Home. Links. OccupyArrests.com | Zinn said that the problem in this country is not civil disobedience, it’s civil obedience. Since the Occupy movement emerged in New York City in September 2011, thousand of people have been arrested exercising their freedom of speech and assembly while participating in Occupy actions. The number continues to grow. This well organized site documents the arrests, where and when they happened, and links to published articles documenting them. National Lawyers Guild | you or someone you know needs legal assistance or has been the victim of excessive police force or brutality at a protest or gathering, contact the National Lawyers Guild, a non-profit federation of lawyers, legal workers and law students who join in at Occupy protests, monitor police activity on the street and in jail, and are dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system.
Chomsky. Occupyinglanguage. Occupying LanguageThe Secret Rendezvous with History and the PresentBy Marina Sitrin and Dario Azzellini Zuccotti Park Press | Occupied Media Pamphlet SeriesPublication date: Sept. 2012 | 120 pagesE-Book | ISBN: 978-1-884519-19-2Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-884519-09-3 | 120 pages | $10 "By occupying language, we can expose how educational, political, and social institutions use language to further marginalize oppressed groups; resist colonizing language practices that elevate certain languages over others; resist attempts to define people with terms rooted in negative stereotypes; and begin to reshape the public discourse about our communities, and about the central role of language in racism and discrimination. As the global Occupy movement has shown, words can move entire nations of people — even the world — to action.
Occupy Language, as a movement, should speak to the power of language to transform how we think about the past, how we act in the present, and how we envision the future.” Messagemovement. Message To The MovementBy Mumia Abu-Jamal Featuring the poem “Occupy Mumia’s Cell” by Alice Walker. Listen to Mumia read from the pamphlet. Reflecting on the meaning of struggle, education, imperialism, and his own involvement in radical social movements, revolutionary journalist and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal, directly addresses the diverse community of organizers and activists who support and participate in the Occupy movement.
“The real deal is Occupy Everything!” Says Mumia. “A tour de force for those just discovering themselves within the movement and struggle, and a smack of hope for those who had thought the moment to act was over.” On April 25, 2012, the day after dozens were arrested at the White House following a mobilization to Occupy the JusticeDepartment in Washington DC, Mumia spoke with Amy Goodman and Danny Glover on Democracy Now. ISBN: 978-1-884519-07-9Bilingual edition – English/SpanishSaddle stitched pamphlet | 34 pages | $6Edición bilingüe –ingles y español. Brooklynbridge.