Those who advocate for nonviolence at Occupy should remember that nonviolence is at best a great spirit of love and generosity, not a prissy enforcement squad. After all, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who gets invoked all the time when such issues come up, didn’t go around saying grumpy things about Malcolm X and [...]
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Willie Nelson & his wife write a poem in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. We are all united! “We’re the one we’ve been waiting for. We’re the ones with the 99″ OWS Open Space Commons I finally made it to my first Open Space event. What a breath of fresh air. In recent weeks we have reduced the number of decision-making meetings and opened up space for different types of meetings/events, like Open Spaces where we foster dialogue rather than focus on making any decisions. [...] I considered writing something with Black Bloc in the title, but does that mean anything at this point? After the latest misadventure by Chris Hedges, “The Cancer of Occupy,” Hedges does a wonderful job of obscuring and misinforming his readers. It’s not often that such a crack reporter gets his very first sentence with his [...] The People’s Library has a special place in my heart. Seeing it at Liberty Square during the Occupation was always uplifting. Even today, in it’s more mobile incarnation, it’s a joy to see people’s faces light up as they realize they have free access to the entire collection of books, magazines, newspapers, and zines. [...] Occupy Town Square was a huge hit. The day was filled with skill shares and teach-ins on a variety of topics as wide ranging as “How to protect yourself from a pepper spray attack” to “Protest songs” and “Seed bombs.” Stimulating conversations filled Washington Square Park. The People’s Kitchen treated us to an amazing chili [...] Occupy Wall Street continues to grow and evolve. Despite the eviction from Liberty Square working groups and individuals within OWS continue to innovate and create amazing actions. But there’s no doubt that our lack of an actual occupation space has hindered the movement. It was that space that gave people a space to talk [...] When I got the first tweet telling me the barricades were being removed from Liberty Square, I was overwhelmed with happiness, and I can understand that a lot of people may not understand why it was a big deal. After all, it’s just a park, right? And I was certainly one of the voices post-eviction [...] Liberty Square is free! Thanks to the awesome work of our legal allies at the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) the NYPD, AKA Bloomberg’s Army, was forced to take down their barricades around Liberty Square. Since the eviction the park was fortressed off with barricades like a [...] |  | ||||
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