#OccupyWallStreet

Was November 17th's Day of Action Occupy Wall Street's Waterloo? Probably not, but it somewhat appeared to be. With stunted executions of protest goals and hundreds of arrests, what is next for the Occupy Wall Street movement? The protests prepared on Nov. 17 appeared to make for a critical day...

This week total US student loan debt exceeds total US credit card debt. Repeat, total STUDENT LOAN DEBT EXCEEDS TOTAL US CREDIT CARD DEBT. Now the savings rate has increased since this crisis began, so household debt has been decreasing. But, the cost of a four year education has continued to rise...

By Todd Gibson As the OWS movement trucks on, many folks are commenting that many of the protesters need to take a shower and get a haircut. I want to talk about haircuts. I don't have hair, or much of it, so haircuts are not a big deal. Get the razor, mirror, ten minutes it's done. However, these...

According to MarketWatch's Brett Arends, the Occupy Wall Street protests are doomed to fail. On the contrary, for a handful of reasons I think the underlying momentum behind the Occupy Wall Street protests suggests that the movement has no other direction than some measure of success. The power...

Amid the discussions on the Internet regarding the Occupy Wall Street protests, it has not been uncommon to read some commenting on current events criticizing the protesters as being part of a so-called "entitlement generation". I think the use of the phrase "entitlement generation" to refer to...

Where the so-called 99% may be protesting across the nation in the Occupy Wall Street movement, who is left to represent the 1%? According to a Washington Post article by Elizabeth Flock, the 1% may have a new voice in the parodical "Occupy Occupy Wall Street" counter-protest. But where the...

A short list of thoughts on Occupying Together and comments makes for an interesting scan: Mark Engler, Five Things That #OccupyWallStreet Has Done Right Micah Sifry, #OccupyWallStreet: There's Something Happening Here, Mr. Jones. Mike Konczal, Understanding the Theory Behind Occupy Wall Street's...

The hacker group, ‘Anonymous' posted a video message for the corporate owned media today stating that they are planning a DDOS attack on October 10th, 2011 that will ‘erase the NYSE from the internet'.  Anonymous is fully supporting the ‘Occupy Wall Street' protests and believes that the...

The two week old liberal based movement to occupy Wall Street and protest the greed and corruption of the international bankers and their political puppets is now spreading all across the United States and internationally.   At last count there were 115 American cities participating, and numerous...