April 2012
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SF Chronicle: Occupy protesters take over vacant...
oldenough2burmom:
(04-01) 17:57 PDT San Francisco — A group of marchers led by Occupy movement protesters has entered a vacant building at Turk and Gough streets in San Francisco, claiming the property as a “permanent occupation” and refuge for homeless people in the city.
The group entered the building at about 5:45 Sunday evening, after marching there following a really at Union Square....
March 2012
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Watchthecommunes:
OWS Activists work for the “Free Network Foundation,” planning a decentralized and open-source mesh Internet
You’re on the Internet. What does that mean?
Most likely, it means one of a handful of telecommunications providers is middlemanning your information from Point A to Point B. Fire off an email or a tweet, broadcast a livestream or upload video to YouTube, and you’re...
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I was preparing for Whistleblowing Wednesday and I...
occupyallstreets:
According to leaked documents (obtained by WikiLeaks), the DHS is monitoring OccupyWallStreet’s Tumblr.
Members domesticterrorism, cartonrouge and laughing-rabbit of the OccupyWallStreet Tumblr blog may also be monitored by Homeland Security.
Two out of the three members follow this blog and they frequently reblog my post on the OccupyWallStreet blog.
The Twitter account...
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I saw OWS people trying, not to integrate with but to change the direction of the route. I saw OWS people screaming for everyone to go to Zuccotti Park. After seeing this and then seeing the arguments of people saying that this was not about OWS, only to have the OWS people say that it WAS, I became physically ill. If there...
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occupywallstreet:
I saw OWS people trying, not to integrate with but to change the direction of the route. I saw OWS people screaming for everyone to go to Zuccotti Park. After seeing this and then seeing the arguments of people saying that this was not about OWS, only to have the OWS people say that it WAS, I became physically ill. If there was ever a time when you should...
How Occupy Wall Street Co-Opted The Million Hoodie... →
When Occupy Wall Street first got the national spotlight they were so worried about the co-option of their message, yet they have no problem co-opting others. A couple of Occupiers recognized me and asked if I noticed some of the nonsense that was happening. I said yes and one of them explained that after this march and two months of working with Occupy, she and her friends no longer wanted to...
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I saw OWS people trying, not to integrate with but to change the direction of the route. I saw OWS people screaming for everyone to go to Zuccotti Park. After seeing this and then seeing the arguments of people saying that this was not about OWS, only to have the OWS people say that it WAS, I became physically ill. If there was ever a time when you should have worked to keep the focus on the...
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PSA.
deluxvivens:
I have NOTHING but sideeye for white folks in occupy movements that are marching thru manhattan and oakland today because “we are all treyvon” but repeatedly called POC “divisive” for wanting to bring up racism as an issue within the occupy movement and outside of it.
That’s some bullshit.
Just so you know.
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While I think it's safe to say that the majority...
There’s a difference between support and appropriation. It’s one thing to say we support their cause, it’s another to claim their cause as our own.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to ramp... →
…with the return of warm weather, now focusing on the 2012 elections. Yesterday, hundreds of protesters returned to Zuccotti Park in New York City for the six month anniversary of the beginning of the movement, leading to dozens of arrests when police broke up the demonstration.
