— “The social scientist in me has to ask: Why? Why now? Why did it actually work?” David Graeber posted this worthwhile piece this morning at nakedcapitalism.com. Albeit rambling and informally off-the-cuff (perhaps rightly so) Graeber’s commentary fires on more than a few cylinders. An anthropologist, academic (Graeber a former Yale professor, in fact), and veteran protest-leader, Graeber provides an […]
Month: October 2011
Commentary: “Don’t Confuse the Complexity of this Movement with Chaos”
I went down to Occupy Wall Street last night on my own. I heard it before I saw it: drums, voices, general hubbub. First I walked the perimeter, talking pictures of the protesters standing tall with signs in hand, signs like “99% + 1% = 100%, we are all one,” “don’t let the media force down your eyes, this […]
Occupy Against Big Corporate Food – October 29th
In the context of expanding the movement and its criticisms to address environmental issues and other types of inequity… Organzations at Yale such the Coalition for Agriculture, Food & the Environment; Environmental Justice @ Yale; and The Yale Sustainable Food Project were recently invited to participate in a protest planned for October 29th against Big Corporate Food, organized by graduate students […]
Photographs: OWS on the Morning of Friday Oct. 14
These pictures are from 6-9 am last Friday (the day that the protesters were going to be kicked out of the park for cleaning). Amazing to see so many people there with that much energy so early in the morning. -Geoff
OWS Polyvocality at Yale
To assist readers in staying current on the many voices weighing on in this topic here on campus… Last Thursday there was an event that happened here on campus among some Yale economists. You can read about it here. Also, coming up on Thursday the 20th, The William F. Buckley Program is putting on a lecture by Prof. Charles Hill […]