From the massive student strike at OccupyCal in Berkeley to the police crackdown of the OccupyWallStreet movement’s birthplace in New York City and dozens of actions and headlines in between — from coast to coast, last week was an important, up-and-down week for the growing Occupy movement. Where the movement heads in the…

On Leadership in the Movement (For Wisconsin, Egypt, and everyone who campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008) Strong people don’t need strong leaders. – Ella Baker an activist friend of mine thinks the problem is that we spend too much time preaching to the choir. but maybe the problem isn’t…