Sen. Sanders has stood with the protestors at Standing Rock, and elsewhere, which recalls a different Occupy legacy worth preserving: If elected officials turned up, they stood with the group, in the group, not for the group.
Released from Rikers prison after serving 58 days, Occupy activist Cecily McMillan discusses prisons, policing and why she'll keep protesting. Cecily McMillan. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) By Sarah Jaffe Truthout.org | Interview 13 July 2014 Cecily McMillan would rather not be famous. Not for the dubious honor of receiving the most serious sentence among thousands of More
Released from Rikers prison after serving 58 days, Occupy activist Cecily McMillan discusses prisons, policing and why she'll keep protesting. Cecily McMillan. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) By Sarah Jaffe Truthout.org | Interview 13 July 2014 Cecily McMillan would rather not be famous. Not for the dubious honor of receiving the most serious sentence among thousands of More
McMillan’s journey from a rural Texas backwater to a courtroom in New York is a journey of political awakening. By Chris Hedges truthdig.com Apr 27, 2014 Occupy Wall Street activists Eric Linkser, center left, and Cecily McMillan, far right, take turns shouting information to fellow protesters preparing to return to Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011. AP/Bebeto Matthews NEW More
UPDATE: Cops beat our cameraman ZD Roberts Greg Palast GregPalast.com March 19, 2012 3:36 PM [New York Monday March 19] Our photographer ZD Roberts was beaten by New York City cops with nightsticks while covering Occupy Wall Street’s attempt to re-take Zuccotti Park Saturday night. Zach yelled several times, “I’m PRESS! PRESS!” yet More
PART I Infiltration to Disrupt, Divide and Mis-direct are Widespread in Occupy By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers 25 February 2012 October11.org This is Part I of a two part series on infiltration of Occupy and what the movement can do about limiting the damage of those who seek to destroy More
What REALLY Happened at Zuccotti Park on New Years When We Re-Occupied and Re-Energized OWS By Bill Perry (about the author) January 2, 2012 opednews.com The November Hosni Bloomberg Scorched Earth attack on Occupy Wall Street proved that “YOU CAN’T EVICT AN IDEA.” While Mayor Bloomberg & Lady Gaga smootch at the Times Square BALL More
Nonviolence Is Creative Posted by Reverend Billy Talen November 24, 2011 AlterNet Consumerism is violent. The apologists for ads and products, life styles and brought-to-you-by media are disastrously wrong. The thousands of marketing confrontations that a person must get through daily are not persuasive, clever, or normal. The 50 foot-tall actor wearing a watch and grinning at More
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, Thought Crime in Washington November 27, 2011 Tom Dispatch When I arrived at Zuccotti Prison one afternoon last week, the “park” was in its now-usual lockdown mode. No more tents. No library. No kitchen. No medical area. Just about 30 leftover protesters and perhaps 100 of New York’s finest as More
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