(De-)Occupy Oakland: Role of the Cameras and Comparison to Arab Spring
If it looks like the cop is pleading a case and the demonstrator is making one, that's how much "the revolution will be interactive" ... and we're all right there.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Magnetism on the Upper West Side
If the Occupy Wall Street movement has been born out of alienation and deep political cynicism, this first image is a hopeful and welcome sight.
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Julie Turkewitz at Occupy Wall Street: Love, Hope, and Economic and Social Violence
Given the surge of hope Obama inspired in America's youth four years ago, especially among African-Americans, that OWS represents the capacity to re-engage that spirit with so much positive energy is truly a cause for optimism.
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Demonizing OWS: Beware "the Anger Meme"
What's so significant about this photo is how it plants the seeds of demonization. Although the OWS movement has been overwhelming peaceful so far, my concern is seeing an "anger meme" creep into the reporting.
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The Pepper Spray Girl
So, watch out! Here comes the media hungrily eyeing the non-hierarchical, ego-less Occupy Wall Street movement with the typical aim to individualize, aestheticize, glamorize, romanticize and dole out some notoriety and fame.
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The New Frankness
Just like the passivity and the public's "make-like-a-lemming" instincts are coming off now in the streets, editorial photographers and political illustrators are picking up the beat.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Sweeping Victory
Really, if Bloomberg and Brookfield wanted a fight, the issues of hygiene and the consideration for public quality of life were some really odd values to try and hinge it on.
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Compassion Bashing
"In a society given over to greed & arrogance, compassion could be a revolutionary idea."
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: The Statue of Liberty Re-Imagined
What I see is the Statue of Liberty beautifully re-imagined in a young face with brown skin (consistent with the country's demographic trend line).
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Occupy Demographics: Dirty Hippies?
If you've been consuming the message that the Occupy Wall Street movement mostly consists of hippy youth, take a look at these photos from a OccupyDC organizers meeting.
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My Favorite #OccupyWallStreet Photo So Far
Where's the insta-book? When's the movie?
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All Assumptions Will be Contested
The fact a progressive activist would unfurl the Gadsden flag right here, right now, in such a high-profile way provides a dramatic statement.
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Wall Street Occupation: Looking Down on Mr. Tambourine Man
To the surprise of just about everyone now, however, what both sides are realizing, more so with each passing day, is how much each has skin in the game.
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Preview of Coming Attractions: Obama Jobs Roadshow Meets "Occupy Wall Street"
Can you imagine the pill Obama's communications people must be trying to swallow right now as the jobs roadshow, slickly packaged in a populist narrative, comes in contact with the raw, real thing?
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Alan Chin at Occupy Wall Street: The Human Microphone
"Perhaps not remarkable, but telling, is how the protesters remain upbeat and positive, embracing idealism without irony." -- Alan Chin's latest "photo op-ed" from Zucotti Park.
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Occupy Wall Street: Plenty of Media Coverage … of the Bust of a Beautiful Girl
If you can get past the saintly/insanely beautiful girl and her cleavage, what we've got here also is the latest law enforcement adjustment in the battle for Wall Street.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Hula Hoop
If you can avoid rolling your eyes, what you'll be able to see is the hip-shaking arrival of New York City's "first responders" to the utter collapse of economic justice.
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