Occupy 2.0: The Transformation Occupy Must Embrace

2011 has emerged as the 1968 of our generation, as some have put it. The rebellions of 1968, from the Democratic National Convention riots in Chicago to the revolts in France, have transposed themselves to our generation through the uprisings we’ve seen in Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, England, and the U.S. We have seen millions of people overthrow the Egyptian tyrant, Hosni Mubarak. We have seen a man light himself…
Read more...A listeners’ response to our Occupy/Black Bloc Panel discussion

The following post was contributed by Dave Warren, a member of the extended RevolutionTruth Community. I think the recent RevolutionTruth panel discussion on the Chris Hedges Black Bloc article took many unintended turns and twists but, guided by serendipity, it ended up being very illuminating on a number of counts even if it juked from its initial topic on Black Bloc. I will save actual comments on the tactics of…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Solidarity

Natasha Stoudt from Occupy Portland contributed this post to RevolutionTruth Over the past couple of weeks, the internet has exploded with responses to Chris Hedges’ article “The Cancer in Occupy.” I’m going to sidestep the issue of what was wrong or right with Hedges’ article or the many responses to it, and focus on the deeper subject of the debate it spawned: the debate about tactics. This debate is a…
Read more...A Community Member’s Response to the Occupying Beyond Divisions Panel

This post was written by Eoin Garland, a member of the extended RevolutionTruth Community, in response to the Occupying Beyond Divisions Panel. Just listened to this in full………. I sit in a small unimportant corner of the world looking and learning about Occupy. I am small and unimportant. I am suffering from what has been caused by corrupt politics and the economic system. I’d like to think I’m a regular…
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RevolutionTruth Panel – Occupying Beyond Divisions: Anarchy, Black Bloc, and Protests

On February 15, 2012, RevolutionTruth hosted a live panel discussion with Chris Hedges, Kevin Zeese, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Lucas Vasquez, Georgia Sagri, and Cari Machet to discuss anarchist philosophy, Black Bloc, and Occupy. Chris Hedges’ most recent Truthdig column was a searing condemnation of Black Bloc as part of the Occupy movement. This article comes at a time when Occupy is suffering from coordinated and vicious attacks from the outside, weariness, winter (in the…
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Black Sheep are also Part of the Herd

This post was written by Ro, a member of the extended RevolutionTruth Community. Ro has been a supporter of our endeavor since our inception. It is almost an established institution where I live, the Black Bloc. And just like in Chris Hedge’s recent article on “The Cancer of Occupy”, since at least the 1970s, the Black Bloc is generally demonised and described as “anarchic”. Maybe because their autonomous character makes it…
Read more...Are We our Institutions? Reform, Revolution and Transformation – Thoughts on the Nature of Occupy

The following article was written by Josh Mitchell, the newest member of the RevolutionTruth team. Josh is an avid reader of politics and history and he seeks to change the world for the better by examining and asking the hard questions that we all need to be asking. Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and then it turns…
Read more...The Occupy Movement Grew Out of People’s Frustrations

The following article was written by Robert Palmer who is a free spirit peace activist father seeking to revive his social life, explore, have fun, and inspire for positive social and personal growth. Robert was a counter culture peace activist in the sixties, then from 1969-2008 an airline employee working as printer, ramp agent, and then in an accounting capacity. During this time Robert also worked for divorce reform with R-Kids in Minnesota…
Read more...RevolutionTruth Panel – Occupy 2012: Battle for our Freedoms

RevolutionTruth hosted a live panel discussion on Jan. 19, 2012 with Michael Moore, Chris Hedges, Kevin Zeese, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, & Jimmy Holovat. We discussed The Occupy Movement’s complex identity, what it has meant to people, strengths and weaknesses of this nascent movement, and hopes for its future. We explored ideas on how to engender real change in a world where millions understand the imperative of a profound course…
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Tangerine as a guest on Meaningless Words in October 2011

Vote! Occupy! Demonstrate! REVOLUTION! WITH SPECIAL GUEST TANGERINE BOLEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REVOLUTION TRUTH. An Australian and a Californian discuss Wikileaks for your infotainment. This week we looked at the cable #03HAGUE2298 which was a survey conducted by the ambassador in The Netherlands, where the USG endeavoured to determine where anti-American groups may be, prior to the war in Iraq. We’re interested in finding more cables with this survey,…
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