Freedom to Occupy? Reclaiming Space and Reinventing Protest

The Occupy Movement, originating at Wall Street, but spreading rapidly across the country and the globe, represents an important moment in the history of political protest.  It captured public imagination and shifted the terrain of political discourse. This panel brings together scholars and activists to discuss the strategies of the Occupy Movement to reclaim space, interrogate contemporary economic policy, rally the “99%” and rethink the meaning of democracy. The speakers will examine how the Occupy Movement may or may not be a lens to explore freedom as a democratic, anti-capitalist, nonhierarchical, feminist, and anti-racist practice. With Radhika Balakrishnan, Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers; Helena Ribeiro, English, The Graduate Center, CUNY; and Ken Wark, Culture and Media, The New School. Moderated by Moustafa Bayoumi, English, Brooklyn College.

Feb 27, 2012, 6:00pm | The Skylight Room (9100)

Bring student ID

http://occupyblues.blogspot.com/

“There’s a lot of messed up things in this world that are interrelated. Our oppression is linked to the dominion of a handful, and that’s why we occupy. When we bring together our bodies and minds, when we share knowledge and face injustice together, we realize pure power and also important, the fact that the system doesn’t control us or our lives; we realize that the system is imaginary, and that we, the people, are real and powerful.”

This is a blog about the Occupy Wall Street Movement, written by my friend Nino Rekhviashvili. She is a student at Barnard class of 2014. She is very friendly and passionate about this so if you want to know more shoot her an e-mail and tell her you know me, she would be happy to talk to you guys and/or debate these issues!

Don’t the words “Stand clear of the closing doors please” make you cringe at some point after a long train ride? Did you ever think you’d be able to request something new to hear?

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/stand-by-for-an-improbable-announcement/?ref=nyregion

The following two articles appeared in the New York Times in December when the city announced that Cornell and the Israeli Technion would be opening a graduate school for sciences on Roosevelt Island.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/nyregion/cornell-and-technion-israel-chosen-to-build-science-school-in-new-york-city.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/education/in-cornell-deal-for-roosevelt-island-campus-an-unlikely-partnership.html?pagewanted=all

The Atlantic Cities is, as you most likely guessed, about cities.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/

Foreign Policy:

Jacob, Nathan, Rebecca, Marya, Roman

Media:

Leanna, Catalina, Nick, Marcin

Dissent:

Christine, Ying, Misu, Emily, Haesol

Fair Trade:

Brandon, Tanya, Renee, Arseny

We’ll be using our blog as an informal forum to share, discuss, and develop your ideas on the key project areas of this class.

Do you feel strongly about US interests in the Middle East?  The OWS movement?  Labor rights? Megaupload? Share what you feel are the relevant issues that affect life in NYC. Share your ideas, comment on others, make new friends and participate in an intellectual discussion!

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I’m your Instructional Technology Fellow Suzanne Tamang, and this is the blog for Shaping the Future of NYC with Professor Ned Regan and Julianna Fricchione.

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