The Occupy Wall Street movement has pitched a broad tent: its central pole may be the grotesque power wielded by America’s banks, but it finds room for grievances ranging from exorbitant student debt to the death penalty. This eclecticism has contributed to OWS’ success: not only has it managed to attract the entire spectrum of disenfranchisement, it has also […]
Month: October 2011
Direct Democracy at OWS
From a friend here at FES: “You guys should watch this beautiful video on the Consensus Process at Occupy Wall Street: http://vimeo.com/30513599. It’s really good and touching, and has been getting a lot of media hits. I’m a little biased, because they’re friends from college, but it’s really a beautiful thing.”
Op-Ed: A Call to Arms at Yale F&ES
To the Yale F&ES Community, With all due respect, if you think that the current Occupy Wall Street movement has nothing to do with you, you must have been asleep in all of your classes. Just as a reminder, here is the Mission of the School (quoted directly from the F&ES website): The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental […]
OCCUPY WALL STREET: More Info
Other Pertinent Links, in no particular order: Video “I Am Not Moving” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjfhOPCPJnE&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DzjfhOPCPJnE%26h%3D3AQBsG03uAQAbcYU8FVh5zfWR2JnPq_KUSKbitxy8rfqzHQ&has_verified=1 An Articulate Take on the NYPD and OWS: http://www.nplusonemag.com/the-police-and-the-99-percent Video “Right Now All Over” http://vimeo.com/30081785 Naomi Klein interviewed: http://getgrounded.tv/2011/10/12/naomi-klein-interview-at-occupy-wall-st-grounded-news-video-report-7/ Journalist Chris Hedges rules it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SKw2j3XOY0&feature=share Slavoj Zizek at OWS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9BWlcRwPQ The OWS Library: http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/ Occupy Wiki: http://occupytogether.wikispot.org/ — AND Watch this Great Animated Short: […]
A Classic Showdown
This Thursday, as editors of SAGE discussed taking a weekend dive into OWS, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city would be clearing Zucotti Park and spraying the whole place down, implying that what had up to then been an organized and functioning protest site was some kind of cesspool. Moments later, the NYPD’s Ray Kelly proclaimed the park […]
Background Reading on Occupy Wall Street
Below is a basic reading list of sorts – to describe and outline the movement, to help people get up to speed, to help aggregate good solid coverage into a foundation – sites for following development, specific journalism, prominent voices, and miscellany. We will be adding to this foundation in the coming days, and in perpetuity while the occupation persists. […]
No One Knows Exactly, And That’s OK
Now that Occupy Wall Street is headlining, after weeks of minimal coverage, the conversation about exactly what it is is growing too. Has the slumbering giant (the 99%) woken up? How long will it (we) stay awake? And what have we got to say to each other now that The Conversation is afoot? Here is what I’ve gathered about OWS […]
Arresting Fear with Hope: Protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline
Yale F&ES alumni Eliza Cava (MEM ’11) tells the story of her arrest at the White House protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline–and the surprising hope that she brought away with her.
Bill McKibben on the Keystone XL Pipeline
In an interview with Sage Magazine, environmental leader Bill McKibben says protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is about buying time for the planet.
Occupy Wall Street: Starting a Discussion
F&ES Students reach out to connect themselves, and the Yale community, to the ambitious, ambiguous, organized chaos of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Represent the 99%.
Fishing Report From Ibo Island
Ibo Island off the coast of Mozambique hosts a large network of subsistence fishing villages. Rich Press, photojournalist, documents this way-of-life, currently threatened by industrial fishing operations and a changing climate.
Father John McCarthy on Forests and Faith
Father John McCarthy, an ordained Jesuit priest with a PhD in forest ecology, is working with the Newfoundland government to protect a unique species of boreal lichen. Earth is an altar, says McCarthy, and God speaks through the beauty of the forest.