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On Saturday, February 2nd, Strike Debt Bay Area held Oakland’s first Debtors’ Assembly.   As individuals, families, and communities, most of us are drowning in debt for the basic things we need to live, including housing, education, and health care. Even those of us who do not have personal debt...

From February 1st to the 3rd people from across the grassroots community–organizers, volunteers, activists and storm-impacted residents–will...

Days before the third anniversary of the Citizens United v. SEC Supreme Court case ruling, Occupy Wall Street organized an extravagant piece of political...

On November 8th 1986 Aaron Swartz was introduced to the world as we all were. He was indeed, a beautiful gift to his parents and a new brother to humankind....

On Monday, December 31st, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post reported that weapons and high explosive powder were found in the home of a Greenwich Village...

Last week’s petition delivery action was a great success, delivering a clear message that OWS would not stay silent while the New York Post lied...

(Some will say this is not the time. I disagree. This is the time when every mixed emotion needs to find voice.)   Since his arrest in January, 2011,...

To the members of the MIT community: Yesterday we received the shocking and terrible news that on Friday in New York, Aaron Swartz, a gifted young man...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finally proposed new rules that appeal to common sense regarding the prevention of food contamination, containment...

Dear Sheriff Abdalla,   Statements you made in the news conference on January 4, 2013 were quite humorous.   You stated that #KnightSec isn’t...