Things are feeling a bit quiet again with the Occupy movement. While LA is hopefully still dancing up a storm, Dallas is regrouping and being accused of doing nothing/being in the city’s pocket (apparently, there’s a report the Dallas occupation … Continue reading →
The other day, I made mention of the pepper spraying incident at UC Davis. I wanted to take a moment and share some follow up to that: Interview with a pepper-sprayed UC Davis student http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html About Pepper Spray http://umrscblogs.org/2011/11/21/about-pepper-spray/ Add … Continue reading →
No less than 24 hours after City Hall assured the Dallas camp that there were no plans to evict them, in rode the calvary: Occupy Dallas Members Evicted, But Still Here http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kera/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1876760/North.Texas/Occupy.Dallas.Members.Evicted..But.Still.Here Protesters are evicted from Dallas campsite http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/11/17/3535028/protesters-are-evicted-from-dallas.html I’m … Continue reading →
I’m feeling both amused and a teensy bit smug to see this on the Guardian website today: Martin Rowson on Ed Miliband and the Occupy protests – cartoon http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2011/nov/06/ed-miliband-occupy-protests-cartoon However, I have faith that, like their counterparts in the States, … Continue reading →
St Paul’s protest ‘can stay until new year’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15568253 One thing that I love about the United Kingdom over the United States is that I feel the UK is a lot more sincere about letting people have a voice. And … Continue reading →
First things first: Police told to move along as anti-bank protesters camp out at St Paul’s http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/16/occupy-london-protest-st-pauls I declare this to be flat-out awesome. The city of London might be too askeered (scared) to let the protesters to the Stock … Continue reading →
I’m not gonna let me do the talking today – I’m gonna let the links do all the ‘splainin’. *grins* The Just-World Fallacy http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/ Turn the Shame Around http://weeklysift.com/2011/10/10/turn-the-shame-around/ CHARTS: Here’s What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About… … Continue reading →
All these nice links, but they’re superseded by saving the movement itself: EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Keep Bloomberg and Kelly From Evicting #OWS http://occupywallst.org/article/emergency-call-action-prevent-forcible-closure-occ/ City Offers New Location To Occupy Dallas http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/…Dallas And I’m sure that there are others. The … Continue reading →
First things first, the Avaaz petition broke 500,000 signatures yesterday! They’ve upped it to a million, so feel free to go and sign it if you haven’t yet: The World vs Wall Street http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_world_vs_wall_st/?fjfRgcb&pv=27 And of course, a few select … Continue reading →
Having seen a few more fantastic pieces on the Occupy movement, I thought I’d share them here. Kudos to my friend Polly Chrome for being the main source; she’s got some incredibly erudite and interesting friends. What Do They Want? … Continue reading →