Occupy – It looks like the Occupy movement has made an impact in at least one significant way – a new survey shows that two thirds of the respondents feel there are “strong” or “very strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor in the U.S. When the New...

Occupy Atlanta – Occupy protesters recently helped veteran Brigitte Walker and her girlfriend Ajai Craig save their home from foreclosure by demanding that JP Morgan Chase modify their mortgage. Within one week after the OWS movement set up camp at Walker’s home, the financial...

Occupy — It seems like OWS protesters literally have been occupying everything recently. Why shouldn’t they be occupying comic books, then? Many new projects are cropping up that emphasize the power of the written word when paired with thought-provoking images. For example, the Occupy...

Occupy – The newbies in up-and-coming alt-rock band Dawes weren’t even born when legendary songwriter Jackson Browne burst onto the scene just after the Civil Rights Movement. Last week, though, both Browne and the members of Dawes met in Zuccotti Park to play a short acoustic set...

Occupy Wall Street – Limitlessly offensive Republican strategist Frank Luntz continues to manipulate his way though the media with his anti-OWS agenda. When confronted with the “issue” of the movement, Luntz stated, “I’m so scared of this anti-Wall Street Effort....

Occupy – In forty years as an adult, I have never written anything or publically shared my inner thoughts about our country, our lives, our future, or my children’s future. I think that as I get older, I have less fear and a more stoic attitude. After two months of watching and...

Occupy Wall Street – On his Tuesday show, Keith Olbermann foreshadowed some choice words for New York mayor Michael Bloomberg by giving some vivid examples of how America has been, “founded by and invigorated by and re-invigorated by protest.” Olbermann, who has been...

Occupy Wall Street – After being violently evicted from Zuccotti Park just shy of their two-month anniversary, the Occupy Wall Street Movement is still forging ahead with plans for “Global Day of Action” to “Shut Down Wall Street,” with non-violent actions planned...

Occupy Wall Street – The role that is played by multi-billion-dollar conglomerates and corporations has always been hazy until we began questioning the ulterior motives of big-money. With the aide of the ever-raging Occupy Wall Street movement, the veil on big business is lifted as the...

Occupy Wall Street – A brilliant and perfect way to make your voice heard. Engage the banks in a dialogue–using their own junk mail. If they won’t listen to the voices of the people, maybe they will listen to letters. Watch this short video to get some amazing tips on how...

Occupy Wall Street is showing no signs of simmering down as the movement is creating some crafty new approaches to capture the attention of the multi-billion dollar financial institutions. OccupytheBoardroom.org, a new site developed by the protestors, enables the OWS movement to send messages...

Neoconservative Bill Kristol and other prominent right-wing figures have been recently pushing the notion that the Occupy Wall Street movement is… Anti-Semitic? The backhanded tactic was fabricated to scare the Jewish community into opposition of OWS, in hopes of gathering some support....

Where Do We Go From Here? Occupy Wall St. from Ed David on Vimeo. “Where Do We Go From Here?” On the one month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, I went to Zuccotti Square to find out where the movement will go next. Director ED DAVID Producer DANA SALVATORE Cinematography ED...

Although the photograph shows Paternoster Square on an average business day, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London has been forced to close down due to the Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters whom have been camping out in this square adjacent to the cathedral. Currently, there are more than...

The recent support of the OWS movement by the Democratic Party could be a bad omen. Protest organizers in the Middle East said that “when a political party turns a demonstration into a political opportunity, the protest’s legitimacy is inevitably called into question, and can...

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, will visit OWS in Zuccotti Park. “How could I not respond,” Walesa said. “The thousands of people gathered near Wall Street are worried about the fate of their future, the fate of their country. His is...

Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont based ice cream company, is the first corporation to back the OWS movement. The ice cream gurus know the importance of supporting people who otherwise wouldn’t get a fair deal, (i.e. farm workers, immigrant workers, local farmers), and offers them...

“Right Here, All Over Occupy Wall Street,” a new documentary about the Occupy Wall Street Movement, gives an inside view of what is really going on in Lower Manhattan. Watch the seven-minute tour into the lives of the occupiers and make your own decision. Directed by Alex...

As the OWS movement continues to intensify, so has media coverage; and of course, so have the reasons why the demonstrators should continue the fight. The continuous media feedback loop rallies more protesters, which rallies more media, which rallies…get it? So, what is the American...


On the morning of October 5 demonstrators in New York City’s Zucotti park prepared for an ambitious series of marches. Declarations of support from the AFLCIO and numerous political action committees lended legitimacy to a movement which has been heavily criticized for it’s lack...

GOP presidential candidate, Herman Cain, tells thousands of unemployed people across the U.S. that it’s their fault that they don’t have a job. Cain suggested that the Occupy movement is “staged and driven by ‘anti-capitalism,’” and even though he...

TheDailyActivist.com got nothing but net, or at least a few words of what sounded like encouragement from basketball star Dwyane Wade, on the streets of Miami today. Watch out TMZ, we’re gunning for...

George Carlin had a knack for commenting on contemporary political issues in the U.S. and he often satirized the excesses of American Culture. Carlin claimed that the overall theme of his stand-up routines was based on “humanity’s bullshit,” and often included commentary on...

Washington DC is one of the most recent cities to join the Occupy movement after weekend protests heated up across the country. Occupy DC is an independent entity that seeks to carry the same message and philosophy of its sister cities to the nation’s capital. In an exclusive interview...

More than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested today while attempting to block traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge. The Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets today at 3:30 pm as they marched from Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan and continued onto the Brooklyn...

Day 13 came to an end on Occupied Wall Street, amidst reports of a concert by Radiohead (which turned out to be a rumor), commentary by Mayor Bloomberg, and news that Boston is the newest city to join the Occupy movement. Rumors ran rapidly through the street that Radiohead would make an...

The United Steelworkers (USW) is the latest union to throw its support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. According to a press release issued by USW, the union is “proud to join with the brothers and sisters of the Occupy Wall Street movement as we continue this important fight for...

Spurred by the NYPD pepper spray incident and the arrest of 80 activists last week, over 1,000  Occupy Wall Street protestors marched to police headquarters on Friday,  with chants of “End the war!” and “Tax the rich!”. The two-week demonstration dubbed “Occupy Wall...

Dozens of major unions across the country have voted to back the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan. A move that could mean thousands more people will be joining the Occupy movement. The Transit Workers Union Local 100′s (TWU) executive...

Thousands of members of Take Back Boston, the latest group to join the Occupy Wall Street movement, marched to Bank of America’s downtown offices last night. The march resulted in the arrest of two-dozen protesters for trespassing. The members of the group arrested stated that their act...