Articles by: Austin Lord

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David Graeber: “On Playing By the Rules – The Strange Success of Occupy Wall Street” life

“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 …

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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, …

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Occupy Against Big Corporate Food – October 29th

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 …

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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.…

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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, …

by × October 17, 2011 × 0 comments

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Op-Ed: Chewing on Conversations with OWS Protesters

Op-Ed: Chewing on Conversations with OWS Protesters

10.16.11

Hey y’all,

Like Monte, I made it to the protests in NYC yesterday.  I got there on the later side – in time for the rally in Times Square, a “general assembly” meeting in Washington Square Park (see photo …

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