Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Building Positive Alternatives, Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, Featured, Human Rights, Occupy Our Elections...Elect Democracy, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 27th June, 2012 | 2 Comments
This July 3-4, choose ONE THING you DON’T LIKE and #DeclareIndependence from it!
I chose to #DeclareIndependence from rule by Wall Street. What about you?
Just post on Facebook or Twitter. It takes 30 seconds and makes Independence Day about more than fireworks or a car sale.
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in World News & Events on 2nd February, 2012 | No Comments
The images of street battles and arrests at the Occupy Move In Day in Oakland on Saturday have garnered national attention. Unfortunately, much of the reporting by mainstream corporate media has been incomplete and inaccurate, misrepresenting the intentions behind the march and distorting the sequence of events that led to the mass arrests. What started as an attempt to reclaim an abandoned space (the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center) and repurpose it for human needs by converting it into a social center was met with intense police aggression resulting in injuries to peaceful protestors, with nearly 400 hundred arrests by the end of the day.
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Posted by Admin in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 23rd January, 2012 | No Comments
The following is a guest post by Rae Abileah with contributing writers Sharon Shay Sloan and Eva Lyons. An uplifting and timely read, especially for those who’ve been following our various Occupy Wall Street West posts. — A day of hard rain and wind could not dampen the spirits of activists representing the 99% as »
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 19th January, 2012 | No Comments
The Occupiers have, and continue to, expose corporate greed and demand an end to the overwhelming influence that money has in our systems – economic, political and even social. If we can remain united (truly citizens united) in this global revolution it is we — the 99% — that are too big to fail.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events on 21st December, 2011 | 1 Comment
As we ring in 2012, let the revolution begin! From Tunisia to New York, from Spain and Greece to Oakland and ‘Occupies’ everywhere, people have taken to the streets to reclaim what is rightfully ours. Here are some highlights from this memorable year 2011.
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Posted by Admin in Community Rights, Featured, Mexico, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 23rd November, 2011 | No Comments
There is a lot to be thankful for in 2011. We here at Global Exchange offer gratitude to all those who have stood up to resist injustice, envision alternatives and take action. Here’s who we are thankful for.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, World News & Events on 17th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
This post was originally sent to our News and Action e-mail list. Be the first to get the latest news and alerts from Global Exchange by signing up to our e-mail lists. Our rising voices are being heard! The Mass Day of Action called this week from #OWS is happening, thousands are on the streets today to say enough is »
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 1st November, 2011 | No Comments
We were asked to speak and share stories from the frontlines of the grassroots movement for community and nature’s rights. But within me was also a keen desire to be a part of the conversation happening on Wall Street that has inspired Occupy Everywhere: Will history remember Zuccotti Park as a landmark location and this a defining moment we took an evolutionary step forward for democracy and system change?
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events on 27th October, 2011 | 4 Comments
On October 26 I spent a chilly and drizzly day on Wall Street along with my fellow community-rights organizer, Ben Price from CELDF. We had been asked to share our experiences with those occupying Liberty Plaza. Together we spoke on the steps in the now-famous style of ‘the People’s Mic’, an altogether exhilarating experience.
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Posted by Admin in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 20th October, 2011 | 2 Comments
CODEPINK’s Alli McCracken guest blogs: On the morning of October 13th about 25 activists who are occupying Washington DC, as part of the nationwide occupations, went on a field trip to Congress. We wanted to attend the House Armed Services Committee hearing where Leon Panetta, the Secretary of Defense.
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