Occupy's Canadian Origins

the ad that started it all

Read this Wikipedia entry for a history of the Occupy movement. 


And this NPR radio story about Adbusters, the Canadian magazine that started it all: "The Occupy protest seems to have come out of nowhere but the early participants like John Garcia in Seattle point to a specific catalyst: "I get Adbusters, so that's how I heard about it." Adbusters is an anti-consumerism magazine based in Vancouver British Columbia. This Summer it proposed a September 17th occupation of Wall Street and the idea caught on. Adbusters doesn't claim any control of the protest and it wouldn't give NPR and interview because it doesn't want to overshadow the movement. It sees itself more as an idea shop."

Right-Wing Hacker Releases Thousands of Occupy Wall Street Emails

Gawker reveals that Tom Ryan, a computer security expert from NYC, has leaked 3900 emails sent to Occupy Wall Street.

10 Ways to Support Occupy Wall Street

At Common Dreams

Guardian coverage of OWS

The Guardian offers coverage of the protests in Europe, with an amazing photos of what looks like ten of thousands of protesters in Madrid.

BBC coverage of Occupy in Asia

Commentary and photos

Reuters. Caption says: "Taiwan is not used to demonstrations of this sort" BBC

CNN

is covering the event all day and globally.

Occupy Wall Street Goes Global

Protests all over the world today, starting in Asia. Follow the Guardian all day for more photos. So far, they have photos from Asia and Australia. Occupy Movement Goes Global.

Click to the main page for more Occupy Wall Street Coverage.

Shepard Fairey Designs Occupy Wall Street Invitation

(Go to our main page for much more about Occupy Wall Street)

OWS needs a Kent State moment, says Deutsch (video)

Apparently, OWS needs better branding according to Deutsch. "I don't want people to take this the wrong way, says Deutsch." It's difficult not to, Donny. And then he says that the Tea Party movement has an "adultness" to it. Moran. This is the clip, Donny Deutsche talking to MSNBC.


Don't forget to click back to the main as Comrade Bingo becomes a OWS aggregator while the protests lasts.

Salon.com and Bloomberg turn around

Salon.com has a Occupy Wall Street section. The latest article on the site talks about today's big news: Bloomberg wants the park cleaned out of tents and protesters won't be able to use sleep bags and sleep on the benches of Zuccotti Park. Next two cents: of course, if you've ever been to New York, you've seen thousands of homeless sleep on thousands on park benches throughout the city every night. 

Michael Moore

Michael Moore has been a vocal supporter of OWS since the beginning, showing up at protests and giving the phenomenon publicity by talking about it to the media. His website has become a great source of information for all things OWS.

Protesters are Packing on the Pounds

New York Times article about how the protesters feed themselves: Want to Get Fat on Wall Street? Try Protesting

The Wall Street Bull Is a False God

The Old Testament God hates false idols. The Golden Calf as Wall Street Bull and a great story of how clergy from several faiths occupied Wall Street, Boston and D.C. Read about it in HuffPo