Thursday, December 22, 2011

There's more than one way to Occupy: #KeepYerToolboxFull

Successful activism is never either/or. When allies bicker over tactics, you can be certain vanity is ruling the day. Whether you want to sign petitions or engage underground direct action, go right ahead—but please understand that diversity of tactics advances the cause.

Please also understand that deriding others for not recognizing your brand of purity (violent, non-violent, or whatever) is more about your sense of self than bringing about the changes we all seek.

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One of my recent photos:

Don’t they know it’s illegal to #occupy in Bloomberg’s New York?

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Posted on 12/22 at 08:45 PM
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

#EcosystemBeforeEconomics

The opening lines of a recent New York Times article by Justin Gillis may appear to many readers as if they were part of a big budget film treatment:

“A bubble rose through a hole in the surface of a frozen lake. It popped, followed by another, and another, as if a pot were somehow boiling in the icy depths. Every bursting bubble sent up a puff of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas generated beneath the lake from the decay of plant debris. These plants last saw the light of day 30,000 years ago and have been locked in a deep freeze — until now.”

But here’s the catch: The melting of the permafrost is not science fiction and it’s not gonna go away us we occupy major changes…right now.

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One of my recent photos:

Sartre sez: “Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat."

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Posted on 12/20 at 02:05 PM
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

#DeOccupyHope

Barack Obama promised hope but what we got was more illegal military interventions (Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, etc.), the targeted assassinations of US citizens, and laws that allow the US to indefinitely detain suspects anywhere in the world without charge or trial.

“We can’t give up hope,” I often hear. “Keep hope alive,” the saying goes. “If we lose hope, nothing will ever change"…or so they believe.

Well, I’m here to say: #DeOccupyHope.

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One of my recent OWS photos:

We’re back...

(Lots more new OWS pics here)

(Even more new OWS pics here)

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Posted on 12/17 at 07:20 PM
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