Occupy Wall Street

Philanthropy
Philanthropy, Grassroots Activism, and Politics in In Defense of Populism
By its own terms, Donald T. Critchlow’s In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy generally “provides less a taxonomy of populists grassroots movements,” though it does do that, “than…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 29, 2021

Organization Trends
The Elizabeth Warren Cheering Squad
(PDF here) Summary:  A coalition of Progressive, pro-Democrat nonprofits is trying to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has become a kind of folk hero to leftists, as an…
by Jonathan M. Hanen on May 1, 2015

Foundation Watch
Building a Radical Foundation
(PDF here) Although the Glaser Progress Foundation was made possible by the great wealth its benefactor garnered from a mere decade’s work at Microsoft, it aims to change the…
by Matthew Vadum on March 4, 2014

Organization Trends
Southern Poverty Law Center: Wellspring of Manufactured Hate
Read CRC president Scott Walter’s op-ed on the SPLC’s use of fake “hate group” labels here (Full PDF here) Summary: The Southern Poverty Law Center began…
by James Simpson on October 7, 2012

Philanthropy
Should nonprofits linked to ‘Anonymous’ and harassment stay tax-exempt?
Are the two nonprofits founded by radical activist and convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin entitled to tax-exempt status? It’s a question worth examining. Kimberlin is a paid employee of one…
by Matthew Vadum on June 14, 2012

Featured Items
AUDIO: My spot on Extension 720 last night
I discussed the anarchists, Marxists, and others who protested the recently concluded NATO summit in Chicago last night on the Extension 720 radio show last night. Click on this…
by Matthew Vadum on May 23, 2012

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LIVE RADIO: Vadum will be on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg in Chicago in less than 20 minutes
I’ll be on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg on radio station WGN in Chicago in less than 20 minutes from now. I’ll be on for a full hour starting at 12…
by Matthew Vadum on May 22, 2012

Organization Trends
Leftist spring training is ACORN-approved
Admitted communist Van Jones is working with various leftist groups “to train over 100,000 young people to engage in acts of massive civil disobedience throughout the country,” Ron Radosh writes in…
by vadum on April 10, 2012

Organization Trends
Occupy Wall Street is far from dead
Occasional Capital Research Center contributor Trevor Loudon warns in a column at Big Government that the radical Occupy Wall Street movement will be back in full force in the…
by Matthew Vadum on December 6, 2011

Labor Watch, Monthly Notes
Unions Heart Occupy Wall Street
Unions have provided Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors with resources including office space, photocopying services and food, in exchange for the activists “…pitching in to help unions ratchet up action…
by Matt Patterson on December 2, 2011