From Colorlines: There are also places where a partnership between Occupying and immigrant rights isn’t taking hold. In Los Angeles, there will be two events; a morning march led by immigrant rights groups, as has been true for a decade, and another in the afternoon organized by Occupy L.A. Michael…
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From Black Star News: Why do we sell our history so cheap? I have heard too many allude to Occupy Wall Street as being “just like the Civil Rights Movement.” OWS should align itself with specific causes and use its clout and shine light on issues of unfairness. However, not…
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Angela Davis on OWS: In the past, most movements have appealed to specific communities – workers, students, black people, Latinas/Latinos, women, LGBT communities, indigenous people – or they have crystallised around specific issues like war, the environment, food, water, Palestine, the prison industrial complex. In order to bring together people…
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From Constitutional Law Prof Blog: [Yesterday] the early morning police eviction of protesters from NYC’s Zuccotti park by police officers was quickly followed by a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the city from evicting protesters from the park and enforcing rules prohibiting tents and other property. The hearing on that order,…
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. On State Violence, White Male Privilege, and “Occupy” by…
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From People of Color Organize: The burgeoning #OccupyWallStreet protest made headlines again on Saturday night when hundreds of demonstrators were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. And once again, the tried-and-true media narrative of protesters vs. police is played up. It could be argued that the story here is not about…
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From Crunk Feminist Collective: There have been several public “events” privileging race, gender, and class during the past weeks in New York City that featured prominent Black feminists. After the film screening of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, the conference about Anita Hill 20 Years Later: Sex, Power and Speaking…
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