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Comment on Dead Giants by Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:33:02 +0000

Jessica,

Yes! Time for us to be United against greed. You’re writing is excellent.

Comment on Dead Giants by Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:26:56 +0000

You’re a great writer. I look forward to reading Soul-Sick Nation.

Comment on Dead Giants by Sistertongue

Sistertongue — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:33:11 +0000

Nice. I had a flash of the tale of Gulliver finding himself tied securely down by the Lilliputians, who are just 6 inches tall, after he is washed ashore. He secures his release and a place amongst them only after proving his honesty and good behavior. This is as it should be, not the upside down paradigm we currently have of the unworthy and selfishly-motivated who simply take what they think is theirs.

Comment on Dead Giants by Bob

Bob — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:46:57 +0000

Spot on the mark as usual Jessica! Thank You.

Comment on Tent City by Azizi

Azizi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:38:26 +0000

Jesssica, I’m glad to have found your site. I will bookmark it as I find your writing insightful & your commenters interesting.

Regarding Jim Perilman’s November 16th, 2011 at 11:11 PM
comment that “The Occupy movement is as yet in its infancy”, I agree and am concerned about how this baby movement grows up. I personally think that there’s been too much focus on occupying space, and would like to see other non-violent strategies used such as mass boycotting of corporations as Perilman suggested in his comment.

Furthermore, I’m concerned about OWS’ use of mic check to interrupt other’s speech or otherwise protest a politician, corporation, or celebrity (even if it’s a celebrity like Glenn Beck, who I definitely don’t agree with. I don’t think that this is a way to win the hearts and minds of the other 99%.

Perilman also suggested in his comment that people shouldn’t send in their income tax returns (as a protest move). But I think that idea reflects a lack of understanding of how important receiving a lump sum of money (income tax check) is for many working poor or middle class people. I’m retired now but I remember how I used my income tax check to pay up on bills and maybe treat my children and myself to some “luxury” that we wanted -like a tv to replace the one that was ready to die any day.

I believe that it behooves OWS activists/supporters who aren’t poor or middle class to better understand the lives and motivations of people who have been poor and people who have been struggling for a long long time under adverse economic and political conditions-including police brutality and an unjust criminal justice system . Imo, this lack of understanding is why so many People of Color have concerns-like I do-with OWS movements. Hopefully, that’s part of the lessons that OWS will learn as it-hopefully-has a healthy maturation.

Comment on Fingering Wall Street by Judi Wood

Judi Wood — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:52 +0000

Well, as one person who lost my home and occupation in the 20 years ago scam we are seeing once again in its new permantation, i am extremely happy to see the return of those 1968 protestors in the form of OWS. Like the Chinese curse ” may you live in interesting times” I believe we do appear back here for good reasons. And looking at the cyclical nature of astrology, you can certainly count on it.

I once had a past life regression in which I was asked how many lives I had lived. And I laughed and said “on this planet? 100. Elsewhere? Thousands.”

Comment on Tent City by Judi Wood

Judi Wood — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:42:35 +0000

Excellent piece, insightfully written observations of our pols and great comments. Jessica,any thoughts on how this will morph now that evictions are happening everywhere or how long the momentum will last? The Sons of Liberty was founded in 1760 . Could OWS be our new S of L?

Comment on Patriots for Truth by Judi Wood

Judi Wood — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:31:16 +0000

Jessica, I am only now reading your piece on 9/11 and I so totally concur. From the moment I tuned in to the coverage which was the 41st anniversary of my own father’s death I only could think it was too suspiciously like professor Leo Strauss’ s teaching to those Neocons running the government. Needing a Pearl Harbor to take control of government they enabled the attack. I have read Judy Wood’s research also and she makes a great case. (She is not me!) and then, my parents witnessed Pearl Harbor and this was no Pearl Harbor.
And last year my family and I witnessed from 1/4 mile away the San Bruno fire. A different kind of malfeasance once again…9/10/10 was a year behind us

Comment on Tent City by Joelle Brink

Joelle Brink — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:49:30 +0000

Having participated in ’60s and ’70s of the past century, I ‘m getting a very “second time around” feeling from this set of transits. It’s as though we’re compelled to repeat a course we failed last time around. Rebecca Solnit makes the point in A Paradise Built in Hell that nothing terrifies the civic authorities more than successful anarchism, in the sense of people pitching in to perform for themselves the services that the government would normally perform in return for their taxes. In effect, the government suddenly finds itself unemployed, and perhaps even unnecessary. Woodstock was the great exception last time around because the site of the festival was inaccessible to the authorities apart from a few state police who quickly recognized that the those attending the festival were all pitching in to provide essential services and decided to assist them. The only “pigs” on Yazger’s farm were in the barn.

In New York, Bloomberg utterly botched his chance to be a good guy and instead set himself up as a living symbol of the forces the occupiers are protesting against. In my opinion he deserves a vote of thanks from the Occupy movement for his invaluable help in consolidating and strengthening their movement. Every revolution needs its Louis XVI, and Bloomberg stepped right into the role as if called by destiny..

Comment on Tent City by alan blumenfeld

alan blumenfeld — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:19:36 +0000

The Occupy movement gives me optimism and hope for the first time in years. While the accomplishments of Obama, Pelosi and Congress should be remembered and understood, it has been a loooong time since they have stood up and supported middle class, working people. The poor have been abandoned entirely. No lobbyists I guess. So now we have these Occupys. All over the country and the world. Hopefully, the movement will grow and spread even more. It is a demand for an entire rethinking of how our financial and social system is structured. Hard to capture in a sound bite. Hopefully soon, the police and other unions will realize that the 99% is not ‘them’ it is US. It is all of us. It’s a start. And, not to be too simplistic about this, but it is also essential, I think, to VOTE. The tea party elected 80 some members of Congress. Zealots all. MAYBE we could bring in some true progressive voices. Just saying.

Jess, I LOVE your point of view and mostly how elegantly you express it. Thanks