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Oral histo- . What is citizenship? This exhibit of historical photos explores the question by showcasing ways that African Americans took opportunities opened up bythe New Deal to claim their status as citizens. New York Public Library Schomburg center for research in Black culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd 212-491-2200 • nypl.org THu OCT 17 1:15–2:30pm • Free LEcTUrE: rAcE AND SEXUAL POLITIcS IN ThE AIDS crISIS: chIcAGO, 1981-1996. Timothy Stewart-Winter, assistant professor of history at rutgers University, will explore how racial and class differences — and how they affect people’s access to healthcare — divided parts of the gay community in chicago in its attempt to grapple with the outbreak of AIDS. New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, South courtAuditorium Fifth Ave at 42nd St 917-275-6975 • nypl.org THu OCT 17 7pm • Free BOOK TALK: fIRSt Ruth and Joe Slovo In the waR agaInSt aPaRtheId. THROugH NOV 2 M–Th 10am–5pm; Fri 10:30am–2:30pm; Sat 10am–3pm • Free EXhIBIT: chILE vIvE! hISTOrIcAL POST- ErS FrOM ThE POPULAr UNITY GOvErN- MENT (1970-73). The exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of the military coup that deposed chilean socialist president Salvador Allende, showcasing eighteen posters that portray the short-lived Popular Unity govern- ment’s commitment to collective power and solidarity. Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano 2710 Broadway at 104th St, 3rd Fl 212-665-9460 • tallerlatino.org THROugH JAN 4 Mon–Sat 10am–6pm • Free EXhIBIT: cLAIMING cITIZENShIP: AFrI- cAN AMErIcANS AND NEW DEAL PhO- TOGrAPhY. rian Alan Wieder presents his new book on the contributions made to the anti-apartheid movement by white anti-racists ruth First and Joe Slovo. Bluestockings Bookstore 172 Allen St 212-777-6028 • bluestockings.com thebushwickstarr.org SEPT–OCT In this experi- [email protected] RooSevelvIS. The square has long been one of or emaiLor wiLL hoSt an introdUctory rePorting TuE OCT 8 – SuN NOV 3 Tue–Sat 8pm/Sun 5pm • $25 ThEATEr: SAT OCT 5 9am–5pm • Sliding scale: $10/$30/$50 cONFErENcE: POLITIcAL EcONOMY OF ThE ENvIrONMENT. come for a day of radicalthought and discussion about the in- tersection of climate change and economics. Organized by the Union for radical Political Economics and co-sponsored by New Politics, the day-long event will feature two plenaries and tons of workshops. St. Francis college 180 remsen St, Bklyn 413-577-0806 • urpe.org FRI OCT 11 6:30–9:30pm • Free EvENT: BrONX STOrIES: NATIvE AMErI- cAN EDITION. come celebrate an open mic night at the Bronx Museum with storytelling, music, poetry and more. The event will take place in honor of Native American Day, and the stories are inspired by the works of art on view. The Bronx Museum of Arts 1040 Grand concourse, Bx 718-681-6000 • bronxmuseum.org THu OCT 3 6:30pm • Free PANEL: ThE SOAP BOXES OF UNION SQUArE. the primary spaces for protest and dissent in NYc. Join authors, professors and journal- ists in discussing its history and importance to NYc radicals, then stick around for reen- actments of notable speeches given at the square, such as those by Alexander Berkman and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. The Tenement Museum 103 Orchard St 212-431-0233 • tenement.org outlawed in the U.S. and how that has led the countercultural movement for legalization to transform into revolt a against conventional medicine. Brecht Forum 388 Atlantic Ave, Bklyn brechtforum.org • 212-242-4201 mental and gender-bending performance, the spirits of Teddy roosevelt and Elvis Pre- sley — who happen to be played by female actors — go road tripping cross-country. Main topic of conversation? A battle over the soul of Ann, a shy meat-processing plant worker, and what kind of man or woman she should become. The Bushwick Starr 207 Starr St, Bklyn [email protected] •

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TOUr: BrONX LAB – STrEET ArT ON ThE GrAND cONcOUrSE. The opening of the Bronx Lab, a test site for new cultural ideas about the Bronx at the Bronx Museum of Art, has arrived. Enjoy a guided walking tour of street art along the Grand con- course, and then put your skills to the test during a ti-inspired graffi activity with renowned artist JED BrANDT JED the indyPendent SmoKe SIgnalS: a Journalist Ed Morales, anthropology A. Lee provides an overview of his latest book, exploring how cannabis came to be WED OCT 2 6:30pm • Free PANEL: LATIN@ IDENTITY IN A ShIFTING cITY. professor Arlene Davila and artist Miguel Luciano come together to discuss the development of Latino identity in NYc from the 1980s to the present. El Museo del Barrio, NYc’s only fully dedicated Latino museum, is organizing the discussion. El café 1230 5th Ave 212-831-7272 • elmuseo.org WED OCT 2 7:30pm • Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15 BOOK SIGNING: SoCIal hIStoRy of maRIJuana. Lady K Fever. The Bronx Museum of Art 1040 Grand concourse, Bx 718-681-6000 • bronxmuseum.org MON SEP 30 7–8pm • Free BOOK TALK: GrAhAM NASh. Join Graham Nash, the political activist and famed musician of crosby, Stills & Nash (cSN) and The hollies. he’ll discuss a life journey that included Woodstock, dating Joni Mitchell and superstardom with cSN, as well as where he found the inspiration to write over 200 songs, including “Military Madness,” “Immigration Man” and “chicago: We can change The World.” The Strand 828 Broadway 212-473-1452 • strandbooks.com

we wiLL cover the BaSicS Lede writing, joUrnaLiSm, of interviewing incLUding SkiLLS, . 1-5 Pm 1-5 celebrate the creator of The Sage from SuN SEP 29 2–4pm • Free SAT SEP 28 & SuN SEP 29 All Day • Free FESTIvAL: LUNGS hArvEST ArTS FES- TIvAL IN ThE GArDENS. head over to the community gardens in Alphabet city and the Lower East Side for the second annual har- vest arts festival, which will feature music, yoga, environmental workshops, puppets, photography and more. Gardens are united through local organizing, but each is planning its own program! Gardens Neighborhood United Loisada 32 gardens in Alphabet city & LES [email protected] • lungsnyc.org SAT SEP 28 7–10pm • Free rEADING: ThE UNBEArABLES AND ThE FEMINIST POETS IN LOW-cUT BLOUSES ArE WATchING YOU (BEING WATchED!). Buckle down for a night of humor and wit as One hundred Thousand Poets For change host a reading on the all-too-timely theme of surveillance. A Gathering of The Tribes 285 E 3rd St, 2nd Fl 212-712-9865 • tribes.org MUSIc: MArLENE FEINGOLD TrIBUTE cONcErT. Singers, a folk singing group founded by Sage, the largest LGBT group in the U.S. for senior citizens. Marlene Feingold, their late founder, will be remembered with folk music and dancing. The People’s voice café 40 E 35th St 212-787-3903 • peoplevoicecafe.org Enjoy Terry Gilliam’s Gilliam’s Terry

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gENERAL EDuCATION: cUNY students say, “Give Petraeus the boot!” (see calendar entry). EVERY MONDAY 2–4pm • Free PrOTEST: cUNY students and their allies will hold weekly rallies for the rest of the school year calling for the dismissalof former General David Petraeus from his teaching position at the Macaulay honors college be- cause of his role in orchestrating atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan Outside Macaulay honors college 35 W 67th St

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REJECTING BLOOMBERG In a city where recent surveys have that the found top 1 percent claim almost 40 per- cent of income while nearly half the people Blasio’s de it, above far not povertyinor live “tale of two cities” slogan connected with voters. His victory was unquestionably a re- jection of Michael Bloomberg. City Council SpeakerChristine Quinn,perceivedthe long I By Steven Wishnia Bill de Blasio de Bill Searching for the Real the for Searching NYC POLITICS Democratic primary. and two cinnamon-raisin, I introduced my- self, mentioned the publications I write for, and told him that I’m working time jobs two making part- half what I made before the recession and that a lot of other people are in similar situations. “This is the worst economy I’ve ever seen,” I said. responded. Ending the Bloomberg admin-istration’s harassment of small with businesses not-so-petty nes fi would themhire to people. more Expanding access encourage to the City University of New York would get more people an education. nomic inequality a central themepaign, these of hisideas sounded tepid, essentially cam- a liberal version of trickle-down economics. I suggested a new ProgressWorks Adminis- its federalat programthat1930stration, the million3 peaknationwide.people employed It built LaGuardia Airport College, andrefurbished Central Park and hired Brooklyn artists, writers, and actors. As if this idea, one of the greatest achieve- ments of 20th-century Democratic liberal- ism, was hopelessly idealistic. 6 September 23–october 21, 2013 The IndypendenT along the East River to Court Square and and Square Plaza. Queensboro Court to River East the along area waterfront the and Point Hunter’s from stretching stores retail high-end and towers offi ce condominiums, luxury area by an dominated into manufacturing, urban of hub City, important an once Island Long forming trans- is construction large-scale Queens, offiand Flushing. in downtown space ce million complex of retail, luxury apartments $850 an Commons, Flushing of construction the and stadium, Soccer League Major seat 25,000 proposed a Park, Corona Meadows Flushing in Center expansion Tennis Open U.S. the the of include initiatives Other 3. Board Community Queens long- of member and time College Community LaGuardia at based planner urban an Sánchez, Ignacio Arturo says years, recent north- in Queens for western targeted have officials city that projects of development overlapping a cluster of living.” form our jobs, our businesses, our kills he and them, to land the gives Bloomberg and cor- porations, business big of owners private and ers develop- rich for people, rich for mega-plan this make “They Committee. Defense Point Willets the of Aguirre Sergio says criminal,” ministration. ad- Bloomberg the of backing the York has New City, in largest the become and Field team. York baseball Mets New the of owners the Equities, Sterling by backed center entertainment and mall ping shop- 1.4-million-square-foot a for way the pave would eviction Their neighborhood. the the employ,from they workers and 1,800 than more scrapyards, and shops auto-body immigrant-owned mostly 250 of removal the force will that plans development on Council hearing City a of advance in strike hunger gentriFication “So you have these two growth poles,” ex- poles,” growth two these have you “So RIPPLINg OuTWARD O Kirchner Marty By Queens in the Crosshairs Meanwhile, on the westernmost edge of of edge westernmost the on Meanwhile, of part one only is mall Point Willets The almost is plan, Bloomberg’s plan, “This Citi to next rise would which mall, The ilt Pit Qen, anhd a launched Queens, in Point, owners work- Willets business of small group and a ers 30, August n manhattan BrookLyn Long Island City Island Long rate retail shopping areas along Junction Junction along areas shopping retail rate incorpo- Ave., Roosevelt along St. 114th to 81st from span It would largest. city’s of the one into Partnership, St. 82nd the as known Heights, Jackson in BID two-block existing Sánchez. by described convergence of step process the major in a accomplishing and borhood for neigh- the gentrify conditions to stores chain the high-end creating Roosevelt thereby line Ave, that businesses immigrant and vendors of family-owned network dense the displace street remove rents, mercial com- and values property raise to designed problem.” to this asolution is District ment Improve- Business a believe I why is “This cleanliness. and lighting poor issues, citing safety Ferreras, says everyone,” hurt enue be- Flushing. and City Island Long tween train 7 the of tracks elevated the beneath runs a that thoroughfare Ave., commercial bustling Roosevelt to bring to unwilling is says city the Ferreras that cameras, veillance district marketing to theto installation ofcollection sur- garbage increased from vices, ser- for tax prop- additional an pay to require owners would erty that partnership private public/ a be would This District. provement Im- Business Heights-Corona Jackson sive mas- a (D-East form to plans announced Ferreras Elmhurst) Julissa City review, Councilmember city Park under Point Meadows-Corona Willets and Flushing in ects borough. could ofthe that future the on impact profound havea projects estate through real push to large-scale racing are officials city administration, Bloomberg’s of months ing for evident now, And some time. in the wan- have Queens been northwestern ing through expand- gentrification of signs historic districting, and rezoning by of waves Facilitated successive converge. to poles the for growth eventually and outward, ripple values to land rising for conditions the ating real estate investments into these areas, cre- direct to sought have planners city Sánchez, to According coalescing.” are that anchors “and are two planning these Sánchez, plains If If approved, Ferreras’s plan will expand an is plan the that argue however, Critics, Av- Roosevelt on problems current “The proj- mega-development with March, In Jackson Heights Elmhurst Willets Point Willets Corona QUeenS Corona Park Corona Flushing Meadows oe f h ms ehial mxd immi- world. the in neighborhoods mixed grant ethnically most the of some Heights, Jackson and Elmhurst Corona, in life public and commercial social, of heart the through run would BID the businesses, 1,000 than more Encompassing Park. rona Co- Meadows Flushing of edge the at end and St., National and Plaza Corona Blvd., nesses and local residents in one of the most diverse urban areas in the world. the in areas urban diverse most the of one in residents local and nesses busi- small immigrant-led displace could Ave. roosevelt along District Improvement Business NEIgHBORHOOD LIFE: they they deem benefi services acial to business enhancing private for fees pay assessment who special owners property of associations are BIDs mid-1970s, the of ficrisis the scal during City York New in introduced First BIg BIDNESS Flushing Proposed BID Proposed Roosevelt Ave

MIKAEL TArKELA n ohr .. city, U.S. other any than BIDs more tenants. With commercial their to on passed increase, get values erty prop- as incurred den, bur- tax and additional assessments owner’s property the quently, Fre- fees. assessment yearly pay to required are boundaries BID’s prop- the within owners erty all formed, is BID a Once mall. ping shop- suburban the on modeled consumption, for zone ly-regulated high- quasi-privatized, a into space ur- public ban remaking by city the to back consumers affl uent draw to used been have BIDs years, the Over environment. Pedestrians walk on roosevelt Ave. near 89th St. in Elmhurst. A proposed Aproposed Elmhurst. in St. 89th near Ave. roosevelt on walk Pedestrians investing in after-school programs for programs kids.” in after-school investing by start should im- they to community, want the prove really they If nearby. malls three have already “We Ave. Roosevelt on zation organi- vendor street a Unidos, Vendedores Ochoa, said a Leticia student and member of cause we don’t have the the has,”mall things Point Willets mega-mall. future a from of competition because necessary was BID a that ment get we’ll displaced.” that and stores, chain corporate to disadvantage competitive a at businesses “Our concern is that the BID willrally. put small the at gathered that crowd a to hust, Elm- in venue music live and bar a 7, Avenue,” raza Ter- Roosevelt of owner Castiblanco, Freddy along shouted rents raising against campaign a leading are we owners, live word. spoken and music with performance cultural a included rally,the which 100 attended people around that estimate Organizers papers. Queens cal News, the from coverage drew to offi district Ferreras’ that eventan marching ce, Julissa before Plaza Corona in rally oppose lively a held they 8, to September On BID. the (RACA) Alliance Community Avenue Roosevelt community the formed and have leaders students vendors, street owners, business small immigrant Heights, administration. Bloomberg the during formed were which of third a BIDs, 67 has York New currently “We are not competing with the mall be- mall the with competing not are “We argu- Ferreras’ rejected also Protesters business small other with along “Today, Jackson and Elmhurst Corona, In NY1, DNAinfo.com, and several lo- several and DNAinfo.com, NY1, New York Daily Daily York New The IndypendenT September 23–october 21, 2013 7 PM 5 to AMAM 9 9 9 of the of • Christian Parenti, Brian Tokar, Abby Abby Brian Brian Tokar, Tokar, ChristianChristian Parenti, Parenti,  R R S. S.   of theof ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN COLLEGE COLLEGE FRANCIS FRANCIS ST. ST. RADICAL New Politics New FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 5 5 OCTOBER OCTOBER SATURDAY SATURDAY

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r NE rch KI TY MAr - - Continued on page 18 OAD R THE “Our interest and perspective in partici- But Rafael Samanez, director of VAMOS PowerPoint PowerPoint presentations given by Tay- MAkE Despite the inherently undemocratic nature of the Board of Directors, Make the Road New York, a prominent community-based organization whose Queens office falls with in theboundariesin theBID,obtainedhas of a seat on the BID’s steering committee. pating in it is to be able to represent the en- tire community, street vendors said included,” Daniel Coates, Make the Road. lead organizer with Unidos, a street vendor organization that is BID,disagrees.the to opposed“Community organizations should not support that projects overwhelmingly promote the interests of large corporations over small businesses and street vendors,” he tions says. like VAMOS Unidos have “Organiza-throughout the years felt the effects from and BIDs the as they pressurealways move to severely cripplestreet vending incommunities where they areformed.” steering committee,” said Rosero. lor have claimed that the “majority of theboard must be property owners and mercial com- tenants,” according to a slide from a presentation that has been shown at com- munity outreach meetings. claim Taylor’s is at odds with City New York Department of Small Business Services’ regulations, which state that property owners and commercial tenants are distinct categories of stakehold- Board BID’sof a majoritythatthe andof ers Directorsmust come from the minority that actually owns property and stands to gain gentrification of the mostfromwave a mov ing through the area. - - - “So the way it is looking right ex- now,” According to Taylor, discussions are But critics of the proposed BID say that “He didn’t tell me anything, any email, PPOSITION ecutive director of the 82nd St. Partnership who is leading the effort to install the Jack- son Heights-Corona BID, is overseeing the vote, which had initially been scheduled for setbacksmultipleAugust,ishadandhas but expectednow for early October. plained “isTaylor, because of the concerns that people in the raising communityaresorttaking we of stepandback a have been wanting do some to more meetings.” now underway to reduce posed boundaries the and annual budget. BID’s“The pro- boundaries are likely going to be and the smaller, budget is going to be decreased by quite a bit,” Taylor said. “Again, this is all in response to the concerns that we’ve been commu in the members some from hearing nity.” ag the changes and help that Taylor’s won’t gressive advocacy for the BID has rankled some community leaders. David Rosero is a property owner and member Rubénwith of along who, Community3 Board Queens Peña, a business owner and community ac- tivist in Corona, was initially supportive of the BID and served on the committee. BID’s When steering Rosero and Peña raisedconcerns about the BID’s neighborhood, impact concerns they on were hearing the from their own constituencies as nity commu- representatives, Taylor removed them from the steering committee. any kind of note, he just erased me off the O Community opposition Heights-Corona to BID is the having an The impact. proposal Jackson to form a BID will be on by property owners voted and commercial ten- ants in the affected area. Seth Taylor, the ex 8 September 23–october 21, 2013 The IndypendenT cial fi each on transaction. tax asmall of nan- reinstatement the for called NYc in protests 17 Sept. the of One RIgHT: WAS HOOD ROBIN not yet truly begun. truly yet not fias much nished so isn’t it, deem many so for as movement, Occupy to The come. decades fruits important and unexpected yield will that action and thought radical of rain truth: Occupy has simple opened a new, a fertile ter- obscure water hold that critiques those Even mistaken. is importantly, more and, negativ- prophecies self-fulfilling engenders This ity disappointing. and disap- is pearing Occupy that idea the perpetuate hasn’t right. done it that all crossfi of re veritable a in — to have anarchist Occupy caught socialist to many progressive to liberal its from — tendencies criticism, for penchant familiar and old an With cheerier. lot whole a been left the from view the has Nor Occupy. of death the lamenting and of fun making ing, dismiss- ignoring, between wavers largely today sentiment Popular alone. not You’re Bull. ing Charg- iconic District’s Financial the lessons atop ballet and shows puppet marches, social cHange social social media and police violence sparked a sparked violence police and media social parts Equal oppression. and exploitation of stories own totheir voice park to the people of range kaleidoscopic a to brought invitation 99% the early An issue. political any one than broader much was Occupy start the from However, district. fiYork nancial New the and Street Wall nearby by bodied a em- as inequality economic the against conceived protest first Park, Zuccotti Manhat- tan’s downtown in born was Occupy PAINS BIRTHINg I Earle Ethan By a massiVe BuRBlinG oF PossiBilities Occupy’s Legacy These various strains of doom and gloom gloom and doom of strains various These celebration? in me to join ready quite Not day this September 17 with protests, protests, with 17 September this day birth- its second celebrated which Street, ’d to a like Wallpropose to toast Occupy tial crises about Occupy. Should there have there Should Occupy. about crises tial existen- own their have to started left the on threat it was atfrom many that point the start, this existential an like Street Wall cupy a letdown. be to proved fall, the previous the of against grandeur measured and, But arrived warmed. spring weather the when stronger for emerge and prepare underground organize, to winter go the would Occupy that agreed Most anyway. disband voluntarily to occupations the forced soon have would timing actually the was that argued uneasily Some go. to place no had often themselves Occupiers how to continue. unsure were left protestors cupy were put down resolve, with and brutal reoc- to constitu- Attempts mayhem. tionally-suspect causing generally and hundreds arresting dozens, injuring encampment, ery ev- nearly cleared and through swept police 2011 November In over. were Occupations Occupy. of politics multi-faceted the with in solidarity act to sought otherwise or union credit a joined food, or money donated more less count- while directly, participated people of fin- of Hundreds thousands gered as unequivocally the villains. elites economic of 1% top the with discourse, public mainstream into reintroduced forcefully was inequality economic of issue The process. bound- the in aries long-standing people crossing which coalesced, around language common symbolic a protests the lent 99%” the are slogan “We The dissent. open political with contact into came — 1970s the since time at— more any than States United the across of country. the across Occupations hundreds were there weeks within and happen, to waiting wildficlearly was that re While mainstream media had treated Oc- treated had media mainstream While the began, they as suddenly as then, And people of millions months, next the Over good, since the coming cold cold coming the since so quickly? Why do the capitalists always always to win? seem capitalists the do Why quickly? so out faded Occupy had Why movement? sive couldn’t it have Why into blossomed a more cohe- horizontalism? of limits the or disci- pline, organizational of lack a inequality? belie it economic Did and Street Wall on refocused have it Should politics? electoral of tospecifiengage lack unwillingness anor c goals, a by hampered Occupy Was tion? reoccupa- at attempts concerted more been Sept. 17 while marking the second anniversary of the birth of Occupy. of birth the of anniversary second the marking while 17 on Sept. Manhattan through march cops) course, of (and Protesters BANkERS: THE CHASINg STILL

TIMOThY KrAUSE eid f Occupa- of the period during least Occupy, at that argue rection. di- linear a and vision singular coherent, a with phenomenon a is Occupy that is tion implica- The 1960s 70s. and the of ments Move- Anti-War Rights or Civil the likes the of to it pare com- to is discourse, popular in ticularly par- movement, a as rate. To judge Occupy accu- altogether isn’t which movement, is a assump- Occupy that tion not an explicit, if tacit, least by at derpinned un- are assessments dour these of Many HAPPENINgS OF A SERIES Rather, I would would I Rather, news begets news — and made countless countless made and — news begets news begets news which in fl — cycle media exive the of self-re- the into Occupy forced Occupations nature jarring aesthetically “perma- nent,” The it. hear to around is nobody if sound a makes forest the in falling tree a whether about question uneasy old, the der to left had pon- been and progressives more, More public. mainstream the or policy ther to choose with little discernible effect on ei- thing from the Iraq War toevery- a woman’s protest to right streets the into thousands of hundreds bringing disappointed, largely had that protests of single-day more or cade de- a upended It viewed. popularly is States United the in protest which though lens the them. tered encoun- who those for possibilities new of disturbed array wide a opened and profoundly culture dominant that interventions of series a were Happenings, as cupations, Oc- has The alternative. no is history there that that ended, us convince to is culture ment. establish- art the and viewer the artist, the separated that walls traditional the through breaking democratic, radically be to Happenings sought way this one In any intention. of artistic authority the trumped ration collabo- of mutual which in forms agitation cultural as popular became Happenings 1950s, late the In development. their in pate partici- and form their shape to onlookers inviting environments, intervene natural different They in narratives. set without es piec- performance are extended Happenings Happenings. transformative of series a constituted tions, On an immediate level, Occupy changed changed Occupy level, immediate an On neoliberal of tricks great the of One Borrowing from the art world, world, art the from Borrowing The IndypendenT September 23–october 21, 2013 9 . rk 212.827.0200 Yo |

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It TIMOThY KrAUSE TIMOThY Continued on next page From the From start, Occupiers engaged the or- True to Occupy’s multifaceted nature the aid of families in distress. The ability to to ability The distress. in families of aid the quickly assemble practical resources (vans, buckets, food) proved night and in the instrumental days that followed. Experi- that quicklyence at adapting uncertain to condi- tions in a moving environment allowed Oc- cupiers to tailor their help more closely to residents’ needs. ganizationsthat alreadywere inplace inthe neighborhoods they where intervened. They visited churches, schools and centers where community relief centers were being asking set up, neededwaswhat anddoingwhat they could to help provide it. This was pow- erful for many reasons, but especiallycause it linked be- the radical ideals of Occupy to existing institutions in poor, and largely black and brown, communities where dis- proportionately young and Occupiers well-educated had previously struggled make to connections. Now, nearly a year later, disas-ter relief has long since given way to the ar- duous task of rebuilding, and ongoing work with organizations that might not share Oc- cupiers’ political views has challenged par- put theirideals to ways new nd ticipantsfi to into practice. in the post-Occupation phase,groups working the under many the Occupy banner have handled Sandy this differently. Work in Red Hook, for example, was ultimately torn apart by disagreements over engage neighborhood how and business to associa- tions,other relief agencies andthe police. In the Rockaways, where Occupy Sandy been has most durable, the response has more varied, been with different Occupy groups addressing different aspects of the rebuild- close to doing something truly this This power, palpable through all the Certainly,physicalpresencespeedandthe Over the past year, Occupy Sandy has been the most visible project theseOccupyHappenings. WhenHurricane to emerge from Sandy came ravaging through on New York October 29, 2012, former Occupiers non-local rst responders were of the many in thefi Indeed, before neighborhoods. poorer city’s the storm had even hit land, the social and working networks created during Occupa- tion were abuzz with nimbleness activity.that had permitted Occupiers to The same protests defend mob at park or ash the fl join a moment’s notice was employed to rush to OCCuPY SANDY transformative but instead was gone, before it deadever really had the chance to and change the world. In reality, Occupy’s Hap- penings had already succeeded by a leaving massive burbling of possibilities in wake. their people see and hear something profoundly different. hundreds of Occupations, enabled to people think of Occupy as a single as entity. But soon as the particular façade Occupations was lifted ended, and penings’ the this participants Hap- dispersed — a realis- tic outcome, considering how varied backgrounds their and goals were from the start. Those tethered to the idea move- of a indeed as or identity, Occupy or unit ned as defi a ment, were left disappointed. that marked Occupy in rstits monthfi had attered into deceive,some respects andits fl sudden withdrawal from public space cre- ated a vacuum effect. Compounded by the sharp decline in media coverage, sympathiz-ers ated, felt suddenlyas ifdefl Occupy had come 10 September 23–october 21, 2013 The IndypendenT values in action tion within the wider spectrum of the left. left. the of spectrum wider the within tion ac of avenues new up open to ability an is strength real its is),when direction that what of idea better a have they that sibly has one it direction should take (and osten simply Occupy that assume They point. the arguments miss their presumptuous, being from Aside power. transformative little holds and energies that valuable diverts work charity accommodationist as it maligned have Occupy, ten within other dencies from come actually whom of areas, enacted. positively been has low-income in power build to democratic used instead are disasters same these which in alternative, an and society, mainstream in traction gained has — poor the of expense the at elites enrich to ters disas natural of exploitation the — ism capital disaster of notion the Meanwhile, and imbued with Occupy’s by radical politics. touched been have communities their and Sandy, Occupy by helped been have ac people of has thousands it Literally what complished. in beautiful been also has it but — setting real-life a in visions radical us not forget, of should and, let expect such a large-scale eco power. political autonomy and nomic greater pursue residents Rockaway help will that — cooperatives worker to centers radical, explicitly community —from structures new creating more are groups cupy organiza- tionalpolitical and support. technical, otherOc Still providing by groups community pre-existing strengthen help to work Others buildings. damaged repair services to direct on focus Some process. ing page previous from Continued Legacies selected a wealthy financial leader as their nominee. 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The IndypendenT September 23–october 21, 2013 11 Dharavi Slum in Bombay, by Thomas Leuthard Thomas by Bombay, in Slum Dharavi Housing Justice,Housing CONVERGENCES Left Governments, and Lessons from the Global South September 27-29, New York City September York New 27-29, URBAN For conference details and registration: www.rosalux-nyc.org/urban-convergences Author and documentary lmmaker fi crystal Occupy has already created an activist Because of this, if for no other rea- OCCuPY uSA Occupy encampments sprouted up in more than 650 U.S. cities and towns in themonths, fall most of had 2011.vanished. What Within became of the movement’s participants and the communities of resistance they formed? Zevon decided nd out,to fi traveling 30,000 miles in her car over four months earlier this year. From an embattled corner of palachia’s coastal shattered Maine mountains, to on Ap- intentional to communities nascent in Mississippi, American Native reservations in foreclosureghters in thefi Seattle, Zevon found Southwest peo- and ple who were still inspired to act everywhere she went. to read about her journey, see the indypendent.org/occupy-journey. full story at web exCluSIve around it. es Occupy this defi impulse. It is uncertain, constantly evolving and re- sistant to simple categorization. Will the Occupations return? No, at least not the way they happened in late 2011. But two no Happenings can or in should the same develop way. To bring about radical social, economic and political change, the next wave of Happenings — mass that demonstration is, and of mobilization — will have to look different; it will need to societyshakeourand take hold andpierce in another unexpected way. And perhaps the greatest danger that Occupy faces the is inability of many of its supporters to simply let breathe it and become. base that will bolster the ranks of the next generation of progressive actors. In most cases, ght to theypush will their respec-fi tive projects further to the left. This will be true for activist groups, of course, but it will also include media, academia and government, among others. The extent to whichOccupiers will be shape to able and guide these institutions will be key to its ultimate impact. However, where ments move- usually end — number when of participants become a convinced cient suffi that enough has been won — Occupy will go on, precisely because it isdifferent to somethingeach person who was part of it. It can only end when each of their vi- sions for change is realized. son, the radicalism stirred up by Occupy will play a key role in the next periodStates, United the in of upheaval social great which appears quite likely in the context of ongoing austerity and a political socioeconomic and structure cracking the underweight of its own contradictions. And yes, Occupiers gurewill prominentlyfi in the next great movement in U.S. history. Whoknows?mightIt already have begun, quietly, right before our eyes. Ethan Earle is a project manager ceNew of York at offi the Rosa the Luxemburg Siftung and the author of the Brief study, “A History of published occupy by RLS in November 2012. Wall Street,” Sobriety of course requires recognizing And the dangers are by no means just These are all very real issues. Taken becausesome-me with toast to you ask I THE SWEET HEREAFTER Now that we’ve raised cleared our the glasses air, I’ll close and with a more soberassessment of what we can expectOccupy going forward. from the problems. After all, the Occupationsand 99%, themicrocosms as of shape took this mass of humanity naturally brought with it a lot of accumulated baggage, well as as a few demons. To say it whileway, Occupy’s another little worlds brought into relief many of the ills of broader soci- ety, there were others that simply it repro- duced. Many if not most Occupy projects have struggled with issues of race, class, gender and privilege. Prime culprits have course beenof privileged whitemales, and too many meetings still get dominated by those who can stay longest and are most steeped in the language victory. of internal. Occupy’s open natureit uniquelyalso makes permeable to the problems that pervade the world around it. Not surpris- ingly, this often starts with Most the Occupy market. work is not sustainable, economically forcing participants to work multiple jobs or otherwise own exploit labor. In their this context, the non-prof- it industrial complex is always knocking at the door, offering paid positions sometimes that allow itssystem converts but on other occasions lures tothem take onin the to simply reinforce it. There is also the lurking threat of active cooptation: corpo-rations,politicians otherpowers-that-and be seeking to take the edge off wave of activism, this harness new it and use it for their own gain. And of course sinister the danger:ltrators the mostand infi infor- mants, sadly prevalent in Occupystart and this to since day. the together, they threaten e to the stifl more emerg- work social justice transformative ing from Occupy. They also threatendebase Occupy’s to image — and by exten- sion that of radical protestmainstream as society. a whole — in times positivity is a political act. We live des- ne and societyina thatdefi eageris to perate to make sense of the messy world efforts, to name a these efforts few. have drawn from the Participantslessons in of solidarity economyand are now practiced seeking to reproduce sustainable in more practices the in the parkworld around wide a for work to gone them.Others have range of pre-existing organizations: from radical ts non-profi to moreNGOs to book establishedpublishers and media out- electoraltheletsand, to yes,politicaleven arena. 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And as Bickerton points the out, boy “Just because intervention is off the doesn’t mean that humanitarian agenda conditions in Syria are any better.” TUNE IN DEMOCRACYNOW.ORG and Juan Gonzalez with Amy Goodman Amy with Global News Hour News Global A Daily Independent Independent A Daily dn-Indy-ad-121212.indd 1 France also has cant signifi historical ties have have been indulged by its involvement in Lib- ya under the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as Hollande’s own North Af- rican intervention in Mali this year. In Janu- ary 2013, Hollande launched Opération Ser- val, sending in 3,000 French troops to The regain Mali. northern Islamist-held over control pullout date, initially scheduled for the end of 2013, has been postponed an additional two months and some French troops are set to re- nitely. main on the ground indefi with Syria, as it was under a French colonial mandate until the end of the War. SecondThe French World oil company Total still had a highly lucrative presence in the area until its sameAndthatearlyyear, withdrawal2011. in Syr- Le Monde, NOWHERE ELSE TO gO: More than 120,000 Syrians are estimated to be living in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Pressured by refugee vilians on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, Hollande called for strong punitive measures. even after the And United King- dom backtracked on mili- tary action, Hollande con- tinued to back the United States’ call for strikes stating, by “France will part it. of France is ready.” be rights NGOs to respond France is near the Even after receiving papers, they continue French president François Hollande has The U.S.-Russian deal reached in Geneva As Chris Bickerton, international relations In other words, Hollande was suffering a asylum in the country. Meanwhile, just next door, Germany took in ten times that num- ber in 2012. bottom rung of the Eu- terms in ladder ropean of welcoming ian refugees. Syr- “When people ask, I tell them: go to Sweden. Go to Scandinavia. France is one of the worst places you can come to,” Al-Rassace says. The pro- cedure in France is also notoriously long. Asy- up wait to have occasionally may lum-seekers to six months or a year to receive a response from immigration. left are “They challenges. considerable face to entirely on their own again,” Al-Rassace ex- plains. “The language barrier continues, and the social rights related to their new status are cultto diffi really access. Some people are en- tirely desperate. not just It’s because they have been granted papers that they systematically are able nd to accommodation fi fi nancial or resources.” been supportive of solving the humanitarian crisis with humanitarian bombs. In the wake of chemical attacks that killed hundreds of ci- to UNHCR’s call, Hollande instead defended his position on humanitarian intervention. “It would be a paradox to let [the Syrian govern- ment] do as they please while having to host more and more refugees,” he said. Needless to say, it is also a paradox to call for and actionyet remain inactive when faced with the misery eeing the of thosecrisis fl one has been called on resolve. to and backed by the UN Security Council does not include military action. States and As Russia patch the things United up in the curity Se- Council, and the military option fades aredup,it is clearnearly as quicklythat as it fl the ‘humanitarian’ part of ‘humanitarian in- tervention’ was never what gave it urgency in rstplace. the fi professor at Cambridge University points out, “when people talk about humanitarian inter- vention, they think it’s about conditions. humanitarian The prompt is humanitarian con- ditions, but the deciding factor comes whenstates feel like they have to each other.” prove things to slight case of FOMO, or Fear Of MissingAccordingthe to Frenchdaily Out. ia would have been the fth fi militaryFrance launches since ambitions French 2001. operation to remain a “Great Power” on the world stage france haS Been more intereSted in BomBing Syria than in itSrefUgeeS. heLPing

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Nelson Lichtenstein, the director of the “If your goal is a collective bargaining More significantly, Lichtenstein explained Naquasia LeGrand, who took part in the When Sparks talks to fellow workers, he Often, these conversations happen at fast- “People in this country like to eat fast BROADER Analysts agree that theagainst odds the are stacked fast-foodcollective bargaining campaign rights or what winningamount would to a near doubling union of wages. drive, The however, could effects have on the living broader standards of millions of people across the country. LaborCenter andDethe StudyWork, for of mocracy at the University of California–San Barbara,ta thedoubtscampaign will achieve its immediate demands. Instead, he that the struggle argues could lead to broader victo ries if it keeps the discussion of wages front and center in the national dialogue. agreement at the 42nd Street you might get McDonald’s, it actually. Butdo you it won’t any good,” said Lichtenstein, explaining that the majority of the nation’s fast-food outlets are run by individual franchise owners and organized by regions. This structure enables mega-chains like McDonald’s to divert sponsibility for abusive re labor practices while generating super-size profits. Such a victory, however, could set off a larger wave of con cessions from the industry ropolitan in areas — major compromises met that wouldn’t likely include contracts but would most certainly feature a bump in pay. that the strikes could energize the campaign political challenging lawmakers to raise the minimum wage. They also bring the subject of inequality and the stagnation of wages to the forefront the of policy agenda. first one-day strike last November York, in was New more optimistic. The August 29 job actions multiplied her sense of possible. She whatexpects that, isas more and more workers see their counterparts joining in the union drive, it will have and a their numbers snowball will continue effect to increase. “Who knows?” she said. “The whole world could stand up.” activ and reporter freelance a is Rugh Peter istbased in Brooklyn, New York. Sectionsthis of article are drawn fromthat appeared at WagingNonviolence.org. earlier journalism taurants and negotiating with management to rehire laid-off employees. Other cases are being handled through courts by lawyers re tained the by local campaigns. reminds them that they have rights job. “Supervisors on and the general managers au tomatically assume that they can intimidate workers and make us feel like we don’t have the right organize, to he said. when do,” we food restaurants, where, when he can afford it, Sparks takes his children for dinner. food,” he explained. “I indulge in it myself. When I get a chance to go out and spend littlea money on fast food, I try to acknowl edge the workers. I try to educatesituation.them show I clips cell my on phone them on the meof talking the to press,being I ba on TV. sically encourage them to join in because we need as many people with us as possible.” ------But iPads can’t For his part,

employees could be replaced iPads. by wipe down tables or fry french fries. In Australia, minimum the is wage $15.96 and the cost of a Big Mac remains relatively the same as in the United States. If theindustry is ing look to cut campaigners costs, con tend,they can start with salaries at the top: The average fast-food executive makes a $25,000 day, more than what a restaurant fast-food employ ee takes home in a year. President Obama proposed raisingthe federal mum mini wage to $9 an hour last spring, but the has stalled measurein Con gress, where law makers are instead debating cuts food to stamps that millions of wage low- workers de pend on. Even if

ODES rh vE TE S ETHER g g TO Kareem Sparks, a 30-year-old Brooklyn Newunderwayin got uniondriveSincethe ANDIN Impatient, fast-food workers together are and seeking banding to force changebelow. The union from drive has been underwrit B ten largely by the Service Employees national Inter Union (SEIU), which has provided funding for localized community groups like the Texas Organizing Project and New York Communities for Change to mobilize on the ground.Somecritics speculated have thatthe strikes have more to do with the SEIU flex ing its political muscles and creating a media spectacle than achieving the campaign’s stat ed objectives. However, workers again and again say they decided to join the campaign because they felt that they had little lose. to McDonald’s worker, joined the union drive in the run-up to a previous round of outs, walkwhich took place on July 31. Once his pro offereda was he it, wind of got employer motion. “They wanted to make me a manag he said.er,” “I turned them down, since that would mean I couldn’t organize, I speak couldn’t out.” York City and began spreading nationwide, there have been numerous instances of high er-ups firingworkers and using otherforms of retaliation, such as slashing their hours to prevent them from unionizing. In response, workers have mobilized in each other’s de fense, in some instances shutting down res Obama’s Obama’s proposed wage increase pass, the slight were bump would do little to raise to those employed in minimum-wage industries poverty. of out ------The new escalation from fast-food work The $170-billion-a-year fast-food indus act Association, Restaurant National The a living wage and union representation during a July 31 walkout. A larger wave of strikes followed on Aug. 29. Continued from page 15 otherfast-foodapproximatelywork and100 Fast Food StrikesFast Food rallies, holding strike, national the joined ers picketsand speak-outs numerous at Houston restaurants. ers comes at a time of soaring inequality in America. A recent review of data from Internal the Revenue Service by researchersthe at University of California,the Paris Oxford School of and Economics ings those for in percent the the 1 of U.S. top finds earn economy increased by nearly 20 percent last year. The study further finds that95 percent of wealth gains made since the 2008 recession went to America’s richest Meanwhile, individuals. ordinary Americans are work ing longer hours for less Mid-wagepay. jobs constituted 60 percent of jobs lost in the re cession while low-wage jobs accountedpercent of those forrecovered, 58 according to the National Employment Law Project. try exemplifies whatworkers seekingto lift themselves and their families out of poverty are up against. 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DAvID MEADOW The IndypendenT September 23–october 21, 2013 23 - The —Mike Newton Yeah, it leads you sometimes sometimes you leads it Yeah, Walls get smashed and govern- LF: to strange something places. in a play and just You’ll be, thinkjust I — know put don’t like,“I and — there”inbelongsthat that then it’ll take a while to connect the dots and understand it. But then, in the end, it all seems somehow. out work to For more, see laurenferebee.com. of of the basement of the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Univer- sity of Chile, where they had been in storage for years, and put again on public display. In 2008, resto- ration was completed on a pro-Al- lende mural that the dictatorship had tried to destroy with 16 coats of paint, Roberto First Goal Matta’s of the Chilean People. And in the last few has years, Chile seen huge waves with of tens of thousands of students protest, demanding a more equitable edu- cational system and many young demonstrators holding signs that read “Salvador Allende.” thisas exhibit— mentsbut topple, attests to — art, ideas and culture tricky have surviving of ways their own destruction, so long as they persist in some sort of memory, collective so long as they’re not for gotten. - I take it that when you have Quoted recently by the Associat-the recentlyQuoted by people, read books, I’ll write something and and then I’ll then go back to doing that generative phase again. It’s hard, sometimes because you feel likegetting you’re off-course. And like, “I should be sitting down to you’re write!” DM: this profound nagging in you to pursue a particularyou kind of have to trust that. direction, shows two adorable, brightly-col- buildingbirdstogether.nestored a A poster to celebrate the nation- alization of the country’s copper mines shows a wide-eyed, smiling cartoonkid wavingChilean a flag. These posters, presumably, were not just out to appeal to scrappy activists and idealists — they were meant to communicate the its mer- of socialist policy to a dubious middle class. ed Press, director of Chile’s Muse- MemoryHumanand Rights of um Ricardo Brodsky said Chilean society that today, the “to great- est legacy of Pinochet remains the human rights violations, the disap peared and the dead.” And while those killed under Pinochet can’t be brought back to life, since the end of the military beenthere’s an effort to reverse, at dictatorship the least, cultural disappearances. Museothecontents the of In1991, de la Solidaridad were taken out - - - - - Artist unknown. - A poster pro poster A — a cute. Julia Paley quotes a I keep journals and stuff — On another poster, imageryThethis inexhibithints you write your next play. LF: research journals — working when on things, I’m and a lot of times, when I start doing some thing I don’t know I why. like to what hintsat and clues with work will turn out,like a mysterynov el, because it’s more interesting to me. I enter a generative phase where I collect photographs and images, go see exhibits, talk to Chile,Miró lovely with a painting, and a featuring poster a catchy, sim- ple woodcut illustration of birds perched above bold, pink type: “Graph- ics of the Residents GranjatheDistrict.” The of Popular Unity govern ment organized borhood cultural neigh-centers where locals were couraged to create visual en- and performance and art, publications; poster was promoting an this exhibit of such work at a major Chilean museum. a heavily-shadowed dramatically-posed, dance troupe appears beneath crimson block “Art letters: is Born from People.” The poster the was made for the of occasion a major performance of Luis Advis Vitaglich’s Santa María de Iquique, cantata popular musical piece concerning an infamous 1907 mas- sacre of Chilean miners. Such performances were meant to be accessible to ordinary people: they weren’t copper just miners, but for about them, too. importancereflect the worksThese of artistic and cultural participa- book her AllendeIntheera. in tion MarketingDemocracy: andPower Social Movements in Post-Dicta- torship Chile, community activist who came peri Unity of Popular the during age differentod:“Therea was sense of participation that we lived [then]. It was what we thought, what the neighbors thought, what the child thought, everyone was important in this process.” at some of the broader trends the in graphic arts of the time. Some of this work has the sort of hard- edged, ink-stained brazenness of ten associated with protest imag- ery (a raised fist, a red star, photo that of Che), but some of also just it really is moting voluntary work brigades ------There’s a post- Pinochet’s Chile. Co-curator Car ol Smith, lived who in Chile in the early 1970s, mailed the post- ers out of country the before the coup place, took and held has on to them for over 40 years as commemora tion of an impor tant moment historical (and an important time in her own life, too). As an his- torical the record, show gives just a glimpse — but a revealing one, at that — of something huge: a culture-wide movement. er for the Museo de la Solidaridad Tell me more about the pro Indeed, the posters on view cess you’re going through now as a member of the Cherokee na tion. According to a story in our family, we have ancestry among thesome of Cherokee liveinwho Eastgoingbe I’m goingto Texas. research,talkfor soonthere to to the local people and see how we might create something with the goal of putting on a production there. DM: for peaceful, democratic and con- stitutional socialism: an existen tial threat to the “domino theory” mindset of the United States, and to the common, Cold War apho- rismthatleftist governments could only ever be born out of violence. In other words, Allende had emies. en- On September a 11, 1973, military-led (and coup U.S.-backed) d’état put General Augusto Pinochet in charge, inaugurating a right-wing dictatorship that lasted 17 years. Dissidents were “disap- peared,” leftist political parties burnedwere booksoutlawed, were and, yes, art was destroyed. Under revolution were Pinochet,only not monumentsarydemol-muralsand ished, but even the smaller things, the printed ephemera — and posters publications from lende years — the became something Al- illicit. Those bright, eye-pleasing graphics were too dangerous to be caught with. in “¡CHILE Posters VIVE!, from Historical the Government Popular Unity (1970-73)” ably wouldn’t prob have survived in - -

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Lives On Lives Posters¡CHILE VIVE!, Historical Government from the Popular Unity (1970-73) Americano Latino Taller El A dream A dream culture & memory culture al media coverage, Chile’s leftist Popular Unity government — led President by SalvadorAllende dur- ing its short life in the early 1970s — invited artists and intellectuals to come and show their support. Many did: unveiled in 1972, the MuseoSolidaridadlade Chile fea- tured work by hundreds of artists from around the world, ing heavyweights includ- like Joan Miró, Victor Vasarely and Lygia Clark. Then, after 1973, boxed and up hidden away. the art was tember 1970 represented a victory SO, YOU THINK YOU KNOW 99.5 FM What you know about this radio station might be like a blind man’s view of an elephant. It depends on when you listen!

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