10:30 PM: Not midnight yet, but wanted to start a new day:
So, I did miss a few police crackdowns I should catch up on.
Night before last, when the Oakland drama was still fairly high, both Occupy Nashville and Occupy San Diego were cleared out. Both occupations have vowed to return. There was a Nashville judge on duty who actually gives a shit about the law (it's only the 1% and their lapdogs who don't, right?):
11:14 PM: Jay Gentile - another of our Marines...
And a really eloquent plea from Mr. Gentile.
11:16 PM: Occupy Rochester is being raided (29 arrests reported).
11:24 PM: Egyptians expressing solidarity with OWS:
11:27 PM: Scott Olsen vigil:
11:30 PM: Another crackdown in Nashville...
OccupyNashville Occupy Nashville
#occupynashville word is that troopers could be on the way
Followed by ....
OccupyNashville Occupy Nashville
The arrest have started!
11:39 PM: I love this!
11:41 PM: Bill Haywood quotes have become relevant again.
blogdiva Liza Sabater
RT @iRevolt: "A general strike is a weapon of the working class; an incipient revolution." - Bill Haywood #GeneralStrike
12:12 AM: I might write something with more detail and actual cites later, but I've been meaning to mention that I think the attempts to compare OWS to the Tea Party are based on a mythologized version of the Tea Party. Be clear: The Tea Party was an Koch-sponsored, astroturfed movement from the beginning, not a legitimate movement that was subsequently co-opted. The Tea Party's government-is-the-problem platform isn't a misdiagnosis of the problem or a different way of expressing the same frustration. This "concern" is a cover for deep-seated, proto-facist sentiments - namely, the scapegoating of minorities and the celebration of violence and the gun culture. In my opinion, the proto-fascist elements of the Tea Party movement aren't a bug, they're a feature. So, bottom line, I agree with Digby: There's still something the matter with Kansas.
12:18 AM:
OccupyNashville Occupy Nashville
by quinnnorton
LIVE UPDATES 25 arrests tonight. about 50 cameras were on the ground filming arrests. footage will be posted..
12:23 AM: This speaks for itself.
#occupysandiego All of the Occupy SD Food and Medical Supplies were taken by the police during the raid last night. Please bring food and sign making materials to the Civic Center Plaza! We need help rebuilding our supplies!
12:25 AM: Reporter arrested at Occupy Nashville - violating freedom of the press.
12:43 AM: Guardian article discussing extent of Scott Olsen's injury - this really pisses me off:
"He cannot talk right now, and that is because the fracture is right on the speech center of his brain," said Shannon. "However, they are expecting he will get that back."
Shannon added that Olsen's "spelling is not near what it used to be".
"The doctors expect that he will have a full recovery," said Shannon, who is due to visit Olsen on Friday afternoon. "However, it is going to be a long road ahead for him."
1:07 AM: The rallying cry in Nashville - Remember the Nashville 29!
This is unconfirmed, but awesome if it's true:
DarrellBouldin Darrell Bouldin
by OccupyNashville
BREAKING: Nashville court throws out charges against #OccupyNashville AGAIN! Says Gov. @BillHaslam curfew may be unconstitutional! #OWS #p21
1:15 AM: Must read.
Another must read.
1:36 AM: Okay, I'm going to bed. I'm interviewing Alexa O'Brien at 11:00 AM so probably won't be posting until late afternoon. Hang in there Rochester, Nashville, San Diego; get well Scott Olsen; and God bless all of the 99ers occupying for our democracy.
10:48 AM: Mocking the poor...
12:10 PM: How to Winter camping.
12:12 PM: This reminds me of the Bill Hicks thing about marketing: "Oh, Bill is smart - the anti-marketing dollar is a big dollar"
Capitalist are the ultimate co-opters, immediately finding ways to make money off a protest against them. Bill Hicks is right - we're trapped in a web.
4:12 PM: Oh no!
Michelle9647 Michelle
R @AnonMedics #OccupyDenver is being brutally attacked by riot police using chemical weapons and rubber bullets Stream: is.gd/Zuif0F
News re: Occupy Denver.
Following twitter and will keep everyone posted...
4:35 PM: While we're waiting for news from Denver, I did want to mention something about Halloween. There's always some slut shaming this time of year about the revealing costumes. I think Dan Savage has it exactly right - Halloween is Straight Pride Day. So, lighten up hand-wringing Puritans - celebrating and expressing sexuality is healthy.
4:47 PM: Occupy the Web.
4:50 PM: Endless kicking of the Euro-can.
5:01 PM: Denver's live feed is down.
5:12 PM: Denver...
7:34 PM: Denver wounds (were they aiming for biceps?).
7:51 PM: This is unconfirmed...
allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
RT @USDayofRage: According to #OccupyDenver stream, ABC news reports protesters being beaten in jail.
Followed by this...
enterblisstonia Maximiliano
by Michelle9647@
@Leialadi @Michelle9647 @USDayofRage As far as we've heard here in Denver, yes: true. Reported by arrestee call to legal hotline from jail.
7:58 PM: Another awesome installment of Occupy the Boardroom...
8:10 PM: Confirmed...
micchiato Mike Byrd
by Occupy_Syracuse
RT @DenverABC ...These [jail beatings] are not unconfirmed. We're the legal team for #occupydenver. These reports are from arrestees mouths
8:19 PM: It doesn't have to be this way.
9:16 PM: I'm late on this, but whatever - they're just too endearing:
A dozen Occupy Nashville protesters, undeterred by their arrests and six hours in detention, have marched back onto the Legislative Plaza this morning claiming victory in their cause.
“Whose plaza? Our plaza!” they yelled as they arrived in the rain.
Brilliant stuff. I especially liked the video at 11:29. In fact, I turned it into a post (with props to you) about the cost of education and indebtedness. Cheers.
I really liked the suggestion in the Keep Wall Street Occupied video. I plan on recycling my junk mail in precisely this way from now on.
It also seems to me that, with your style of "live-blogging" posting, you've managed to invent a new style--one I enjoy quite a bit.
There is a sweet spot of greed. It is located within a regulatory schematic that ensures the rich get richer, the middle class get to keep their homes and the working class mostly stays employed. When below the sweet spot, the rich maintain their relative economic superiority, there is a little too much upward mobility and near full employment results in greater bargaining power for labor. This situation necessitates a corrective increase in greed. When above the sweet spot, disparity in wealth accelerates to the speed of national attention, there are too many middle class foreclosures, the unemployment rate reaches a critical dimension…and there is marching in the streets.
The old guard of the plutocracy understood this. http://outlierideas.com
@The Outlier. Interesting theory. But my primitive understanding of economics is that what plutocrats understand or don't understand isn't what drives the markets. They want to maximize profits. So, e.g., a company that provides health care benefits and pays above minimum wage, etc., will be out-competed by a company that provides neither of those things. That's why government regulation mandating wages and benefits is neutral in competition; if everyone must provide it, you can't get an edge by not providing it. But if the government mandates it, there will always be pressure from companies to get rid of those regulations, so they can get an edge over their competitors. Once the regulations are gone, the survivors, logically speaking, are the most sociopathic of the owners. They cut and slash and undersell and survive. Then the economy goes back to companies looking for an edge, but with its workers at a lower SOL than before. But those workers are still the greatest source to squeeze for more profits, and the owners are already sociopaths, so fuck the workers. And the few owners who aren't sociopaths will be squeezed out in the next round of "impoverish the worker." We didn't end up with the plutocrats we have because of bad luck or some calamity. As they say, it's not a bug, it's a feature.
For some odd reason, I can't place why, Bob Dylan lyrics have been occurring to me the last month or so. Today's song: Ballad of a Thin Man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtBDY-1Qao&feature=related
Quick suggestion: You might consider adding a hyphen between SLUT and SHAMING or putting the two in parentheses.
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