Pre-Occupied The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street. by Mattathias Schwartz [New Yorker]

Kalle Lasn spends most nights shuffling clippings into a binder of plastic sleeves, each of which represents one page of an issue of Adbusters, a bimonthly magazine that he founded and edits. It is a tactile process, like making a collage, and occasionally Lasn will run a page with his own looped cursive scrawl on it. From this absorbing work, Lasn acquired the habit of avoiding the news after dark. So it was not until the morning of Tuesday, November 15th, that he learned that hundreds of police officers had massed in lower Manhattan at 1 A.M. and cleared the camp at Zuccotti Park. If anyone could claim responsibility for the Zuccotti situation, it was Lasn: Adbusters had come up with the idea of an encampment, the date the initial occupation would start, and the name of the protest—Occupy Wall Street. Now the epicenter of the movement had been raided. Lasn began thinking of reasons that this might be a good thing.

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"Occupy Now" involved in anti-fur protest at Neiman Marcus? [cbs]

(CBS) DALLAS - It's already hard enough to get a handle on the goals of the Occupy Now protesters - but is it possible the movement also had a hand in an animal rights protest in Dallas on Black Friday?

Authorities said Friday's demonstration at the Neiman Marcus flagship store involved throwing paper cups of fake blood at window displays, and ended with two people in jail, CBS Dallas reported.

Neiman Marcus spokeswoman Ginger Reeder says the store by fur protesters every year on Black Friday. Reeder says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is normally behind the protest, but this year a group calling itself Occupy Now was claiming to have organized it.

Members said they staged the protest with a group calling itself Animal Connection of Texas.

However, Occupy Dallas quickly took to its facebook page to claim Occupy Now was an offshoot group and that they were not responsible.

A police report estimates damage to the store ate around $3,000. According to the report the two people who threw the blood onto the building were arrested without incident.

They were charged with criminal mischief.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57332405-504083/occupy-now-involved-in-anti-fur-protest-at-neiman-marcus/

Occupy Everywhere: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement Against Corporate Power [video]

Democracy Now

How does the Occupy Wall Street movement move from "the outrage phase" to the "hope phase," and imagine a new economic model? In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we bring you excerpts from a recent event that examined this question and much more. "Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power," a panel discussion hosted by The Nation magazine and The New School in New York City, features Oscar-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore; Naomi Klein, best-selling author of the "Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism"; Rinku Sen of the Applied Research Center and publisher of ColorLines; Occupy Wall Street organizer Patrick Bruner; and veteran journalist William Greider, author of "Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country." [includes rush transcript]

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Occupy Dallas needs volunteers !

On November 27th Occupy Dallas met to discuss the formulation of a more structured daily itinerary and creating a constant Occupy Dallas presence at Pegusus Park (Intersection of Main and Ackard). In an effort to further promote education, outreach and awareness, Occupy Dallas is asking for volunteers that will commit to helping provide coverage support in 2-4 hours shifts, Monday-Friday between ...the hours of 10:00am-11:00pm. The most immediate need is to secure volunteers to cover the 10:00am shift, beginning Monday, November 28th. In addition to providing a presence, volunteers will be expected to participate and/or facilitate scheduled activities.

The following schedule outlines the events planned during the hours of occupation at Pegasus Park:

Monday-Friday
10:00 am - 11:00 am Education
11:15 am - 12:00pm Peer to Peer Discussion
12:15 pm - 1:30pm Outreach (Four Corners Main and Ackard)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Volunteer Presence in the Park
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Education
6:00 pm -General Assembly
7:00pm - 11:00pm Outreach Activities

Saturday Events
11:00 am - Education
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00pm GA approved March/Event

Sunday
Noon-2:00 pm General Assembly

The following teams have been formed: Education, Demostration/Outreach, Communication, and Occupation Pegasus. Anyone interested in participating in the aforementioned activities can email at ODresponse@yahoo.com

Occupy Dallas calls for holiday season support of small businesses

Occupy Dallas demonstrators march to promote small businesses over nationally owned chain stores for holiday shopping, after being evicted from City Hall park days earlier.
Occupy Dallas demonstrators marched in downtown Dallas, promoting small businesses over nationally owned chain stores for holiday shopping.
Occupy Dallas regroups, after being forced from City Hall park days earlier, and stages a march and demonstration in downtown Dallas. Focusing on corporate greed and corruption and crooked politicians, the small group chose to promote independently owned small businesses as an alternative to corporate owned national and international businesses. Demonstrators sang Christmas carols as they marched, accompanied by a trumpet player, and ended the short march at Pegasus Plaza where they plan on maintaining a constant presence, although they are prohibited from setting up tents or overnight sleeping. Since being forced out of City hall park the group has split into two groups, Occupy Dallas and Occupy Now, and efforts are underway to find a common ground to regroup as one again. The two groups met at Pioneer Plaza and exchanged greetings before going their separate ways. Occupy Now holds daily general meetings at Main street park, several blocks east of Pegasus Plaza.

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