Occupy Northern Oklahoma

11/08/2011

Here's a great article to explain WHY we need to Occupy!!
http://www.joplinglobe.com/national/x459217988/US-wealth-gap-between-young-and-old-is-widest-ever

Voters in two Jasper County towns will make decisions Tuesday on tax issues that would affect funding for firefighting equipment, storm warning sirens, and water and wastewater improvements.

10/29/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjR8L81yQk

This came from a beautiful, HD broadcast-quality version of the US National Anthem on the US Army Field Band website. The raw video in full high res (approx....

10/27/2011

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/400684/october-25-2011/susan-saladoff

Susan Saladoff explains tort reform and discusses the myth of frivolous lawsuits.

10/26/2011

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html

TED Talks We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

10/25/2011

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Under-pressure-to-make-arrests-police-and-2232934.php

In a tense battle of wills, state troopers and Albany police held off making arrests of dozens of protesters near the Capitol over the weekend even as Albany's mayor, under pressure from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, had urged his police chief to enforce a city curfew. The situation intensifi...

10/25/2011

This is interesting, tried to get as much information as possible since nothing is 100% correct.

10/24/2011

So when is the next meeting?

10/17/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEHcOc0Sys&feature=colike

United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street ...

10/16/2011

Thanks to all who have visited the page... there is strength in numbers!! I would like to encourage you to share it with your friends who are part of the other 99%!!

10/15/2011

http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html

TED Talks Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.

10/15/2011

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/opinion/rushkoff-occupy-wall-street/index.html

Douglas Rushkoff: Media derides the Wall Street protest at its peril. The net-driven movement is a preview of a new sustainable disussion on disconnect in U.S.

10/14/2011

Survey says that America supports this movement:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20120052-503544.html

Polls show Americans have a favorable impression of the movement; most believe wealth is not distributed as equitably as it should be Read more by Brian Montopoli on CBS News' Political Hotsheet.