Showdown events covered in the news.
Groups argue corporate tax rate fix could mean billions for NYS
1/9/12
It's been a hot-button topic, especially as Republicans vie to challenge President Obama in this year's election and Occupy protests continue in many parts of the country. The issue, the tax system. A coalition of New York groups made their case that the corporate tax system has to be fixed if some companies aren't paying their fair share. But fair share is of course, in the eye of the beholder. Our Steve Ference has the story.
VIDEO: MSNBC covers Occupy Our Homes
12/12/11
MSNBC host Chris Hayes interviews VOCAL-NY community organizer Alfredo Carrasquillo about the national Occupy Our Homes campaign to defend foreclosed homeowners from eviction and fill vacant bank-owned properties with homeless families. VOCAL-NY is an affiliate of National People's Action.
Alternet: Occupy Our Homes: From the Streets to Foreclosed Homes, OWS Finds a New Frontier
12/5/11
Today, Occupy Wall Street and Occupy movements around the country will "go out of the streets and into the homes" of the 99 percent to draw attention to the economic, social, and racial injustice of the foreclosure crisis.
Livestream from OWS
11/15/11
Update 10:58am ET Below is a livestream of the events happening right now in lower Manhattan as Occupy Wall Street tries to reclaim Zucotti Park.
The Nation: Stop the Big Bank Payday Predators
11/7/11
The Nation: Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It's Time to Tax Speculators
10/26/11
The Catholic Church has for many years raised objections to the patterns of globalization, concentration of wealth and economic equality that have encouraged the massive redistribution of wealth upward that has made the rich richer, the poor poorer and the middle class more vulnerable than at any time in generations.
A Leaderless Movement Full of Leaders
10/12/11
There's been much discussion about how Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless movement. The incredibly organic, democratic nature of what is emerging is exactly what makes it powerful and inspiring, as well as challenging for the 1 percent to directly attack or extinguish.
CBS: Protesters Flood Loop To ‘Take Back Chicago’
10/10/11
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Chicago at five different locations Monday to participate in simultaneous marches to “Take Back Chicago.”
At least one arrest was reported and several participants were ticketed, police said, but overall the demonstrations were orderly.
As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the Take Back Chicago protest was organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, labor groups and other organizations.
