Winter has seen Occupy Wall Street shift gears. Meetings have moved indoors, and the movement is now more a networkMore…
Dispatches
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March 9, 2012
Were March 1st Demonstrators Occupy’s Comeback Kids?
It’s been a long, cold winter and people are wondering, “Is Occupy still going?” It is. But how and whereMore…
February 6, 2012
Conference-calling across the Occupy Rhizome
As Occupy camps spread around Southern California in early October, a small group of occupiers located at City Hall inMore…
January 25, 2012
Occupy Philosophy!
Smack in the middle of the holidays, on a Wednesday night in very late December, about 150 people—philosophy professors andMore…
January 24, 2012
Trashing the Script
In the spring of 1992, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping toured southern China. This was the trip that furthered the opening of China’s state-run More…
January 11, 2012
Foreclosed, Reopened
The signs of vacated communities are obtrusive: overgrown lawns, “for lease” signs, real-estate advertisements—or in the strange case of ZuccottiMore…
January 11, 2012
Reflections on Occupy Harvard
By my second month living in Boston, I had already produced a standard response to my friends’ questions about howMore…
December 22, 2011
What Makes Us Strong
On Thanksgiving, the police entered the encampment at Occupy LA and began hanging signs designating the park hours. The firstMore…
December 21, 2011
Occupation and the Possibility of Serendipity
Anger and fear are certainly necessary emotions for driving political disobedience, but a successful movement, no matter its local iteration, will also create the space for joy, spontaneity, and serendipity.
December 20, 2011
Built for Battle
I went to be a witness to whatever was about to transpire. Many people like me were committed to not engaging the police at all. … We only desired to be there, to protect others with our presence and to carefully record as incidents unfolded.
