Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Ah-Anti-Anti-Capitalista: Insatiable is not sustainable

I often wonder what the cops, passersby, media types, etc. are thinking when occupiers break into the joyous song/dance of ah-anti-anti-capitalista.

Here in the Land of the Free™, we are consciously conditioned to worship capitalism (and capitalists) so I’ll bet some outsiders perceive such a chant as a very convenient excuse to dismiss Occupy Wall Street (OWS) as—pick one—naïve, anarchist, communist, socialist, anti-American, selfish, lazy, or “too radical.”

Losing potential allies might lead some to ditch any blatant anti-capitalism slogans but what if we instead put in the time and effort to explain the simple—and I do mean simple—reasoning behind such sentiment?

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May 14 animal rights panel @ Brecht Forum

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

A Little Idea: #Occupy a Beautiful Beginning

The first form one learns in Wing Chun Kung Fu is called Sil Lum Tao, which is usually translated as “a little idea.”

Free food, music, medical care, art, and books: All little ideas. The same goes for so much more, e.g. the People’s Mic, bicycle-generated electricity, pop-up occupations and Town Squares, hand signals, permaculture, and of course, an all-inclusive, consensus-based, horizontal collective model of human interaction (well, maybe that last one is more than a little idea).

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One of my recent OWS photos:

Can I get a raised fist?

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

At the heart of an occupation

Occupier Stacy Lanyon has been gathering stories that defy everything most of us have read or heard about #OWS. I’m proud to say she recently interviewed me.

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One of my recent OWS photos:

Ah-anti-anti-capitalista

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The People’s Gong, May 9:

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