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<img class="size-medium wp-image-21248" src="http://cn4.wnet.org/metrofocus/files/2011/09/wallstreetbrooklynbridge-280x187.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="187" /> Protest Like an Egyptian: An Occupation of Wall Street | MetroFocus

Felix Salmon is a respected and interesting Reuters blogger, and in a recent post entitled American Plutocracy he makes some good points which are exactly in line with what I write about in Treasure Islands. I hope he won’t mind my pasting quite a lot of his blog : Michael Lewis puts his finger on something important: “Ordinary Greeks seldom harass their rich, for the simple reason that they have no idea where to find them. To a member of the Greek Lower 99 a Greek Upper One is as good as invisible. Felix Salmon misses the point on #Occupy and the global elite | Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the men who stole the world | A book by Nicholas Shaxson

Adbusters: MicahWhite Revolution in America

David Graeber “The funny thing is,” my Egyptian friend told me, “you’ve been doing this so long, you kind of forget that you can win. All these years, we’ve been organizing marches, rallies … And if only 45 people show up, you’re depressed. If you get 300, you’re happy. Then one day, you get 500,000. And you’re incredulous: on some level, you’d given up thinking that could even happen.”

"Let me tell you the story of a man killed by advertising." So begins Émile Zola's satirical Death by Advertising , a short fiction story published in 1866 that describes the swift decline of Pierre Landry, a naïve believer in all claims of advertisers. What is remarkable about this story is not just that Zola had developed a compelling – and widely read – critique of advertising a hundred and forty years ago, but that within his imagined world we glimpse the beginnings of the mental environment movement. Pierre Landry is a caricature whose purpose is to show both the absurdity and the dangerous consequences of incessant advertising. He was brought up reading and admiring newspaper and billboard advertising and taught to believe the claims made by advertisers without question. Death by Advertising

A Master Class in Occupation Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Chris Hedges NEW YORK CITY—Jon Friesen, 27, tall and lanky with a long, dirty-blond ponytail, a purple scarf and an old green fleece, is sitting on concrete at the edge of Zuccotti Park leading a coordination meeting, a gathering that takes place every morning with representatives of each of Occupy Wall Street’s roughly 40 working groups. Chris Hedges: A Master Class in Occupation - Chris Hedges' Columns

A global movement is taking shape. The failure of neoliberalism, the development of new technologies, a burgeoning class of the over-educated and under-employed: all play a part in its birth. Yet the movement is only now beginning to recognise itself and its future role Aaron Peeters: The movement that needs no name

From the Middle East to the streets of London and cities across the US there is a discontent with the status quo. Whether it is with the iron grip of entrenched governments or the widening economic divide between the rich and those struggling to get by. But where are those so hungry for change heading? How profound is their long-term vision to transform society? Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open' - Talk to Al Jazeera

Foley Square, October 5, 2011. Photo: Jen Ross If there is one thing I know, it’s that the 1% loves a crisis. When people are panicked and desperate and no one seems to know what to do, that is the ideal time to push through their wish-list of pro-corporate policies: privatizing education and social security, slashing public services, getting rid of the last constraints on corporate power. Naomi Klein: The Most Important Thing in the World

Photo: (Gusto NYC, Mr. GIF, Spleen Latifa) By now, you've no doubt heard a lot of Occupy Wall Street buzz. Maybe you've even gotten word that an Occupy Together protest is coming to a downtown near you. With poster board in one hand and a Sharpie in the other, you're ready to get your march on and support the movement's mission, which is ... erm ... well ... what exactly? We have the lowdown. Why Occupy Wall Street? We’ve Got The Lowdown

I t’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation’s income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent. Stiglitz: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the1% (may2011)

Joseph Stiglitz talks Occupy Wall Street [NBC 10-03-2011]

Chris Hedges & Amy Goodman

Bloomberg Says He Seeks Balance Between Right to Protest and 'Right to Be Silent' Updated 5:10 p.m. | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, speaking on the day that Occupy Wall Street protesters marked their one-month anniversary in Zuccotti Park, said he was trying to strike a balance between protecting protesters’ right to free speech and the needs of Lower Manhattan residents. “The Constitution doesn’t protect tents,” he said on Monday at a news conference in Queens. “It protects speech and assembly.” He expressed concern that those exercising a “right to be silent” might be getting drowned out amid the din of the protests. “We can’t have a place where only one point of view is allowed,” he said.

marine veteran rant against NYPD brutality - times square

Marine vs. 30 Cops (Marine Wins)

Wall Street Protesters Disgusted With Both Parties

'Occupy Wall Street' CNN interview with Michael Moore DBickford 360-773-1318

Citizen Radio Watches Occupy Wall Street Grow | News Video

Occupy Wall Street Really 'Becoming A Force' On Monday, Kanye West and Russell Simmons stopped by to show support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. But they weren't the first hip-hop celebs to lend their time to the cause. Last week, Talib Kweli also made a surprise appearance, which included a performance of his new song "Distractions."

NEW YORK — Although the unseasonably warm weather has been favorable to Occupy Wall Street protesters who have set up shop in Zuccotti Park, the logistics and potential problems of living in a public space are not lost on the occupiers. Early concerns about basic needs and safety for the demonstrators quickly spawned a democratic system to provide resources for those on the ground who need them. A Tour Of Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street: A Guided Tour

NYPD Dangerously Uses Horses to Control Crowd at Occupy Wall Street in Times Square (Video)

Salman Rushdie: Excellent, thought provoki

OWS 'We Will Not be Co-opted' TheAlyonaShow

Jelle Brandt Corstius » Openluchtbioscoopje op Beursplein

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET WINS! Bloomberg backs down, protestors stay in park

Mashable: *Occupy Wall Street Protesters and Police Clash Occupy Wall Street , the social media-spawned movement that has gone viral across the U.S., turned violent Friday morning after the New York City mayor's office announced cleanup of Zuccotti Park would begin at 7 a.m. Protesters have held their ground in lower Manhattan since Sept. 17, and though this morning's arrests are not the first , many across the web say the movement is heating up. Word of the cleanup came Thursday afternoon, when Zuccotti Park owner Brookfield Properties stated they would spend Friday cleaning the location, which had become unsanitary.

NEW YORK—As the Occupy Wall Street protest expands and grows into a nationwide movement, Americans are eagerly awaiting a list of demands from the group so they can then systematically disregard them and continue going about their business, polls showed this week. "The protesters need to unify around a shared agenda with precise policy goals so I can begin paying no attention to them whatsoever," said Tulsa, OK poll respondent Kaye Petrachonis, echoing the thoughts of millions across the country. "If they don’t have a clear power structure organized around specific demands first, then I'll never be able to completely tune them out due to a political conflict of interest or an inability to comprehend complex, detailed economic concepts. These people really need to get their act together." Nation Waiting For Protesters To Clearly Articulate Demands Before Ignoring Them

Chris Hedges: A Movement Too Big to Fail - Chris Hedges' Columns

Occupy Wall Street NYPD runs over a protester with motorcycle

Occupy Wall Street to a global intifada?

'Occupy': A catalyst for change? - Inside Story

Students storm Goldman Sachs building in Milan

M. Hardt A. Negri The Fight for 'Real Democracy ' at the Heart of Occupy Wall Street

The Fight for 'Real Democracy' at the Heart of Occupy Wall Street

Goldman Sachs to Employees: Avoid Occupy Wall Street - US Business Blog

10-14 A brief history of the 15th of October: where it comes from, what it means and the future of the global uprising

Social media and the Wall Street protests: #Occupytheweb

The 'Last Place Aversion' Paradox

Occupy Wall Street's Greatest Strength Is Neutering It - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics

djripley On Occupy Wall Street

Occupy-beweging groeit als een inktvlek

Occupy Wall Street Protests Rock New York City - NY Daily News

Mass Arrest Resembles Infamous, Costly Police Tactic, Critics Say

The call to occupy Wall Street resonates around the world | Micah White and Kalle Lasn | Comment is free

Proposal For A New Constitutional Amendment: A Separation of Corporation and State

#occupywallstreet vs Avaaz « halfiranian.com

10-11 Žižek at Wall Street: “don’t fall in love with yourself” #occupywallstreet #ows

Bartleby’s Occupation of Wall Street

Occupy Protests’ Seismic Effect

Global protests: Occupy the London Stock Exchange takes over the City

Instant succes

Wall Street Crash | Groupthink

The Fantastic Success of Occupy Wall Street | Immanuel Wallerstein

'Occupy Wall Street' CNN interview with Michael Moore DBickford 360-773-1318

Micah Sifry: OWS is here to stay

Occupy Your Heart, Then Occupy Wall Street

Hans Achterhuis: Ik kom in opstand, dus wij zijn

@RobWijnberg fantomeconomy too big to fail, democratie not important enoughto save.

VK: Steeds meer Amerikanen steunen Occupy Wall Street

NRC: Democratie en kapitalisme gaan scheiden. Ontferm je over kind Occupy

TheEconomist: OWS~Leaderless, consensus-based participatory democracy and its discontents

Occupy weet het (nog) niet | rutgerlemm.com

Het Grote Media Debat

Globalizing Dissent, From Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza

Occupy Wall Street and the deradicalized Rawls | The Moral Sciences Club

Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed | Truthout

People power versus the global economy - Inside Story

Winter is Coming for Occupy Wall Street…But Are They Ready? | The New York Observer

Occupy first. Demands come later | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free

Naomi Wolf: How to #Occupy the moral and political high ground

The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street

Chris Hedges: Finding Freedom in Handcuffs - Chris Hedges' Columns

George Monbiot: The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen | George Monbiot

David Harvey: The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis

Governing the Occupy Movement through Crime

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free

Anne Applebaum: Occupy protests undermine democracy

Occupy has succeeded in reframing the debate where Labour has failed

Cenk predicts 2012 will 'be the year of the revolution' - The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur

The Rush to Archive Occupy

Occupation 101: NYU to Offer Two ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Classes | The New York Observer

Columbia Uni Offering Course In Occupy Wall Street, With Field Work

Occupy the Classroom: NYU to Offer Classes on Occupy Protests

Why Now? What's Next? Naomi Klein and Yotam Marom in Conversation About Occupy Wall Street

A Eulogy for #Occupy | Wired Opinion

Game or be gamed: Douglas Rushkoff on prototyping democracy through play

Kalle Lasn – Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction Of Neoclassical Economics

"The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged": The Visual Culture of the Occupy Movement