Bert Sacks vs. the US government
Many ETS! readers will be familiar with Seattle activist Bert Sacks, who made nine trips to Iraq starting in 1996 in defiance of US sanctions. He was fined $10,000 by the government in 2002 for one particular
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Spokane to vote on reclaiming community rights from corporations
In one of the more interesting and possibly most consequential votes in Washington state this week, citizens in Spokane will be offered a rare opportunity
American Autumn: Progressive Populism Rises Up
Occupy Wall Street and related occupation efforts are quintessentially a movement to reclaim democracy. “We are the 99%!” expresses the growing understanding
Some solutions
The Occupy movement has been notoriously lacking in specific demands and goals. That’s okay—in fact, it has so far probably been a strategic advantage
Resources for a populist uprising
As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its second month, with more than a hundred additional occupations across the country and around the world, here
“Bad media!” sez government
“Bad media!” sez government. “Bradley Manning bad man! Bad protesters
Cookie math
There’s a joke I’ve seen going around among friends on Facebook that goes like this: “A unionized public employee, a teabagger, and
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Inside Job
If you care about who was really responsible for the financial crash of 2008, or how wealth exercises power in America today, go see the new documentary