By Drew Grant 10/20/11 9:15am

Occupy Wall Street

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Much Ado About ‘Adbusters’ Relationship to the Jews

If one was trying to tack the label of antisemitism onto the Occupy Wall Street movement, (which apparently, everyone is) one needs to look no further than David Brooks‘ October 10th op-ed for The New York Times, entitled “The Milquetoast Radicals.”  In it, he points to a 2004 article from Adbusters – the Canadian magazine that first put out the call to action for OWS way back in July – with the damning title of “Why Won’t Anyone Say They Are Jewish,” which plays the guessing game of Republican NeoCon’s religious orientation in relation to their pro-Israeli stance.

But isn’t using Adbusters to discredit what is now an independent, international movement sort of, well, besides the point? Read More

By Drew Grant 9/27/11 9:31am

Occupy Wall Street

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50 Portraits From Occupy Wall Street (Slideshow)

Last night, The New York Observer joined hundreds as they marched, rallied, ate, and protested (generally) during the tenth straight day of Occupy Wall Street. Michael Moore was there. Depending on who you talked to, this event was set up by Adbusters, a group called General Assembly, or Anonymous. There was a press center, although not a lot of information being distributed. There was, at one point, free pizza. Read More

By Drew Grant 9:24am

Wall Street

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Wall Street Faces the Wrath of Anonymous During Weekend Protest

If you were hanging out on Twitter over the weekend, you may have seen the hashtags #TakeWallStreet  or #Occupywallstreet pop up in your feed. Did that mean that friends were encouraging you to take the J line all the way to Chambers for some reason? That we should all go back to school and get our MFAs in business/finance, like our mothers have been collectively telling us to for years now? Read More