The recent #Occupy protests are now happening in over 1500 cities worldwide. It is encouraging to see a revolutionary movement on this global scale, and we are pleased to see the following coverage and critiques. We have collected and posted these excerpts; click on each title to see the full original article.
‘Occupy’ anti-capitalism protests spread around the world (Guardian): Thousands march in Rome, Sydney and Madrid as Occupy Wall Street protests go global
‘Occupy’ protests held around the world (Al-Jazeera). Al-Jazeera Live Blog Coverage
1500+ Occupy Protests Worldwide
Aerial view of Occupy Wall Street march on Times Square, 15 October 2011
Occupy Wall St Protesters, Washington Square Park - NYC
Inside the Kettle at the London Stock Exchange
Occupy Tokyo
A History of Georgia’s 1%: Why You Must Face Race to Occupy Atlanta (Colorlines)
Getting it right about race is important for the Occupy movement everywhere, but especially here in Georgia, where there is nothing subtle about the relationship between race, corporations and the government. Georgia’s government was created by and for plantation farmers, the original 1 percent, running antebellum corporations. And that 1 percent has been using everything in its power, most notably the criminal justice system, to hold on to its centuries-old gains.
#OccupySeattle, You’ve Got A LOT of Work to Do (Sable Verity)
The Occupy effort claims to represent the 99% of the population who are not the richest people in the country (and apparently the root of all evil). But ask yourself this: what percentage of the 99% is deciding the trajectory of a movement that claims to represent nearly every human being in the entire country? Just because I’m not in the top 1%, and you’re not in the top 1%, does that automatically mean you and I are in the same boat? It mostdef does not.
“We are not “protesters,” we are revolutionaries!” Why We Occupy: A Global System of Bullshit
When reporters ask us what we are “protesting,” it’s difficult to dignify the question with a response. We protest, we resist, but what we resist is not a single policy or institution…We at Liberty Plaza seek to dismantle this global system while building democratic institutions and structures of our own, not to make superficial demands for reform. For those of us who are here, we understand ourselves in terms completely different from what is conveyed by the term ‘protesters.’ Rather, words like ‘revolution,’ ‘movement,’ and ‘community’ are on our tongues.
If one spends any good amount of time at the occupation, it feels less like a protest and more like a rapidly emerging community, with its own internal geography, institutions, and cultures. An anthropologist would have so much to sink their teeth into by simply walking around, visiting the Comfort Station where occupiers distribute blankets, sleeping bags, sweatshirts, and socks to occupiers, or by going to the meetings of working groups that handle everything from sanitation to food, media production to direct action. This is not a mere protest. This is a community.
A manifesto for regime change on behalf of all humanity
The following manifesto was produced over four months through consultation among groups, activists and people’s assemblies in countries such as Britain, Egypt, Tunisia, Germany, Spain, the US, Palestine, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, India and Australia. We got comments, suggestions, support, and wrote and rewrote it again and again. The text has been supported by Canadian-based Naomi Klein, Indian-based Vandana Shiva, the US-based Michael Hardt and Noam Chomsky, as well as Uruguayan Eduardo Galeano.
“We are united for global change and united for global democracy: global governance of the people, by the people.”
"We are the 99%" has become the movement's slogan
- The Library at Occupy Wall St in Liberty Park, NYC
In front of St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP
Occupy Stockholm
Occupy Wall St. Sisterly solidarity to the women who made these men feminists.
More inspiring pics here.
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