Stéphane Hessel on #OWS. Democracy Now! Stéphane Hessel. As the Occupy Wall Street movement expands across the United States, drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring in Egypt and the protests in Spain, Democracy Now! Speaks with former French Resistance fighter, Stéphane Hessel, whose pamphlet-length book, Time for Outrage, helped inspire some of these uprisings. His book has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 10 languages, with several more planned. Hessel, 94 years old, has occupied many positions in his life: immigrant, French Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, advocate and author. He joined the French Resistance during World War II, was caught by the Gestapo and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Visit Democracy Now!’ Stéphane Hessel has occupied many positions in his life: immigrant, French Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, advocate and author.
Welcome to Democracy Now! STÉPHANE HESSEL: Delighted to be with you this morning. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie in 99% Solidarity "This Little Light" 10/22/11. Roseanne Barr with We Are Change at Occupy Wall Street. OWS Teach-In with Douglas Rushkoff. We the Occupation- by Douglas Rushkoff. (written for the human microphone at Zuccotti Park) I am humbled and honored to be amplified by your voices. You are not fighting against people, but against a machine. It was put in place over 500 years ago. By a wealthy elite – trying to repress a booming peer to peer economy. Those people are all dead, but their program lives on.
They invented an operating system called central currency. People who used to trade directly, were now forced to borrow money from the king’s bank. The elite also invented software for that operating system. It is a program designed to extract value. We outsource our work, we outsource our savings, we outsource our borrowing, we outsource our investing – all instead of sourcing one another. This 13th Century, printing-press era operating system is incompatible with a 21st Century economy. Too many are mistaking this operating system – for the way things are. The Long Extraction is Over. The peer to peer society is back. The rest of us are your followers. DouglasRuskoff: Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it. A protester holds a sign at the Occupy Wall Street protest last weekend Douglas Rushkoff says traditional media condescends to Occupy Wall Street movementHe says that's because its 21st-century, net-driven narrative doesn't fit old media modelHe says protest not about end-point, it's about a new discourse on variety of complaintsRushkoff: Protest may be unwieldy, but aims to correct disconnects in U.S.
Editor's note: Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist and the author of "Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age" and "Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How We Can Take it Back. " (CNN) -- Like the spokesmen for Arab dictators feigning bewilderment over protesters' demands, mainstream television news reporters finally training their attention on the growing Occupy Wall Street protest movement seem determined to cast it as the random, silly blather of an ungrateful and lazy generation of weirdos. Occupy protests spread across U.S. Unions join 'Occupy Wall Street' Douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff) sur Twitter.
Jay Rosen : "Anyone who says he has no... Life Inc. The Movie. Naomi Klein Interview at Occupy Wall St. Grounded TV Network, video 7. Msnbc Naomi Klein - Occupy Wall Street. Amy Goodman Naomi Klein Occupy Wall Street part 2. Democracy Now! Naomi Klein. We continue our conversation with award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein, who came to New York to participate in and address the Occupy Wall Street encampment. Her bestselling book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism focuses in part on Chile, where the shock doctrine produced world-changing events after Augusto Pinochet’s coup in 1973.
One of the biggest transformations of his dictatorship was to privatize education. Now, almost 40 years later, students are protesting in the streets. We speak with Klein about the student’s demands and what they feel is broken with the Chilean educational system. She also dismisses the critique that the related Occupy Wall Street protest lacks a clear set of demands. "What the demands should be to affect a system this pervasive and complex are by no means clear," Klein says. "So it’s really about the courage to ask questions, which we don’t have the available answers for. " NAOMI KLEIN: Yes. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah. NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah. Naomi Klein @ Occupy Wall Street 10-06-2011. Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street cannot be Co-opted. Deepak Chopra meditation at Occupy Wall St. Grounded TV Network, video 1.
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Speaks @Zuccotti park Occupy Wall Street. Joseph Stiglitz and Jeff Madrick @ #occupywallstreet Open Economic Forum. Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests. Occupy Boston Noam Chomsky interview Sept 30th 2011. Chris Hedges: "This one could take them all down." Hedges on OWS w/ OccupyTVNY -- 10/15/11. Chris Hedges speaking at Occupy Wall Street: Radical movements keep this country honest!
Occupy Assange: 'Corrupt banks, corrupt cash' Cornel West Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall St Nov 3 2011 people's hearing. Immortal Technique Occupy Wall Street 2am | | By We are Change (wearechange) Michael Franti raising spirits at #occupywallstreet | NY | By We are Change (wearechange) Kanye Occupies Wall Street. Kanye West Joins Occupy Wall Street Protesters. With a group of protesters that has grown steadily in numbers, the Occupy Wall Street movement received a one-two celebrity punch Monday (October 10) in the form of supporters and Russell Simmons. Talib Kweli Speaks On 'Occupy Wall Street' The hip-hop heavyweights caused a stir when they visited the demonstrators' "base camp" at Zuccotti Park, where Simmons appeared on Al Sharpton's radio show to speak in support of the group's efforts.
"People are here with an honest heart and honest intentions," Simmons said, according to New York's Daily News. "These young people are our future leaders. "I'm happy to pay a little more taxes if it means better education for our children," he added. Simmons and West are the latest celebs to jump onboard the Occupy Wall Street movement. "There's no other place in New York City to be," Kweli told us. "When I see things like Occupy Wall Street, I just try to align myself with things that make sense," he continued.
Talib Kweli Joins Occupy Wall Street Protest. Talib Kweli lent his leadership and lyricism to the Occupy Wall Street protesters Thursday night in New York's Zuccotti Park. Nearly three weeks into their occupation, the movement has gained strength in numbers. Talib Kweli Makes Appearance At Occupy Wall Street Protests Kweli is no stranger to taking up social and political causes, but these protests have a firm grasp on his attention.
"There's no other place in New York City to be," Kweli said. "People are taking their destiny in their own hands. "When I see things like Occupy Wall Street, I just try to align myself with things that make sense," he continued. Hundreds of protesters gathered in silence around the pulpit where Kweli stood, rapping a cappella without the aid of a mic. "People are out here from all walks of life, all colors, all classes, people that have jobs, don't have jobs," said Res, Kweli's Idle Warship collaborator. "They want to know what the end game is? " Kanye West Visits Occupy Wall Street, Makes Bold Statement About Fiat Currencies By Wearing Gold Grillz. He’s no Thom Yorke, but it’ll have to do.
Yes, that Kanye West—the one with the $25,000 chains and small child-sized Horus-head-as-bling pieces—dropped into Occupy Wall Street today. He was apparently accompanied by Def Jam founder Russell Simmons, who Tweeted “kanye west is on his way to #occupywallstreet” with this photo: It sounds like it was sheer pandemonium, though no definitive accounts other than plenty of pictures and “he was here, and then he left” have yet to come through. And so it is: Kanye West gets added to the list of celebrities (Susan Sarandon, Jeff Mangum, Michael Moore, Talib Kweli) who have dropped into Occupy Wall Street who are not Thom Yorke.
Also, here’s his gold grill: [Photoshop via bMichael.] fkamer@observer.com. Judith Butler at Occupy WSP. Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street. OCCUPY WALL STREET - SUSAN SARANDON - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO. Žižek at Occupy Wall Street, part 1/3. Žižek at Occupy Wall Street, part 2/3. Žižek at Occupy Wall Street, part 3/3. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 1. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 2. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 3. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 4. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 5. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 6. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 7. Slavoj Zizek: Liberty Plaza 10/9/11 Part 8. Zizek Speaks at Occupy Wall Street. Andy from The Yes Men visits OccupyLA. SLAVOJ ZIZEK AT OWS PART1. SLAVOJ ZIZEK AT OWS PART2.
Slavoj Žižek @ Occupy Wall Street [9-Oct-11] Keith Olbermann Interviews Michael Moore on "Occupy Wall Street" Movement (9-22-11) Michael Moore on Wall Street protests: "It's going to spread across the country. David House: The Era of Digital Revolution? NAOMI WOLF ARRESTED AT OWS PROTEST BY NYPD. MC Moneypenney’s Amazing Occupy Rap: ‘Tap Dat A$$et’ [Video] FREEWEEV.INFO // WEEV SPEAKS // OCCUPYWALLST.ORG. Hacker Hero ‘Weev’ Stops By Occupy Wall Street [Video] Lech Walesa, former Polish president, to visit New York in support of Occupy Wall Street. Mike Marsland/WireImage Lech Walesa has warned of a "worldwide revolt against capitalism" if the Wall St. protests are ignored. Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
"How could I not respond," Walesa told a Polish newspaper Wednesday. "The thousands of people gathered near Wall Street are worried about the fate of their future, the fate of their country. This is something I understand. " A former shipyard worker who led Poland's successful revolt against Soviet communism, Walesa said "capitalism is in crisis" and not just in America.
"This is a worldwide problem," he told the Lublin-based Dziennik Wschodni newspaper. Protest organizers said they will welcome Walesa with open arms. "He fought very, very hard for the rights of all working people," said Doug Forand of the 99 New York campaign, which is affiliated with OWS. Walesa has warned of a "worldwide revolt against capitalism" if the Wall St. protests are ignored. Clay Shirky: People complaining that #O...
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