Are you going to Occupy Wall Street’s Global Day of Action?

The title is a trick question.  You don’t have to go anywhere to participate in Occupy Wall Street’s Global Day of Action.  You can get attention right where you are by soaping your car windows with a big “99%” or by Occupying the Block with Chalk. But the more of us that participate, in person, [...]

Occupy Baltimore Mic Checks Karl Rove

And THEN, Karl gets all flustered and asks American citizens: “Who gave you the right to Occupy America?  Nobody!” Are you f^&*ing kidding me, Karl?  Are you serious? Poor Karl and his friends can’t screen us out anymore.  You can’t scan the bumper stickers of the cars riding into the parking lot because we don’t [...]

WHO coordinated the raids?

One data point is just data.  Two points are a trend.  Three points are a correlation. Denver, Portland, Oakland, New York. And we musn’t forget Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  For years, an abandoned car dealership was a blight on the town’s business environment but no one did anything about it.  Then, the Occupy Movement stepped [...]

The police are making new arrests

Update5: The ruling looks like it is coming down.  Occupiers can return to park, can use sleeping bags but no tents.  Confirmed.  OWS has 45 minutes to appeal.  NYTimes confirms.  So, the answer to this is relatively simple:  occupy but don’t sleep there.  Have someone rent some local space to sleep and occupy the site [...]

Bloomberg, bad optics and symbols

Let’s see what we have here with the raid of Zuccotti Park last night: – The raid happens in the middle of the night by “jack booted thugs” disguised as New York’s finest with helicopters circling overhead.  It’s the right’s worst nightmare. – They use LRAD devices that cause intense ear pain – The media [...]

Zuccotti Park cleared of Occupiers

Update: People around the world are sending the displaced occupiers food. If you are in the Foley Square area, you can get breakfast there. To order breakfast for the occupiers, you can call Pete at Cortez Cafe at (212)7663200. There is a minimum $5 donation. A local church as opened its doors for sanctuary. There [...]

Check this out!

This is a great tent city. I love it. As one observer said, “These people are pretty hardcore. The fact that even one person camps out for this is unbelievable to me.” I’ll say. I really admire their dedication and perserverance. They believe in what they’re doing and are committed to it. So glad to [...]

Gotta Love Her

Here’s Elizabeth Warren’s new ad in response to Karl Rove’s Republican funded Crossroads GPS ads: Like I said about the Family Research Council prayer thing, what kind of person would want to dash the hopes of the poor and middle class in their struggle against the rich? Why don’t we ask Karl Rove? But Karl’s [...]

For Occupy Portland

Here’s hoping they found a place to sleep. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings

Whoa! Way to go Occupy with Aloha!

Update3:  Another good livestream from DamaskPortland.  The occupiers are moving from main street to Pioneer Square.  More riot police have arrived.  There are twitters of many arrests.  There are people showing up to stand in solidarity.  The square is filling up. Update2:  Very strange Tiannemen Square type action going on.  Some guy is scooting on [...]