Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I don’t usually repeat stories, but one from Yahoo News that I mentioned in yesterday’s post is getting more attention. I think that’s because it really is quite revealing. Chris Moody’s report on Frank Luntz’s advice to The Republican Governors Association, in response to “how [...]
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Gandhi, Frank Luntz and Occupying
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I’ll get to Gandhi’s words in a bit, but first, the suggestions of Frank Luntz to the question: “How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?” It’s worth a few minutes, in part, for entertainment, and in part because the [...]
Evictions, walk outs, and creative resistance … just another day of Occupation
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. As expected, Occupy Philly and LA camps were evicted last night. Occupy Oklahoma and Dayton are facing deadlines. Most likely other sites will do the same. About last night’s actions, media and Occupy reports indicate largely peaceful evictions and arrests. Both LAPD and Occupy LA [...]
Challenging the corporate occupation
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. A continued search for a “leader,” if not a “savior,” from and as defined by the same Two Corporate Party System that brought us to this Occupied moment, would be, at best, to keep repeating the same mistakes. Worse, it’s to cooperate with our own [...]
Occupy: Day 73, and deadlines come and go
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Among the latest of the Occupations to be given a deadline by which they had to leave, or law enforcement would evict the Occupants are Occupy Philly and Occupy Los Angeles. As of a short time ago, via OWS, “Occupy Philly Still Standing Strong.” And [...]
Symbolizing why Occupy is needed: “those not affected … continued shopping”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Occupy narrative continues to evolve. Like most if not every “line” employed by a movement, the language of “Occupy,” the “1%” and “99%” is, to a significant extent, symbolic. The Occupiers and their supporters seem well aware that the 99% are not monolithic. Obviously [...]
Corporate party opportunism
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. One indication of the “stuckness” of our Two Corporate Party System is the predictable efforts to use and/or co-opt trends or successes originating outside the strictly bipartisan fealty to the oligarchy; that fundamental allegiance to that one, or five or ten or whatever percent on [...]
Boycott Black Friday and OCCUPYXMAS
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Tomorrow is the 20th Annual Buy Nothing Day, so this certainly isn’t an Adbusters or Occupy innovation. But the boycott of Black Friday is being embraced by the movement, including by a coalition of women’s organizations. The OWS’ Twitter feed has included lots of tweets, [...]
Coulter on Occupy: “It just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Media coverage of the Occupy Movement has improved, though given how it began, that’s not exactly praise. Still, we’ve gone from ignoring, to “they don’t have any goals!” to parroting or initiating demeaning remarks, to some semblance of reporting. Of course that’s a generalization, and [...]
Attempts to “spray away” the Occupiers
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The “Pepper Spraying Cop” story (from University of California, Davis), video and photos continue to serve as another catalyst for conversation about excessive use of force by law enforcement (along with the responsibilities of city officials), and the role this plays in controlling activism in [...]
Occupying an icon and “frozen zones,” while praying for loud crickets
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. “Experts,” from pundits to Electeds to media to scholars, have been scrambling from the beginning, trying to fit the Occupy pegs into their pet theoretical holes. Many of the critiques being offered now sound very much like what was heard during past actions. In fact, [...]
Now what, Occupy?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Prior to the Day of Action I read and heard quite a few speculations that it would be a bust. Not many people would show up. Occupy was done, was old news. It had, as one person put it, “worn out its welcome,” though from [...]
Occupy Day of Lots of Action
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. UPDATE 3: “7:06 pm: Police scanners estimate the crowd at 32,650 people” (from OWS) UPDATE 2: NYC crowd reported to still be growing. Actions happening around the nation — Austin, Seattle. Apparently police about to move in to arrest in LA. UPDATE: Estimated 10,000 at [...]
The Occupation has begun, and the 1% know it …
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Occupation continues. Last night, from OWS: This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Huge General Assembly in Progress at Liberty Square The feeling here at Liberty Square tonight is the feeling of a movement that is rising, building, and making headway. As I wrote yesterday, [...]
“You can’t evict an idea”: OWS
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. UPDATE 2 The judge’s ruling does allow a return to Zuccotti / Liberty Square, but does not allow tents, sleeping bags, etc. Police are allowing people to return, through one entrance. Very quickly filling up, along with the drums, chants. GA is suppose to happen [...]
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