Occupy Austin. This photo of protest signs at a rally in Austin were taken in early October and submitted by Diego Flores.
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Occupy Wall Street versus the Tea Party
Xeni from Boing Boing interviews a pepper-sprayed UC Davis Occupier.
Incredible photographs, too.
(Photo: Brian Nguyen / The Aggie via BoingBoing)
That photo!
Why feed the poor when we can just pepper spray them?
This just erupted on my Twitter feed, but the site’s not working—I’m thinking because it’s getting tons of traffic. However, StudentActivism.net has posted a copy of the message:
The faculty of the UC Davis English Department supports the Board of the Davis Faculty Association in calling for Chancellor Katehi’s immediate resignation and for “a policy that will end the practice of forcibly removing non-violent student, faculty, staff, and community protesters by police on the UC Davis campus.” Further, given the demonstrable threat posed by the University of California Police Department and other law enforcement agencies to the safety of students, faculty, staff, and community members on our campus and others in the UC system, we propose that such a policy include the disbanding of the UCPD and the institution of an ordinance against the presence of police forces on the UC Davis campus, unless their presence is specifically requested by a member of the campus community. This will initiate a genuinely collective effort to determine how best to ensure the health and safety of the campus community at UC Davis.
Badass.
-R
We may have found the smallest occupation in America: Littleton, New Hampshire, pop. 6,000. Check out MoJo producer James West’s must-watch video.
power to the people!
Photographs from the November 17th Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York.
UC Davis police officer pepper sprays sitting students because, well, just because.
Think that’s %$#ing horrible? The video’s worse.
Via John Aravosis at AmericaBlog:
I’m sorry, this has gone too far. This has happened in police department after police department, and it has gone too far. Our police look like the goons in Russia and China. Please watch this video and send it to everyone you know. This has gone too far.
Law and order at #OWS. Near the New York Stock Exchange.
(Via @katz)