How Trump’s Opponents Are Crowdsourcing The Resistance
Wikis, Google Docs, and other collaboration tools are powering a mass political movement with one goal: to put Democrats back in power. (Read on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
Fast Company
Movements
Fast Company
How a Google Doc Grew Into an Anti-Trump Political Movement
It started with a tweet and a Google Doc full of typos. Now it’s a national organization called Indivisible with over 4,500 local affiliates committed to overturning Republican control of Congress. (Read on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
Salon
Did May Day succeed?
[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
NBC, TechNewsDaily
Occupy SOPA: Inside the New York Protests
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] The protest largely became a defense of the First Amendment. “I am opposed to any law – especially very badly written laws – that infringe on our country’s basic rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,” said Naomi Reyes, a fashion design student.… Read the rest
Wired
Occupy Goes to Washington, Finding Politics is Complicated
[Wired] With most of the largest protest encampments around the country dismantled by the authorities, D.C. has two Occupy encampments — largely left unbothered by federal authorities — which are now the liveliest venue for the movement’s experimentation with methods and message — and the best indicator of the turbulence that lies ahead.… Read the rest
Wired
Occupy Wall Street Prepares for Its Valley Forge
[Wired] “If this is the revolution, this is our Valley Forge,” said a doughy, middle-aged man with frazzled long brown hair.
I was shivering when we spoke at 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning — as I had been shivering for the seven previous hours.… Read the rest
Wired
Inside Occupy Wall Street’s Growing Student Protests
[Wired] A wide swath of New York City students are angry about debt, tuition hikes and what many consider to be a lack of openness from the administrations of public and private colleges. Students have been a major force in Occupy Wall Street, dating to its first General Assembly on Aug.… Read the rest
Media/Venue
Sympathy for the Devil? The Case for Clearing the Occupations
(Oh boy, I’m probably going to get flamed for this.)
While I didn’t see it myself, the dozen or more first-hand accounts – as well as the videos – from the clearing of the New York, Oakland and other encampments make it very likely that police have used excessive, unnecessary force.… Read the rest
Wired
Inside Occupy Wall Street’s (Kinda) Secret Media HQ
[Wired] The revolution may never be televised, but if Occupy activists in a semi-secret media war room in New York’s Bowery district have their way, it will be live streamed. (Wired)… Read the rest
Fast Company
One Tent-Dwelling Wall Street Occupier’s Quest For Something Concrete
[Fast Company] Student debt reformer Alan Collinge has brought a clear set of demands–and little patience for general assembly dickering–to Occupy Wall Street. He belongs to a large–but not unified–contingent of pragmatic policy wonks in the movement. [Read the rest of One Tent-Dwelling Wall Street Occupier’s Quest For Something Concrete]… Read the rest
