The Book of Jobs: “A Banking System is Supposed to Serve Society, Not the Other Way Around” | Common Dreams

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on our currect economic situation and prospects:

The Book of Jobs

Occupy Raleigh

In the fall of 2011 Occupy Raleigh attracted hundreds to its encampments and demonstrations in downtown Raleigh.

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"Get It Done": Urging Climate Justice

Urging climate justice, youth delegate Anjali Appadurai delivers an eloquent plea and "mic checks" the U.N. Summit in Durban:

Appadurai via www.commondreams.org

LA's Finest?

A chilling account of senseless brutality by the LAPD:

My Occupy LA Arrest | Common Dreams

Melbourne Tent Monsters

Now for some much needed levity in the otherwise serious struggle for democracy at home and abroad:

Melbourne Tent Monsters

Otherwise occupied: What price revolution?

"When a citizen comes of age in a plutocracy, he has no moral choice but to slay Pluto or die trying." - Hal Crowther

Read one of my favorite local writers on the importance of the Occupy movement:

Otherwise occupied: What price revolution?

Ted Rall on the Fed's $7.7 Trillion Handout to Banks

Feed your rage here:

7-7-7: Jobless? Face It. Obama's Not That Into You | Common Dreams

NOW DC - March 30, 2012

Occupiers from everywhere will gather on the national mall for the National Occupation of Washington DC. Begins March 30, 2012. Details here:

National Occupation of Washington DC (NOW DC)

Corporations Are NOT People!

Read Jim Hightower on how to fight the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision:

It Takes People Power to Make Clear That Corporations Are NOT People | Common Dreams

The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street

Here is a very optimistic take on the Occupy movement from William Greider, National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation:

The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street | Common Dreams

Stopping the Machine

Coincident with Occupy Wall Street, thousands flooded into Washington, DC on October 6, 2011 to begin the occupation of Freedom Plaza and work for change in fifteen core areas.

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LGBT 2011

The North Carolina General Assembly has approved a referendum on an amendment to the state constitution that would limit marriage to between one man and one woman. Hundreds turned out in protest.

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Respect Our Vote

July temperatures near 100F dampened bodies but not spirits at the 2011 Respect Our Vote rally. Demonstrators at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh aimed to counter legislation apparently designed to impede voting by likely opponents of a conservative agenda.

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Sleeping with Patty Hearst

Don't miss this extraordinary coming-of-age novel by Mary Lambeth Moore.
Sleeping with Patty Hearst is a rich and readable story with characters you'll not soon forget. I couldn't put it down!

FLOC 2011

In May 2011, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) staged a demonstration, march and rally in Winston-Salem, NC to promote the rights and welfare of tobacco workers. The events took place outside the annual Reynolds American shareholders' meeting.

A major goal was to pressure Reynold's into discussing with FLOC its responsibility for the human rights of farm workers in its supply chain.

Photos from the event are on my website and on the FLOC website.

Pilgrimage 2011

The annual Pilgrimage for Justice and Peace, a six-day march with stops in several North Carolina cities, arrived at the Capitol in Raleigh at noon on Good Friday, April 22, 2011.

The marchers and other participants pictured here represented several religious traditions and spanned the socio-economic spectrum.

April 4

April 4, 2011 was the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in Memphis, TN. It was also the day of the We Are One silent vigil and rally at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh.

Participants included the NAACP, HKonJ, the NC Green Party, farm laborers, the LGBTQ community, labor unions and other citizens concerned with social issues and economic justice.

Wisconsin Workers

On February 26, 2011, people turned out in large numbers across the country to demonstrate support for public workers whose collective bargaining rights were under attack by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. As these photos show, Raleigh, NC was no exception.

And, as usual for any event sponsored by MoveOn.org, a counter-demonstration was mounted by conservatives and TEA party stalwarts.

HKonJ 2011

Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ), an annual NAACP-sponsored event, provides a venue in which the public can demonstrate its priorities to the North Carolina General Assembly.

In 2011, these participants showed strong support for a 14-point agenda spanning a wide range of socio-economic issues.

Westboro v. Love

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, apparently incensed by Elizabeth Edwards' advocacy for gay rights, picketed her funeral in December 2010. A counter demonstration, the "Line of Love," turned out in large numbers despite short notice and cold, rainy weather.

The two groups, separated by barricades and Raleigh, NC police officers, faced off from opposite sides of Edenton Street. Their messages differed vastly.

NC Pride

The LGBTQ community celebrates annually at the North Carolina Pride parade in Durham. Increasingly, participation and support by the broader community, church groups and business lends to the festive atmosphere.

A few dissenters still attend as these photos from '09 and '10 show, but they detract little from positive spirit of the occasion.

Wake Co. Schools

In July 2010, citizens protested a move by the newly elected, conservative majority of the Wake County, NC school board to scrap a school assignment policy based largely on economic diversity in favor of one promoting neighborhood schools.

The NAACP, church groups and many citizens viewed the Board's policy as an attempt to reinstitute racial segregation in the public schools. Their civil disobediance landed some protesters in the Wake County jail.

Healthcare Reform

2009 and 2010 saw many public rallies in support of or in opposition to health care reform.

The demonstrations depicted here occurred in Raleigh, NC.

Other Photographs

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