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A Brief History of Occupy Wall Street ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG NEW YORK OFFICE by Ethan Earle Table of Contents
A Brief History of Occupy Wall Street ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG NEW YORK OFFICE By Ethan Earle Table of Contents Spontaneity and Organization. By the Editors................................................................................1 A Brief History of Occupy Wall Street....................................................2 By Ethan Earle The Beginnings..............................................................................................................................2 Occupy Wall Street Goes Viral.....................................................................................................4 Inside the Occupation..................................................................................................................7 Police Evictions and a Winter of Discontent..............................................................................9 How to Occupy Without an Occupation...................................................................................10 How and Why It Happened........................................................................................................12 The Impact of Occupy.................................................................................................................15 The Future of OWS.....................................................................................................................16 Published by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York Office, November 2012 Editors: Stefanie Ehmsen and Albert Scharenberg Address: 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2114, -
The Occupy Wall Street Movement's Struggle Over Privately Owned
International Journal of Communication 11(2017), 3162–3181 1932–8036/20170005 A Noneventful Social Movement: The Occupy Wall Street Movement’s Struggle Over Privately Owned Public Space HAO CAO The University of Texas at Austin, USA Why did the Occupy Wall Street movement settle in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned public space? Why did the movement get evicted after a two-month occupation? To answer these questions, this study offers a new tentative framework, spatial opportunity structure, to understand spatial politics in social movements as the interaction of spatial structure and agency. Drawing on opportunity structure models, Sewell’s dual concept of spatial structure and agency, and his concept of event, I analyze how the Occupy activists took over and repurposed Zuccotti Park from a site of consumption and leisure to a space of political claim making. Yet, with unsympathetic public opinion, intensifying policing and surveillance, and unfavorable court rulings privileging property rights over speech rights, the temporary success did not stabilize into a durable transformation of spatial structure. My study not only explains the Occupy movement’s spatial politics but also offers a novel framework to understand the struggle over privatization of public space for future social movements and public speech and assembly in general. Keywords: Occupy Wall Street movement, privately owned public space (POPS), spatial opportunity structure, spatial agency, spatial structure, event Collective actions presuppose the copresence of “large numbers of people into limited spaces” (Sewell, 2001, p. 58). To hold many people, such spaces should, in principle, be public sites that permit free access to everyone. The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, targeting the engulfing inequality in the age of financialization and neoliberalization, used occupation of symbolic sites to convey its message. -
What Comes After Occupy?
What Comes After Occupy? ADAPT LABOUR STUDIES BOOK-SERIES International School of Higher Education in Labour and Industrial Relations Series Editors Tayo Fashoyin, University of Lagos (Nigeria) Michele Tiraboschi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) Guest Editors Massimo Pilati, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) Hina Sheikh, UCLA University of California (Los Angeles) Francesca Sperotti, ADAPT Senior Research Fellow (Italy) Chris Tilly, UCLA University of California (Los Angeles) English Language Editor Pietro Manzella, ADAPT Senior Research Fellow (Italy) ADAPT (www.adapt.it) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2000 by Professor Marco Biagi with the aim of promoting studies and research in the field of labour law and industrial relations from an international and comparative perspective. In collaboration with the Centre for International and Comparative Studies on Law, Economics, Environment and Work (DEAL) at the Marco Biagi Department of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), ADAPT set up the International School of Higher Education in Labour and Industrial Relations, a centre of excellence which is accredited at an international level for research, study and the postgraduate programmes in the area of industrial and labour relations. ADAPT International Scientific Committee Bertagna Giuseppe (University of Bergamo, Italy), Bulgarelli Aviana (ISFOL, Italy), Fashoyin Tayo (University of Lagos, Nigeria), Frommberger Dietmar (Universität Magdeburg, Germany), Grisolia Julio Armando (Universidad -
Real Democracy in the Occupy Movement
NO STABLE GROUND: REAL DEMOCRACY IN THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT ANNA SZOLUCHA PhD Thesis Department of Sociology, Maynooth University November 2014 Head of Department: Prof. Mary Corcoran Supervisor: Dr Laurence Cox Rodzicom To my Parents ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis is an outcome of many joyous and creative (sometimes also puzzling) encounters that I shared with the participants of Occupy in Ireland and the San Francisco Bay Area. I am truly indebted to you for your unending generosity, ingenuity and determination; for taking the risks (for many of us, yet again) and continuing to fight and create. It is your voices and experiences that are central to me in these pages and I hope that you will find here something that touches a part of you, not in a nostalgic way, but as an impulse to act. First and foremost, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Laurence Cox, whose unfaltering encouragement, assistance, advice and expert knowledge were invaluable for the successful completion of this research. He was always an enormously responsive and generous mentor and his critique helped sharpen this thesis in many ways. Thank you for being supportive also in so many other areas and for ushering me in to the complex world of activist research. I am also grateful to Eddie Yuen who helped me find my way around Oakland and introduced me to many Occupy participants – your help was priceless and I really enjoyed meeting you. I wanted to thank Prof. Szymon Wróbel for debates about philosophy and conversations about life as well as for his continuing support. -
Reclaiming the Streets: Black Urban Insurgency and Antisocial Security
Reclaiming the streets Black urban insurgency and antisocial security in twenty-fi rst-century Philadelphia Jeff Maskovsky Abstract: Th is article focuses on the emergence of a new pattern of black urban insurgency emerging in major US metropolitan areas such as Philadelphia. I lo- cate this pattern in the context of a new securitization regime that I call “antiso- cial security.” Th is regime works by establishing a decentered system of high-tech forms of surveillance and monitory techniques. I highlight the dialectic between the extension of antisocial security apparatuses and techniques into new political and social domains on the one hand and the adoption of these same techniques by those contesting racialized exclusions from urban public space on the other. I end the article with a discussion of how we might adapt the commons concept to consider the centrality of race and racism to this new securitization regime. Keywords: commoning, inner city, race, securitization, United States, urban politics In Philadelphia, on 10 April 2013, dozens of Af- broadcast sensationalized reports about “crazed rican American youth converged in what mu- teens,” “mob violence,” and “youth rioting.” nicipal authorities described as a “fl ash mob” at In 2011, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter the heart of the city’s central business district. (2008–2016) criticized African American teens Called together with the use of social media, for participating in unruly gatherings in public these young people blocked traffi c, massed on spaces. From the pulpit of Mount Carmel Bap- street corners, and ran down several city blocks tist Church in West Philadelphia, where he is until they were dispersed by the local police. -
Occupy Wall Street: a Movement in the Making
Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Senior Theses and Projects Student Scholarship Spring 5-20-2012 Occupy Wall Street: A Movement in the Making Hannah G. Kaneck Trinity College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses Part of the American Politics Commons, Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Economic Policy Commons, Education Policy Commons, Energy Policy Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Health Policy Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, International Law Commons, Law and Gender Commons, Law and Politics Commons, Law Enforcement and Corrections Commons, Organizations Law Commons, Political Economy Commons, and the Social Policy Commons Recommended Citation Kaneck, Hannah G., "Occupy Wall Street: A Movement in the Making". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2012. Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/245 Occupy Wall Street: a movement in the making Hannah Kaneck Spring 2012 1 Dedicated to my grandmother Jane Armstrong Special thanks to my parents Karrie and Mike Kaneck, my readers Stephen Valocchi and Sonia Cardenas, the Trinity College Human Rights Program, and to my siblings at Cleo of Alpha Chi 2 Table of Contents Timeline leading up to September 17, 2011 Occupation of Wall Street…………………….……………….4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….….……..6 Where did they come from?...........................................................................................................7 -
Copyright by Judith A. Thomas 2012
Copyright by Judith A. Thomas 2012 The Thesis Committee for Judith A. Thomas Certifies that this is the approved version of the following thesis: Live Stream Micro-Media Activism in the Occupy Movement Mediatized Co-presence, Autonomy, and the Ambivalent Face APPROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: Supervisor: Karin Gwinn Wilkins Joseph D. Straubhaar Live Stream Micro-Media Activism in the Occupy Movement Mediatized Co-presence, Autonomy, and the Ambivalent Face by Judith A. Thomas, BFA Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts The University of Texas at Austin May 2012 Dedication For my husband, inspiration and co-conspirator, Rob Donald. (Photo: The First Adbusters’ Poster for Occupy Wall Street, September 2011. Acknowledgements The work of Manuel Castells on autonomous networks and communication power has had a profound impact on this scholarship. The breadth of his vision and theoretical analysis is inspiring and insightful. I hope this work contributes to the continuing critical cultural discussion of the potential of citizen micro-media in all contexts but especially the international uprisings of 2010-2012. Most especially, my sincere thanks to the following University of Texas at Austin professors whose knowledge and curiosity inspired me most: Joe Straubhaar, Paul Resta, Shanti Kumar, Sandy Stone, and especially my generous, gifted and patient supervisor, Karin Gwinn Wilkins. I will miss the depth and breadth of debate we shared, and I look forward to following your challenging work in the future. v Abstract Live Stream Micro-Media Activism in the Occupy Movement Mediatized Co-presence, Autonomy, and the Ambivalent Face Judith A. -
The Occupy Movement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Class, Race and Corporate Power Volume 1 Issue 1 Reflections on Class, Race and Power Article 3 2013 The Occupy Movement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Ronald W. Cox [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Cox, Ronald W. (2013) "The Occupy Movement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back," Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. DOI: 10.25148/CRCP.1.1.16092148 Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol1/iss1/3 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts, Sciences & Education at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Class, Race and Corporate Power by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Occupy Movement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Abstract The op-ed evaluates the successes and limitations of the Occupy Movement in the United States. Ronald W. Cox argues that the Movement was inspirational in directing media focus to the trends of growing inequality and the privileges and power of the one percent. The critique of establishment parties and progressive organizations was a key part of the Occupiers efforts to rethink the meaning of social change. The limitations of the Movement became evident, however, in its extremely decentralized structures that emphasized consensus over majoritarian decision-making, and in its refusal to acknowledge and hold accountable its own leaders. Keywords protest, one percent, Occupy, inequality Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. -
Chuck Wooten
JANUARY 2012, VOLUME 39, NO. 1 DONATION $1 San Diego police haul off Occupy San Diego protesters as they remove tents and structures from the Civic Center Plaza in San Diego. photo/ GreGory Bull, AssociAted press INSIDE: Breaking Corporate Grip 2 Detroit Under Seige 4 DEMOCRACY Ohio Repeals Anti-labor Law 4 Occupy Wall Street 6-7 UNDER ATTACK BY West Coast Port Shutdown 8 Santa Clara Immigration Victory 10 CORPORATE POWER Benton Harbor School District Takeover 12 Read Story on Page 3 An economic system that doesn’t feed, clothe and house its people must be and will be overturned and replaced with a system that meets the needs of the people. To that end, this paper is a tribune of those struggling to create such a new economic system. It is a vehicle to bring the movement to- gether, to create a vision of a better world and a strategy to achieve it. Labor-replacing electronic technol- ogy is permanently eliminating jobs and destroying the founda- tion of the capitalist system. The people’s needs can only be met by building a cooperative soci- ety where the socially necessary means of production are owned by society, not by the corporations. We welcome articles and artwork from those who are engaged in the struggle to build a new society that is of, by and for the people. We rely on readers and contributors to fund and distribute this paper. The People’s Tribune, formerly published by the League of Revolu- tionaries for a New America, is now an independent newspaper with an editorial board based in Chicago. -
Occupoetry Issue 4 October 2014 © Occupoetry, 2014 Davis, CA Morgantown, WV; New York, NY
OccuPoetry Issue 4 October 2014 © OccuPoetry, 2014 Davis, CA Morgantown, WV; New York, NY ISSN 2167-1672 www.occupypoetry.org Editors: Phillip Barron | Katy Ryan | Paco Marquez This journal is free to download. However, if you wish to share it with others, please direct them to our website to download their own, free copy in the format of their choice. This book may not be reproduced, copied or distributed for commercial or non- commercial purposes, in part or in whole, without express permission. Thank you for your support. All rights reserved by individual copyright holders. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted without prior written permission of the copyright holder. OccuPoetry cannot grant permission for use of copyrighted works without permission of their owner. OccuPoetry Issue 4 1 Table of Contents Maxine Chernoff Knowing Monique Gagnon German Crutches Ira Lightman Capit*l Buildings Heritage Matt Pasca Skinsuit Tamer Mostafa Rite of Passage Jacob Russell 5/19/2012 Saturday A quiet war… Fabio Sassi Still Life Maja Trochimczyk A Mirage Amy Antongiovanni My Mother Didn’t Teach Us the Lord’s Prayer Monique Avakian Rhetorical Question #86: Vice Versa Amy Narneeloop The Tuskegee Experiment April Sojourner Truth Viewfinder Walker William O’Daly The Flag Is Burning Andres Castro Our River David Blanding However is a Term of Freedom Charlie Weeks Obsession’s Regression John Garmon A Time to Negotiate the Way Forward Bill Kahn May Day, 1914 Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis Osama David Kerr Functional Verse Gray Tolhurst Imperfect Machine Diane Raptosh from Torchie’s Book of Days Jalina Mhyana ahh-lee-ooo Francisco X. -
Fremontia Journal of the California Native Plant Society
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