New Orleans Once again Tahrir Square in Cairo stands for dream of freedom, rather than the disappointment of struggle. Tens of thousands have held the square for days against scores that have died and thousands injured by the military. Finally, the demands have been clear and consistent and directed at the brazen power play …
Month: November 2011
“They’re Children:” Police Building Occupy Movement Again
New Orleans Certainly it is presumptuous to compare the Civil Rights Movement with the Occupy Movement, but it takes a while to think of another movement in the USA which has gotten more of a boost from police oppression. Occupy seems to find Bull Conners-wannabes everywhere, whether in New York City or now on …
Near Poor: Trouble at the Dividing Line of Poverty
New Orleans Nothing like stumbling over the obvious, but then the whole point of being relatively poor or “near poor,” as the Times called it today, is being invisible, no matter what they or anyone else may want to call it. In looking at the new numbers that try to define the terror and …