Occupy the Courts

January 20, 2012 was Occupy the Courts day.  Demonstrators gathered at courthouses across the country to press for a constitutional amendment reversing the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.

Photos from the Raleigh, North Carolina event are here.

Moyers Interviews Hacker and Pierson

Bill Moyers is back! And here he interviews Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer — And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class.

This is a disturbing view of the status quo, but there's hope. Watch this one to the end!

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.

photos

"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