Occupy – The Movie (UPDATED)

I’m guessing they won’t be showing the rapes. DCBlogger: If you are running for office as a Green or some other emergent party candidate, you should be working the theaters running this movie. Stand in front of the theater and shake hands with viewers as they approach the theater. Wear a name tag with LARGE [...]

What happened to Riverdaughter?

For several months Riverdaughter at The Confluence was a vocal advocate of Occupy Wall Street. Yesterday was the long-advertised reboot of OWS, with demonstrations planned across the country. So where was Riverdaughter? She didn’t do any posts promoting yesterday’s activities. She didn’t travel to Zuccotti Park to live-blog the events. She didn’t even mention OWS. [...]

“We are the 99 percent, and this is bulls–.”

SFGate: Protesters trash Mission District businesses, cars Broken glass littered several streets in San Francisco’s Mission District after protesters vandalized cars and buildings Monday night, including a police station. The vandals were in a group that marched from Dolores Park shortly after 9 p.m., following a rally in advance of Tuesday’s planned Occupy general strike, [...]

They’re ba-ack!

Daily Beast: It’s mere days from what Occupy Wall Street organizers say will be one of their biggest protests yet, and the people down in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s Financial District are hopping mad. Well, at least they’re hopping. On the afternoon of April 27 in the park, one Occupier called out a signal, and [...]

Occupy Co-opt Everything

Over at Corrente danps has been running a great series of posts on the Occupy movement, the Black Bloc and violence. The most recent post discusses how disorganization and the lack of transparency is damaging what’s left of the Occupy movement: One of the, ahem, benefits of shutting down efforts at openness is that those [...]

The face of Occupy?

The Occupiers: A Liberal and a Radical Struggle for the Soul of a Movement At 5:30 p.m. on January 16, Ben Zucker was in full planning mode. Zucker is a key organizer within Occupy DC in McPherson Square Park, which at that time was the movement’s largest and longest-running encampment, and Occupy Congress was his [...]

Occupy Spring!

I kid thee not. Via Corrente, they’re back: Weekly Marches on Wall Street Start Today! 2PM LIBERTY SQUARE On Friday, March 16, 2012, at 2PM, Occupy Wall Street will converge in the streets once again and launch the first in a series of spring training marches from Liberty Square to Wall Street in preparation for [...]

A declaration of war

From Anonymous: Declaration of War on the United States Government. To the Citizens of the United States and the United States Government. We are Anonymous. In the past few months, our collective has been organizing the operation known as Operation Blackout. Part of the operation’s purpose was to alert the people of the coming bill [...]

A rock and a hard place

As Occupy Boston struggles with a sex-offender ban, its weaknesses have been laid bare It was after 10 pm on Tuesday, January 10, in the stale, bright basement of the Arlington Street Church, where now-nomadic Occupy Boston was holding a meeting. At issue was something that would seem straightforward: a proposal to prevent level-three sex [...]

At least they’re in the same ZIP code

Occupy 90210 to Protest “Big Money” During President’s Visit Occupy 90210 protesters will gather more than a mile from the home of a daytime drama TV show producer’s mansion Wednesday night when President Barack Obama visits the home for a $35,800-per-ticket fundraising dinner. The group will gather at Will Rogers Memorial Park — which is [...]

Occupy AIPAC?

Will You Occupy AIPAC? Dear friends, We are excited to announce that plans for OCCUPY AIPAC are under way and we hope you will join us March 2-6 in Washington DC. With the Occupy movement that has swept the country demanding social and economic justice, many have concluded that AIPAC—the powerful pro-Israeli government lobby that [...]

Occupy Anarchy

I’ve been doing some research on the “Black Bloc” movement and its relationship to OWS. Here’s a piece of what I’ve found: David Graeber: Concerning the Violent Peace-Police: An Open Letter to Chris Hedges I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I [...]

This oughta be good

Occupy DC Plans Mayhem for Major Conservative Conference The “Occupy DC” protest group is planning to disrupt the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference using a range of potentially illegal tactics that could even include violence against participants, Scribe has learned. The planned disruptions at CPAC come only days after U.S. Park Police raided Occupiers’ tent [...]

New and Improved OWS with Acai Berry

Christian Science Monitor: What’s next for Occupy Wall Street? Activists target foreclosure crisis. The Occupy Wall Street movement, which cut its teeth last fall by occupying streets and parks across the country, is moving into a new phase as it gears up for spring: occupying homes. The movement that claimed to speak for “the 99 [...]

Eat the rich

Angry about inequality? Don’t blame the rich. There is no doubt that incomes are unequal in the United States — far more so than in most European nations. This fact is part of the impulse behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, whose members claim to represent the 99 percent of us against the wealthiest 1 [...]

I tried to warn ‘em

Occupy support drops more than 20 points in . . . San Francisco? One would think that the Occupy movement and San Francisco were made for each other. Perhaps at one time they were, but a new Survey USA poll shows that even the City by the Bay has its limits. The poll of 500 [...]

Occupy Religion

From What Future for Occupy Wall Street? by Michael Greenberg: When I asked Amin and Katie what Occupy Wall Street’s ultimate goal was, they said, “A government accountable to the people, freed up from corporate influence.” It seemed that this pointed to a simple, single demand, something that many in the movement had been seeking [...]

Occupy DC – The Movie

I guess they held a rally this week. I’m sure it struck fear in the hearts of evil doers the 1%ers. This is an open thread.

Occupy Idiocy

When the leader most prominent member of your group is wearing a rubber boot for a hat and calls himself “Vermin Supreme,” you don’t need to worry about the media making you look stupid. (Via Verum Serum)

Occupy this guy

Glenzilla: The new WH Chief of Staff and Citigroup Yesterday, the White House announced Daley’s departure — he will now co-chair Obama’s re-election campaign, which basically means raising huge amounts of money from his Wall Street friends — and unveiled his replacement as Chief of Staff: Jacob Lew. In 2010, Lew became head of the [...]