Movements, History, and Economic Transformation, Part 7: Systemic change and the long haul. In this seventh and final segment, I bring some historical perspective to bear on the problem of social transformation: how do we abandon our “vested interest in pessimism” and orient ourselves to the difficult work of really changing the system in the long haul? What kind of vision do we need to build a movement committed to the decades of work ahead of us? Watch previous segments: Interview shot and produced by Jordan Karr-Morse from Softbox Digital. 11-17-11 1a - Occupy Brooklyn Bridge, with Adam Gabbatt - Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Occupy protesters arrested at plaza outside Bank of America in Los Angeles - Occupy protesters arrested in L.A.
Occupy Wall Street 99% Spotlight Signal #N17 #OWS #OccupyEverything. Interview with creator of Occupy Wall Street "bat-signal" projections during Brooklyn Bridge march. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi Earlier this evening, tens of thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched throughout New York City, many making their way on to the Brooklyn Bridge, carrying LED candles and chanting. As Occupiers took the bridge in a seemingly endless sea of people, words in light appeared projected on the iconic Verizon Building nearby: "99% / MIC CHECK!
/ LOOK AROUND / YOU ARE A PART / OF A GLOBAL UPRISING / WE ARE A CRY / FROM THE HEART / OF THE WORLD / WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE / ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / #OCCUPY MOVEMENT / OCCUPY WALL STREET / list of cities, states and countries / OCCUPY EARTH / WE ARE WINNING / IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING / DO NOT BE AFRAID / LOVE. " A few hours later I spoke with Mark Read, who organized the "bat-signal" project. XJ: How did this come together? Mark Read: It came up at an action coordination meeting. I said, I think I can do that. I knew I wanted to throw it on the Verizon Building. She wouldn't take my money. How Twitter Makes Money From Occupy Wall Street | Business News. The Occupy Wall Street crowd marched through downtown Manhattan this morning to among other things, disrupt the opening of the New York Stock Exchange (NYX) -- but it turns out that the chaos could be a financial boon for social-media giant Twitter.
This morning, I loaded up TweetDeck to follow the chaos, and began tracking the hashtags #OWS and #OccupyWall Street. Here's what I saw: (Click to enlarge) At that top of each stream is @Verigreedy a.k.a Stop Verizon Greed, a promoted Twitter account for the Communications Workers of American Union, which is engaged in a public battle with telecommunications giant Verizon (VZ) over worker wages and benefits. If you follow the link to the CWA's website, you'll find a very Occupy Wall Street-esque message: As Verizon continues to offer proposals aimed to destroy middle-class jobs and cut benefits, Verizon workers are hitting the streets. So why is this interesting? Think about it. It's not just the CWA.
Nothing wrong with that. Occupy Wall Street protesters cross Brooklyn Bridge. Twitter. Mayor of the World: How Bloomberg Flexes New York's Diplomatic Muscle - Politics. By now everyone knows the acronym “BRICS,” which formally stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, but informally has come to refer to dozens of so-called emerging markets whose natural resources and trade surpluses are making them the center of geo-economic competition. Far less appreciated, however, is how these powers’ rise is fueled by urban centers like Sao Paulo, Mumbai, and Shanghai, places that have become global centers in their own right, more connected to the world than ever before through commerce, technology, and transport. The total economy of Russia is scarcely more than what is concentrated in the government, banks and companies based in Moscow. Worldwide, a new class of global cities is emerging combining mega-populations, massive markets, and international ambition.
Meet President Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg has no official mandates beyond Mayor of New York City. Yet even though the U.S. New York belongs as much to the world as to America. Bloomberg's Long War Against Protests - Politics. If you were surprised that New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg sent heavily armed police into Zuccotti Park in the middle of the night to break up the Occupy Wall Street demonstration—despite the fact that a poll released the same day shows 58 percent of registered New York voters think the camp should be permitted—you shouldn't have been. To New Yorkers familiar with Bloomberg's past reactions to protests, the real surprise is that he didn't do it sooner. The first protest Bloomberg tried to suppress was against the impending invasion of Iraq on February 15, 2003. The city, citing only vague security concerns, refused to grant a permit to march, allowing only a stationary rally and cramming attendees into a narrow penned area.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters were unable to get within earshot. During the Republican National Convention in 2004, the NYPD took an especially aggressive approach to handling protesters. The police even made a show of force at rallies for school funding. Breaking News: NYPD Police Officers cracks the head of a peaceful protester #N17. SEIU Pres Mary Kay Henry arrested protesting @ Brooklyn Bridg. OccupySeattle. Emma_A: have... OWS occupies subways. Eden: Line of officers before en... Eden: Marching towards the bridg... Journalist,Faith Laugier- attacked,assaulted and arrested by NYPD: The Shamar Report. Dustin M. Slaughter's Photo. A bloodied protester at Zuccotti Park. More here,