Category Archives: Dispatches from Occupy Philly
The Shades of Love
The following essay was written for the anthology Revolutionary Love Letters (Minor Compositions, forthcoming in 2013), edited by Jamie Heckert, who kindly and lovingly gave me permission to share it … Continue reading
“Occupy Anarchism”: Musings on Prehistories, Present (Im)Perfects & Future (Im)Perfects
I wrote the following essay for the anthology We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation (AK Press, 2012), edited by Kate Khatib, Margaret Killjoy, and Mike … Continue reading
“Occupy Anarchism”: An Excerpt (for Now)
A whole big bunch of us radicals-who-write are bound together in the new anthology We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation, edited by Kate Khatib, Margaret … Continue reading
“When the People Lead”
Video from “Revolutionary Nonviolence?” Part 3: “When the People Lead” at the Friends Center, Philadelphia, on Monday, March 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42OxxLHW9VQ&feature=youtu.be Organizers share stories of strategic campaigns for social change. … Continue reading
Occupation Is Not Recreation
Sign du jour at eviction du jour (Occupy DC), but the message feels true–doubly so–right now for Occupy Philly: it’s not fun & yet it also doesn’t feel serious. To … Continue reading
Communities of Care
This weekend has underscored how crucial it is to prefigure new forms of social relations, both to qualitatively transform the present & push past it. At the dance for Dara … Continue reading
A New Heart in This World
After doing public talks, I often get emails from folks with comments, questions, or thanks. On January 5, following a talk I did at Lucy Parsons Center titled “Occupy Anarchism,” … Continue reading
Strategizing beyond the Occupations: Video of December 1 Event at Philly’s Wooden Shoe
http://occupyphillymedia.org/video/video-strategizing-beyond-occupations-event-wooden-shoe-dec-1st Thanks to Matt Dineen for organizing this event, and to Suzy Subways for filming it, along with her description, which follows: On Dec. 1st, less than 48 hours after … Continue reading
New Selves for a New Year
After a week away from Occupy Philly, it was lovely to return to tonight’s general assembly “new year’s reflection,” focusing on what we personally and collectively have achieved in our … Continue reading
A Small Slice of Occupy Lansing
Caveat: I love my parents; it’s good to visit them at their home (my childhood one) here in East Lansing. That said: 1. As my mom remarked today, I’m in … Continue reading
