Nate Kleinman is running for Congress in the 13th District!
 

The first Occupy candidate: Nate Kleinman

Nathan Kleinman, a 29-year-old member of the Occupy Philadelphia movement, intends to run for congress in Pennsylvania's 13th district against Democratic incumbent Allyson Schwartz.

Kleinman, who refers to himself as a human rights activist and organizer, served as an aide to Joe Sestak's unsuccessful 2010 Senate campaign before becoming a legislative assistant to Pennsylvania State Representative Josh Shapiro.

More recently, he has been a member of the Occupy Philadelphia movement, participating in a number of associated working groups, including "Free University," "Outreach Working Group," "Process Working Group," "Camp Liberty," and "The Committee of Correspondence," through which he became involved with InterOccupy.org, which he describes as "a central hub for communications" in the national Occupy movement.

Now, he plans to campaign for the House of Representatives, which would make him the first member of the Occupy movement to seek a seat in Congress.

Hat tip to Joe Graeff:

This Friday, January 20, 2012 join an Occupy the Courts march and rally in Philadelphia from noon to 3 pm.

It will start at Thomas Paine Plaza just north of City Hall and end at the Federal Courthouse at 6th & Market Streets. The local organizers have received a permit for this event, and they have met with the police and a Homeland Security representative so this was planned as a peaceful demonstration of citizens exercising our right of free speech. Paste this in your browser to see a schedule and a map:

http://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/1434?akid=1614.1004070.7M4Qa6&t=1

Courtesy of Public Citizen

Now that you've seen the movie, join a rally to end corporate personhood on January 20, 2012. Meet at Thomas Paine Plaza (across from City Hall) at noon. More details to follow soon! Watch this space!

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Moyers & Company>, Coming January 2012

Tip o' the hat due to Mary Clark for finding this one. More evidence that, no matter what is said, we are all one. Just the undeniable emotional response proves it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com, via Associated Press

An 84-year-old retired teacher, Dorli Rainey, was aided after being pepper-sprayed in Seattle on Tuesday. Bloggers are calling this a defining image of this week of Occupy unrest. That's milk of magnesia on her face, which is used as first aid for pepper spray.

The cops may have stepped in it this time, though. Ms. Rainey is a long-time political activist and a friend of the mayor. Oops!

Beginning Friday, October 21, 3:00 pm at City Hall.

Eric Cantor, House GOP Minority Leader is giving a seminar about...are you ready for this??... income inequality at the Wharton School of Business from 4:30-6:30. [3730 Walnut St.] MARCH form base camp to Wharton starting at 3PM. Occupy Philadelphia, it is up to you to make this your largest march yet!

Not according to one guy who should know:

It's my sentiment that we should increase the tax burden on the so-called "job creators" until they actually create some jobs. In other words, when they PROVE that they are job creators and create some taxpayers, we will reconsider their situation. From the Center for American Progress:

It seems it's OK in America for nutjobs in three-corner hats to bring weapons to a presdential event, or to demonstrate in favor of cutting the pay and pensions of public employees (like cops), but peaceful protest against the fleecing of America by the FIRE sector in the streets of NYC is verboten.

I don't often use this platform to request you donate your hard earned money, but in this case, I'm making a huge exception.

Watch the video, then click here.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - These students paid upwards of $3,000 each for the opportunity to experience the American culture. What they experienced is the same reality faced by millions of Americans every day. Needless to say, they were not impressed. Fortunately, they are foreigners and not your typical beaten-down, dispossessed, desperate American worker, and stood up for themselves. We could all take a lesson from these kids.

And the response by Hershey's...

I attended this conference in DC and had the privilege to shake Mr. Moyers' hand and chat with him a bit in the hotel lobby. Where will we find this kind of inspiration and motivation today? Take a few nimutes to listen to his remarks as he introduces Norman Lear:

Thank you, Robert Reich.