An Occupy Road Trip
The Occupy movement was most profoundly influenced by the wave of democratic uprisings and public occupations that have stretched from Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and Syria to Spain, Greece, Chile and Puerto Rico over the last year.
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Gaza Boats Seized, But ‘Freedom Waves’ Will Continue
“Despite this Israeli aggression, we will keep coming, wave after wave, by air, sea, and land, to challenge Israel’s illegal policies towards Gaza and all of Palestine,” said Huwaida Arraf, a spokeswoman for the Gaza flotilla activists. “Our movement will not stop or be stopped until Palestine is free.”
The Imperial Messenger: Tom Friedman at Work
Orientalist dehumanization is institutionalized in US media discourse, the result being that there is no overwhelming public concern when over a million Iraqi lives are lost thanks to America's bellicose projects.
Stiglitz: The Globalization of Protest
Source: Al Jazeera
Protesters around the world say they are part of a generation that played by the rules but has no hope for the future.
The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt and then to Spain, has now become global – with the protests engulfing Wall Street and cities across America. Globalisation and modern technology now enables social movements to transcend borders as rapidly as ideas can.
And social protest has found fertile ground everywhere: A sense that the “system” has failed, and the conviction that even in a democracy, the electoral process will not set things right – at least not without strong pressure from the street.
Chomsky: Occupy the Future
Source: In These Times
(This article is adapted from Noam Chomsky’s talk at the Occupy Boston encampment on Dewey Square on Oct. 22. He spoke as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series held by Occupy Boston’s on-site Free University. Zinn was a historian, activist and author of A People’s History of the United States.)
Delivering a Howard Zinn lecture is a bittersweet experience for me. I regret that he’s not here to take part in and invigorate a movement that would have been the dream of his life. Indeed, he laid a lot of the groundwork for it.
From Occupying London to Wall Street: Shared Tactics and Demands
Exploring the similarities between the London occupation and Occupy Wall Street.