Occupy Providence Day 4– The #42 is Late
Today is going to be busy at work so I decide to stop by early to see how goes the occupation. This is peak riding time and the #42 is late. When the bus pulls up to the curb it is jammed. The driver says they are one bus down. She’s a veteran and she [...]
Tea Party and the 99%
This writer has been accused of favoring the Occupy Providence activists over the Tea Partiers who have gathered at the State House from time to time. This is so hurtful. Anyway, thank you, Rhode Island’s Future for posting a link to GoLocalProvidence, and Tom Sgouros, whose perceptive take on local and global economics is always [...]
Occupy Providence Day Three–After Dark
I had to work late today and almost despaired of finding parking, but finally made it to Burnside Park around 8pm. The weather is unusually mild, as if the Gods decided to give the occupiers a break. In the North corner of the park a drum circle is going, on the other side are booths– [...]
Occupy Providence Day 2– Talking Ron Paul
A late dispatch since we’re on Day 3, but Mr.Green and I stopped by yesterday before church. It looked like almost 20 tents, good spirits and peaceful. We were standing by General Burnside reading the posters. Again, the only presidential candidate with a presence here is Ron Paul, though one of his posters had a [...]
A Word From the 1%
NPR’s ‘Marketplace’ featured this post from The Reformed Broker, a financial insider who is calling out the industry. Via MarketSqueeze.com… At our darkest hour we gave these banks every single thing they asked for. We allowed investment banks to borrow money at zero percent interest rate, directly from the Fed. We gave them taxpayer cash [...]
This is What Democracy Looks Like
4:00pm exceptionally clement weather as I wait for the RIPTA bus to downtown where Occupy Providence is scheduled to start at 5:00. A car pulls up, my minister, Rev.James Ford, and his wife Jan give me a ride to First Unitarian Church. A dozen of us are gathered, some wearing t-shirts for our campaign for [...]
Occupy Providence Today
UPDATE: A picture of the throngs in downtown Providence! From the Occupy Providence Facebook Page, a public service announcement… On Saturday, October 15th at 5pm Rhode Islanders will gather in Burnside Park (Downtown Providence) to express a feeling of mass injustice and stand in solidarity with those occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square. This [...]
Murdoch’s WSJ Games the System
Ever read the New York Times book review and notice a little dagger symbol next to some titles on the ‘best seller’ list? That means bulk orders have been recorded. Perhaps some of that bulk is used as doorstops, or given away at seminars and written off as a tax loss by a corporation. The [...]
Inspirin’ Words from the Reverend
I was listening to the radio yesterday. Amazingly, the question of whether Mormonism is a cult is getting much more attention than the question of how we are going to get Americans back to work. I think it’s because the ‘cult’ thing has entertainment value, while unemployment is really scary and depressing. Among the interviewees [...]
David Korten Frames the Issues for Occupy Wall Street
This is an excellent video from an erudite scholar of our economy. David Korten is the author of When Corporations Rule the World and is here to tell us that we don’t need Wall Street in its current form. It is just messing up the economy with corruption and financial warrior tactics to protect and further [...]
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