http://griid.org/2011/10/29/occupy-wall-street-v-the-tea-party Jeff Smith distinguishes between populism and “false populism” in a thought provoking piece that analyzes a now popular dialogue comparing the Occupy movement with the Tea Party movement. “Beyond easily noticeable similarities, however, deep and fundamental differences significantly undermine the Tea Party-OWS parallel posited by Scherer and other mainstream commentators.” “The Tea Party was and is not a social movement at all […]
Nebulous
7 Billion – which are you?
World population is about to hit (or has hit) 7 billion. What number baby were you? Use this calendar from The Guardian to find out.
“Police Fire Tear Gas at Occupy Protesters in Oakland” (NY Times)
Members of #Occupy Movement were forcefully confronted and arrested by riot police this morning in Oakland, CA as they triend to re-enter a space they had been removed from. – NYTimes full story with photographs and video here. – More detail from the Huffington Post here. *Images and video from this morning are quite intense.
NYT/CBS News Poll Shows Distrust in Government
See this link for the recent NYT/CBS News poll about perceptions of Obama, the US Government and OWS.
Environmental Solidarity Working Group & Climate Justice Day @ OWS
– If you believe you can help with the below efforts, or would like to get involved generally, please email: Environmentalist Solidarity: owseswg@gmail.com If you can physically participate with the Environmental Solidarity Working Group – meetings are held daily at 4pm in the atrium at 60 Wall St. – A new Working Group has been formed in at #Occupy in […]
Yale College Panel Discussion on the Meaning of OWS – 10/25
– Sorry for the late notice, but there will be a formal panel discussion on #Occupy at 7pm tonight here on the Yale campus – non-students also welcome. More information to come following the event… Details from the facebook event page below: — “Occupy Wall Street: A Panel and Discussion on What it Means and What to Do” Tuesday, October […]
Building a New Ship: On-the-Ground Perspective from OWS NYC
– The following is excerpted from a group email sent by a friend on the ground who is involved with the Education and Empowerment Working Group at OWS, among other things. Alejandro speaks very well to ways in which the conversation has expanded, become self-sustaining in a way, to the spread of awareness, and to new avenues for dialogue. Personal […]
Animal Fashion News
Following the oil spill, New Zealand calls for knitted penguin sweaters. Meanwhile, Brooklyn DIY-ers are using 3D printers to solve a global hermit crab housing (crabitat) crisis.
From Yale Daily News: Contrasting Opinions on Occupy New Haven
– The Yale Daily News has been covering the Occupy New Haven movement in the past week or so… illustrating that #Occupy Movement is very much still a contentious issue here on the Yale campus. — 1. The YDN initiation of coverage on October 11th. — 2. More recently, a second piece from the Yale Daily News covers the an […]
The Whale Hunt
Photographer Jonathan Harris charts a traditional Inupiat Eskimo whale hunt. One community, two bowhead whales, 3,214 incredible photographs. See the full story or highlights.
The World’s Craziet Bike Racks
In which The Atlantic Cities looks into the problem of bike storage in booming urban centers.
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 than a few cylinders. An anthropologist, academic (Graeber a former Yale professor, in fact), and veteran protest-leader, Graeber provides an […]