January 2012
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Jan 30th
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Talking To Strangers: Legal Resources for... →
jcstearns: Below are some resources for journalists who get arrested, intimidated or assaulted while covering #Occupy protests around the country. This is a growing list, so please contact me on Twitter @jcstearns if you want to add anything the list. View a full list of reporters who have been arrested…
Jan 30th
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Brits learn lesson the hard way: Don't make dumb... →
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Jan 26th
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iProtest: a Chinese Activist takes on #Apple via... →
Apple is one of the coolest brands on the planet but it is currently under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. A spate of suicides at one of its main suppliers, Foxconn, has led to allegations of labour rights abuses in its Chinese factories. “News of the spate of suicides [at the] Foxconn [plants] in 2010 alarmed me greatly and I wondered whether the harsh management methodology...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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How MSNBC And Fox News Cover Occupy Wall Street... →
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 13th
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Sorry World. We messed up. An open letter from... →
Sorry World. We messed up. We know you look to us as one of the last great strongholds of common sense in a swirling sea of crazy on this big ol’ crazy planet of ours. Decriminalized marijuana, same-sex marriage, our peace keeping force, universal health care, education, our stance on environment, human rights, and religious freedom made us look pretty darn awesome. Now we’re...
Jan 13th
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free Occupy workshop @ McGill with Chris Hedges:... →
I’ll be part of this event in Montreal at the end of the month giving a workshop on: Occupy! the Media. I have put more information about my involvement over on my blog. Info about the event below or just click on the link above! Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement In May 2011, Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote an article titled “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” in that...
Jan 12th
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Great set of academic links of papers & talks re... →
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 8th
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[Photo] Artist takes children's illustrations and... →
Artist Dave Devries takes children’s illustrations, projects them onto a canvas to keep the exact outlines and dimensions, and then renders the drawings in a realistic painted style. He ends up with glorious stuff like this
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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#OWS Activist is Inspiration behind Time's...
Ever wonder where Shepard Fairey got his inspiration for his Time magazine cover from? LA Weekly did some research and below are the results. Fairey used a picture of 25-year-old Sarah Mason who was active in Occupy L.A. protest on November 17, 2011 at the center of Bank of America Plaza.  
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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The 25 'best' #OWS photos of 2011 according to the... →
Jan 4th
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