The text below was reposted from Adbusters Tactical Briefing #27. MAY 18 GLOBAL #LAUGHRIOT Alright you wild cats, nimble dreamers and jammer tacticians, In a sudden about-face, the United States has conceded a victory to Occupy and moved May’s G8 summit to Camp David, an impenetrable military base in rural Maryland. Wow! Looks like the specter of 50,000 occupiers ready to … [Read more...]
Occupying your bookshelf
To refute critics in the mainstream media who claim that the Occupy movement has no demands, Occupy! Scenes from Occupied America, edited by a team of activist editors including Astra Taylor and Keith Gessen, begins with a list of demands from organizers in an OWS planning meeting in New York. These range from the expected -- repealing Citizens United, debt forgiveness and a … [Read more...]
Occupy the high ground
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Abandoning the middle class, governments lose legitimacy
People who care about climate change and peak oil have long despaired of convincing their national governments to take decisive action or even, in some cases, to acknowledge that there's a problem. Now, the world's democracies seem to be losing the confidence of their citizens to deal with the economic crisis too. Following on the Arab Spring, the ouster of Gadaffi and … [Read more...]
Pitch a tent, bring your suspenders: #OCCUPYWALLSTREET
Alright you 90,000 redeemers, rebels and radicals out there, A worldwide shift in revolutionary tactics is underway right now that bodes well for the future. The spirit of this fresh tactic, a fusion of Tahrir with the acampadas of Spain, is captured in this quote: The anti-globalization movement was the first step on the road. Back then our model was to attack the system … [Read more...]