Sometimes we humans get ourselves all tied up in knots and cannot move. We paralyze ourselves with all kinds of fears and contradictions. But then, somehow and maybe because things look so bleak, we figure "what the heck, let's go all out! Can't get much worse if we move, might get much worse if we just stay stuck."
And sometimes, human creativity needs a fence to apply its creations. It needs that barrier to push against like the sound barrier or the sprint or swimming records. Sometimes it needs to channel the energy that righteous anger gives us.
Toronto has YURTS! Plural!
Occupy Toronto link
Boston has
Free School University:
Part 1:
Videos part 2 & 3 found here
Noam Chomsky talked about workers taking over companies and starting them up as worker owned. He talked about a steel manufacturer where workers had a sit in and tried to take over the company but could not. And we remember the window manufacturing company where the workers did a sit in. Banks step in Noam Chomsky believes that because of the class warfare the banks could not allow workers to control their own destinies.
Occupy Iowa is Planning to get their message across to candidates
OWS
Bike generators:
Along with the General Strike in Oakland which is turning out to be pretty frickin' amazing - the Occupy Oakland group got to do a Media event. And all the folks there had some marvelous things to share.
In this case, I believe that the Oakland folks have really racked up the points. They have engaged communities of color, they have engaged the unions, they have engaged the veterans and I am probably missing some. AND THEY ARE FORCING THE PRESS TO PAY ATTENTION! And I write the before their main event tonight.
What stories do you have to share?