As occupy encampments are being cleared out by bruit force all across the US and eviction notices have been handed out in Canada (some have been or are being challenged through the courts, many ask, “what’s next?”. Is there life after the tent cities? Personally, I have reservations, which I
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Lieutenant Pike as imagined by Georges Seurat
UPDATE: Here’s a collection of the best of the Lieutenant Pike meme.
Continue readingUC Davis Chancellor Katehi’s perp walk
Dawg and others have posted this but it’s powerful enough to post once again. This is indeed powerful; Dr. Katehi walking to her car, passing by OccupyUCDavis seated in absolute silence. This is an iconic video, representing the perp and the peaceful. UPDATE: More from someone close to the scene: A pretty remarkable thing
Continue readingUC Davis Chancellor Katehi’s perp walk. The silence is deafening.
Dawg and others have posted this but it’s powerful enough to post once again. This is indeed powerful; Dr. Katehi walking to her car, passing by OccupyUCDavis seated in absolute silence. This is an iconic video, representing the perp and the peaceful. While I’m at it, I second Lorne’s (no
Continue reading32 Pictures Of Police Brutality From Occupy Wall Street Protests
All you need to know. Copping a feel: just one of the 32 images of police brutality against Occupy
Continue reading“Police forced open their mouths and pepper-sprayed down their throats”
What has happened to our police forces, north and south of the border? Watch the video below and tell me if you see even an inkling of a threat from the seated Occupiers. The chief of this police force is either the leader of a band of cowards or she’s lying out her
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Occupy Santa Claus?
Is there room for the #occupy message via Santa Claus Parades?
Continue readingThings Are Good: United Republic: Creative Organization Grows from OWS
Democracy takes time, and it’s rough and tedious work, so it’s amazing that in the two short months since the Occupy Movement began an organization has sprung up that will help the movement. United Republic aims to support the Occupy Movement by championing the idea that political decisions should be
Continue reading1% Smackdown . . . .
Poor hank and condescending. They don’t look happy, do they? Maybe ‘cuz of this bit of news from SocialistWorker.org today? OCCUPY CHICAGO won a victory on November 14 when the University of Chicago was forced to cancel a scheduled lecture from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and ex-Treasury Secretary
Continue readingWith Bloomberg’s plundering of Zuccotti Park last night, Occupy Wall Street can now get down to serious business
Funny how a mayor bought and paid for by Wall Street thinks he can brutally evict Occupy Wall Street while forbidding any media coverage. Looks like he forgot about the internet. Currently, throngs of displaced occupiers are marching on Wall Street. Po…
Continue reading350 or bust: We Are The Many
Occupy yourself with this powerful video by Makana, a popular Hawaiian recording artist. At the APEC summit in Hawaii this past weekend Makana made a bold and courageous statement. He was enlisted to play a luau on Saturday night for leaders gathered…
Continue readingcmkl: Capitalism has a lot of staying power
I was thinking about this as I went about my one per cent Sunday, putting up shelves in the laundry room, raking leaves, trimming back the grape vines and disposing of the now-rotting jack-o-lanterns on the front porch.
Continue reading350 or bust: Remembering the Montgomery Bus Boycott During Occupy Times
It was fifty five years ago today the Supreme Court of the United States of America upheld the decision of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama “that Alabama’s racial segregation laws for buses were unconstitutional.” I…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“It is understandable that a realist would despair. And if I was to retreat into self-absorption I would find a small plot of land where I would never have to hear another leaf blower, and find what comfort I could in my family, my books and the …
Continue readingBritish police arrest 179 EDL thugs after threats of violence towards Occupy LSX
EDL supporter engages in a typical spot of bother
Meir Weinstein must be so proud.
"It is fantastic if they are using their resources to try and stop people getting on to this site," said Bryn Phillips, a member of the Occupy LSX community. "If this has prevented violence then I am pleased."
The English Defence League had issued statements and made threats on Facebook to burn down
Continue readingThanks to Occupy, the term ‘income inequality’ now part of the national conversation
It took the media long enough to catch on but, as Ben Smith notes, ‘Occupy Wall Street is winning’.
A quick search of the news–including print articles, web stories and broadcast transcripts–via Nexis reveals a significant rise in the use of the te…
Continue readingJay-Z ripping off Occupy Wall Street?
Looks like it.
Jay-Z is releasing a new line of T-shirts in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement Friday via his Rocawear clothing label, but he doesn’t plan to share any of the profits with the protesters.
The rapper was recently seen wearing one of the shirts, which tweaks the phrase "Occupy Wall Street" by crossing out the "W" and adding an "S" to make it read "Occupy All Streets."
Continue readingMatt Taibbi is beginning to get it about the Occupy movement
Most political/cultural/populist movements begin in back rooms, in clandestine meetings over a period of years. Many times the resultant movement looks little like the disorderly chaos of the initial gatherings. Unlike past uprisings, the Occupy movem…
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Veterans vs. OWS
Today is Remembrance day. I would personally like to thank all those who have served and are currently serving in Canada’s military. When I opened the editorial section of the Globe & Mail today, I saw the editorial cartoon (pictured … Continue reading →
Matt Taibbi is beginning to get it about the Occupy movement
Most political/cultural/populist movements begin in back rooms, in clandestine meetings over a period of years. Many times the resultant movement looks little like the disorderly chaos of the initial gatherings. Unlike past uprisings, the Occu…
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