November 2011
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October 2011
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Pavilion of Art & Design London: Dealers Sell to... →
The Guardian: Occupy London Stock Exchange →
After four weeks of focus on Wall Street, the fast-moving campaign against the global banking industry is coming to the UK this weekend, with the biggest event aiming to “occupy” the London Stock Exchange.
Organised by Facebook and Twitter pages which between them have picked up more than…
Panic of the Plutocrats →
A look at why there is so much hysteria over the Wall Street protests.
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I am also 99 percent
And I also believe that we’re witnessing the rise of a global Metamovement, as said Umair Haque. Across the globe, protests are rippling out like vectors in an epidemic.
The question is: why we are being oppressed by 1%? It’s time to say NO. History is made by those who say NO.
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The Protests and the Metamovement →
Across the globe, protests are rippling out like vectors in an epidemic.
I believe that we’re witnessing the rise of a global Metamovement.
The Metamovement is a movement of movements. Not all these movements are similar, and no two are exactly like. The Arab Spring is part of the Metamovement; the London Riots were part of the Metamovement; India’s nationwide anti-corruption...
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OCCUPY (Insert Your City Here): Protesting... →
By John Robb
Let me spool you up on what’s going on with the Occupy movement.
It’s an open source protest (there’s lots about how open source protests and insurgencies work on this blog, in posts all the way back to 2004). So, it’s not like the protests you’ve seen in the past (just as the insurgency in Iraq was different than 20th Century insurgencies).
This...
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World’s Largest Solar Bridge Crosses The River... →
by Allison Leahy
Over 100 bridges, 20 tunnels, and six public ferries cross the River Thames, but only Blackfriars will shine in photovoltaic glory. Solarcentury is working in conjunction with other public transportation and facility upgrades to reduce pollution and congestion, improve the passenger environment, and act as a catalyst for regenerating some of London’s more deprived areas....
Friday Signal: End of An Era →
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Steve Jobs has died →
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Ozone layer hole over Arctic in sudden expansion →
A huge hole that appeared in the Earth’s protective ozone layer above the Arctic in 2011 was the largest recorded in the northern hemisphere, though the sudden appearance of the hole was not due to man-made causes, scientists said in a report on Monday.
The ozone layer high in the stratosphere acts like a giant shield against the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can cause...
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Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
From http://www.dangerousminds.net/
This was unanimously voted on by all members of Occupy Wall Street last night, around 8pm, Sept 29. It is our first official document for release. We have three more underway, that will likely be released in the upcoming days: 1) A declaration of demands. 2) Principles of Solidarity 3) Documentation on how to form your own Direct Democracy Occupation Group....
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Occupy Wall Street contacts →
The movement keep growing. How to join:
Where: Liberty Square (How to get there) Help & Directions: +1 (877) 881-3020 General Inquiries: general@occupywallst.org Press Inquiries: press@occupywallst.org Watch: This 10-Min Documentary Read: Latest NYCGA Minutes
Mail The UPS Store Re: Occupy Wall Street 118A Fulton St. #205 New York, NY 10038 Money orders only please, cannot cash checks yet....
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Occupy Wall Street →
It is time to say: stop it now! humans First.
Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to...
September 2011
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inhabitat.com →
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World Bank: ditch fossil fuel subsidies to address... →
By John Vidal from The Guardian
Leaked World Bank documents propose that rich countries should eliminate the $50bn a year they give in fossil fuel subsidies, in order to financially help poor countries address climate change.
The documents, due to be presented to the G20 finance ministers in November, also suggest that countries redirect “climate aid” money already pledged, towards...
MyHeartMap: a crowdsourced app to help saving... →
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Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution →
By David Kirkpatrick, Forbes Contributor
Civilizations have clashed in an unexpected way this year, as ordinary people using Facebook and Twitter knocked down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya—and are threatening absolute rule in Syria. A so-called Arab spring brought waves of liberation to a long-oppressed region. Something similar is happening in more democratic countries. In Spain throngs...
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Ségou Villages: Hacking Together Rural Internet... →
By Claire Ulrich
One of the main goals of the Segou Village Connection project, a Rising Voices grantee in rural Mali, is to train youth and villagers to join a team of local correspondents and send updates on local life and news via SMS or a second-hand laptop, to feed the project blog [fr].
How do you connect to the web in rural villages when there is often no cybercafe, no electricity,...
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A Day That Stands Alone →
By James Barron, from The New York Times
Just as Sept. 11 was unthinkable, Sunday was inevitable: the 10th anniversary of a day that stands alone. In history. In memory (…)
(…)But the 10th anniversary will dawn on a city and a nation that has changed immutably, with continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and persistent security worries at home. And no longer is ground zero a scarred...
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Did the use of psychedelics lead to a computer... →
By Wendy M. Grossman from The Guardian
Did psychedelic drugs play a substantive role in the development of personal computing?
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“Dear Moussa”: Libya and the C.I.A. →
By Jon Lee Anderson
(…) What was unexpected was to find evidence that both U.S. and British intelligence agents had sustained close relationships with Qaddafi’s intelligence services—and also, that they had left evidence of those relationships behind, in a paper trail of letters that, in some cases, began with the intimate and chatty salutation, “Dear Moussa.”(…) Read more