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Interview with a pepper-sprayed UC Davis student. Photo:Brian Nguyen/The Aggie. 22-year-old UC Davis student W.

Interview with a pepper-sprayed UC Davis student

(name withheld by request) was one of the students pepper-sprayed at point-blank range Friday by Lt. John Pike while seated on the ground, arms linked and silent. Anonymous Fights Pepper Spray With Personal Information. Hitler Reacts to Pepper Spray Meme. John Pike Meme. The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy.

US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated crackdown against peaceful OWS protesters in cities across the nation this past week.

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

An elderly woman was pepper-sprayed in the face; the scene of unresisting, supine students at UC Davis being pepper-sprayed by phalanxes of riot police went viral online; images proliferated of young women – targeted seemingly for their gender – screaming, dragged by the hair by police in riot gear; and the pictures of a young man, stunned and bleeding profusely from the head, emerged in the record of the middle-of-the-night clearing of Zuccotti Park. But just when Americans thought we had the picture – was this crazy police and mayoral overkill, on a municipal level, in many different cities? – the picture darkened.

To Europeans, the enormity of this breach may not be obvious at first. Why this massive mobilisation against these not-yet-fully-articulated, unarmed, inchoate people? Archive - Nov 21, 2011. Memo to America: THIS IS THE POLICE STATE YOU CHOSE.

Archive - Nov 21, 2011

Here's the deal, America. If you want to be shocked at the casual pepper-spraying of seated protesters over the weekend at UC Davis, you can. Under one condition. About Pepper Spray. One hundred years ago, an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the intensity of a pepper’s burn.

About Pepper Spray

The scale – as you can see on the widely used chart to the left – puts sweet bell peppers at the zero mark and the blistering habenero at up to 350,000 Scoville Units. I checked the Scoville Scale for something else yesterday. I was looking for a way to measure the intensity of pepper spray, the kind that police have been using on Occupy protestors including this week’s shocking incident involving peacefully protesting students at the University of California-Davis. As the chart makes clear, commercial grade pepper spray leaves even the most painful of natural peppers (the Himalayan ghost pepper) far behind. It’s listed at between 2 million and 5.3 million Scoville units. Pepper Spray: Just How Safe Is It Anyway? (Infographic) Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis. Incredible Speech By Wall Street Protester "End The Fed" 2011. [Occupytimessquare] 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (Marine Wins)

OccupyOMC. Olbermann Interviews SGT Shamar Thomas! Marine That Told U.S. Cops Stop Brutalizing Protesters. Celebrities support OWS. Naomi Klein : « Le mouvement Occupons Wall Street est actuellement la chose la plus importante au monde » - Mobilisations. J’ai été honorée d’être invitée à parler [le 29 septembre] devant les manifestants d’Occupons Wall Street.

Naomi Klein : « Le mouvement Occupons Wall Street est actuellement la chose la plus importante au monde » - Mobilisations

La sonorisation ayant été (honteusement) interdite, tout ce que je disais devait être répété par des centaines de personnes, pour que tous entendent (un système de « microphone humain »). Ce que j’ai dit sur la place de la Liberté a donc été très court. Cornel West Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall St Nov 3 2011 people's hearing. Is that all you've got kid ?!.... Occupying the Noosphere: The Evolution of Media Platforms and Webs of Community Protest. By Michael Glassman Abstract This article suggests the emergence of a new dominant ecological system in civil discourse and protest: the noosystem.

Occupying the Noosphere: The Evolution of Media Platforms and Webs of Community Protest

Why I'm in Solidarity with #OccupyWallStreet. At this moment the brave and dedicated #OccupyWallStreet protesters are in the streets of New York and cities around the world.

Why I'm in Solidarity with #OccupyWallStreet

They call the world’s attention to Wall Street greed and corruption as a common source of the many crises that threaten the human future—economic, political, social, and environmental. This is a defining moment for America. It is our country’s version of the uprisings occurring around the world. It is a ray of hope for democracy and real prosperity in America and beyond. Wall Street Occupiers, the Future Depends on You by David Korten. Video: For more than 15 years, David Korten has called for an end to the Wall Street economy.

Wall Street Occupiers, the Future Depends on You by David Korten

Why he hopes the Occupy movement will finally change the game. posted Oct 10, 2011 Interview by Kat Gjovik As the ranks of Wall Street protesters swell and solidarity spreads in other cities and nations, many Americans are asking, Why do they do it? And what do they imagine could replace Wall Street? After 15 years of outspoken criticism of the financial system, David Korten talks about moving back to a Main Street economy, and tells protesters nationwide why they give him hope. Seven Ways Occupy Changed America — and Is Still Changing It.

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Seven Ways Occupy Changed America — and Is Still Changing It

Putting Inequality on the Agenda Before Occupy came along, the Tea Party narrative was dominant in American politics. Conservative activists told a story about how big government was strangling taxpayers and small businesses, holding back growth, fiscally bankrupting the nation, and attacking freedom. Swarm Wall Street: why an anti-political movement is the most important political force on the planet. This was originally posted on the Coalition blog on 10 October, 2011.

Swarm Wall Street: why an anti-political movement is the most important political force on the planet

Why are people occupying Wall Street? The US political elite and mainstream media don’t know what to make of it. ‘Anti-capitalist and unAmerican’, says Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, echoing the sentiments of the conservative left and political right. The mainstream commentariat, when it dares to peer closer, paints an unflattering picture of disaffected, disorganized youth, milling about Liberty Square without a shower or a set of policy demands to level at the administration. Meanwhile the occupation grows day by day.

Occupy Wall Street Run on Citibank Ends in Arrests [VIDEO] (twitter.com/celakabat) Around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Occupy Wall Street Livestream captured about 20 people being arrested outside a Citibank at La Guardia Place in New York. A protester announced via human mic that people had gone inside Citibank to close their accounts. They were asked to leave and complied, he said, but the bank’s security guards locked them in until the N.Y.P.D. arrived. “Some wanted to close their accounts with Citibank,” he read from a cell phone. “When asked to leave, they began to exit but were locked in by security. Former Financial Regulator William Black: Occupy Wall Street a Counter to White-Collar Fraud. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We are on the road in Kansas City, Missouri, in front of a live audience of public television broadcasters at NETA, the National Educational Telecommunications Association conference.

Kansas City is known for its barbecues, blues and boulevards. Officer/Occupier Captain Raymond Lewis. Occupy Police.

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Occupy The Internet. Occupy Wall Street (occupywallstreet) on BuzzFeed. TheWallStreetProtest.com. #OWS #OCT15 CITI BANK ARRESTS. The Guardian 99% v 1% the data behind the Occupy movement - animation. Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State. #OccupyUSA #OWS WatchLab. New York: Occupy Wall Street dénonce la destruction de milliers de livres. Occupy Wall Street a dénoncé mercredi la destruction de milliers de livres lors du démantèlement de son campement le 15 novembre à New York et a demandé au maire qu'ils soient tous remplacés.

Des quelque 4.000 livres que comptait la bibliothèque, constituée durant deux mois à partir de dons, seuls 1.275 ont été récupérés, et seulement 839 sont encore utilisables, a précisé lors d'une conférence de presse l'avocat Norman Siegel, figure de la défense des droits civiques. Il en manque 3.161, et il est probable que 68% de l'ensemble de ces livres aient été détruits, a-t-il regretté. L'avocat, entouré de la petite équipe qui animait cette bibliothèque sur le square Zuccotti, dans le quartier de Wall Street, a demandé au maire Michael Bloomberg de "remplacer chacun des livres manquants ou endommagés". Il a précisé que c'était d'autant plus facile que les bibliothécaires avaient répertorié tous les ouvrages donnés au mouvement anti-Wall Street, dont des livres parfois dédicacés par leurs auteurs.

Occupy Economics. Occupy protesters look to regain momentum. CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About... The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are gaining momentum, having spread from a small park in New York to marches to other cities across the country. So far, the protests seem fueled by a collective sense that things in our economy are not fair or right. But the protesters have not done a good job of focusing their complaints—and thus have been skewered as malcontents who don't know what they stand for or want.

CNN: Occupy Wall Street is not a Protest but a Prototype. The more familiar something looks, the less threatening it seems. This is why images of funny-looking college students marching up Broadway or shirtless boys banging on drums comprise the bulk of the imagery we see of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Stock brokers look on, police man the barricades, and what appears to be a traditional protest movement carries on another day, week, or month. Paranoïa sécuritaire chez les milliardaires de Wall Street. The Shocking, Graphic Data That Shows Exactly What Motivates the Occupy Movement. October 23, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Memo to American Bankers Association from lobbyists spells out $850,000 anti-OWS plan. “Occupy” Protesters’ Creative Impact Against the System. A cat passes by graffiti reading “re-evolve” in front of a closed hotel, occupied by protesters, next to Madrid’s landmark Puerta del Sol.

(Reuters) A flag made by Occupy Wall Street campaign demonstrators is seen in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New York. (Reuters)

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Gabe Zichermann: Occupy Wall Street and the Crisis of Choice. Qui occupe Wall Street et pourquoi ? Occupy Lives, Occupy Live. Occupy Wall Street and Consumer Choice. In my lectures and workshops on Gamification, one of the topics that folks find most interesting is Choice Mechanics. In a nutshell, there are a wide range of possible frameworks for designing user choices within a system, but conventions (and research such as the awesome Tyranny of Choice) have revealed a few key patterns that seem to work. Occupy Together. Protest New York pour la Révolution américaine. 99 Percent Movement.

Occupy Worldwide. L'incroyable chien des émeutes en Grèce. Rep. Deutch Introduces OCCUPIED Constitutional Amendment To Ban Corporate Money In Politics. By Zaid Jilani on November 18, 2011 at 1:00 pm "Rep. Think Local, Act Global. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. The Canadian, anti-consumerist, pro-environment group/magazine, Adbusters initiated the call for a protest. Alternet Interview: The First 21st-Century Movement - Douglas Rushkoff on Occupy Wall Street and Reclaiming the Internet from Corporations.

By Sarah Jaffe, AlterNetPosted on October 17, 2011, Printed on October 23, 2011. We cant afford a shirt - Occupy Wall St Protest - Day 5 CNN NEWS. The Occupy Wall Street movement spreads. Occupy Wall Street: second senior NYPD officer faces investigation. A second senior New York police officer is being formally investigated over allegations that he assaulted an Occupy Wall Street protester, raising fresh questions over the NYPD's deployment of supervisors on the front line in volatile public order situations. The officer, who has been named in news reports as deputy inspector Johnny Cardona, was filmed on Friday grabbing the protester from behind, spinning him round and appearing to punch him in the face so hard that he fell to the ground.

The New York Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent mayoral agency that deals with allegations of excessive or unnecessary force against police, is now investigating the incident, along with a number of other complaints over policing of the protests. Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge - Filed under 'Occupy Together / OWS'