[Salon] While reports were bouncing around Twitter about vandalism in San Francisco and arrests on New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge, birds were chirping in Madison Square Park where perhaps several thousand students (by organizers’ estimates) were attending nearly 100 open-air lectures and workshops in an event dubbed “The Free University.”… Read the rest
[Salon] In the home city of Occupy Wall Street yesterday, myriad activities dominated three iconic public spaces — Bryant Park near Times Square, Madison Square Park in view of the Flatiron Building, and Union Square, roughly straddling the East and West Villages.… Read the rest
[Salon] Occupy Wall Street has drifted far from those early whimsical days. With militant chanting, cries of “F— the pigs,” mass arrests and charges of police brutality, the movement has taken on a warlike air. But art, performance and even comedy have been another part of it since the beginning — something that many participants are trying to bring back.… Read the rest
