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occupy ninjas take manhattan

Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: music] (Music not credited on clip…?) Cute, gotta love it! But the backflip guy needs better ukemi at the end! šŸ˜‰ Like 0

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mic check on Jon Stumpf (CEO, Wells Fargo)

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf Mic Checked at NC State by Occupy on 11/30/11 – Occupy Raleigh Day [Audio: English; Subtitles: English; Transcript: at YouTube site] Like 0

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Zoe d’Hauthuille Interview After Her Assault by SFPD 1 Dec 2011

Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Transcript: below] Transcript kindly provided by Peter Menchini with help from Ramsez Stamper… thanks guys!! Me: what happened tonight? Zoe: um, (laughs) Iā€¦ oh, so tonight the cops came, and barricaded the whole park, or the whole plaza, … Continue reading →

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interview at OSF, 20 Nov 2011

Posted on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Transcript: below] Transcript kindly provided by Peter Menchini (thanks!): Me: Hi, can you tell me your name? Lucas: I’m Lucas Wilcox, from Alaska. I flew down two weeks ago to help out with the movement. Me: That’s great. … Continue reading →

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bill black on the current economic crisis

Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Bill Black was instrumental in successfully prosecuting a huge number of criminal bankers in the Savings and Loan crisis about twenty years ago. He shares his view on the current state of bankers’ criminality here. Note that I’m not entirely … Continue reading →

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“This is not illegal…this is within my rights”

Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English, a lot of background noise; Subtitles: English] The subtitling isn’t comprehensive — it’s mostly what the reporter is saying, but the whole thing is quite clear. I must say, about 2/3s of the way thru the one cop … Continue reading →

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we are the 99%, walmart #occupysd

Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English (& PA system šŸ˜‰ ) ; Transcript: below] Partial one here, but better view of the people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjdimuzMPkY. Also, this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQKH94jWQg&feature=youtu.be This was done via mic check, so each phrase is repeated after being called out. And … Continue reading →

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thanksgiving special from Martha Stewart!

Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

You go, girl! [Audio: English] You don’t need the audio on this one (though Jay Leno probably tosses out a nice one liner or two at the start). Just watch. You gotta love this one… Like 0

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POLITICAL EQUALITY SHOULD NOT HAVE A PRICE TAG

Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

This is an excellent video on how the General Assembly works. [Audio: English; Captions: English] See also this for an explanation of the hand signals you see in the clip (not ASL! šŸ™‚ ) Like 0

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modern day heroes: Captain Ray Lewis (ret.) of Philadelphia

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Where to even start? Well first of all, Captain Lewis travels out to NYC to protest along with OWS: [Audio: English; Transcript: below] h/t Laura for the Transcript! Interviewer: So I’m here with Raymond Lewis RL: Yes. I: and you’re… … Continue reading →

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you cannot evict an idea

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 6:00 am by

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modern day heroes: Mark Read “bat signal” of #n17 Occupy NYC/Wall Street #ows

Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

[Audio: music] Full text: “99% / MIC CHECK! / LOOK AROUND / YOU ARE A PART / OF A GLOBAL UPRISING / WE ARE A CRY / FROM THE HEART / OF THE WORLD / WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE / ANOTHER … Continue reading →

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the face of #ows at UC Davis

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Lieutenant John Pike pepper-sprayed UC Davis students point blank on Friday November 18th. It’s appalling and disgusting how Lt. Pike simply walks right up (there is a 15 foot distance he is supposed to keep when deploying the pepper spray) … Continue reading →

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modern day heroes: dorli rainey of seattle — “old lady in combat boots”

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Seattle’s been abuzz the last day or two. Here’s why: The woman pictured here is Dorli Rainey, 84, of Seattle (formerly from Austria) after the Seattle police pepper sprayed her and other activists at Occupy Seattle. She sounds like a … Continue reading →

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cut the bull on wall street

Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

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