Posts Tagged ‘Zuccotti Park’

Left Forum, Mark Weisbrot, etc.

(1) Left Forum: Left Forum 2012 was a big success and a lot of fun.  Most of my time was spent at the D&Stable at the book exhibit, which involved, as usual, lots of great conversations with forum attendees (and we recruited lots of new subscribers).  But I also spoke on a panel organized by ...Read more.

Parade, Sports, Leftovers

(1) Are John Pike’s 15 Minutes Up Yet? I have read one good piece sympathetic toward the “casually pepper-spraying cop”:  Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike, at The Atlantic.  The point is that it’s structural, and there’s a nice review of changes in police tactics to deal with civil unrest: ...Read more.

#OccupyThanksgiving! plus: Stealing Thanksgiving

(This post’s “possibly irrelevant image” is from a heartbreaking group of photos by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, The Ruins of Detroit.) (1) #OccupyThanksgiving! I’ve seen the suggestion go around:  many of us are having Thanksgiving with family and/or friends who may not know enough about or be involved enough in the Occupy movement.  It ...Read more.