Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street
Living “as if”
Dance as if no one were watching (goes the old proverb, printed on T-shirts and refrigerator magnets everywhere); sing as if no one were listening; love as if you’ve never been hurt; live every day as if it were your … Continue reading
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The 1% don’t get it: “What makes people furious is that they have stopped being citizens”
Matt Taibbi calls attention to an article at Bloomberg.com in which the much-put-upon billionaires of America frown upon the “imbeciles” of the Occupy movement for hurling abuse their way: Asked if he were willing to pay more taxes in a … Continue reading
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A symptom of a deeper rot
A must-read: Bob Ostertag of UC Davis delivers a scathing condemnation of the militarization of the police, and demolishes the justifications for it: Throughout my life I have seen, and sometimes participated in, peaceful civil disobedience in which sitting and … Continue reading
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“Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable.”
And now the police are attacking nonviolent students and faculty at the City University of New York: A birds-eye view with more context: Cathy Davidson of Duke University calls on college presidents to exercise moral leadership: What will we do … Continue reading
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An open letter to the American soldier
If police brutality fails to put down the Occupy movement, can the mobilization of the US military be far behind? Army veteran Mitch Green makes an appeal to his fellow servicepeople: The following letter reflects my view on the subject … Continue reading
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Fighting for the dream of America
This isn’t supposed to happen here. Oh, I’m not that naïve; I know it happens here. I understand the long and harrowing history of the brutal power of the State being brought to bear upon its citizens. I know about … Continue reading
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THIS IS WRONG.
And I can’t begin to describe how angry this makes me: What the cops did to those kids is unspeakably un-American. And what the students did in response is America at its best. I’ll have more to say about this … Continue reading
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Voices from the 99%: the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology
You must download this: a massive (and still-ongoing) compilation of poetry (and, it seems, a few prose pieces) submitted to the People’s Library by people from around the world, professional writers and amateurs alike, in support of the Occupy Wall … Continue reading
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Why libraries matter, cont’d: The library is the weapon of the people
The website of the People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street has a roundup of media coverage of the library’s destruction by the police on November 15. The sharpest and pithiest of the commentaries must surely be Salman Rushdie’s scathing remarks … Continue reading
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“You cannot evict an idea whose time has come.”
The Occupy Wall Street protesters have been evicted from Zuccotti Park — with members of the press kept at a distance to minimize coverage. And the thousands of books of the People’s Library have been confiscated by police and thrown … Continue reading
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