[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Occupy Worldwide

[Richard Karch]

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> From: Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org>
> Date: September 25, 2012 2:12:35 PM PDT
> To: Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org>
> Subject: Occupy Worldwide
> 
> Howard has reminded us over and over about the need for more publicity. 
> Here's a site that asks for Occupy Groups to report what they are doing.
> 
> You can keep the address and refer to it when ever you want. It is an 
> ongoing service by Readers Supported News and has new articles daily  =
> Richard.
> 
> Here's the site:
> 
> 
> http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street-take-the-bull-by-the-horns
> 
> Here are a few of the stories today...
> 
> Occupy Activists Commandeer Anti-Occupy Wall Street Rally
> 
> By Adam Gabbatt, Guardian UK
> 
> 21 September 12
> 
> A conservative rally billed as an opportunity to &quot;stand up to Occupy =
> Wall Street extremists&quot; fell flat on Thursday when it was co-opted by =
> members of Occupy Wall Street.
> 
> Supporters of Americans for Prosperity, a Tea Party-esque group funded =
> by the billionaire Koch brothers, gathered at the Rockefeller Center in =
> midtown Manhattan to demonstrate against both Occupy Wall Street and =
> President Obama.
> 
> But almost half of the sparse crowd were Occupy Wall Street protesters, =
> smartly dressed and bearing signs parodying Americans for Prosperity's =
> ultra-conservative message.
> 
> READ MORE
> 
> =20
> Twitter Reluctantly Coughs Up Occupy Protester's Data
> 
> By David Kravets, Wired
> 
> 20 September 12
> 
> Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge's order to divulge =
> the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.
> 
> The case concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested last =
> October for disorderly conduct in an Occupy movement march along the =
> Brooklyn Bridge.
> 
> Prosecutors sought tweets made by Harris' account &quot;to refute the =
> defendant's anticipated defense, that the police either led or escorted =
> the defendant into stepping onto the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge.&quot; =
> The case was being closely watched as the authorities increasingly =
> monitor and move to access material posted on social networks.
> 
> READ MORE
> 
> =20
> NYPD Arrests Almost 200 Occupy Protesters, Roughs Up City Councilman =
> Again
> 
> By Frances Fox Piven, Guardian UK
> 
> 17 September 12
> 
> A good many observers wonder, is Occupy over? After all, the encampments =
> that announced the movement a year ago have largely disappeared, and no =
> obviously similar protest demonstrations of young people have taken =
> their place, at least not in the United States.
> 
> Nevertheless, I think the ready conclusion that the protests have =
> fizzled is based on a misconception of the nature of movements, a  =
> misconception influenced by the metaphors we rely on. We think of these =
> eruptions as something like explosions, Fourth of July fireworks perhaps =
> that shoot into the sky, dazzle us for a moment, and then quickly fade =
> away. The metaphor leads us to think of protest movements as bursts of =
> energy and anger that rise in a great arc and then, exhausted, =
> disappear.
> 
> READ MORE
> 
> 

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