Possible New Occupy Oakland Occupation/People Smash Windows at Oakland Obama Campaign Office 4 Aug 2012 | 01:30 pm

Photograph attributed to David Colburn. UPDATE (10:40 PM PST): CourtneyOccupy is ustreaming from Oakland. Others will probably soon be doing so as well. Find them through the Twitter hashtags mention...

Pam Spaulding Wets Her Pants Over a Kiss In at Chick-fil-A 4 Aug 2012 | 12:50 pm

Just to show how bad things have gotten at firedoglake, Pam Spaulding had a panic attack over gays and lesbians having a kiss in at Chick-fil-A today. After another instance of firedoglake historical ...

A Brief Remark About the Death of Gore Vidal 2 Aug 2012 | 03:50 am

Born into privilege, Gore Vidal lived 5 lives simultaneously. I can barely get to work everyday, raise my son and emotionally participate in my family, while Vidal was a novelist, socialite and period...

Anaheim: Protest at the APD Today 30 Jul 2012 | 03:05 am

UPDATE 4 (1:05 PM PST): March of approximately 200 people through the working class neighborhoods of Anaheim to the police station in progress. UPDATE 3 (12:55 PM PST): List of all streamers in Anahe...

Anaheim: Protest Police Brutality at Disneyland on 7/28 and 7/29 28 Jul 2012 | 03:05 am

Disney is the power behind everything in Anaheim.

Anaheim 26 Jul 2012 | 07:48 pm

An Appreciation of Alexander Cockburn 24 Jul 2012 | 03:47 am

Alexander Cockburn liked pit barbeque. I know this, because, just prior to a planned road trip through Georgia and the Carolinas several years ago, he asked Counterpunch readers to recommend some good...

Farewell, Alex, My Friend 22 Jul 2012 | 12:20 am

Jeffrey St. Clair informs us that Alexander Cockburn is dead at 71: Our friend and comrade Alexander Cockburn died last night in Germany, after a fierce two-year long battle against cancer. His daugh...

How I Became An Anarchist 16 Jul 2012 | 06:53 am

Mel, known for the excellent Broadsnark blog, explained her evolution back in 2009. It remains well worth reading in its entirety today. Here's an excerpt that provides a provocative insight into the ...

People's School @ Lakeview Elementary Raided 3 Jul 2012 | 09:36 pm

For information, go to the Twitter hashtag @Lakeviewsitin. All but two people left the school voluntarily. Rally planned for 5pm in front of the school. It has been reported that the police, a combina...