February 2012
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A heartbreaking letter from an activist & writer...
This was copied and pasted from InterOccupy: Letter from my friend Khaled Kalifa, a fiction and TV writer who lives in Damascus, Syria — I became friends with him when I was teaching at the University of Iowa and he was in the International Writer’s Program. Please read and stand with him: Letter From khaled khalifa to his friends around of the world My friends, writers and...
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37 drafts...
I haven’t *really* written on here in months. I have 37 different drafts of stories begun, but never ended. It’s pretty much like I have writer’s blue balls. I may start finishing some of them soon. They are long, about last year, the wars, revolutions, intuition, depression, enlightenment, the government, occupy wall street, & a non-existent love life…
I’d like...
January 2012
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“When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Presidential Address, 16 August 1967. This is literally my favorite quote of his (probably true for many people), and that’s saying something because he was such a brilliant and incredibly quotable man. The long arc of the moral...
December 2011
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Obama signed the #NDAA today. Obama is like Santa....
Obama signed the #NDAA today. If you don’t know what this is, or what this has done to our constitution, please take some time to learn.
At Occupy DC I asked a young teenager how he liked the protest. He said, “Well, I like some things, but I don’t like other things.” I asked him what he didn’t like so I could help him. He said, “Well, some people don’t...
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I just got back to NYC after visiting four other...
I just realized I haven’t really written at ALL over the past couple of months about my journey to other occupations. I’ve been to four other occupations besides OWS, experienced enlightenment, booked a role in a film (random!!), and am now back in NYC.
Brief update:
After sleeping in Zuccotti Park the very first night, and watching OWS become what it has become, I took off to Occupy...
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A brief recap of what our psychotic Congress has...
I’m a little tipsy at the airport, about to fly back home to NYC (after a long, unexpected trip) and I just went through some key things that pissed me off about Congress this month, and I decided to write a quick little recap of what they have been up to. Ya know, so we’re all on the same page here about how psychotic they are…
In less than one month Congress has:
*Passed the...
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Miley Cyrus makes a music video supporting #OWS....
November 2011
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Read Obama's response to Mic Check today! Media...
President Barack Obama was mic checked today in New Hampshire, by protesters urging him to defend our 1st Amendment rights to protest and police brutality! Our media isn’t reporting his FULL response, but I think it is is important to know his full response, and WHAT the protesters were saying. Please share! (short video of mic check)
From CBS- “A group of protesters seemingly...
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“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what...”
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John F. Kennedy — who was assassinated 48 years ago today. RIP.
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Colbert tries to Co-opt the Occupation. Love it.
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October 2011
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WatchBeautiful video from @NYTimes with Robert Redford opposing the Tar Sands Pipeline. You know, the one I got arrested for! #nokxl
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This is brilliant! How #ows news coverage works!...
I sometimes wonder how journalists sleep at night….
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Check out my radio segment on @WBAI_Radio for...
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#OccupyWallStreet is in @TIME Magazine! #owsnews
Crazy news guys, not only did Occupy Wall Street make it in TIME Magazine, but they used my photo!!! I love the quote they used too! We’ve all been working really hard at trying to rebuild the World we want, so this is great that TIME covered it. It’s an international magazine!!! I’ve been working my little butt of doing political street theater, to try to lift everyone’s...
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Truly ethical corporation Ben & Jerry's supports...
As a person who has been occupying Wall street, on and off since night one, I am truly happy to get Ben & Jerry’s support. They have an INCREDIBLE history of treating workers with dignity, using Fair Trade practices, and raising funds for charitable causes. Their Ben and Jerry’s Foundation offers grant money to people and groups who are working towards Social Change. October is...
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The Wall Street Journal (@wsj) quotes me at...
Now this is hilarious. I spoke to the Wall Street Journal for ten minutes about how our tax dollars have been fueling the War and not going towards crucial programs like education and health care- like almost every OTHER developed country except us, and how BP got away with crimes against Humanity and THIS is what they post! HAHHAHAHAH! I totally said this, but after an in depth convo!! My quote...
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“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution,...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence’
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My street theater photos from Occupy Wall...
I’ve been performing political street theater down at the Occupy Wall Street as often as I can. Before, during and after I engage in the most incredible conversation with people, educate myself, educate others (on the BP Drilling Disaster Health epidemic) and as always, urge cops to be peaceful. I have finally found a group of people that care about what I care about. They know about the...
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Update on the 700 arrested, & NY Times censorship!
Yesterday, Saturday October 1st, close to 700 people on the Occupy Wall Street march were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. A lot of the skeptics who have yet to accept that this is a GLOBAL REVOLUTION scoffed at protesters for “breaking the law” by entering the car path on the bridge in the first place. The protesters did not force themselves onto the bridge, they were GUIDED BY...