How to Occupy Your College

Want to Occupy your college or university? Here are some lessons learned from the 1968 Columbia student occupation.

F**k Fracking!

Taking a look at Fracking and other Environmental issues within the OWS protests via an article in EcoWatch Journal by Rep. Bob Hagan (D-Youngstown).

From Port Huron to OWS

Tom Hayden and his thoughts (published over at The Nation) having been there at the start of the Students for a Democratic Society and the authoring of the Port Huron Statement, up through the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Here is his interview with Democracy Now.

Co-Opting and The 99% Spring

Taking a look at MoveOn.org's 99% Spring initiative thru a few articles.  Charles Lenchner's post at the NYC General Assembly site discusses his experience in the Training for Trainers program.  Allison Kilkenny surveys the reactions of Occupiers to the 99% Spring initiative over at The Nation.  And then a couple of after the fact reports from Counter Punch that spend a bit too much time and energy ripping the whole initiative to shreds, anonymously.

The Police State is Here

Police State or no Police State, there is no longer a question here at Mic Check Radio.  It's here.  For example from the NYPD: spying on activists and Muslims, Stop & Frisk, DNA database, Retna scans, Commissioner Kelly telling 60 Minutes they can take down a plane with their firepower.  On a National level: Warrantless Wire Taping, PATRIOT Act, NDAA on NYE, Enemy Belligerent Interrogation Detention Prosecution Act of 2010, Military Commissions Act of 2006, HR 347 (Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011) and a brand new NSA facility to store all of the data from our phones/e-mails/texts/tweets/status updates and podcasts.