Occupy: What Now?
The action at Liberty Plaza, New York, began on September 17th 2011. Inspired by the indignados of Spain and the brave Egyptian souls of Tahrir Square and others in the Middle East, the Occupy movement...
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#M17: Occupy Reignited
I boarded the World Trade Center-bound E train on March 17th (M17) not knowing what to expect when I got out on the other side, a few blocks away from the now infamous Zuccotti Park. It’s been a long...
View ArticleBaptism by Rain-Fire
OCT. 16, 2011 – I arrived in New York City Wednesday morning on a one-way ticket from Chicago. My goal: to join the Occupy Wall Street movement. I came prepared to camp out in the occupied space,...
View ArticleMay Day General Strike!
New York, NY – Well, it’s been six months since my last adventure in NYC with OWS after slugging it out with Occupy Muskegon all winter, fighting for the clean-up of a local paper mill that is being...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Holds First Feminist General Assembly
Editor’s Note: a version of this story originally appeared on the Ms. Magazine blog. “What took so long?” was the general sentiment among those gathered in Washington Square Park in Manhattan last...
View Article2nd Day of the Siege of the Central City Association
Los Angeles, CA–We wrapped on what was a productive and spirited second day, occupiers! Throughout the day yesterday, activists were in direct action affinity group discussions, action meetings, and...
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A Little Bit of Direct Democracy (for Now): Montreal, Day 55
Editor’s Note: This story is part of our ongoing first-person coverage of protests in Quebec against student debt, tuition hikes and Law 78, as well as actions elseware in solidarity to those causes....
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A Sticky “Maple Spring,” Montreal, Night 103
Editor’s Note: This story is part of our ongoing first-person coverage of protests in Quebec against student debt, tuition hikes and Law 78, as well as actions elsewhere in solidarity to those causes....
View ArticleFrom Mic Checks to Privilege Checks
How Occupy fails to address (straight, white, male) privilege Editors’ note: This piece originally appeared at Anarchy Isn’t Easy. I didn’t think Occupy would accomplish anything when I first started...
View ArticleOn Conflict and Consensus
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on thisiswhyioccupy.tumblr.com as a two-part post. Part 1 – not included in this story – gives a detailed outline of the consensus process. For...
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