Occupy in America: looking back on six months of protest

Saturday is Occupy’s six-month anniversary. I remember when it sprang forth in New York City, then spread all over. I remember taking part in Occupy Portland protests last autumn, the police trying to ram their horses through the crowd, the citizens pushing the horse back, the police retreating.

Occupy is still here, still growing, a little more patient and ready to rumble with the one percent.

What it was like where you were? Browse the photos in the link below and share your memories. Below that is video of what I described above. I was there along with Shawn Sorensen.

Click here for photos

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Corruption Still Running Amok At Goldman Sachs

We know that Goldman Sachs traders suckered investors into buying mortgage backed bonds they knew were toxic, and they also knew Goldman was purchasing insurance policies on those bonds in anticipation that they would collapse in value. Goldman was making a killing at this fraud. You’d think Goldman’s board of directors would have changed things after they helped to sink the economy. Nope. They didn’t.

Goldman’s Executive Director, Greg Smith, resigned a few days ago and penned an op-ed for the New York Times in which he said that same policy of ripping off their clients was still in place.

Click here for the New York Times Op-ed

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