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Report: ACORN Still Active, Helping 'Occupy' Movement

From Fox News: The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and hiring door-to-door canvassers to collect money under

WaPo's Richard Cohen: What #OWS Antisemitism?

The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen puts on his blinders and takes a look at the Occupy Wall Street movement, concluding there is nothing to the many reports of antisemitism among participants, while also suggesting any outrage should be directed at

#OccupyWallSt: Drumming and the Occupation

From OccupyWallSt: (Seriously) The occupation of Liberty Square is a symbol of the growing international movement fighting against neoliberal economic practices, the crimes of Wall Street and the resulting income inequality, unemployment, and oppression of people at the front lines

Union Case for 'Jobs Bill' Underscores Government's Ineptitude

Unsurprisingly, one of the few interest groups advocating for the “American Jobs Act” is the American Federation of Teachers. Despite claims that “the money is not for us as teachers,” everyone knows that’s a farce. Nobody suggests teachers shouldn’t be

Steve Jobs to Obama: You're a One-term President

From BusinessInsider: Steve Jobs told President Obama he probably would not be re-elected, Walter Isaacson wrote in Jobs’ soon-to-be-released biography. That’s because regulations and unions in the United States were crippling its ability to remain competitive with emerging powerhouses like

Unions Gloat: #Occupy Wouldn't Be Happening Without Us

While Marxists spout equality and equal worth, they are not above claiming ownership of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Turns out some are more equal than others. UFT President Michael Mulgrew leads an #Occupy protest LaborNotes reports: “Unions and other

Occupy Wall Street Now Protesting Against Math

– Those supporting the Occupy Wall Street Movement are up in arms as 30-year Democratic Campaign Consultant Doug Schoen reported his polling data in the Wall Street Journal on Oct. 18th. Arielle Alter Confino, a senior researcher at Schoen’s firm,