The question in the air this morning is obvious: what comes next for the Occupy movement now that the tents and tarps in Liberty Park have been trashed by the NYPD? The New York Times is giving way more coverage to the eviction than it ever did to the occupation, proving once again whose side [...]
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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 [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/dont-pepper-spray-our-dreams/
Occupy Wall Street: Time to Tell Bloomberg to Call Off the Goon Squad
Finally, the alternative media is coming alive! Alternet is leaping on the Occupy Wall Street bandwagon, and urging its readers to do the same. Arun Gupta issues “a clarion call to join the protests,” and a longer story by Sarah Jaffe shows how the heavy-handed police techniques and lack of attention from the press have [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 28, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/occupy-wall-street-time-to-tell-bloomberg-to-call-off-the-goon-squad/
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