President Lincoln expresses deep concern and fear about corporations and the wealthiest individuals gaining more wealth, power and control at the expense of others. In addition how that power and control could lead to class separation and have negative consequences for politics and government. His foresight seems quite appro-pro for the current necessity of the [Continue]

Video of peaceful UC Davis students demonstrating in favor of the Occupy movement get a large dose of authority. The big questions are: Did UC Davis students really need to be pepper sprayed when there was plenty of room for the police to get around them?  Was this a case where the police officers could [Continue]

George Carlin uses humor to help plant the seeds for Occupy Wall Street and his comedy currently supports many of Occupy Wall Street political points. The only difference is that he didn’t use the names of 99% and the 1%, because that particular demographic statistic was less common knowledge at the time. He purposely makes [Continue]

Dorli Rainey an 84 year old senior Occupy protester in Seattle was pepper sprayed by the Police while trying to leave an intersection during their efforts to break up the Occupy Seattle protest. She was thankful that she was saved from being trampled by an Iraq War veteran during the incident. She grew up in [Continue]

Captain Ray Lewis a retired Philadelphia Police Captain joins and supports Occupy Wall Street after the first eviction of Zuccotti park. He offers advice to the Occupiers and delivers a message to the NYC police department. He also says that if he gets arrested he would be right back out in the park afterwards supporting [Continue]

The Corporation is a popular documentary film, which is often found at the various media centers or libraries of the Occupy movement to educate and entertain, along with other films such as “Who Killed the Electric Car”, “The One Percent” and “Capitalism: A Love Story”. These types of films and books often comprise a fair [Continue]

Occupy protests are meant to be peaceful. The message is fairly clear…love always triumphs over force in the end.   I must say that I am quite glad I wasn’t actually there to take the picture. Awesome shot though!  Sadly I don’t know the original source of the image.   [Continue]

Eisenhower during his farewell address tried to give warning to the American people, but has been ignored until Occupy Wall Street (OWS) helped put this issue back in the limelight. Eisenhower was not only the President of the USA for eight years, but he was the Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in WWII and [Continue]

Occupy Wall Street should perhaps readdress and redeliver substantial portions of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s message as they share common views of democracy and corporate control. Franklin D. Roosevelt Message to Congress on Curbing Monopolies (April 29. 1938) Start Quote: To the Congress: “Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of [Continue]