Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

1/1/13 Best of 2012: Corey Robin: Reactionary Mind & Richard Wolff: Capitalism Fails

On the final Best of 2012, an interview with political scientist Corey Robin on his book, The Reactionary Mind, Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin, How great social movements provoke reaction from the Right. And economist Richard Wolff, discussed when capitalism fails and what … Continue reading

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11/14 David Graeber, Occupy Wants To Relieve Your Debt

Professor David Grabaer explained why our understanding of debt is flawed, why we keep telling ourselves a false narrative of debt, student loans and Occupy, how the debt crises and the ecological crises are the same thing, how the Rolling … Continue reading

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11/5 Markos Moulitsas With The Election Day “Math” & Occupy Sandy To The Rescue

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas gave us his election day math, predicted a comfortable Obama victory, Democrats holding the Senate and gaining some seats in the House. Sam asked if Paul Ryan’s extremism was exploited enough? Jeff Smith explained how … Continue reading

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9/26 Occupy At 1 Year & How to Become a Local Democratic Party Leader

J.A. Myerson, offered a recap of Occupy’s first year, from first being ignored and ridiculed, to gaining press attention and eventually inspiring Occupy actions across the globe. How the success of Occupy led to a violent crackdown and Sam wondered

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9/17 Jeff Faux: The Servant Economy & LIVE OWS 1 Yr Anniversary

On today’s show Majority Report producers Matt & Michael reported from Occupy Wall Street’s one year anniversary and found an energetic group of protesters committed to getting Occupy back in the center of American politics. 

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6/15 Cliff Schecter, News & Isabel Gillies, Movies & Jeff Smith D17 Trial

Cliff Schecter from Libertas LLC talks the Worst and the Best of Obama this week:  Trans-Pacific Partnership and DREAM ACT-LITE.  Also, Darcy Burner

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5/31 Manissa Maharawal, Zoltan Gluck on Montreal Student Protests & Dave Hill Movie

Journalists Manissa Maharawal and Zoltan Gluck report on student protests in Montreal, the mobilization of neighborhoods, Bill 78 and reflections on

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5/15 Matt Taibbi, JPM & Jeff Smith, Protests in Chicago

Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone on JP Morgan Chase’s 2 billion dollar loss, banking regulation nitty-gritty and the outlook for the Too Big To Fail — even

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5/7 Todd Gitlin, Occupy Nation

Todd Gitlin, professor and author, on Occupy Wall Street Movement, 4 essential points to understand, the movement’s need for organized intention and how

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5/4 Cliff Schecter, Isabel Gillies & Jeff Smith

Casual Friday brings Cliff Schecter from Libertas LLC discussing the week’s politics, today comparing and contrasting Obama with FDR, looking at the different

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