People Power

Re-Occupy: A Movement Seeks a Sanctuary
by Nathan Schneider
Dec 19, 2011
On occupying Trinity Church—and the Occupy movement's relationship with established institutions.
Cities Take Up the “Ban the Bag” Fight
by Rebecca Leisher
Dec 19, 2011
Why new policies across the nation could mean the end of plastic bags.
Henry Red Cloud: Solar Warrior for Native America
by Talli Nauman
Dec 19, 2011
The YES! Breakthrough 15: Bringing renewable energy and jobs to reservations.
Grace Lee Boggs’ Message to the Occupiers
Dec 16, 2011
A lifelong activist shares her thoughts on revolution.
New Rights for California’s Undocumented
by Jen Horton
Dec 16, 2011
A handful of new laws this autumn will strengthen civil rights, improve access to education, and protect jobs for the state’s undocumented immigrants.
Occupying the First Amendment
by Josh Stearns
Dec 15, 2011
220 years after the Bill of Rights, how we’re still fighting for free speech.
A Lesson in Love From the Protest at the Port
by Reverend John Helmiere
Dec 14, 2011
A minister and occupier, beaten and arrested by police, on his continuing belief in the power of love.
Occupy Wall Street on the Waterfront
by Madeline Ostrander
Dec 14, 2011
This week, protesters from Anchorage to Los Angeles coordinated a convtroversial mass effort to shut down the West Coast’s ports, “hitting Wall Street where it hurts the most.”
After Durban: Climate Activists Target Corporate Power
by Madeline Ostrander
Dec 13, 2011
After another disappointing round of UN negotiations, climate justice activists have a new strategy.
What’s Next for the New People Power?
by Immanuel Wallerstein
Dec 09, 2011
Immanuel Wallerstein: Worldwide social justice movements are developing their second wind.
Occupy Moves to the Home Front
by Nathan Schneider
Dec 08, 2011
Why the attempt to take on foreclosures directly is our clearest glimpse yet of what Occupy Phase II will look like.
From the Farm to the Occupation
by Shannon Hayes
Dec 07, 2011
Shannon Hayes on taking farm politics to Occupy Wall Street...and talking about the politics of Occupy in her farming community.
Why We Occupy: The Declaration of Occupy D.C.
Dec 07, 2011
Some complain that they don’t know why the occupiers are upset. In this declaration, adopted by consensus, Occupy D.C. clears up the mystery.
L.A. and Occupy L.A. Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood
by Brooke Jarvis
Dec 06, 2011
What’s the issue that unites the occupiers and the city they’re occupying? Getting corporate money out of politics.
Will Allen: Growing Justice in Food Deserts
by Doug Pibel
Dec 06, 2011
The YES! Breakthrough 15: Creating access to affordable fresh food in low-income neighborhoods.