The Occupy Wall Street movement has pitched a broad tent: its central pole may be the grotesque power wielded by America’s banks, but it finds room for grievances ranging from exorbitant student debt to the death penalty. This eclecticism has contributed to OWS’ success: not only has it managed to attract the entire spectrum of disenfranchisement, it has also […]
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Direct Democracy at OWS
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.”
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 […]