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Alec Baldwin supports Occupy 2026. “Occupy Wall Street […] is one of the few such movements that has given people hope”.
Bill McKibben is a prominent American environmentalist and grassroots activist, widely recognized for his pioneering work on climate change. Author of The End of Nature (1989). He also co-founded 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, and later launched Third Act, an organization that mobilizes Americans over the age of 60 to advocate for climate and racial justice.
Tom Morello lays out the choices facing Americans: Tyranny, Revolution or more of the Same… Lucky for us, Morello is dropping a collab “Unconquered” with Irish band ‘Kneecap’ who he calls “clearly the Rage Against The Machine of now.” That new single drops on September 25th as part of his forthcoming new solo rock album, “Everyone Gets Everything They Want“.
“American Vertigo” filmed by Patrick de Warren. I am struck by how current many of the questions, concerns, and voices still feel. The film was never simply about one movement. For me, it was an attempt to capture a moment in America — to listen, observe, and understand what was beneath the surface.
Since 1976, Project Censored has championed free expression, open access to information, and a free press that holds power to account. Through media literacy education, the Project equips students and the public to recognize the forces influencing what we know and to work together for a more just and equitable society.
‘Occupy the Streets’ is a musical tribute to the Occupy movement, music by ‘The Special Interests’. The video was produced for the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street by the diligent, cheerful and amazing photographer and Occupier Roland Marconi.
Alec Baldwin – “Occupy is one of the Few Such Movements That Has Given People Hope”
In a video tribute to the team at Occupy Wall Street that staged the OWS 15th Anniversary” at Zuccotti Park this past Wednesday, Baldwin applauded them for bringing the organization back into public awareness.
“I look forward to seeing a movement with sustained power that can help create a better world. I believe OWS2026 can do just that,” he declares in a video posted at the Occupy2026 website.
Wow, that’ a tough – let’s call it a promise from Occupy2026 – to fulfill. The organization is intent on doing that, but promise it will be done by perfecting their previous strategies and working tightly with sister organizations that want to bring America out of the wilderness in which it has been wandering for the past dozen years.
Same Message, Different Time as Occupy Wall Street Protestors Return to Zuccotti Park
Activist Donna Stein, president of the New York City Friends of Clearwater and co-host of Eco-Logic on WBAI captured the spirt from 15 years ago in her statement to Claude Solnik in an AM NY article.
“It was a wonderful community of people covering many ages,” Stein, who had been part of the environmental solidarity working group, added. “Not everybody agreed on every issue. It was interracial, inter-generational.”
Author and activist Cryn Johannsen, one of the OWS spokespeople, assures the AM NY readers that community – not tribes, not silos – would enjoy that same experience.
“We will pull together the collective forces that will have feet-on-the-street as well as people-in-power, and they will be smoothly joined in an unstoppable force,” she said. “Failing that, America itself with fail.”
Saturday afternoon, 9/19, Zuccotti Park, Last Chance to shake our hands
“Most of the Occupy2026 celebrators have already headed back to their states and communities to start the work of building the Occupy of the future,” Jerry Ashton (that’s me) offered.
“There’s a T-Shirt there that has your name on it.”
