The 1% And Capitalism | by Shamus Cooke
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2011
By definition, capitalism is: An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production (industry, banks, technology), where through the process of market competition, production occurs for private profit — if something cannot be sold for a profit it is...Addressing Oppression, Racism and Privilege in the Occupy Movement | by John Chasnoff, Sandra Tamari
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2011
Editor’s note: This piece by two Americans active in the U.S. occupy movement discusses some of the ways in which racial, sexual, religious, and other oppressions have been replicated and challenged within the occupied space. We publish this piece both as a...The Arms Deal continued | by Terry Crawford-Browne
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 17, 2011
Terry Crawford Browne has waged a long campaign against the government’s 1999 decision to spend billions of rand on military equipment – even more so because of the government’s inability to identify actual or even likely enemies to justify the huge expenditure....Occupiers Have To Convince The Other 99 Percent | by Chris Hedges
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 26, 2011
The occupation movement’s greatest challenge will be overcoming the deep distrust of white liberals by the poor and the working class, especially people of color. Marginalized people of color have been organizing, protesting and suffering for years with little help or...