Watercooler: Authority
Hi, y’all. Who’s in charge here? Can you remember a time when you thought someone was in charge serving all our best interests? I remember when I was a kid being fascinated by the idea of the United...
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Gay Crumbs From the Table of the Masters (by Daniel Edward Massoglia)
By Daniel Edward Massoglia (@jujueyeball). Originally published on the Occupied Chicago Tribune. For more MyFDL coverage of Occupied Pride events, see Why Occupy Pride and the watercooler posts Pride...
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Yo, everyone. President Obama is coming to visit Austin, Texas tomorrow on an expensive visit. After stopping in San Antonio he’ll come to Austin for a $250/ticket fundraiser or a $25,000/plate...
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Hi, y’all. I’m pretty exhausted from the action yesterday with Occupy Austin. We had fun protesting Obama’s policies and broken promises, while trying to educate some of his supporters and make them...
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VIDEO: The Do Not Kill List (OATX Obama Unwelcome Notes)
On July 17, 2012, President Barack Obama visited Austin, Texas for a pair of fundraising events — one, a $250 event at the Austin Music Hall and later a $25,000 per plate fundraiser at a condominium...
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#D12 Gulf Port 7 Interview: Questions Still Unanswered About Austin Police...
Undercover APD Detective Shannon 'Butch' Dowell stands next to Natalie Atwater, a member of Occupy Austin facing felony charges in Houston because of using his lockboxes. (Photo: John Jack Anderson /...
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#Occupy Votes (Updated 2:25pm PST)
Tuned Out Hippies? Since the Occupy movement began, many have attempted to position the group in opposition to electoral politics. Occupy in its purest form is nonpartisan, and since the beginning of...
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Three Tricks from The Global 1% Playbook
Gas Masks in Gezi: This Is What Democracy Smells Like? Many journalists and experts have cautioned against drawing too many parallels between the Occupy Gezi movement and Occupy Wall Street, or between...
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Free Speech, Capitalist Dynasties
Did you hear? Some rich filth on TV said he believes God hates fags. The beginning of a new movement or the last gasp of unmediated free speech? Now, TV personalities can spend even more days analyzing...
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Exposing ALEC’s Corporate Sausage Factory in Dallas
Protesting in the Texas summer is thirsty work. DALLAS — We’d gathered at Eddie Deen’s Ranch to interrupt the American Legislative Exchange Council at dinner. I was wearing a pink cowboy hat,...
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