Sunday, January 08, 2012
Occupy No Demands: #ChooseUtopiaOverReform
For nearly four months, we’ve heard some version of this simplistic gripe about Occupy Wall Street (OWS): But what are their demands?
To ask such a question is to willingly succumb to the craven compliance that conscientiously cloaks a commodity culture. If only OWS would just put itself in a damn box—with a familiar, easily identifiable label, of course—it would make life so much easier for those who’ve long surrendered the capacity for critical thought.
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One of my recent OWS photos:
#MicCheck
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Courtesy of Rick the Cartoonist:
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Occupy to the Sky: #PickOutTheHayseeds
In 1853, the future founders of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden set free several pairs of the previously unknown European House Sparrow inside Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery. By picking hayseeds out of horse droppings from the carts used for funerals, these tiny birds flourished and are today one of the continent’s most ubiquitous creatures.
The moral of this story: When all they can supply is horseshit, it’s up to the us to pick out the hayseeds that enable us to not only survive…but to thrive.
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One of my recent photos:
New year, same economy
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De-Occupy the Two-Party Fraud: #Vote4Me?
What happened in 2008 is an excellent illustration of how system handles dissent: A black face, a soothing voice, and a vague message of change—all designed to keep rabble pacified without changing anything at all.
Best news for 2012: The rabble is no longer pacified.
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One of my recent OWS photos:
This is so not over...
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One of my recent OWS videos:
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