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Carl Gibson, 26, is co-founder of US Uncut, a nationwide creative direct-action movement that mobilized tens of thousands of activists against corporate tax avoidance and budget cuts in the months leading up to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Carl and other US Uncut activists are featured in the documentary "We're Not Broke," which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. You can contact him at carl@rsnorg.org, and follow him on twitter at @uncutCG.
(7 comments) SHARE Friday, January 30, 2015 Open Letter to John McCain: Get Out of Washington, You Low-Life Scum
I would think that someone who has personally experienced the worst imaginable hell of war would be the first one to stand up for veterans when given the chance. But you, Senator McCain, have turned your back repeatedly on America's veterans when they asked for even the most concrete necessities.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 28, 2015 The Kochs' $889 MILLION Pledge to Buy the Presidency Could Undo Education Cuts in 4 States
The Koch philosophy is profoundly unhealthy, and all the more reason that nobody should be able to wield so much power over a nation's politics. Our democratic system will always be compromised until we can successfully amend our Constitution to say that corporations aren't people, and that money is not speech.