I was very happy to spend time at Occupy Wall Street this week. A while back I reported on a comrade’s observations; here are mine to add to the picture. I purposely didn’t bring a camera, so as not to be a tourist. I just talked to a lot of people and…
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wmtc: guerrilla librianship meets the occupied wall street journal
From the Occupied Wall Street Journal #3:Howard Zinn is here. Dominick Dunne and Tom Wolfe, too. Ernest Hemingway and Barbara Ehrenreich and Dr. Who and Beowulf: All here, and all free. Barnes & Noble may be endangered and the Borders across the st…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy toronto vigil for iraq veteran and peace activist scott olsen
If you missed the story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition.
Continue readingwmtc: a short film about ows human rights: "i am not moving"
Solidarity with Oakland: The Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette brought to you by the People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street.The whole world is watching.Scott Olson, 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, is in critical condition after his head was bashed in by Oakland …
Continue readingwmtc: pollitt: we are all occupiers now
Katha Pollitt on “The Mainstreming of OWS”: Maybe OWS will vanish with the lovely fall weather, or drift off into the anarchist subculture, or break down in fights and factions. But already it has accomplished more than anything put forward by organize…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy: the people’s library and how to build the movement
In my post here, recapping a report-back from Occupy Wall Street, I mentioned The People’s Library – but I neglected to see if the people’s librarians have a blog. Silly me, of course they do! Please visit and scroll through, it’s quite amazing: Occupy…
Continue readingwmtc: top 10 ows signs (as chosen by a friend of wall street)
Top Ten OWS signs, courtesy of International Business Times.
Continue readingwmtc: income inequality in canada: the facts
From ReWORKit: In light of Occupy Wall Street and the spinoffs that are growing in many other cities, there have been a large number of excellent articles and studies going around looking at the top 1% of income earners in the United St…
Continue readingwmtc: open letter from the middle class: two responses to the 53%ers
I have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post takes on the hypocrisy of right-wingers flaunting their status as t…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street protesters not evicted from zuccotti park
The flood of calls and emails, and a steady stream of supporters joining the protesters in Zuccotti Park early this morning, caused New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to re-think his plan to “clean” Zuccotti Park. Civil disobedience was planned for …
Continue readingwmtc: urgent: nyc to move on occupy wall street: call and voice your outrage right now!
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Please pick up the phone! Call the Mayor’s office, call Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park. Tell them wh…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street: a view from nyc and how you can participate, even if you can’t physically occupy
Last night we attended a meeting of the Toronto International Socialists, because I wanted to hear a report-back from a member who has just returned from New York, where he spent a day at Occupy Wall Street. C is 19 years old, originally from New Jerse…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street: the most important thing in the world right now
In case you missed any of these, here’s some great stuff on the Occupy Wall Street movement.Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now: If there is one thing I know, it is that the 1 percent loves a crisis. When people a…
Continue readingwmtc: right-wing editor admits to playing provocateur, instigating violence at protest
We all know that agent provocateurs are a reality, but whenever we are offered hard evidence, we should spread it far and wide. A right-wing “journalist” has admitted to infiltrating a protest group and claims to have personally instigated events that …
Continue readingwmtc: scenes from an occupation, continued
Day 19:Most compelling moment of the night: Watching NYPD taking a girl away, crowd asked her name, she replied, “Troy Davis, Medgar Evers, Emmett Till, Martin Luther King.” Total poise, totally amazing.October 15: Occupy TogetherThanks to Jere for the…
Continue readingwmtc: wall street occupation day 8 turns ugly: cops move on protesters
The occupation of Wall Street turned ugly yesterday when police moved on protesters, complete with pepper spray, kettling, random brutality, and mass arrests. Reading about this, it occured to me that I’ve neglected to blog about it at all. So here’s w…
Continue readingwmtc: more wmtc on brigette depape at the mark
A slightly enhanced version of my recent post about Brigette DePape is running at The Mark: Why Brigette DePape’s Actions Were Heroic.
I had assumed The Mark was inundated with DePape-themed essays, but it turned out they had only run one, and it was …
Continue readingwmtc: why brigette depape’s actions were heroic in my eyes
The barrage of criticism being heaped on former Canadian Senate page Brigette DePape’s lone act of civil disobedience comes as no surprise, nor does the vehemence of some of the attacks. Naysayers range from the garden variety “I agree with her stateme…
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