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MAX RAMEAU: Occupy to Liberate

After visiting Occupy sites across the nation, Take Back the Land’s Max Rameau calls for a movement that both occupies and liberates.

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CVH & VOCAL: Bridging Community Organizing & Occupy

Organizers from Community Voices Heard & VOCAL reflect on their organizing around revenue and their relationships with the Occupy movement.

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AMISHA PATEL: Leveraging the Occupy Moment

At a time when city after city is holding back austerity measures, organizers in Chicago are asking policy makers to stop making cuts.

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CANNING & LAFOREST: A New World in Our Hearts

Doyle Canning and Rachel Laforest reflect on the connections between recent Right to the City actions in Boston and the #occupy movement.

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What do you think about Occupy Wall Street?

Tell us what you think about Occupy Wall Street and weigh in on the debate between Sally Kohn and Subhash Kateel.

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Hillbilly Nationalists: Authors’ Reflections

Authors Amy Sonnie and James Tracy discuss their forthcoming book, Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power.

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GETSOS: Blocking Highways & Hallways

Organizing veteran Paul Gestos shares lessons from his trip to Argentina towards the building of an unemployed workers movement in the United States.

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Report on the Excluded Workers Congress

During the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, nine sectors of excluded workers came together to found the Excluded Workers Congress.

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PURVI & CHUCK: Community Lawyering

Purvi Shah and Charles Elsesser explore their model of community lawyering and openings to take fights beyond defensive into offensive action.

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NG’ETHE MAINA: Its Time to Experiment

Ng’ethe Maina makes an honest investigation into our strengths and weaknesses and sheds new light on avenues for innovation, and transformation.

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