Occupy Houston

On tonight's show... Bill Lambert and other Houston activists travel to Jackson, Mississippi to join Stop Patriarchy (stoppatriarchy.org) in their fight for a woman's right to choose.

Hey Houston thanks as always for kicking off your weekend with us here at the Houston Indymedia show. As a reminder, pledge drive is coming up soon, but you don't have to wait for us to beg on the airwaves, if you like what you hear you can always go to the KPFT.org and click on that tip jar to put your money where your ears are. Tonight we will take you on a tour of the 1%, celebrate Occupy Houston's birthday, and hear how Hollywood is jumping on the vilification of teachers and the unions that advocate for them. But first, these headlines...

As Occupy movements across the country have celebrated their birthdays in recent weeks, Occupy Houston included a tour of the 1%. Multinational corporations and big banks were on display last Saturday, including TransCanada, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo just to name a few....