Why Occupy Wall Street Embodies The Real Values Of The Boston Tea Party | Crooks and Liars

By Susie Madrak

ThinkProgress points out how little the Koch-manufactured tea party has in common with the real thing, and how the Occupy Wall Street movement embodies the real spirit:

1. The Original Boston Tea Party Was A Civil Disobedience Action Against A Private Corporation.
2. The Original Boston Tea Party Feared That Corporate Greed Would Destroy America.
3. The Original Boston Tea Party Believed Government Necessary To Protect Against Corporate Excess.
4. The Original Boston Tea Party Was Sparked By A Corporate Tax Cut For A British Corporation.
5. The Original Boston Tea Party Wanted A Stronger Democracy.

Why Occupy Wall Street Embodies The Real Values Of The Boston Tea Party | Crooks and Liars

New York Times Shifts its Framing of the Arrests at Occupy Wall Street » Sociological Images

by Lisa Wade, 3 days ago at 01:31 pm

A blogger named Aluation posted this graphic showing how the New York Times changed the first line of a story about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.  The change subtly shifted the blame for the mass arrest on the Brooklyn Bridge from the police to the protesters.  In the first version of the story, police allowed them onto the bridge and then “cut off and arrested” them.  In the second, there was a “showdown” in which demonstrators “marched onto the bridge.”

Adding interest, the author of the piece was changed from “Colin Moynihan” to “Al Baker and Colin Moynihan.”  Who is Al Baker?  He is the guy in charge of the police bureau at the Times.

New York Times Shifts its Framing of the Arrests at Occupy Wall Street » Sociological Images

Occupy Wall Street says the top one 1 percent of Americans have gotten too rich. Are they right? – Slate Magazine

By Annie Lowrey

According to an analysis (XLS) of Internal Revenue Service data by the economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, the 99 percent account for 79 percent of income in 2008, with the top 1 percent taking the other 21 percent. “That’s not that bad,” you might say. “Of course, some people are going to be richer than others.” Perhaps. But the 1 percent has been eating a bigger and bigger share of the pie over time. Back in the 1970s, the 99 percent were earning about 90 percent of income, for instance. The top 1 percent of households took a bigger share of overall income in 2007 than they did at any time since 1928.

Occupy Wall Street says the top one 1 percent of Americans have gotten too rich. Are they right? – Slate Magazine [hat tip to NewMexiKen]

We Are the 99 Percent

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• wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/
• www.OccupyWallSt.org
• www.Occupytogether.org

We Are the 99 Percent