#Occupy Digest

In the wake of the recent #Occupy movement, we wanted to create a running digest of some helpful resources for information and critiques. (None of the following are endorsements. This list is not comprehensive.)

#Occupy Critiques/Analysis:

• “The Occupation Movement: On Greed, Unity & Violence” – Bay of Rage (10.Oct – Article)
• “Why the Struggle Needs to Go Beyond Occupations” – Libcom (7.Oct – Article)
• “To Occupy and Unoccupy” – vagabond (7.Oct – Article)
• “Dear Occupiers: A Letter from Anarchists” – Crimethinc (7.Oct – Article)
• “Night of the Barricades” – Bay of Rage (6.Oct – Article)
• “A Warning: Rise to the Defense of the Revolutionary” – Kasama (6.Oct – Article)
• Anti-State STL (blog)
• “Are We an Occupation or Just a Gathering?” – AntiStateSTL (4.Oct – Article)
• “Call Out to People of Color” – (4.Oct – Article)
• “So Real It Hurts” – LeftTurn (4.Oct – Article)
• DisOccupy (blog)
• AnarchistNews – there are several critiques here (blog)
• “Anarchist Reportback and Critique from Occupy Portland” (7.Oct – Article)
• “Brief Analysis of the LA and Seattle Occupations” – Anarchist International (3.Oct – Article)
• “Open Letter to Occupy Chicago” (3.Oct – Article)
• More on “Discuss“
• unpermittedLA (blog)
• “General Assembly & Grassroots Democracy” (3.Oct – Article)
• “Read with Caution: This is Not an Attack” (29.Sept – Article)
• “#OWS: Some Tactical Thoughts” – Jacobin Mag (27.Sept – Article)

#Occupy News Sources:

• Indybay – has a lot of news on whats going on particularly in California; for general independent news check out Indymedia.
• OccupyTogether – from here you can navigate to most of the #Occupy city websites
• YourAnonNews (blog)
• #OccupySF
• #OccupyLosAngeles
• #OccupySantaCruz
• #OccupyOakland
• #OccupySanJose
• #OccupySacramento
• #OccupySanDiego
• #OccupyHumboldt

#Occupy on Twitter:

Using twitter to find out what’s going on is sometimes your best bet. Go to the search page on twitter and type in “#Occupy” and then the city name all in one word, eg. #OccupySF (note, it’s not case-sensitive). #OccupyWallStreet is also shortened to #OWS. FYI, the hashtags are twitter users’ way of categorizing tweets. Here’s a short list of some users who frequently post news:

• OccupyTheHood
• AnonyOps
• YourAnonNews

See Also:

• This statement from #OccupyBoston about supporting a diversity of tactics.

Tags: #occupyca, #occupyla, #occupySF, #occupywallstreet, #ows