Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. City officials and law enforcement efforts to shut down Occupy camps continue, including Portland, OR, Oakland and Denver. You can check for latest updates at OWS; OccupyWallStreet; Occupy Oakland ; Occupy Denver ; Occupy Portland. It’s important to remember that just as the often quick [...]
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Occupy clowns with the bull
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. “Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street Bull” I saw this story posted at Wall Street News, and followed the link to YesLab, and got their kind permission to use the photos. There are more at the link. Earlier today, a small group of [...]
What will Occupy 2012 look like?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Occupy movement isn’t only about money, but we can’t begin to understand what’s happening without paying attention to the “WS” in OWS. At the Guardian, George Monbiot writes, The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen”: If wealth [...]
When Occupying, different is good
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. One of the favorite criticisms directed at the “liberal left” is the frequent efforts to be inclusive, to welcome differences. Years ago, some on the Right embraced the (in their opinion) derisive term “politically correct” to describe such silliness. I hear the “PC” disdain and, [...]
Occupy is: (fill in the blank)
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. In just the last three days, I’ve collected these “fill in the blank” assessments of the Occupy movement: Boring. Exciting. Stupid. Brilliant. Silly. Seriously important. Failing. Succeeding. Un-American. Unorganized. Run by consensus. Unclear. Focused. Socialist. Old news. An Obama front. Not interested in politics as [...]
Trying to peg the Occupy movement
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. As over-used as the old “round hole, square peg” thing is, it does provide one way of characterizing what many pundits and politicians say – and the media, who “report” and explain what the pundits and politicians say – about OWS. They just keep pounding [...]
Sunday Night
As Bill Maher might say, I kid the rich. It’s not that, really. It’s the inequity. This post has been edited.
Occupy and “isms,” banks and unions
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. This is stating the obvious, but I, at least, need “obvious” reminders periodically. The Occupy movement is made up of people. And any time you have even a few people, much less hundreds or thousands gathered, especially in public spaces, there will frequently be some [...]
“Obama throws Mardi Gras beads to the left and gold bracelets to the right”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Things I’ve heard, repeatedly, from some people who identify as Democrats, particularly as related to voting in the presidential election: 1) A vote for any third party is a vote for the Republican candidate; 2) Any kind of “protest” / third party vote is a [...]
Seeing the Occupation as a “mere publicity stunt” …
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. One quick thought: In spite of the growing level and quantity of reporting by Occupiers, as well as the steady stream of tweets, of web and FB pages for specific Occupied sites, of live streaming and podcasting; and in spite of the MSM’s initial reluctant [...]
“The beginning is near” – Occupiers speak
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Today’s big story is Occupy Oakland’s General Strike. You can find a Livestream (it freezes at times, but comes back) at Occupy Oakland. OWS has updates. As reported this morning, at RT.com: Oakland turns to first general strike in 65 years Hundreds of teachers have [...]
Creative Occupying: Pedal power, Guerilla Drive-In and more
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Whatever else the Occupy movement is doing, it’s serving as a catalyst for multiple forms of creativity. From writing, to the use of the net, to street theatre and more, Occupy continues to create spaces for conversation. A few examples follow. I’m beginning with a [...]
Arrests made, bulldozers used, “non-lethal” weapons employed … and the Occupation continues, day 45
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. It’s important to keep perspective: the more widespread use of “police force” is not representative of what’s happening in every Occupied city and town. It’s also not surprising that efforts to disrupt if not shut down Occupy camps increase as the Occupation goes on. And [...]
Looking through Occupied eyes
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Another selected Twitter take on Occupy, one of the best ways to take a look at what’s happening: (all emphasis throughout post is mine) About the first two, some context – and also where I snagged the photo – via Maddow Blog: Will Occupy protesters [...]
Vigils, general strikes … The Occupation continues
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Occupy movement continues creating space for much needed conversations about the realities of the lives of the “99%.” The conversations have actually been taking place for years, decades even. But Occupy’s highly visible physical spaces are making room for more people to engage in [...]
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