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.”
Month: October 2011
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. […]