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Evicting the Public
Why has occupying public spaces brought such heavy-handed repression? Across America police have been called to clear protestors from parks and university campuses. Ostensibly progressive cities like...
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come
When I arrived at Zuccotti Park on the night of Tuesday, November 15th, I was struck by the way in which the mass of people was arranged and how the NYPD had turned the surrounding blocks into a...
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Feeding OWS
© 2011 David Shankbone Diligence. Work. Revolution. My first night sleeping in Zuccotti Park, at about one in the morning, some be-suited white guy started stalking around the outskirts of the...
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Occupy: Gotham?
The Batman hype mill is churning at full speed this week as the first full-fledged trailer for The Dark Knight Rises makes its way across the Internet. While the clip doesn’t fail to deliver on the...
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Occupy: Stage Two
Bloomberg cleared Zuccotti Park in the early morning hours of November 15 just like university administrators often push through unpopular changes during the summer, when students are sparse. His...
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Living Politically
Less than ten years ago, a day of international protests swept across the globe, involving millions of human beings for nearly a full 24 hours. It was a global protest against the United States...
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Occupy Ethnography: Reflections on Studying the Movement
Winter has seen Occupy Wall Street shift gears. Meetings have moved indoors, and the movement is now more a network of decentralized groups working on symbiotic projects and campaigns. Winter has also...
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