Stories by Arun Gupta

Arun Gupta is a co-founder of The Indypendent and the Occupied Wall Street Journal. He is writing a book on the decline of America empire for Haymarket books. subscribe to Arun Gupta's feed

Justin Timberlake, Corporate Collaborator

Posted on: Feb 9, 2013, Source: Salon

The singer is named "creative director" of Bud Lite Platinum, one of many recent pop icons signing up with promoting big business.

How Mitt Romney Cynically Exploits White Tribalism and Resentment

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: The Progressive

Romney offers an easy-to-grasp explanation that speaks to white anxiety about the future.

When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America's Police State on Steroids at the Conventions

Posted on: Sep 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Protests in Tampa and Charlotte have been swarmed by police and enveloped in surveillance.

Why Occupy Has Faded

Posted on: Jul 5, 2012, Source: The Guardian

It's impossible to satisfy all rights, every time, everywhere.

Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement?

Posted on: May 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Is the government unleashing the same methods of entrapment against OWS that it has used against left movements and Muslim-Americans?

The 99% Movement Has Something for Everyone -- But Is it Occupy?

Posted on: May 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How will the 99% Spring impact the Occupy Movement?

iEmpire: Apple's Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New research goes beyond the New York Times to show just how disturbing labor conditions at Foxconn, the "Chinese hell factory," really are.

Can an Occupation Movement Survive if it No Longer Occupies a Space? Lessons from Across the Land

Posted on: Nov 27, 2011, Source: Salon

Protesters around the country have been cleared out of their occupied public spaces, but some of the smaller occupations could hold lessons for next steps.

7 Occupations That Changed US History

Posted on: Nov 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

With the spread of political occupations to all 50 states today, lessons can be gleaned from past occupations for a movement that shows no signs of going away.

Occupying the Rust Belt: In Three Deindustrialized Cities, Protesters Find Friendly Cops, Determination and Despair

Posted on: Oct 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Americans here are beaten down. But in occupations around the country they have found a space where they can speak of their struggles, burdens and aspirations.

The Revolution Begins at Home: A Clarion Call to Join the Wall Street Protests

Posted on: Sep 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

We all need to go down and join the occupation -- and not just by "liking" it on Facebook, signing a petition or retweeting protest photos.

Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State

Posted on: Sep 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The neoconservative ideas that shaped the war on terror have evaporated as the United States is battered by an economic depression that shows no end.

The 6 Biggest Lies About the U.S. Debt

Posted on: Jul 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

As Congress nears a vote on the various debt ceiling deals, let's look at the lies and misinformation that got us into this mess.

The American Dream As We Know It Is Obsolete

Posted on: Apr 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why progressives need to think beyond the mantra of creating a "middle class America."

Tsunami and Nuke Disaster: How Human Arrogance Intensifies Suffering

Posted on: Mar 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The collision between natural hazards and human society and economy is what creates a disaster.

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right

Posted on: Jan 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Right foments group resentment in increasingly apocalyptic terms, to people in need of easy answers in an era of widespread joblessness and uncertainty.

Corporate America's Plan to Loot Our Pensions Is the Latest Battle in Decades-Long Assault on the Middle Class

Posted on: Dec 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet

While the safety net is being withered by attrition, record corporate profits are deemed off-limits for discussion about closing the budget gap.

How Pot Friendly Yuppie Parents Help Sink Legalization

Posted on: Nov 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Why did a large number of adults vote against CA's prop 19? Because of the existing reform legalization.

How the U.S. Corporate Media Got the Israel Flotilla Catastrophe So Wrong

Posted on: Jun 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Israel's official statements about the flotilla were terrible. But our media's treatment of the situation was just as bad.

Party of No: How Republicans and the Right Have Tried to Thwart All Social Progress

Posted on: May 23, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org

You name it, the right has opposed it: civil rights, school desegregation, women's rights, labor organizing, the minimum wage, LGBT rights, welfare, immigrant rights.

How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution' Flunked Out

Posted on: Apr 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet

After two months, kids hated the new meals, milk consumption plummeted, and many students dropped out of the school lunch program altogether.

More Pain for Devastated Haiti: Under the Pretense of Disaster Relief, U.S. Running a Military Occupation

Posted on: Feb 11, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The rapid mobilization of U.S troops in Haiti was not primarily done for humanitarian reasons; we're likely to see a neoliberal economic plan imposed, at gunpoint if necessary.

5 Cures for the Unemployment Blues

Posted on: Sep 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

You can always learn to say "Would you like fries with that?" But who wants to eat made-in-a-factory E. coli burgers, much less sling them?

How We Became a Society of Gluttonous Junk Food Addicts

Posted on: Aug 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Junk food is killing us slowly with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But we can't stop because we're hooked, and the food industry is the pusher.

Gonzo Gastronomy: How the Food Industry Has Made Bacon a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Posted on: Jul 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The confluence of factory farming, the boom in fast food and manipulation of consumer taste created processed foods that can hook us like drugs.

Shocking Scenarios: Rapid Economic Contraction May Lead to New Wars and Radicalized Politics

Posted on: Apr 6, 2009, Source: Indypendent

Economic contraction could provoke: confrontation between U.S. and China or an unraveling of the European Union.

Yes We Can (Have Economic Justice), but We Need to Fight Like Hell for it

Posted on: Nov 6, 2008, Source: Indypendent

We need to band together and organize powerful new movements across this country.

Now That the Election Is Over, the Fight for Economic Justice Begins

Posted on: Nov 5, 2008, Source: PINKtank

Just like the '30s, this unprecedented crisis has given us the opportunity to fix America and create a productive, sustainable economy for all.

Financial Meltdown 101

Posted on: Oct 12, 2008, Source: Indypendent

Everything you ever wanted to know about the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression but were afraid to ask.