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Occupy Wall Street

by William Ball
Dec 8, 2011

#Occupy As Live Action Role-Playing

We have so much knowledge, so many skills, maybe too much time and energy. Our knowledge is widely distributed and too easily evaporates into the cloud, but we have more of it than ever. We may have fewer skills than past societies (how many cobblers are left?), but there are more of us and a surprising diversity of interest between.

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Occupy Wall Street

by Karen Lillis
Oct 19, 2011

Occupy The Rust Belt: Notes From The Pittsburgh Protest

On October 15, I marched with Occupy Pittsburgh, the city’s first action in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. I watched excitedly as the crowd grew throughout the day, building from a modest gathering when my partner and I arrived at Freedom Corner at 10:00 a.m., to a rally in the low thousands by the time the march reached Market Square at 1:00 p.m.