A View From Inside ‘Occupy CPAC’ in Washington, D.C.
The last time I took a ride with local community organizing group Fight For Philly for a story, we’d ridden a school bus around North Philadelphia, then headed back to Center City as members pushed their opposition to Wells Fargo’s school-swap deals and Sen. Pat Toomey’s indebtedness to corporate interests. On Friday, the trip would take us south—on a...
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Occupy/Faith Dialogue at Temple University Hosts Conflicting Points of View
The Dialogue Institute at Temple University hosted a panel discussion this afternoon to talk about the role of religion in social reform and, specifically, the Occupy movement. In attendance were about 20 religious leaders, members of the Occupy movement, Temple students and others. The discussion was presented as a panel, in which each member had a few minutes...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Best Quotes from Last Night’s Occupy Philly Rally
Occupy Philly got together last night to, they said, stand in solidarity with Occupy Oakland, who were sprayed with rubber bullets, bean bags and tear gas on Saturday, when they tried to occupy some vacant property. Four-hundred people were arrested in that city. So, in response, Occupy Philly and other groups in cities around the country marched against police...
Continue ReadingFirst ‘Occupy Candidate’ Comes from Occupy Philly
Politico is reporting right now that 29-year-old Occupy Philadelphia member Nathan Kleinman will be the first member of the Occupy movement to run for Congress this fall, against Rep. Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania’s 13th District — the Philly suburbs and parts of the Northeast. Via Politico: Kleinman, who refers to himself...
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Report From Occupy Philly’s Post-Arrest Abortion Rights Rally
Image: Michael Albany About 35 members of Occupy Philly gathered yesterday afternoon outside 30th Street Station to hand out leaflets to rush-hour passersby. Their goal was to bring attention to a series of anti-abortion legislation that’s been creeping through the Pennsylvania legislature and onto the desk of Gov. Tom Corbett. The leaflets, reading, “Stop...
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THE PHLOG: Occupy Philly Sings Carols
Occupy Philly held a march on Saturday from the Art Museum through Center City. It was hailed as a “Victory Parade” and attended by about 100 people. What made the parade particularly unique was its use of song rather than chants—specifically, the re-wording of Christmas carols and other holiday music to fit the Occupy mold. Below, check out some pictures...
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Top 5 PhillyNow Personalities of 2011 (and Occupy Philly is Number 2)
Here comes another end of the year list—duck! Seriously, though, this list below is Philadelphia Weekly’s news blog’s ‘Top Personalities of the Year,’ which is code for the topics we wrote about most often, as configured through ‘tags,’ on a daily basis. Most tagged: City Council. Fifth most tagged: Tom Corbett. Also, Occupy Philly, Mayor...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Occupy’ Creating its Own Inclusive ‘Facebook’
A bunch of activists within the Occupy Wall Street movement are attempting to create their own version of Facebook to redesign social networking in the era of global protest. Being that you’ve got the whole ‘Anonymous’ thing going on, as well as the hashtags and the Twitter and blogs like this one, seems like a sweet idea, right? The weird part: In spite...
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Occupy Philly is Officially Throwing their New Year’s Eve Party
Well, Occupy Philly is officially getting their dance on New Year’s Eve. The group announced via their Facebook page last night that the party will take place from 8pm-2:30am (or, 7pm-3am; see below) at Fake House in West Philly. The organizers of the event say no one will be turned away. Although, oddly, there’s confusion about which Facebook invite to Facebook...
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“Our Senate is OK with Fascism” and 20 other Quotes to Think About Over Your Holiday Break
It’s been a long December, as a wise, dread-locked man once said. And we’ve been reporting/blogging/commenting on it as much as humanly possible. In light of that (and it being the Friday before Christmas and all) we’ve decided to give you some of those December-time quotes coming out of Philly and Pennsylvania politics, gossip and whatever else this blog...
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