Occupy Wall Street

A group of people of color at Occupy in New York, Sonny Singh is in the center making an announcement.

Racial Justice

People of Color at Occupy: Towards a More Intersectional Movement

Sonny Singh

Occupy’s “class-first” analysis still reverberates in the movement; we have much to do in building a more intersectional politics.

Photo of a sea of people in Times Square. The CNN building is lit up with the slogan 'Occupy Walls Street Movement Goes Worldwide'

Reflections on Occupy: Revolutions Are Made by Those Who Intend to Be Powerful

By

Yotam Marom

During Occupy watching this sea of people, I thought: We can be powerful. We can win.

Photo of David Gilbert

Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Mass Incarceration: An Interview on Contemporary Social Movements with David Gilbert

In the 1960s and 1970s, many activists looked to the prisons for political leadership, while viewing prisons themselves as institutions of repression and social control integral to larger systems of oppression. Around the world, the prisoner emerged as an icon of state repression and a beacon of liberation.