This week’s reading list focuses on American prison in the 21st Century. In America, “almost 2.3 million people” are imprisoned in “1,833 state prisons, 110 federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,134 […]
Matthew Vernon Whalan
Occupy History: Last Days in the Park, Violent Eviction by Police, Post-Zuccotti Occupy Begins (Part 3 with Kanaska Carter)
(Kanaska Carter reflects on the last days and weeks of life in Zuccotti Park, the eviction of Occupy from the park on November 15, 2011, and the beginning of the movement living […]
Occupy History: Bad Press, Good Music (Part 2) with Kanaska Carter
You previously mentioned you had some bad experiences with the media during Occupy? Once, in particular, I remember well. This guy approached me and a few friends. We were sleeping outside […]
15 Elementary Questions for Jimmy Dore
1) For the left, the anti-war movement, what are called “progressives,” or anyone with whom you share any political values whatsoever, what is the political purpose of downplaying Cenk Uygar’s anti-war positions […]
Occupy History: Living in Zuccotti Park From the First Day to the Last (Part One) with Kanaska Carter
(Occupy Wall Street erupted in Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011, several days after 26-year-old activist and musician Kanaska Carter arrived in New York City from Canada. She threw her life and […]
Occupy History: The Morning of the Eviction (Part 4) with Truth Now
(In Part 4 of his oral history of Occupy, Truth Now discusses his fondest memories, as well as the eviction of occupiers from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan.) What is your fondest memory […]
“A Bigger Awakening”: Occupy History with “Truth Now” (Part 3)
(In Part Three of our conversation in July, Truth Now discusses the current state of the Occupy Movement, its potential as a political force in the future, and its upcoming 10th anniversary.) […]
Occupy History: Reflections on Leaderlessness and Demandlessness with “Truth Now” (Part Two)
(In Part Two of our discussion on the Occupy Movement, “Truth Now” reflects on the Movement’s non-hierarchical structure and its hesitancy to make specific demands of specific powerful people or institutions, or […]
Occupy History: Life and Politics in the Years Before Occupy with “Truth Now” (Part One)
(An Occupy protestor and supporter, who asks to be identified as “Truth Now” in this series, had just turned 26 and was living in New York City when the Occupy Movement erupted […]
No Teeth, No Home, No Dentures: An Oral History with Glenn
(Glenn interviews with HTR on loss of teeth and going without dentures while homeless in deep poverty. He recently got his own apartment for the first time in almost 10 years. He […]