October 2012
2 posts
“Who donates to campaigns or PAC’s can’t be controlled…So the...”
– http://occupywallst.org/forum/moveonorgs-99-spring-will-fail-to-co-opt-occupy-wa/
“I listened to a 3-hour podcast on anarchism. I know what I’m talking...”
March 2012
4 posts
“OK, but could you send a source that’s from a more reliable news outlet?...”
“Do you even know the whole story around the Koran Burning? As for pissing on...”
“There is a difference between whistleblowing and what PFC Manning did. The funny...”
February 2012
37 posts
“We need to learn to adapt rather than challenge everything. Remember, revolution...”
Finally, I’d note that a good many cities in Michigan are in fact already in the hands of appointed managers: under the council/manager form of government, the elected officials do not actually have control of the day-to-day operation of the city, or any ability to direct city employees — they appoint, not elect, a professional City Manager who handles all of that. How many people here are...
“There’s a substantial subset of progressives who would rather maintain the ideological purity of complete powerlessness than sully themselves with anything that smells of compromise. They can be spotted by their constant reminders that the whole system is corrupt, that anybody who doesn’t agree with them on every point is a hopeless sell-out, and that nothing will change, ever, unless...
“What do you mean my privileges? Being a grad student is hard!”
“I believe in charity.”
“Are you registered to vote?”
“Next time you’re mugged or your car is broken into, don’t call the...”
“Can’t we find more constructive ways to protest, perhaps a flash mob?”
“What’s the carbon footprint of this rioting in Athens?”
“Burning a flag only lets the police justify their brutality. Stop giving them a...”
“One day someone will have to explain this concept of the amount of privileges I...”
Obama Signs Order Extending Sanctions To Property... →
Shit liberals do.
“We’re not going to take any options off the table.”
– President Barack Obama; Secretary Hillary Clinton; former President George W. Bush; former Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
“Where did you get your degree from again?”
“The only thing we can do now is to try and get some decent legislation passed.”
“People are too bought off to do anything.”
“It’s already too late to effect any real meaningful social change.”
The myth of the peaceful Egyptian Revolution. →
Okay, another shameless self-promotion of an article I wrote for my real blog and submitted to Socialist Worker. Check it out, share it and spread it around. Please feel free to tell me what you think!
“I am against corporate-person-hood but breaking a window of a bank is violence.”
“I’m against war, but what Bradley Manning did was reckless and endangered...”
“Most protests and movements didn’t have violence.”
“The deindustrialization of Detroit is the greatest thing that ever happened to...”
The Egyptian Revolution one year later / Occupy... →
I know I probably shouldn’t do this, but I’m shamelessly plugging a real blog post by me on my real blog because I spent a lot of time writing it and think you should read it if you’re interested in either Egypt or in knowing more about my activism in Occupy Detroit. Check it out!
“Stop using Oakland as your playground.”
– Jean Quan
“I’m quite confident that the general view is that violence of this sort -...”
– Todd Gitlin, author, former President of Students for a Democratic Society (1963-64), “Jean Quan To Occupy Protesters: ‘Stop Using Oakland As Your Playground’”
“All we have to do is bring back the original principles of the founding fathers...”
“How we can get pass our differences if we keep making safe spaces for people of...”
“If you keep blocking the streets during your marches, the 99% will never support...”
January 2012
221 posts
“The destruction of property is exactly what Occupy is protesting against; it’s...”
– Tina Dupuy, “Why #OWS Needs to Denounce Violent Tactics on Display at Occupy Oakland”
“Libertarianism isn’t that bad when you think about it.”
“But Obama was a community organizer.”
“Its all about peace and love.”
“I’m all for immigration reform. We can’t just be letting in...”
“We need to continue to lobby our Representatives to bring some real pressure!”
“I really miss President Clinton.”
