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The Philadelphia national gathering reveals Occupy’s law of entropy (Guardian)
A disappointing turnout of true believers this Fourth of July week exemplifies how – and why – the movement has lost its mojo Arun Gupta guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 July 2012 Judging by the Occupy...
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The 99% Take on the Republican National Convention
Despite mixed feelings about Obama, protesters fight Mitt Romney, the ‘King of the 1%’ August 28, 2012 | by Arun Gupta | Alternet Politics is an elaborate chess match, and in St, Petersburg one small...
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Chatting Up the Right in Tampa
Friday, 31 August 2012 09:41 By Arun Gupta, Truthout | News Analysis The author with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) prior to the screening of Citizens United Production’s documentary “Occupy...
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When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America’s Police State on Steroids at the...
Protests in Tampa and Charlotte have been swarmed by police and enveloped in surveillance. AlterNet / By Arun Gupta / September 6, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In cities hosting large gatherings such as the...
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Obama’s Trickle-Down Symbolism leaves Black America Behind
By Arun Gupta, September 7, 2012, The Progressive It was not what I expected to hear from a politician. I had invited myself to the Congressional Black Caucus party – sponsored by Duke Energy – at the...
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Occupy the Film Festival! Anthology Film Archives, NYC, September 15 & 16
Please support our latest project: Occupy the Film Festival! In celebration of the first anniversary of the movement that ignited the public imagination around the world, Occupy the Film Festival will...
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Occupy Wall Street: How We Surprised Ourselves
By Arun Gupta, September 17, 2012, The Progressive At the top of the list of what the Occupy movement accomplished is, “We surprised ourselves.” By “we,” I mean anyone residing on the left. To be on...
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Arun Gupta on Bill Moyers
September 19, 2012 Laura Flanders talks to Arun Gupta and Marina Sitrin about Occupy’s impact and future role in American life and politics at the first anniversary of the movement on Bill Moyers.com....
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We are back on the road for our fourth cross-country reporting tour!
After celebrating the first anniversary of the Occupy movement in New York City, we are back on the road for our fourth cross-country Occupy tour! It’s been exactly one year since we went on the road....
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Real Steel: Striking a Chord for the Lost American Dream
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:59 By Arun Gupta, Truthout | News Analysis Caught between an unyielding corporation and crumbling solidarity, striking steelworkers in Ohio find history is both their ally...
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Romney Appeals to White Tribalism in Ohio
By Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett, The Progressive, October 15, 2012 SIDNEY, OHIO—At the Shelby county fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio, on Oct. 10, a jumbotron showed a bus approaching. Image became...
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Freeport Is Not a Democrat vs. Republican Issue
By Arun Gupta, November 2, 2012, The Progressive The Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC’s Politics Nation, led a rally in support of Sensata workers in Freeport, Illinois on Saturday, October 20, 2012....
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Meet the New Obama, More Dangerous Than the Old Obama
The G C Advocate November 17, 2012 By Arun Gupta It’s a given that elections are about stagecraft – the management of image and perception. Public policy plays a subservient role, crafted for...
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What Happened to the Green New Deal?
Truth-out.org by Arun Gupta Out of the ashes of Obama’s green-collar vision, a worker-run business may point the way to the economy of the future. Last election, Obama had an economic plan and wasn’t...
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Don’t Let Obama Cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
The Progressive November 15, 2012 by Arun Gupta If you voted this election, whether for Barack Obama, Jill Stein or even Mitt Romney, you did not vote for austerity. But that’s of little consequence to...
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Cleveland anarchist bomb plot aided and abetted by the FBI
Rather than target real risks of domestic terror, like neo-Nazis, the FBI entrapment machine demonises anarchists and Muslims FBI mugshot of Connor Stevens, one of five men arrested earlier this year...
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Disaster Capitalism Hits New York
By 2080, New York City could be fortified with a belt of steel–or ringed with wetlands, as in this architect’s vision. The City Will Adapt to Flooding — but at the Expense of the Poor? By Arun Gupta...
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Revolution Is a Warm Gun: Rethinking the Left’s Positions on Gun Control
Assault weapons on display at The Freedom Shoppe in New Milford, CT. (Photo: Wendy Carlson, The New York Times) by Arun Gupta April 13, 2013 truth-out.org Tony was the first gun-toting revolutionary I...
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Let a Thousand Militias Bloom
The City University of New York recently announced it was appointing retired Gen. David Petraeus as a visiting professor. This 2005 report by Arun Gupta details the role Petraeus played in stoking...
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Little Baghdad, California
by Arun Gupta May 2013 issue The Progressive NABEEL USED TO WORK FOR the Americans in Iraq. He was a security team leader for the Research Triangle Institute, a U.S. contractor that was paid more than...
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