On August 2, 2011 at the very first meeting of what was to become Occupy Wall Street, about a dozen people sat in a circle in Bowling Green. The self-appointed “process committee” for a social movement we merely hoped would someday exist, contemplated a momentous decision. Our dream was to create a New York General…
Lesa meiraOccupy Design is a grassroots project connecting designers with on-the-ground demonstrators in the Occupy Together movement. The project’s goal is to create freely available visual tools around a common graphic language to unite the 99%. The project places an emphasis on producing infographics and icons to improve the communication of the movement’s messages and the data surrounding…
Lesa meiraIt has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months – but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today.
Lesa meiraOn November 13th 2011, economists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst drafted an open statement to the Occupy Wall Street movement pledging their support. Since then, more than 350 economists from around the world have added their names. Occupy Economics from Softbox on Vimeo.
Lesa meiraLýðræðisvæðum stjórnmálin, fundur í Brautarholti. Mætt voru: Haraldur, Einar Ólafsson, Hulda Björg, Helga Kjartansdóttir, Björn Þorsteinsson, Valur Antonsson, Guðmundur D. Haraldsson, Hjalti Hrafn sem stýrði fundi, Júlíus Valdimarsson og Kristinn Már sem ritaði fundargerð. 1. Lýðræðislegur stjórnmálaflokkur Alda ætlar að teikna upp lýðræðislegan stjórnmálaflokk. Getum lært mikið af því hvernig Alda er byggð upp. Mikilvægt…
Lesa meiraTim Gee heimsótti Occupy London og sagði frá því á bloggsíðum New Internationalist. Eins og víðar heldur fólk borgaraþing og reynir til hins ítrasta að komast að sameiginlegri niðurstöðu um þau málefni sem mótmælendur standa frammi fyrir. Eitt af því sem mótmælin hafa fram að færa eru þessi litlu borgaraþing, sem sýna hvernig alvöru lýðræði…
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