From the Arab world, to America, to Europe, to Russia and beyond, we have witnessed, over this past year, and are continuing to witness now, the obvious death of existing conceptions and imaginations of how society needs to be in order that the human being may be able to live in it as human being. What […]
The following is an interview with John Stubley, Ph.D. on the Occupy Wall Street movement. The interview was conducted by Hildegard Backhaus, and published, in the German-language newsletter ‘Transparenz,’ by Switzerland’s Freie Gemeinshaftsbank (gemeinschaftsbank.ch), December, 2011. The text provided here is the full, English version. You have been attending “Occupy Wall Street” activities since the […]
Article by Occupy the Future guest contributor Gosia Winter. “A wound awoke me, Opened the lids that lie closed Over the eyes of the longing That lives in the sleeping soul To be whole; And a word woke me To reach Into the wounds of the world – And the wounds Became speech.” Christy MacKaye […]
This video Stories from the 99%: People tell their stories about living in NYC makes it clear that we have to imagine a new future and start creating it now. The fact that there are homeless people and many empty houses in the USA is a clear symptom of an inhumane system. Today, hundreds of people […]
with Marie-Claire Pichere, co-founder of Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB) and Elia Gurana Image of the Word Exercise: The Future TOPLAB in collaboration with OWS Education and Empowerment Committee and OWS Performance Guild are hosting a number of workshops, their current series of workshops explore Self-Organisation, you can write to toplab(at)toplab.org for more details. […]
On a certain level it is relatively easy to see the connection between earlier ‘civil rights’ struggles and what is currently unfolding through the Occupy movement. But we must have the courage to dig a little deeper and see what, in reality, is the living connection between such movements in human history, and that which […]
Talking about : The occupations taking place in Idaho – the future they want to occupy – how the occupations are helping to create a future we want to occupy – the future of the occupy movement. Useful Links: Occupy Idaho Occupy Idaho on Facebook Occupy Idaho Falls on Facebook Occupy Boise A photo taken […]
On how Green Maps can help us create the future we want to occupy. Green Maps are a fantastic tool for any community. Go to http://www.greenmap.org to read more, to make a Green Map for your area or to find a Green Map of your area. Check here regularly to see how the Occupy Philly […]
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