All posts tagged American Dream

You can’t evict an idea whose time has come

My title comes from the Occupy Wall Street website, posted on a gray, gloomy morning after the police eviction of protesters in Liberty Park. Occupations are going on in cities and towns in all 50 states now.  What the mayors and police chiefs of these locales need to understand is that the more they try [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 15, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 15, 2011

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/you-cant-evict-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/

Sweet stirrings of a new world: fringe politics overturning the barricades

The venerable social critic Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker contrasts the Tea Party with the Occupy movement in this week’s magazine, and finds the Occupy movement lacking in precisely what has made the Tea Party so strong: a willingness to get involved in (and take money from) the established American political parties. “Occupy Wall Street [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 4, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Community, Economy, Education, Empathy, Environment, Human Rights, Media analysis, New stories, Politics, privilege, Social change
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 4, 2011

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/sweet-stirrings-of-a-new-world-fringe-politics-overturning-the-barricades/

Don’t Pepper-Spray Our Dreams

New York Times reporter Ginia Bellafante has totally missed the mark in her coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Where I see a vibrant grassroots movement unfolding organically, she sees a disorganized group, marred by a “lack of cohesion” and an “intellectual vaccuum.” Where I see a clever use of street theater to get [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 29, 2011

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/dont-pepper-spray-our-dreams/