National Occupy Your Capitol Event: Helena, MT
The Helena Independent Record reported: About 125 individuals young and old from Helena, Missoula, Lincoln, Helmville, Victor, Livingston, Anaconda, Butte, Bozeman and elsewhere gathered. . .
For a sane perspective on the Occupy Movement
This interview with Phil Arnone, one of the founders of the Occupy Movement, is great. It provides a reasoned and smart counterpoint to the carping about “goals” and about who is involved. . .
Occupy Together: Bozeman — October 14, 2011
The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin—and he offers it ...
Paul Krugman’s “Panic of the Plutocrats” article in the NYT
Give this a read: “Panic of the Plutocrats“, by Paul Krugman. Excerpts: “the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street