Links tagged with “occupywallstreet”
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Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike - Atlantic Mobile
Tracing the increasing militarisation of the US police, and the use of what was once drastic force to stamp out any behaviour deemed slightly abnormal.
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I cite: End of #OccupyWallStreet: conflict over drummers
Nothing good can come of drumming circles. But this is very interesting. People who simply won’t play the rules (however collectively those rules are agreed) are why democracies end up with police forces. And online communities end up banning people. etc. (via @ianbetteridge)
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I took students down to #occupywallst today. I… - Fresser.
Kevin Slavin: “Tonight, I came across the 99 Percent Tumblr … I’ve spent the last 30 minutes staring at the screen, wondering just what is supposed to happen next.”
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BBC News - ‘Occupy’ is a response to economic permafrost
Good stuff by Paul Mason. “Occupy Everywhere, then, is the kind of movement you get when people start to believe mainstream politicians have lost their principles, or are trapped by vested interests, or are all crooked.” (via Preoccupations)