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Saturday, June 30, 2012

occupy movement - periodical - 2011- - Occupy! Gazette

Occupy! Gazette
n+1 
2011-


From the Occupy! Gazette page: "Occupy! is a semi-regular, forty-page broadsheet newspaper inspired by the Occupy movement.  Edited by n+1 with Sarah Leonard, Sarah Resnick, and Astra Taylor."


Occupy! Gazette is a dense, sporadically issued, newspaper (in pdf format) devoted to the Occupy Movement put out by n+1 magazine.  To date there have been four issues released, and the most recent was published on May 1st, May Day.  

The fourth issue includes a variety of contents, including a lengthy transcript of a panel discussion about debt featuring anarcho-anthropologist David Graeber (a frequent presence in Occupy content), discussions of recent Occupy activities, including the Occupy Homes movement that puts people into foreclosed homes, as well as criticism of the Movement Resource Group, a funding project started by left-leaning millionaires such as Ben and Jerry to direct money into the Occupy movement.  Numerous other aspects of the Occupy Movement are addressed in this text-heavy 32 page gazette, which also features poems, photos, and illustrations.



Friday, June 29, 2012

occupy movement - television - 2012 - The Stream: What's Next for Occupy Wall Street?

What's Next for Occupy Wall Street?
The Stream
Al Jazeera
March 20, 2012
39 minutes


A panel discussion among Occupy organizers from a variety of locations (including Washington    D.C., Boston, New York and Oakland) focusing on the state of the movement as of early Spring, 2012 (before the May 1st rallies).  


Tim Pool, an activist and journalist who streams material via his Ustream page, is in the studio while all the other activists are streamed in through a variety of videoconferencing services.  







Sunday, June 24, 2012

occupy movement - television - 2012 - The Julian Assange Show: Occupy Movement

Occupy Movement
The Julian Assange Show
RT
May 29, 2012
27 minutes


Julian Assange hosts a half-hour discussion with organizers from Occupy New York (Wall Street) and Occupy London, including anthropologist and anarchist, David Graeber.  They discuss some of the tactics and strategies deployed by Occupy groups, the development of some of their symbols, the preconditions for their movement, and they contest the commonly held notion that Occupy and other recent uprisings thrive on social media.



Monday, June 18, 2012

radical economics - television - 2012 - The Currency of Protest

The Stream: The Currency of Protest
Al Jazeera
May 23, 2012


"We look at the rise of micro-currencies and bartering systems as the financial crisis continues."


Discussions with 
  • Heloisa Primavera: Brazillian economist and sociologist
  • Peter North: Geographer at the University of Liverpool, focuses on Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Globalization movements among other research interests
  • Eric Garland: author and speaker