering Protests
notebook by JC Stearns
http://jcstearns.posterous.com/legal-resources-for-journalists-covering-prot
A Citizen's Guide to Reporting on #OccupyWallStreet
Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard
http://bit.ly/r410KC
ACLU Pocket Guide for what to do if you’re stopped by police/arrested
http://t.co/W02zu2s9 (pdf)
Education
From wiki.occupyboston.org
This is for GENERAL READING AND EDUCATION...to both help folks get up to speed on the issues, or to store reference writings/data/documentation for the issues/visioning/policy groups to refer to in their posts. Also refer (and contribute!) to the Occupy Boston Crowdsourced Reading List.
Back to main [Issues] page.
[edit] Info and News about Money, Politics, Corruption, Corporations, Housing, (Un)employment, and the Economy
[edit] Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. - by Andy Coghlan and Debora MacKenzie New Scientist: http://bit.ly/qWB5sm Updated 13:15 24 October 2011,
"Anonymous" Inspiration
The plan
Charts/Numbers Framing "the Issue"
what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about
This is the face of the 99%
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.comn wearethe99percent
Why Occupy Communities Have Libraries
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892578-264/why_the_occupy_wall_street.html.csp
Chart of the Day: These are the 47 Percent
Brian Beutler
Talking Points Memo
10/14/11
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/chart-of-the-day-these-are-the-47-percent.php
Could This Time Have Been Different?
Ezra Klein
Washington Post
10/8/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html
SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals
10/4/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Db_P0wHsSz0#
Group Pushes for Corporate Tax Holiday
NPR
10/4/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/04/141054578/group-pushes-for-corporate-tax-holiday
5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans
Zaid Jilani
ThinkProgress
10/4/11
http://www.alternet.org/economy/152601/5_facts_you_should_know_about_the_wealthiest_one_percent_of_americans
The Reign of the One Percenters
Orion Magazine
9/10/2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6470
Author’s postscript/response to Occupy Wall Street:http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6518
Good capitalism does exist. And it's more crucial now than ever
Will Hutton
The Guardian Observer
10/1/2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism
The Truth About “Class War” in America
Richard D. Wolff
9/28/2011
http://www.zcommunications.org/the-truth-about-class-war-in-america-by-richard-d-wolff
The Curse of Tina
Adam Curtis
BBC's Adam Curtis Blog
9/13/2011
Blog post on the creation and proliferation of neoliberal think tanks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html
Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal
Matt Taibbi
Rolling Stone
8/24/11
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-goes-all-out-for-dirty-banker-deal-20110824
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans
Bloomberg
8/21/11
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html
Dylan Ratigan’s Mad As Hell Moment
MSNBC
8/2011
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/dylan-ratigans-mad-as-hell-moment.html
How to fix America's jobs crisis
Fareed Zakaria
CNN
6/5/2011
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/fareeds-take-how-to-fix-americas-jobs-crisis
Debt Crisis Hangs Over Washington Politics
Mara Liasson
NPR
4/29/11
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829375/debt-crisis-hangs-over-washington-politics
Michael Lewis Drops Some Wisdom on Wall Street
Michael Lewis
Columbia Journalism Review
3/15/2010
http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/michael_lewis_drops_some_wisdo.php
The Quiet Coup
Simon Johnson
The Atlantic
5/2009
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/7364/
How Washington's Bailout Will Boost Wall Street Bonuses
Stephen Gandel
Time
10/27/2008
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1853846,00.html#ixzz1ZgCSAOVZ
The Giant Pool of Money
This American Life and NPR's Planet Money
5/9/2008
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money
Return to the Giant Pool of Money
This American Life and NPR’s Planet Money
9/25/2009
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/return-to-the-giant-pool-of-money
Planet Money’s blog
NPR
September 2008 - present
Comprehensive explanation of how our economic system works.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
Thinking About Empowered Participatory Democracy
Erik Olin Wright and Archon Fung
2003
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/Published%20writing/DD-1.pdf
Envisioning Real Utopias
Erik Olin Wright
2009
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/ERU.htm
A global assessment of wealth and wellbeing
http://www.prosperity.com/country.aspx?id=US
Why tax havens cause poverty
http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/
Widely acclaimed report on tax havens, banking secrecy jurisdictions, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Havens-Globalization-Cornell-Studies/dp/0801476127/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317858538&sr=1-5
Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1996-2000
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGNlOWMxMzItMjIzNy00MDA1LWJjZTYtMTExNDMxMTBhYjhj&hl=en_US
Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGJjMTU3NDAtOTI1OS00YjlmLTg0OTYtOTZiYTIwMjRhN2Mw&hl=en_US
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