Occupy Prov: Bail Out Workers, Not CEOs
Note: This was written by Paul Hubbard, Chris Murphy and Jared Paul. It reflects Occupy Providence’s position on the 38 Studios debacle. The die-in represents the destruction of jobs by trickle-down strategies not the workers who lost their jobs. CHANTING “MONEY for jobs and a decent wage, not for bailouts and 38,” 75 members and [...]
Netroots Nation: Day One
About 8:00 AM, I got my media credentials (thanks to Bob Plain) and I headed upstairs to the Convention Center Rotunda to hear Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and friends discuss the news that day. Mainly it was focused on Scott Walker’s victory in the recall election. And mainly, it was sort of the smarminess [...]
Netroots Asks: ‘What Does A New Economy Look Like?’
I stumbled across our editor Bob Plain at Beyond Occupy: What Does a New Economic System Look Like? which took place at 10:30 AM. Bob was unfortunately trying to coordinate with David Pepin on the budget live-blogging, leading to some furtive discussion on his cellphone that eventually attracted a few stares before Bob went outside. The panel discussion itself [...]
Netroots, Occupy Should Protest State Budget Bill
Sometimes the stars align for good things to happen. Here’s hoping such is the case with the seemingly-destined convergence of progressive events to play out in Providence Thursday afternoon. Netroots Nation will be in the middle of its first day inside the Convention Center. Occupy Providence will be protesting economic inequality outside on Sabin Street. [...]
Occupy Americans Elect
Last week, Americans Elect, the not-a-political-party political party which achieved party status in Rhode Island, announced that it was ending its nomination process for President and Vice President of the United States. American Elect attempted to use an online nominating process to run a third-party ticket for the White House. Unfortunately, beyond its long process [...]
RI Progress Report: May Day Redux, E-Edition, Obamacare
Some 300 people participated in a May Day march in Providence yesterday, according to the Projo. International Workers’ Day was supposed to serve as the spring reawakening for the Occupy movement: In Oakland, police clashed violently with protesters. In Chicago, some 2,000 people rallied against corporate greed. And in New York, the birthplace of the [...]
Millennials Will Be the Optimistic Generation
The Great Recession, spiraling debt crises, suicidal austerity, roads falling apart, the war on women, Wall Street bailouts, anti-immigrant sentiment, greater political power to religious zealots, global warming, etc., etc. I look at these and think; I can’t wait for the future. That’s because I’m a Millennial, and in case you don’t know, despite having [...]
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