In an attempt to better understand the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way into my cold and slowly-beating heart about a quarter century ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with John Marr, the […]
Tag Archives: Brooklyn Bridge
OWS forces respectfully deface Verizon building as over 30,000 look on from occupied Brooklyn Bridge
It’s interesting how the corporate press is covering today’s action in New York. I’m reading the Bloomberg coverage right now, and they say, for instance, that protesters “appeared to number in the thousands.” While technically correct, I think you’d agree that “thousands” doesn’t quite carry the same weight as “32 thousand,” which is the estimate […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged agent provocateurs, anarchists, anarchy, Anarchy is Stupid, black bloc, civil disobedience, corporate media, Libertarianism, Malcolm X, mic check, Michael Bloomberg, MLK, New York, OWS, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, protests, Ray Lewis, vandalism, Zuccotti Park 41 Comments
Is now the time to get off our asses and take to the street?
Say what you will about the topless girls and the incoherent boys who started everything rolling with their occupation of Wall Street, but it looks like what they set in motion might actually have not only legs but momentum. Today, 3,000 people marched on Bank of America in Boston. And, in New York, an estimated […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Other Also tagged Bank of America, Boston, Chris Hedges, civil disobedience, corporatocracy, Demetrius, democracy, Martin Luther King, New York, Patrick Henry, Plutocracy, protests, revolution, Rosa Parks, Tim DeChristopher, Wall Street, Wall Street occupation 38 Comments