Monday, October 17, 2011

Live Blogging OWS - 10/17/11

One month ago today, the occupation of Zuccotti Park began. It's been one month - think of that.

Many thanks to Huffington Post for the shout out. For anyone interested in the occupied Media series, the first interview (with Jeff Madrick) is posted on the top, left-hand side of this page. We hope to have our interview with Kevin Gosztola posted by tomorrow.

8:52 AM: Always great when you can start the day with Chris Hedges (h/t/ Groobiecat).

9:05 AM: I'm re-posting the next two videos from last night because I posted them fairly late and because I loved them so much.



Occupy Everything from socially_awkwrd on Vimeo.


11:19 AM: Seattle has been terrible.

OccupyOregon #OccupyOregon
Alert! Seattles camp was raided at 7am. Arrests happening now. Call: the Mayor (206) 684-4000 Call Seattle PD (206) 625-5011.

11:22 AM: Hearing lots about this on twitter (namely, that it's BS - the word I'm getting is that this is NOT GA approved and should be ignored).

11:42 AM: Matt Taibbi - who, frankly, was really late to writing about OWS - is apparently, according to right-wing hacks, running the movement.

12:42 PM: OWS: The wonky protest.

12:50 PM: Occupy Missoula photos.

2:27 PM: Occupy Chicago and Occupy the Hood.

2:36 PM: GREAT Glenn Greenwald piece.

4:25 PM: “There is no honor hurting unarmed civilians and I won’t let it happen.”



4:27 PM: Bloggingheads.tv on OWS.



5:35 PM: The First Amendment is Our Permit.

5:42 PM: OWS and SCOTUS.

8:06 PM: Behold the Police State - Occupy Phoenix:


8:52 PM: Our veteran appears on Olbermann:



8:57 PM: Human Mic marriage proposal.



9:26 PM: JA Meyerson, The Terms of Occupation.

9:49 PM:



9:54 PM: Getting word that police are taking down medical tent in Zuccotti Park.

an0nyc Anonyorkcity
@AnonyMissBadger the police r lined up & gearing up for a med tent raid, jesse jackson is standing w the #99percent its nuts

9:56 PM: Sounds like protesters, with an assist from Jesse Jackson, backed the police down.

an0nyc Anonyorkcity
@DustinSlaughter @Ghostpickles The police tried to raid the med tent & shut it down, jesse jackson was here & locked hands with the medics&

10:04 PM: Jeffery Sachs, Message to Wall Street.

11:01 PM: New Chris Hedges video (must see the end).



11:19 PM: And thirty days into this movement, the last continent to be occupied is now occupied...

Posted by Saphron at 10/17/2011 08:54:00 AM

14 comments:

  1. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

  2. Yeah, Taryn. You did mislabel that.

    That soldier may well be an iconic moment. Lawrence O'Donnell just showed a clearer video of the moment on his show. And the police had NO answer. Their expressions in response ranged from an attempt to appear expressionless to sheepishness. Really powerful video.

  3. Yeah, my bad - meant to say what's there now.

  4. @CM Glass - accidentally deleted the comment - anyway, thanks for pointing that out - cleared it up

  5. No problem. The pic of the ANTARTICA #OWS supporters might be my favorite pic yet. Sweet and earnest.

  6. A lot of really powerful things. With CM Glass, I love! the Antartica pic. If you've lost Antartica, you might be in trouble.

    And the marine vet, both the original video and his interview with Keith, wow. A real moment for the OWS movement, because there is literally no answer thatcan be made to what he says. WTF are the cops doing. But, as Chris Hedges says, many of the cops sympathize with the demonstrators, and once you've lost the police and military, you're, well, 1%.

    And Chris Hedges! I bookmarked that interview. He says its better than anyone, over and over. Of all the great things you posted up, Hedges was by far my favorite.

  7. I also loved the wedding proposal. Especially that it was human microphoned as he proposed.

    Rachel had a little segment last night--I didn't quite get the specifics, but essentially, OWS protesters had occupied a place where a couple was going to get married. So, the protesters left so the couple could have their ceremony without being disturbed. But, turns out, the couple wanted the protesters there and sought them out to pose with them.

    This is something so different than the angry divisiveness and strutting resentment that has been promoted by the media and politicians over the past decades.

  8. The media has to portray hostility and violence between the OWS and the police in order to create a climate of anxiety (and fear) within the police force to maintain control of the police. In the final analysis, once a sufficient number of police decide, "Screw it, these people aren't a threat to ME," TPTB will see a diminishing willingness to, in the vernacular, beat heads.

    All most cops want to do is their job and then to retire after twenty years. They have families. They have to meet the rent, pay the bills, send their kids to decent schools, and etc. etc. etc. They are part of the 99% too.

    With that in mind ...

    The ideal solution is to have police stopping other police.

    The only way I know of to do that is to have a "working relationship" between OWS and the local police. I suggest this can be done on the basis of mutual need and mutual respect generated by humanizing the Police/Protester and Protester/Police social interaction to lower the tension.

    On both sides.

    What I would like to suggest is:

    OWS has Union support. Somebody, in one of those Unions, already has a long time personal contact to people within the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Find that person and have them invite representatives from the PBA to a meeting, if at all possible off-site in "neutral" territory, and talk.

    Maybe nothing will come of it. But something MAY come out it.

  9. I was really happy to see the turnout in Zootown, Taryn. Way to represent!

    The way revolutions are won and the coup d'etat's are finalized are when the police and army refuse to be the enforcers of the power elite. When the police lay down their batons and the national guard refuses to fight their own, then the power elite will no one to protect them.