“This production, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a window into the nationwide scope of the FBI’s surveillance, monitoring and reporting on peaceful protesters organizing with the Occupy movement.  These documents show that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are treating protests against the corporate and banking structure [...]

Recently – TIME magazine named President Obama as the “Person of the Year”; I think they’re wrong.  For me – it’s Malala Yousufzai – the 14 year old Pakistani girl who advocated for a woman’s right to an education despite threats of violence that ended up with her being shot in the head by the [...]

Occupy Wall Street and various other groups formed together to put out a Debt Resisters’ Operations Manual to help educate and inform consumers about their rights and their legal and sometimes not so legal options.  They preface their tactics by saying they’re not lawyers and there could be consequences for some recommended actions.   They [...]

Pretty intense videos here.  Athens, Greece looks like a warzone. Understand that what is happening in Greece matters to you.  The Greek pro-austerity government won narrowly in recent elections and now they’re trying to enact a budget of huge cuts to government spending on pensions, education, social safety net etc.  The Greek government is being [...]

  The concept of wage slavery is one that is commonly contested, by left- and right-wingers alike. It is often assumed that it is intended as a degradation of the hard working people of the world — but it is more just a recognition of reality. Most people object to being told that they are [...]

“Democracy has been kidnapped. On 25 September we are going to save it.” ~Occupy Congress Everything you see in the video was organized through social media.  A few facts: Tens of thousands of protesters Unemployment in Spain is nearly 25% At least 1,300 police were on hand to handle the protest Leaders of protests outside [...]

  All too often one hears something along the lines of “It may not be perfect, but it’s the only system that works in reality.” or something of the like, as justification for a system that demands war, poverty, exploitation, and ultimately a worker’s life and labours – in short, Capitalism.  From both sides of the [...]

“If we’re training cops as soldiers, giving them equipment like soldiers, dressing them up as soldiers, when are they going to pick up the mentality of soldiers? If you look at the police department, their creed is to protect and to serve. A soldier’s mission is to engage his enemy in close combat and kill [...]

Socialism is probably one of the most misunderstood terms in human history.  One of the most widely held assumptions in regards to socialism is that it is a Left Wing ideology… It is not — and here’s why: In their present state, despite their illusory pretensions about acting in the interests of workers, the left [...]

This is what a real protest looks like.  Tens of thousands of teachers created a sea of red to protest unfair wages in Melbourne, Australia closing over 200 schools.  The only power the working class has is a collective group power.  And this sea of red that filled an entire arena with more people outside [...]