by Lester Macgurdy You don’t need to be wealthy to be elitist. In fact, you don’t even need two nickels to rub together. The 99% are just as prone to elitism as the 1%. Despite the wide economic chasm separating us, we’re all still endowed with the same psychological building blocks. What does every bullied…
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Perspectives of an Anarchist
by Cascadian Joe The media loves the word “anarchist”. To them, anarchist means a group of people all wearing black who break things. It makes for great media coverage. Sometimes they’re right, but most of the time they’re wrong. Here is a simple writing that will attempt to explain what the Anarchist believes about the…
Elsewhere in Occupy for December 29th
Here’s what The Occupier thinks you should be reading: When The Thames Froze – Smith & Burrows | Music Video | VEVO –
An Ordinary Injustice (Averted)
by Nicholas Caleb Every once in a while, you get to witness firsthand the sterilized, mechanical, inhuman, and ultimately ordinary injustices of our system’s procedures. On Friday, December 23rd, I received my latest exposure to this melancholy-inspiring fact of life by way of a trip to a property auction. Every weekday at 10 and 11…
Occupy Greeting Card!
From Barbara Ellis comes this free design of a greeting card for Occupiers to use during the holiday season! You can download a PDF of the card here, and print as many as you like! From all of us here at The Occupier, happy holidays!
This Week In Occupy: December 12th West Coast Port Shutdown
Elsewhere in Occupy for December 27th
Here’s what The Occupier thinks you should be reading: San Diego Reader | "Occupy San Diego Riders Raid Malls, Port" by Chad_Deal – Phase two of Occupy Movement is all about recapturing power from elite – Opinion – The Olympian – Olympia, Washington news, weather and sports – Press Action ::: Anarchist Nation –
This Week in Banking News, Friday, December 23rd.
Paul Volcker, the economist after whom the rule is named. This is a new weekly feature by Occupier staff. Bank of America paying for the sins of its subsidiary: The largest fair practice settlement in history is still too small if it doesn’t come with a formal admission of wrongdoing. Bank…
How to Infiltrate and Destroy a Political Movement
by Lester MacGurdy When we think of infiltrating and destroying a movement, we assume that means attempting to bring about the immediate end of the movement. This is a naive perception of the actual mechanics of infiltrating and destroying a popular political movement of the people. Why would CIA, FBI, etc. want to destroy OWS?…
Liveblog: LIVE FROM EUGENE on Anti-Eviction Action Night
Hey everybody – Illona here. The Portland Occupier is branching out to support our sister occupations in Cascadia. Tonight, I’ll be reporting from Occupy Eugene on their anti-eviction action night. There isn’t a set deadline for the eviction, as reported in the Register Guard, Eugene police said they have no firm deadline for campers’ departure.…
