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 […]
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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.