Occupy

Act Out! [26] – Whistleblowers, Secret Societies & Diplomacy

August 29, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resistance Report Chelsea Manning, Iran, Occupy

By Eleanor Goldfield in Occupy - It’s our six-month anniversary! And we’re celebrating with whistleblowers – because everyone loves a whistleblower! From Chelsea Manning to John Kiriakou, we’re breaking down the lunacy of charging them as spies, and giving you the tools to help support those who speak out against injustices in our government. Next up, let’s take a trip to England, where the world’s most disappointing theme park has just opened. Believe me, you’ll wanna see it! Then Silent Bill gives us a rundown of the Secret Society of Super Villain Artists – doing good and having fun while doing it. And finally, here’s how you can join the fight to stop fighting and let diplomacy prevail over war. #NoWarWithIran. But first, we gotta go to the emergency room.

Protest Movements Are Changing Public Opinion

August 16, 2015 Peter Dreier, www.salon.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Occupy, OWS, Protest

By Peter Dreier for Salon - By introducing the phrase “black lives matters” into our culture – primarily through the use of social media but also by engaging in protest and civil disobedience – BLM has shifted public opinion. A new Pew Research Center poll discovered that the number of Americans who believe that changes are needed to give African-Americans equal rights has swelled from 46 percent to 59 percent just in the past year. Among white Americans, the number has increased from 39 percent to 53 percent. Among Republicans, it spiked from 27 percent to 42 percent. This growing awareness has triggered calls for reform of police practices by politicians from President Barack Obama to local mayors. That BLM met with initial skepticism and criticism should come as no surprise. This happens to all protest movements when they first appear.

Planned Parenthood, Brittany Spears & Climate Fail

August 15, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resistance Report Occupy, Planned Parenthood

By Eleanor Goldfield in Occupy - This week, here’s four things about the Planned Parenthood debacle to put them and their work into perspective. Next up, let's talk Britney Spears and cluster bombs. Yep, seriously. It's art vs. the military industrial complex with Bob Paris and The Cluster Project. Then we offer up a Presidential lowlife scum award thanks to a pretty much useless climate change plan. And finally, some good news you gotta know about! But first, I pledge allegiance. This week, here’s four things about the Planned Parenthood debacle to put them and their work into perspective. Next up, let's talk Britney Spears and cluster bombs. Yep, seriously. It's art vs. the military industrial complex with Bob Paris and The Cluster Project. Then we offer up a Presidential lowlife scum award thanks to a pretty much useless climate change plan. And finally, some good news you gotta know about! But first, I pledge allegiance.

Radicalized: A Revolutionary Documentary Film

July 26, 2015 Patti Beers, theantimedia.org Strategize! Anarchism, AntiCapitalist, Occupy, Revolution

By Patti Beers in The AntiMedia. Los Angeles, CA - On October 1, 2011 I showed up for the revolution. That summer, I had been watching the Young Turks on Youtube and had come to the conclusion that Obama was not the great savior that was sold to us. It was clear to me— with Congress completely sold out to corporate interests and the Supreme Court’s-then recent, shady ruling regarding corporate personhood—that if Obama was not for the people, then revolution—peaceful if possible—was the only way to make things right. Looking back, I see myself as having a naive, reformist perspective. In college, I got an “A+” in Political Science without any effort. I had no idea how much education on politics, specifically on the subject of anarchy, that I was about to get from the Occupy experience and the events that happened after.

Engaging The Powers: The Promise Of A New Civil Rights Era

July 17, 2015 Troy Jackson, www.sojo.net Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Civil Rights, Fight for 15, Occupy, Racial Justice

By Troy Jackson in Sojo - When Occupy Wall Street emerged in the fall of 2011 many media personalities and social commentators critiqued the lack of a clear and concise list of demands from the nascent movement. Months later, when the only thing blanketing Zuccotti Park in New York City was freshly fallen snow, I was tempted to write off Occupy as an idealistic moment that produced little lasting change. As we move toward the 4-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, my assessment has changed. Thanks in part to the work of Occupy, America is having a new debate around increasing the minimum wage, restaurant workers are waging their “fight for 15,” and even Wal-Mart recently announced wage increases for employees. We are having new public policy debates around what it means to be part of a moral economy.

Occupy Summer School Teaches Teens How To Stage A Protest

July 15, 2015 Wendy Joan Biddlecombe, www.metro.us Resist! Education, Occupy, Student Activism

By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe in Metro - Marni Halasa usually turns heads in full length wedding dresses, scanty police costumes, or while gliding by on rollerblades in elaborate winged costumes. But last Friday, she was a blank canvas at the Urban Assembly Institute for Math and Science for Young Women, an all girls public school in downtown Brooklyn. Students from the school are learning how to stage an effective protest through Occupy Summer School, a three-week long course started by Occupy Alternative Banking. The class introduces the high school students to activism, activists and social movements. Cathy O'Neil, an Occupy member, former Barnard math professor and hedge fund anaylst, said the course will culminate with a protest of the students' choice on July 22.

Budget 2015: 100s Of People Launching Protest Outside Parliament

July 11, 2015 Ben Glaze, www.mirror.co.uk Resist! Austerity, Occupy, Student Activism, United Kingdom (UK), Youth

By Ben Glaze in Mirror - Campaigners will try to pitch tents in Parliament Square tomorrow as they launch an Occupy-style protest. Hundreds of young activists are expected to arrive in Westminster, demonstrating against billions of pounds of cuts announced by Chancellor George Osborne . Youth Fight for Jobs spokesman Ian Pattison said: “Osborne’s Budget represents a declaration of war on young people. “The abolition of student maintenance grants, removal of housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds and exclusion of under-25s from the so-called ‘living wage’ all add up to a bleak picture for our generation. “This grim outlook of increasing hardship stands in stark contrast with Osborne’s treatment of the rich.

Occupy The Farm Plans New Protests Against Univ Of California

July 10, 2015 Damin Esper, www.mercurynews.com Resist! California, Farming, Law, Occupy

By Damin Esper in Mercury News - The activists organized as "Occupy the Farm" are not giving up their fight against a mixed use development by the University of California at a portion of its property along San Pablo Avenue, despite the loss in court of an appeal under the California Environmental Quality Act. Occupy the Farm has announced it will be holding a protest event at the property at San Pablo Avenue and Monroe Street on July 16. "Love the Land? Take a Stand!" is the name of the event, scheduled for 4 p.m. The event is timed to mark one month since the June 16 ruling by the state Court of Appeals, which voted 3-0 to deny the appeal. The group asks protesters to join them "one month after the court's misruling to take a stand and demonstrate refusal to accept the misuse of public land in utter disregard of environmental and public health."

Hong Kong Protesters Protest At ‘Fake’ Democracy

June 18, 2015 Phila Siu, Samuel Chan and Tony Cheung, www.scmp.com Resist! China, Democracy, Occupy

By Phila Siu, Samuel Chan and Tony Cheung in South China Morning Post - Thousands of protesters brandishing symbolic yellow umbrellas marched from Causeway Bay to the Legislative Council building in Admiralty yesterday in opposition to the government's electoral reform package, days before lawmakers vote on it. "I am confident that the lawmakers will vote down the proposal. I am here to show them my support," said 76-year-old protester Chow Fat-leung. "I took part in [last year's] Occupy movement for more than 50 days. Now I am coming out to protest for my children and my grandchildren." The rally was organised by a coalition of 14 pro-democratic groups calling itself the Citizens Against Pseudo-Universal Suffrage Campaign. After chanting slogans such as "say no to fake universal suffrage", the protesters left Victoria Park for an assembly at Tamar.

The Triumph Of Occupy, & The Costs To The Occupiers

June 15, 2015 Jay Elias, www.dailykos.com Strategize! Criminal Justice, Law, Occupy, Surveillance

By Jay Elias in Daily Kos - What took a lot longer to reach the public eye, and did so after the cameras were largely off the Occupy movement, was the lengths, many of which were illegal, that the Federal and local governments went to spy on the Occupy movement, to use anti-terrorism powers against them, and to share information about their activities with those whom Occupy was protesting. In 2012, Rolling Stone reported on the Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance of the Occupy movement, which began no less than a month after the protests began in 2011. The DHS report stated that the NYPD was sharing information on the protesters and their plans with landlords and business owners, including according to the DHS memo “large banks”. Rolling Stone also reported that information about the locations and times of protests and gatherings nationwide was “borrowed, improbably enough, from the lefty blog Daily Kos.”

Congress Occupied To Protest Fast Track for Trade Agreements

June 10, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! fast track, Occupy, TAFTA, TISA, TPP, TTIP

By Staff for Popular Resistance, Situated between the Capitol Building and the House Office Buildings activists are holding a 24 hour presence to protest trade agreements rigged for the biggest transnational corporations in the world. Popular Resistance, which is part of the Stop Fast Track coalition, organized the Rebellion Against Rigged Trade and has been outside of the Capitol during working hours. With today's announcement that a vote will come on Friday they will now maintain a 24 hour presence. "Elected officials are receiving tens of thousands of calls from constituents opposing fast track trade authority and we want them to see that people opposed to this undemocratic approach to passing laws are so dedicated they will stay outside 24 hours a day. Elected officials need to know the anger of their constituents is deep and that if Members vote for fast track, there will be serious political repercussions. We remember the impact that NAFTA had on elections. The people will not let Congress destroy their rights to protect the health and safety of their communities" said Margaret Flowers, co-director of Popular Resistance.

Act Out! Episode 14 – Occupy Venice & France

June 5, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resistance Report France, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Occupy, Strategy

By Eleanor Goldfield in Occupy - This week, we test our math skills in the name of systemic dumbshitedness. Then Occupy Venice shows us how to fight the power while helping the powerless: hosting a people's potluck every Sunday with locally sourced organic foods. Martin Kirk, founder and head strategist at /The Rules talks about breaking them, shifting paradigms and planned poverty. He talks strategy, Occupy Wall Steret and the role of scientific knowledge in campaigns. We ask the Internet, what are we? Oligarchy, plutocracy, oligarch-racy? Even after LA raises minimum wage to $15, too many folks remain homeless. And finally, France schools us on architectural design and food, but not in the ways you’d expect. Eleanor Goldfield performs spoken word for the movement, flipping the paradigms.

Act Out! Episode 13 – #ShellNo, Sun Sets On Patriot Act

June 1, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resist! Fracking, Occupy, Oil & Gas, Patriot Act, Surveillance

By Eleanor Goldfield in Occupy - This week we dive into the toxic sludge of the oil industry, beginning with Shell’s latest plans to drill in the Arctic. Luckily, activists are standing, and sitting, up to these corporate cronies. We talk to Bill Moyer of Backbone Campaign and George Edwardson, Inupiat leader, about the #ShellNo protests, how you can get involved and the importance of leaving the Arctic the f#@% alone. Moving on to Santa Barbara, Nigeria and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the oil industry easily gets this week’s lowlife scum award. Speaking of lowlife scum, frack is wack and Beyond Extreme Energy is making sure the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hears them loud and clear over the sound of their rubber-stamped fracking rigs. Join them this week!

Bank Occupied In Liverpool, Turned Into Homeless Shelter

May 1, 2015 Squat! Net, www.en.squat.net Resist! Austerity, England, Homelessness, Occupy

We make this document a Statement of Intent regarding the old Bank of England building on Castle Street, Liverpool. The intentions are as follows to feed, cloth and help all those who seek it and for the local community to help resource this project. We intend to use this building for the community, to inspire a feeling of community, which is lacking. We do this in direct response to a local council and government who are lacking in their efforts to help those in need and in fact, the local Council and government seem intent on making matters worse for the people by putting more and more austerity measures in place. We wish by the direct action of occupying an empty unused building and using said building to provide certain needs for the street people or for that matter anyone else who needs to use what is provided by donations, which come from the local community.

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