Occupy

Moyers: Two Paths To Positive Resistance

November 13, 2013 Staff, www.billmoyers.com Resist! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Health Care, Occupy, Revolution

Between them, doctors Jill Stein and Margaret Flowers have been arrested nine times. In the face of injustice and government by the one percent, rather than look the other way and stick to practicing medicine they chose a different approach. At first they took separate paths. Margaret Flowers fought for single payer health insurance. She works for the organization Physicians for a National Health Program and is a contributor to PopularResistance.org, a website advocating nonviolent direct action against injustice. Jill Stein advocated for campaign finance reform in her home state of Massachusetts, working in 1998 with others in her community to pass the Clean Election Law. She co-founded the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities in 2003 and represented the Green-Rainbow Party for governor in 2002, for State Representative in 2004 and for Secretary of State in 2006. She was the Green Party candidate for president in 2012. Now Stein and Flowers are both members of the Green Shadow Cabinet, a group of 100 prominent men and women offering alternative policy and speaking out in an organized voice against a dysfunctional government. Stein serves as president and Flowers as secretary of health.

Parents Of The Revolution

November 11, 2013 Staff, www.parentsoftherevolution.com Resist! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Occupy, Youth

Parents of the Revolution follows a group of activist parents in the Occupy Wall Street movement who believe that it's their democratic duty to teach their kids to speak out against injustice. Are they heroes who are bringing up their kids with a civic conscience or agitators who are using their children as human shields? In late October, 2011, a month into Occupy Wall Street’s takeover of Zuccotti Park in New York City’s financial district, a new movement erupts amidst the excitement and turmoil with police––Parents of Occupy Wall Street. Started by Kirby Desmarais, a gutsy and resourceful 26-year-old mom and independent music manager, the group is meant to be an outlet for families to get more involved in Occupy Wall Street. In fact, Kirby organizes a “family sleepover” in Zuccotti Park, which draws over 500 kids and parents with sleeping bags in tow, ready for a night of protesting.

Upcoming Book: An Activist Armed With A Camera

November 9, 2013 Jenna Pope, www.indiegogo.com Educate! Arts, Climate Change, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Occupy, Türkiye

One of the great photojournalists to come out of the Occupy Movement is Jenna Pope, she is crowd-funding her book. We urge you to support Jenna's efforts. "In February of 2011, the massive protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker awoke me from my slumber and changed my life completely. I immersed myself within the front lines of the fight for justice and equality, and I haven't looked back even once. Fast forward two years and nine months and I am now living in New York City, traveling all over the US and internationally to stand with others who are striving for a better world. In the process, I have been arrested, pepper sprayed, tear gassed, hit with water cannons, and shot at with plastic bullets. I have slept on planes, trains, and buses, outside in the rain and snow, and on strangers' couches. And, everywhere I go, I have my camera in my hands. It has been an exciting, intense, and unpredictable journey where I am constantly being inspired by the people and movements I capture through the lens of my camera."

Judge: Idaho Occupy Rules Unconstitutional

November 8, 2013 John Miller, www.ap.org Educate! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Occupy

A federal judge rejected some rules governing protests on Idaho property surrounding the Capitol in Boise, concluding that neither a seven-day limit on rallies nor allowing state officials discretion to waive restrictions for some groups but not others meets constitutional free-speech muster. The "Occupy Boise" protests that prompted this 2-year-old litigation vacated the old Ada County Courthouse's grounds last spring. Along the way, there have been victories and defeats for the state and the activists who sued, including a decision upholding Idaho's ban on overnight camping on the Capitol Mall. Published late Friday, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill's latest decision further clarifies how activists can — and can't — use property on the Capitol Mall to deliver their messages. In his 39-page filing, Winmill decided a seven-day limit on protests ran afoul of free-speech protections. Furthermore, he said, letting the Department of Administration waive regulations for so-called "state events" might invite discrimination against groups or messages officials didn't like.

Peace, Love, And Pepper Spray Book

November 5, 2013 Staff, www.peaceloveandpepperspray.com Educate! Arts, Book Review, Occupy

Peace, Love, and Pepper Spray, a new coffee table book by Emmy Award-winning journalist and photographer Amber Lyon, chronicles modern protesting in America with more than 200 photographs of activists at the heart of recent protests across the country. The book’s 12 chapters and individual activist profiles cover an array of recent protests with a focus on immigrant rights, Anonymous, women’s right to go topless, the Chicago Teacher’s Strike, online protest, attacks on press freedom, home foreclosure barricades, Keystone XL Pipeline demonstrations, Chicago NATO protests, Trayvon Martin, Anaheim police brutality and many, many more…

Don’t Move, Occupy! Social Movement Vs Social Arrest

November 5, 2013 Mehmet Döşemeci, www.roarmag.org Strategize! Arab Spring, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Occupy, Spain, Türkiye, Wars and Militarism

Regardless of their final present political fate, the global uprisings since 2011 have already established mass continuous occupation of public space as the dominant form of political struggle in the early 21st century: the coming together of people who have both withdrawn their consent to be governed by the existing order and, equally importantly, discovered the responsibility, dignity, difficulty, and — above all — joy of instituting a society outside of it. In so doing, they have challenged the periodization that separated a mass political uprising from the democracy that may follow it. The common feature of all these occupations was the creation of democratic forms within the space and time of the uprising itself. This was made possible not through a politics predicated on movement, but rather one of arrest, of occupation, in order to create sites for the collective restructuring of social relations and space.

A Police Chief Tries To Reform The System From Within

November 4, 2013 Radley Balko, www.huffingtonpost.com Create! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Occupy

Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, 46, was in charge of the eviction. But Burbank took a decidedly different approach from his counterparts in other cities who used aggressive, confrontational measures to oust their own Occupy encampments. Burbank showed up at the camp and talked to the protesters, in some cases one on one. He explained that they'd need to start leaving the park at night, although they could come back during the day. He said that when the time came for them leave, they could do so peacefully, or they could choose to be arrested. He even asked them how they'd like their arrests to take place, in case they wanted the TV and newspaper cameras to photograph them giving themselves up for their cause. Unconventional has been Burbank's modus operandi since he was appointed chief of police in 2006. Be it the drug war, immigration, or the handling of protests, Burbank's mantra to his officers is the same: Use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation. Or as Burbank puts it, "It's not can I do it, but should I do it?"

Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

November 1, 2013 Ian Wilder, www.onthewilderside.com Educate! Finance and the Economy, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Occupy

"Is Occupy Wall Street dead? The short answer is “No.” Occupy is very much alive. At least that is Ian’s short answer. Kimberly and I have recently been debating the meaning of Occupy, now that there is some distance from its inception. Kimberly became an early supporter of Occupy – using our website onthewilderside.com to herald its start as a true movement back to shared values. She quickly recognized the need to use our site to help counter the corporate spin."

How the Occupy Movement Began: The Full Account

November 1, 2013 Nathan Schneider, www.truth-out.org Strategize! Occupy, Organizing

I started looking for the planning process of some great cause to follow and to learn from. It turned out that this would be easier than I expected - and that the spectacle would be the process itself. Revolution didn't seem like such a crazy idea in 2011. Just a few weeks into the year, two dictators had already bowed to the power of the people. By late February, the victorious Egyptians were phoning in pizza-delivery orders to the occupied Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. Unrest followed the summer's heat to Greece, Spain, and England. Europe's summer was Chile's winter, but students and unions rose up there too. Tel Aviv grew a tent city. While Tahrir Square in Cairo was still full, the boutique-y activist art magazineAdbusters published a blog post imagining "A Million Man March on Wall Street." But the United States appeared to go quiet after Madison, its politics again domesticated by talk of the "debt ceiling" and the Iowa Straw Poll; when tens of thousands actually did march on Wall Street on May 12, few noticed and fewer remembered.

What Do Occupy Protestors Think of Pepper Spray Cop Being Awarded $38,000?

October 31, 2013 Jak Hutchcraft, www.vice.com Educate! Occupy, Student Activism

There are three things I can tell you about it. One—he’s legally entitled to it; it’s an insurance payment. Two—the fact that he’s getting it is a tremendous injustice. Three—not only did he get the payout of $38,000, but after committing those horrendous acts that were obviously over the line, he got eight months of paid administrative leave while they investigated it, and he got to keep his retirement and other benefits. Giving these payouts to police officers is a message that says, "No matter what you do or whose rights you trample, you're part of a big family of police and we take care of our own."

(De)Occupy Protesters In Hawaii Receive Jail Time

October 30, 2013 Staff, www.kitv.com Resist! Homelessness, Housing, Occupy, Police abuse, Video

Two (de)Occupy protestors were sentenced to prison on Monday. They were found guilty of obstructing government operations after refusing to move when city crews were citing and removing tents from the sidewalk at Thomas Square. If Catherine "Sugar" Russell is feeling remorse for obstructing government operations, she didn't show it. Neither did Blade Walsh. But, both face time in jail for their actions while the city was removing tents and other items from sidewalks. "My father would be proud to have me protecting people," said Russell. "He instilled integrity, charity and standing up for those who need help. I am pono. Blade is pono. Madori is pono and (de)Occupy Honolulu is pono." Russell describes herself as a "protesting houseless advocate."

Creating A Strategic Core That Builds A Mass Movement

October 30, 2013 J.M. Smucker, www.devoketheapocalypse.com Strategize! Occupy, Organizing

What our opponents are wrong about is the equation of radical with fringe. The word radical literally means going to the root of something. Establishment forces use the labelradical interchangeably with the disparaging label extremist—as a means to “otherize” the movement. But clearly the radicals did something right here. We flipped the script by framing the top 1% as the real extremists—as the people who are truly out of touch. By striking at the root of the problem and naming the primary culprit in our economic and democratic crises—by creating a defiant symbol on Wall Street’s doorstep—a new generation of young radicals has struck a chord with mainstream America.

Peter Dreier On A New Generation Of Activists

October 30, 2013 Bill Moyers, www.billmoyers.com Organize! Finance and the Economy, Occupy, Worker Rights and Jobs

In his interview with Bill this week, historian Peter Dreier shares why he’s optimistic about America’s future, shining a spotlight on grass-roots initiatives around the country that remind us of our collective capacity to make a real difference. Dreier, author of The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, also explains why the radical politics of Dr. Seuss, the late children’s book author and illustrator, is a source of inspiration. “The message that Dr. Seuss is sending in his books to young people is to stand up to arbitrary authority and take back your own life and be a fighter for justice and for your own integrity,” Dreier tells Bill. “I think that Dr. Seuss would be very pleased with a lot of the movements today because these are people standing up to authority and big power and trying to take the country back.”

Occupy London: Russell Brand Interview Shows Occupy Not Dead

October 30, 2013 Emma Fordham, www.occupylondon.org.uk Resist! Media, Occupy

The Brand interview confirmed that Occupy is not dead. Brand has thrown a big rock into the ripples Occupy created. Cries of “Hallelujah, at last someone with a celebrity platform is speaking the same language as the disaffected plebs” have almost been drowned in the backlash, which to my mind shows he’s got the establishment running scared of a genuinely popular uprising against state and corporate abuse of power. Paxman’s mantra “but what’s your alternative?” echoed the criticism of Occupy. It’s a trick question that Brand is wise enough to sidestep. The current system is unsustainable; that’s the point that needs making, rudely, right now. Later we can draft in experts in renewable energy, agro-ecologists and alternative economists, and take their advice on how to steer the planet towards a sustainable future. The environmental crisis often gets lost amidst economic woes; Brand put it slap bang in the centre of his message, exactly where it needs to be.

Hedges: “Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Have Destroyed Satire”

October 29, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.wordpress.com Educate! Corporatism, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Government, Human Rights, Media, Occupy, Video

In this wide ranging interview, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Christopher Hedges talks with Acronym TV's Dennis Trainor Jr about Class War, Non violence, The Great Gatsby, and about the lost art of Satire. "Satire becomes destroyed in essence in the hands of figures like Colbert, John Stewart and others," Hedges asserts. "They will attack the excesses or the foibles of the system, but they are never going to expose the system itself because they are all millionaires, they are commercially supported. You have very few people (George Carlin was one) who will stand up and do it. If you do that, it is tough to make a living. Carlin maybe being the exception. But if you really use Satire the way Swift used Satire, to expose the English barbarity in Ireland because culture, like everything else in the society has been completely corporatized."

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