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An Anti-Eulogy: We gather together today not to praise capitalism, but to...
Contributed by: AK Press, Paul DaltonWe recently held an important funeral here in Oakland: for capitalism. There weren’t any tears that I could see. Paul Dalton, one of the organizers—and a former AK...
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Occupy Baltimore Shuts Down BofA in an International Women's Day...
Contributed by: Corey ReidyToday, Thursday, March 8th, 2012, fifteen-to-twenty Occupy Baltimore affliated activists demonstrated at a downtown Bank of America (BofA), in solidarity with the “Women...
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The Indyreader Talks To: Another BDC Is Possible
Contributed by: The Baltimore Indypendent ReaderIssue: Spring 2012 - Issue 16: Occupy the EconomyOn this Occupy Wall Street one-year anniversary, we come together to analyze what the movement brought...
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Left Forum 2012 Closing Plenary
Contributed by: Corey ReidyThis past weekend, March 16-18, 2012, hundreds gathered in New York City for one of the largest politically progressive conferences in the world. The 2012 theme of the...
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Indybay Journalists Charged with Felony: Conspiracy to Make Media
District Attorney Bob Lee has embarked on a full frontal assault against independent media in Santa Cruz by including four regular contributors to the independent news website Indybay.org amongst the...
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Occupations: Theirs and Ours, An Introduction to the Issue
Contributed by: Stephen RoblinIssue: Spring 2012 - Issue 16: Occupy the EconomyAfter Occupy Wall Street claimed Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park in mid-September 2011, Occupy encampments spread rapidly...
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Activists Celebrate May Day, March From Lexington Market to Inner Harbor
Contributed by: Stephen RoblinOn May 1st, Baltimore activists celebrated May Day — the real labor day — by holding a rally near Lexington Market and marching to the Inner Harbor's McKeldin Square,...
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Illuminating Baltimore's Hidden Histories With Occupy-Offshoot "Greenpants"
Contributed by: Ryan HarveyThe Occupy movement is many things; on one hand, it is a mass movement of protest and occupation, on the other a cultural phenomenon producing countless small projects,...
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The Face of Our Future: The State's Plan to Build a New Youth Jail and the...
Contributed by: Stacey Gurian-ShermanIssue: Spring 2012 - Issue 16: Occupy the EconomyThe State has plans to build a new "Youth Jail" in East Baltimore that is projected to cost more than $100 million....
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Review: "America Beyond Capitalism" After the Rise of Occupy
Contributed by: Stephen Roblin Indyreader collective member, Stephen Roblin, reviews Gar Alperovitz's 2005 study "America Beyond Capitalism" in our Spring 2012 print issue: Occupy the Economy. Roblin...
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Reflections on Occupy Baltimore and the Fight Against the Youth Jail
Contributed by: Casey McKeelIssue: Spring 2012 - Issue 16: Occupy the EconomyWhen a calll went out in early October to “occupy” Baltimore, roughly 200 people gathered to discuss possible locations for...
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Problems and Possibilities at Occupy Baltimore
Contributed by: Jenny Gaeng, The Baltimore Indypendent ReaderIssue: Spring 2012 - Issue 16: Occupy the EconomyLast fall, 2011’s Occupy Baltimore Movement inspired many individuals to action. On the...
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Baltimore Activists Join 2,500 Protestors in the March On Wall Street South
Contributed by: Bonnie LaneRegular contributor to Indy Reader, Bonnie Lane, was among ten Baltimore activists who traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina before the opening of the Democratic National...
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Occupy Wall Street: How We Surprised Ourselves
Contributed by: Arun GuptaAt the top of the list of what the Occupy movement accomplished is, “We surprised ourselves.”By “we,” I mean anyone residing on the left. To be on the left is to be intimate...
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Audio: "We Are Many" Release at Baltimore's Radical Bookfair Pavilion
Contributed by: The Baltimore Indypendent ReaderThe Baltimore Radical Bookfair Pavilion is a five-year strong collaboration between The Baltimore Book Festival and the local radical infoshop: Red...
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